Activity 1: Who are we? How could forms be useful to students and teachers?
Activity 2: Google Docs in Action How might Google Docs be valuable to an educator?
Activity 3: Create a self-grading quiz! (Time permitting)
Getting Help: Additional Resources (from GCT Erica Hartman and other GCTs): Link Library:
3 Getting Started Guides for Beginners
NEW! Educational Spreadsheet Gadgets How to Make a Self Calculating Survey - Collete Cassinelli A Great Comparison of all Google Docs components Official Google Docs Blog Google Docs for Educators Using Google Docs in the Classroom Google Docs Templates Storyboard Template Digital Toolbox: Google Docs Read any web document in Google Docs -This extension (download link) lets you read online documents directly in your Google Docs account with a simple right click. 10 Google Forms Ideas for the classroom - provides template copies for each form by Tom Barrett Using Google Docs in the Classroom: Tips and Tricks 20 Ways To Use Google Docs in the Classroom Snag a Table of Contents, Dictionary or Thesaurus for your Google Doc Google Apps Docs Interactive Tutorial Google Docs Classroom Ideas Wiki Teach Collaborative Revision with Google Docs Educator's Guide- Teaching Revision with Google Docs Esther Wojciki's Docs and Spreadsheets in the Classroom Google Docs Blog Google Docs Keyboard Shortcuts Insert Footnotes Google Wants YOUR Docs Ideas- click here to submit and see examples. How to Create a Self Grading Quiz Using Google Forms New! Drawing Tools Create Children's Books Using Sites and Drawing Tools Example 1 Example 2 Research Projects- Putting it all together Interviews:
A District Administrator Talk About Google Docs and the impact it has had on the classic research paper
Interview with Special Educator on using Google Docs Sample Permission Slip for Google Apps for Education (includes Docs and other Web 2.0 tools) Bronx, NY Middle School, CIS 339 Uses Google Apps as "glue" for school. Check out how they use Google Docs Videos:
Why Use Google Docs?
Google Docs in Plain English
National Writing Project - How To Use and Set Up Templates for Students
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