Intro to Google Drive programs

How to Use a Computer

​State says we have to.

(There's a reason I saved it for last.)

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Why do we need this?

• Google Docs

• Google Sheets

• Google Slides

• File systems

• Databases

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What We're Covering

Why do we use it as an icon?

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​What is this?

A student in one of my multimedia classes this year plugged in an SD card with the USB adapter. And then couldn't figure out why the files didn't automatically go into their file system. They kept it plugged in for an hour...

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So This Happened...

No seriously. They are not teaching you how computers work. And they're failing to teach you important computer skills.

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Chromebooks are Ruining Students.

There are loads of different options to make documents. What we have access to with your Chromebooks is Google Docs.

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​Word Processing

​Used to store, manipulate, and analyze data. We will be using Google Sheets.

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Spreadsheets

These are ways to display information easily to a crowd. We will be using Google Slides.

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Slideshows

A place to store specific information to use later, and grab when needed. There are a number of different kinds of databases.

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​Databases

A way of organizing the files you use and work with.

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File Systems

Drag and Drop

If you wanted to analyze a large amount of data, you would use a ​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

spreadsheet

document

database

slideshow

file system

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Drag and Drop

You want to store a list of names. To do this, you'd use a ​

Placeholder

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

database

spreadsheet

document

file system

slideshow

website

Match

Match the following to its description

• A specific file with a large amount of text

• A collection of related pieces of information

• A collection of data to be analyzed

• A presentation of information

• A collection of different files to be stored for later

Document

Database

Spreadsheet

Slideshow

File system

• Document

• Database

• Spreadsheet

• Slideshow

• File system