Google Drive

Orientation for Tuesday 8/17 focused on the suite of applications that exist within Google Drive.  Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service created by Google.  It allows users to create and store files in the cloud, share files, and edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations with collaborators.  At MHHS, Google Drive is one place where teachers create shared documents and information for students, and it is a place where students will create documents, presentations, and spreadsheets that will be shared and turned in to teachers as part of their homework, projects, and tests.  During this orientation, students completed a Google Apps training through an online module that you can review by clicking HERE  and selecting the "Docs and Drive" menu.
Talk to your students about their Google Drive.  Students discussed how to create folders and organize work for each of their classes, and how to name new documents in those folders so that they are easy to find.  One neat fact about Google Drive...students don't need to have their Chromebook to access the documents in the drive.  With their username and password, students can access their documents from any computer with internet access.