Google Docs - examples in education
By Lee Davis • Jan 8th, 2009 • Category: Teaching and learningIn September last year Google asked teachers to send in some examples of how they used Google Docs in their classrooms.
The submissions received ranged from forms that students use to provide peer feedback for group work to spreadsheets used to conduct science experiments. I particularly liked the use of Google Sites as a process journal/e-portfolio by a couple of students doing internships at Blue Ridge Virtual High School. Take a look for yourselves here:
To see some of the better ideas that were submitted, visit the Docs for Teachers page.
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Google in our schools is a media that is helping students understand and explain the return in accordance with their will power nalar a material.
Usage is very easy and can be accessed at all levels in our schools.
I’m using it for Grade 5 students to buddy-edit each other’s Information Reports and also to record their reading responses. I’m setting up a conversation with students, rather than leaving notes in their book that are not responded to.
Getting them signed up is not a breeze. New things come slow to most people, not just adults.