My Gafe Experience

Google Apps for Education (GAFE)

What is GAFE?

Google Apps for Education (GAFE) is an application Google offers for free. It includes Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, and Sites. These applications are existing online. It can be accessed in any device connected to internet connection. If the school decided to utilize GAFE, they will be able to register their school web address, and accommodate all teachers' and students' accounts from a manageable dashboard.

The Creator of the 30 day Chrome Challenge is Bob Petitto. He created this 30 day challenge mostly for teacher but then this challenge is open for everybody if want to do it just Click Here.

When you open the link above this is the first thing you will see.

First thing first, you must sign in on your browser and then follow the instruction given by bob such as make a copy file of the spreadsheet and complete the 1 task per day and so on. By clicking the tasks it will give you a hint to accomplish the task. I always chrome in my daily life and then i am the person that always eager to know or explore so the first 24 tasks is an easy item for me . However the 25th and 26th task is new to me.

 Having the chrome become your stopwatch is so amazing i didn't know that it could be use like this JUST WOW !

Google as a CALCULATOR is ACAAWESOME !

The 27th to the last task is so easy and i am familiar in doing it. Upon Completing the 30 task you will gonna receive a Certificate and i received mine.

This is the layout of the Certificate !

You can save it as PDF file if you want to print it :)

Thank you for reading my blog!

Special thanks to Bob for letting everyone to explore and experience this challenge :)

Reference:

GAFE for Staff 30-Day Chrome Challenge (PC/ChromeOS)

http://www.edtechify.com/2015/06/gafe-for-staff-30-day-chrome-challenge.html

My Powtoon Experience

At first Powerpoint is the only tool i used in creating a presentation but lately i have been introduced to Prezi. Prezi gives more exciting and new templates that a person wanted to see. However, Prezi have some limitations i mean the effects or effect is only fade away nothing more nothing less and  then i found a new application that can also used in making a presentation called PowToon.

PowToon is Web-based animation software that allows you to quickly and easily create animated presentations with your students by manipulating pre-created objects, imported images, provided music and user created voice-overs. PowToon is used by businesses to create engaging, creative presentations that capture attention, and can be similarly used for educational assessment and content delivery. There is a free version available, as well as paid subscription that allows for more features.   

When i was introduced to this application i felt excited because its new to me. 

When i started creating my presentation in PowToon its kinda easy because there is a tutorial on how you will make the character enter at this time. I got a 2 day premium trial which means that i am allowed to used the templates or i am capable of using the premium power in powtoon. The only thing i dont like while im making the presentation is that my laptop is running slow so the whole time im patiently waiting for powtoon and the i succeed. i asked my friends if their laptop running slow while using powtoon the other one said yes while my other friend is perfectly doing fine using powtoons.

Here's some snapshot of how i created my presentation :

I find my powtoon time Enjoyable and Knowledgeable. I have the opportunity to experience this. The animation and the visuals of powtoon will help me as a future educator to educate my future students. i will use powtoon for exploring the capabilities or the imagination what they have and i know that they may find powtoon an interesting tool to play.

My presentation using PowToon :

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