Google Docs

Google Docs is an outstanding web-based application. It is similar to Microsoft Office (docs/spreadsheets/presentations/drawings/and forms-including surveys). It is by far one of my favorite applications available to educators today. This Wednesday Web provides a list of resources to become familiar with Google Docs so you can see how it can be used in your classroom.

Advantages of Google Docs:

*It's free
*Documents are stored off-line (i.e. cloud computing) so you can access them anywhere
*Google Docs can be embedded into Blogs and Wikis. When you make changes to these documents they are automatically updated: no need to upload a new version
*Collaborate with colleagues on the same document at the same time as opposed to sending “versions” of work through email
*Upload any file to Google Docs
*Google Forms allows you to create a survey and send it for people to take. As each response comes in Google Docs creates instant charts and graphs of your data

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Take a Tour to learn what you can do with Google Docs

Templates
Thousands of templates are available and ready for you to use. Some of the templates available for educators and students include survey templates, school calendars, vocabulary units, and research papers. You can sort the templates by type (spreadsheets, docs, etc.) or by category

Here’s a Google Docs online college course…

Google Docs Support Site is fantastic Google for Educators
Google for Educators has information regarding how Google Docs is used in classrooms. It also includes more tutorial information about the features of this application

24 Interesting Ways to use Google Docs in your classroom
http://www.ideastoinspire.co.uk/googledocs.htm

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