Google Docs

Using Google Documents in the Classroom

What is Google Docs?

Google Documents is a document sharing program

It makes sharing and editing documents with students/colleges very easy and efficient

Why use Google Docs?

Quick and easy editing You don’t have to send it back and forth in

e-mail Once someone updates and saves it the

other collaborators also have the new updated copy!!

If you use iGoogle you have everything you need in one place, even if your not on YOUR computer

Why use Google Docs in my Classroom??

For the students: Group collaboration

– Good way to track who worked on the project/when

Promotes peer/group editing

Monitor progress (no more “dog ate my homework” excuses)

Fulfills NTCEs goal of writing as a process

For you: Fulfills NTCEs goal of

writing as a process Organize and keep

track of grades, to do lists, worksheets, etc.

**Worked saved automatically, no more lost documents

Track student progress as they go!

What do teachers have to say?

“I can also see who students collaborated with and when. It is easy and fun to use and they no longer lose documents either by failing to save or having crashed hard drives. Google Docs & Spreadsheets enables them to have 24/7 access to their documents from anywhere…since they are online.”~Esther Wojcicki, Journalism Teacher, Palo Alto High School

For more user reviews check out:http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour5.html

Basic Overview

Introduction to:– Main window– Folders, Contacts– New, Upload, New Folder– Main window where documents are located

Google Docs Basic Layout

Creating a New Document

Documents can be created in Google Docs– Document– Spreadsheet– Presentation

Creating a Document

Exporting a New Document

Documents can be exported and saved on your computer

This helps if someone sends you a document that you want to save

Exporting Documents

Uploading a Document

You can upload a document that you already have on your computer

This allows you to share it with others easily Uploading a Document

Sharing a Document

Sharing documents with colleagues and students

Easy editing Don’t have to send

an e-mail each time its updated

Sharing a Document

Opening a Shared Document You’ll get an e-mail when someone has shared a

document with you The message should look similar to the picture below Opening a Shared Doc

Using Folders

Help organize all your documents

Easily and Quickly accessible

Using Folders

Now it’s your turn…

Follow the directions on the “Now it’s your turn…” worksheet your professor gave you in order to start your own Google Docs site!!

Refer back to the power point at any time if you don’t remember how to do something

Surveys

Please fill out the online surveyshttp://www.createsurvey.com/c/59040-7HKkzQ/

I can use the feedback both for my W210 class and for my Community of Teachers portfolio

Please only fill it out once