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Discussion: How are people already using Google Docs, either personally
or professionally?
Activity 1: (Documents)
How might you replace a standard word processor with
Google Documents?
Click the link that best represents the subject matter
you teach or work with most often. (Or just choose one that relates to
your work.) You can actually chime in on more than one!
Form a group of three to four people (near you), and have
someone create a new spreadsheet and add the other members of the group
to it as collaborators.
Come up with some interesting (and hopefully unique)
questions (about four would be plenty for now).
Have everyone in your group fill in the spreadsheet
about him- or herself.
Now figure out how to add others in the room
to your spreadsheet so they can complete it too. (They may want
you in their spreadsheets too, remember.)
Please
add dianemain@gmail.com as a
collaborator or viewer to your spreadsheet.
Activity 3: (Presentations)
Find at least three people here with whom you
have something in common.
Your commonality can be grade levels or subjects you
teach, or it can be common interests outside of your professional life.
Plan and collaboratively create a quick presentation
(about two slides per group member) on a subject you decide on together
as a group.
Include images and, if possible, video to supplement
your presentation.
Activity 4: (Forms)
Create a new form.
Include at least five different types of questions.
Apply a theme of your choice.
Get at least ten people to respond to your form.
Use Form > Show summary of responses to get a
quick overview of how people responded.
