Why use Google Docs? Because they facilitate learning and are available anytime with an internet connection- no software required. Google docs save automatically and teachers can see work and offer suggestions in real time.
6. Why use Google Docs?
• facilitates collaborative work
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7. Why use Google Docs?
• facilitates collaborative work
• anywhere, anytime with an Internet
connection; no software
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8. Why use Google Docs?
• facilitates collaborative work
• anywhere, anytime with an Internet
connection; no software
• saves automatically
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9. Why use Google Docs?
• facilitates collaborative work
• anywhere, anytime with an Internet
connection; no software
• saves automatically
• teacher can see work and offer
suggestions in real time
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10. Why use Google Docs?
• facilitates collaborative work
• anywhere, anytime with an Internet
connection; no software
• saves automatically
• teacher can see work and offer
suggestions in real time
• teacher view “revisions history” to
see who contributed what
• students publish for authentic
audience
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12. Google Docs Ideas
• write or edit an essay, short story,
poem, or speech
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13. Google Docs Ideas
• write or edit an essay, short story,
poem, or speech
• compile scientific data, analyze it,
graph it, animate it
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14. Google Docs Ideas
• write or edit an essay, short story,
poem, or speech
• compile scientific data, analyze it,
graph it, animate it
• collaborative book/lab reports
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15. Google Docs Ideas
• write or edit an essay, short story,
poem, or speech
• compile scientific data, analyze it,
graph it, animate it
• collaborative book/lab reports
• collaborative on research papers
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16. Google Docs Ideas
• write or edit an essay, short story,
poem, or speech
• compile scientific data, analyze it,
graph it, animate it
• collaborative book/lab reports
• collaborative on research papers
• create and incorporate drawings
into presentations
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17. Google Docs Ideas
• write or edit an essay, short story,
poem, or speech
• compile scientific data, analyze it,
graph it, animate it
• collaborative book/lab reports
• collaborative on research papers
• create and incorporate drawings
into presentations
• build vocabulary lists or definitions
of literary/historic/artistic terms
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19. Easy Intervention
• editors can easily make
comments online
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20. Easy Intervention
• editors can easily make
comments online
• easy to spot errors early and give
immediate feedback
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21. Easy Intervention
• editors can easily make
comments online
• easy to spot errors early and give
immediate feedback
• easy to save in a variety of
formats
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22. Easy Intervention
• editors can easily make
comments online
• easy to spot errors early and give
immediate feedback
• easy to save in a variety of
formats
• easy to find a student’s work---
just use search engine in Docs
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30. Drawings Features
Insert text, shapes, images, ad from
your computer or the Web.
Chat with others while editing your
drawing
Lay out drawings with alignment
guides, snap to grid, and auto
distribution.
Insert drawings into other Google
documents, spreadsheets, or
presentations
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32. Google Apps for Education Training
http://edutraining.googleapps.com
Google Apps Lesson Plans
www.google.com/apps/eduresources
Google Apps Education Community
http://edu.googleapps.com/
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33. Tom Daccord & Justin Reich
Co-Directors of EdTechTeacher, Inc.
tom@edtechteacher.org
Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology
(M.E. Sharpe Press)
Twitter
@thomasdaccord
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