Google Docs - facinating! Initially when I explored the program I simply saw it as something I wanted to show my teenage girls. I thought that at last I've found a way of not always having to have all those teens over at my house working on a group assignment. Yes they could collaboratively work on an assignment from their own homes!!!
However as I continued to "play" I started to see the benefits that it could have at a staff level. So this is where I set off on my own first project. I decided to create a form to survey staff as to where and when they wanted to have our end of year function - that way no one could complain! Well they thought I was pretty clever when they received their flash email with their online survey to fill in. Staff responses came in quickly and feedback was honest as a level of privacy was given.
I'm now also seeing it's potential in the classroom. As I already do a lot of collaborative teaching/ learning in my class, I can see how google docs can be extended into this. Having children working in small groups contributing to a whole class document would be a great starting point for me. I could also see the benefits of children completeing their research presentations through Google Docs. I think it would be more engaging for the students to be able to directly access a presentaion document rather than them all sitting around one SMARTboard just viewing.
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