Google Docs
Web 2.0 is all about collaboration. Using easy-to-use online tools, people around the world can work together in ways never before possible. Google offers collaborative workspace with Google Docs, their online word processor, spreadsheet and presentation editor.
With Google Docs, you can create, store and share in a secure, real-time environment. That means you and your friend in, say, Australia, can be editing the very same spreadsheet online - at the exact same time.
Users have to log-in. Great news! When you registered, you created your Google Docs account - so you'll use the same email address and password that you use to access your blog.
Watch and learn more about this collaborative tool.
If you can't see the video, click here to watch it on the Common Craft website.
Then, watch this video to hear what teachers, principals, and students have to say about using Google Docs for learning
To complete Thing 16 you must:
A. Log-in to Google Docs and update a spreadsheet
B. Explore Google Docs
C. Reflect on Thing 16 in your blog
A. Create and Share a Spreadsheet
Log in to Google Docs and create a new spreadsheet. Create Columns for name, favorite game, favorite dessert, etc. and share it with five friends (you can also share with members of this class!). Have your friends edit the sheet. If you want you can subscribe to changes. This will give you an email every time one of your friends updates the spreadsheet.
B. Explore
Spend some time exploring Google Docs. Try creating a new document or slideshow. Try uploading one from your computer. It takes awhile to get used to the feel, but it will make sense the more you play with it. At any time, you can click SHARE and give others access to your files.
C. Reflect - Blog Prompts for Thing 16
How might you use this tool in your personal and professional life? What issues come to mind about using this tool with students (ie, they need email addresses to log-in)? How can schools use this to boost productivity?
**Extra Credit- Explore Shared Documents with Office 2007- If you and a fellow group of workers all use Office 2007. You can create an Office Live Account and do the same things with the Office 2007 Suite. This includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher. Some people prefer this because the shared documents have all of the features of Office 2007, rather than the basics of these features that come in the Google Docs Suite. You can share a single document or create a workspace for your group and share multiple documents. This feature is free with Office 2007. If you do not have Office 2007 at home, please contact the district technology office, as we have take home installation rights for all employees.
Share a single document:
Share a workspace:
With Google Docs, you can create, store and share in a secure, real-time environment. That means you and your friend in, say, Australia, can be editing the very same spreadsheet online - at the exact same time.
Users have to log-in. Great news! When you registered, you created your Google Docs account - so you'll use the same email address and password that you use to access your blog.
Watch and learn more about this collaborative tool.
If you can't see the video, click here to watch it on the Common Craft website.
Then, watch this video to hear what teachers, principals, and students have to say about using Google Docs for learning
To complete Thing 16 you must:
A. Log-in to Google Docs and update a spreadsheet
B. Explore Google Docs
C. Reflect on Thing 16 in your blog
A. Create and Share a Spreadsheet
Log in to Google Docs and create a new spreadsheet. Create Columns for name, favorite game, favorite dessert, etc. and share it with five friends (you can also share with members of this class!). Have your friends edit the sheet. If you want you can subscribe to changes. This will give you an email every time one of your friends updates the spreadsheet.
B. Explore
Spend some time exploring Google Docs. Try creating a new document or slideshow. Try uploading one from your computer. It takes awhile to get used to the feel, but it will make sense the more you play with it. At any time, you can click SHARE and give others access to your files.
C. Reflect - Blog Prompts for Thing 16
How might you use this tool in your personal and professional life? What issues come to mind about using this tool with students (ie, they need email addresses to log-in)? How can schools use this to boost productivity?
**Extra Credit- Explore Shared Documents with Office 2007- If you and a fellow group of workers all use Office 2007. You can create an Office Live Account and do the same things with the Office 2007 Suite. This includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher. Some people prefer this because the shared documents have all of the features of Office 2007, rather than the basics of these features that come in the Google Docs Suite. You can share a single document or create a workspace for your group and share multiple documents. This feature is free with Office 2007. If you do not have Office 2007 at home, please contact the district technology office, as we have take home installation rights for all employees.
Share a single document:
Share a workspace:
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