Get started using Osseo Apps (powered by Google), learn about the value and how you can integrate this expansive tool into your teaching. This session will be the first of five different Osseo Apps sessions throughout the summer academy. We will look specifically how the tools in Osseo Apps can support writing and collaboration.

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/71634097@N00/3696457571/in/pool-necc09/
Introduction to Osseo Apps
Lisa Sjogren

2. Today’s
• What is Osseo Apps?
• How do I use Osseo Apps with my students?
• What resources are available to learn about Osseo
Apps?
• Who do I contact if I have a question?
• What are some practical uses for Osseo Apps?

3. What is Osseo Apps?

4. • Documents are
stored online.
• Requires an Internet
connection.
• Multiple people can
work on a document
at a time.

5. Anywhere,
Anytime Learning
• Documents are
stored online.
• Requires an Internet
connection.
• Multiple people can
work on a document
at a time.

6. Access documents
from anywhere.

7. School
Library
Access documents
from anywhere.

8. School
Library
Access documents
from anywhere.
Home

9. School
Library
Access documents
from anywhere.
Home

10. School
Library
Access documents
from anywhere.
Home

11. Access documents
from anywhere.

12. No more, “I forgot my work.”

13. No more, “I forgot my work.”
Teacher’s
Computer

14. Collaboration
You can review and edit during the entire process.
Best part... one copy.

15. Group Work Revised:
Revision History
Osseo Docs are saved on a regular basis.
Each change is saved as a revision.
Teachers can see who made changes and when.

16. Training and
Resources
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73645804@N00/440672445

17. Training
• Moodle: 4 courses
• Face to Face Training

18. Osseo Apps Blog
• http://
blogs.district279.org/
osseoapps/
• Provides answers to
FAQ’s and a place to
share best practices.
• Also able to submit
questions.

19. Contacts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71447254@N00/853643975

20. Google Moderator
• Visit: http://goo.gl/mod/qP1R
• q-P-one-R
• Questions are sorted by different features
in Osseo Apps.

21. Questions

22. Getting Started

23. Visit http://moodle.district279.org/
B A
C

24. Accessing Osseo Apps
A

25. Select Settings
A

26. Select Forwarding and POP/IMAP
A

27. Set Up Forwarding
B A
C

28. Switching to Documents
A

29. Creating a New Document
B A

30. Sharing a Document
A
B

31. Searching the Global
Address Book
A
B

32. Sending Notifications
A
B

33. Changing Permissions
A
B
C

34. Advanced Permissions
B
C
A

35. Questions

36. Activity

37. Creating A Form
A
B

38. WYSIWYG

39. Adding a Question
A
B

40. Begin Collecting Data
A
B

41. Data is Put Into a
Spreadsheet
A
B

42. Activity

43. Creating A Spreadsheet
A
B

44. Looks a lot like Excel

45. Sharing a Spreadsheet
A
B

46. Same Way as a Document
A
B

47. Can Chat and Work Together
A
C
B