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__**Using Google Docs in the Classroom**__ __**Clear Creek High School**__

Notes: by Janis Greeno

Collaboration - changes made are instantaneous; can tell who is making what change when numerous people are working on the same document.

Science Teachers - use Google Spreadsheet to collect data. Teacher created a Google Form that the students used to input their data. Form dumped the data straight to the spreadsheet and students were able to manipulate the data from the entire class.

Librarians - monthly report; created separate form for each level. Library book survey - created a form to get student favorite books. Then created a Wordle. Also did a survey of how students were using their cell phones. Forms are embeddable.

Create a Presentation - very similar to Powerpoint. Has a lot of templates. Many of them are created by other users. Doesn't have all the Bells and Whistles so it doesn't distract the students. If time permits, presentation can be exported/downloaded as a PPoint presentation and you can add all the Bells and Whisltes.

Drawings - use this as an alternative for Inspiration. Can search for other peoples drawings.

Compatibility is not an issue.

Document settings are sometimes hard to manipulate if you want to do a publication like a newsletter, brochure. They use presentation for this and save it as a document.

Sharing. . . . Can share a doc or file with 200 viewers and editors combined. Can make it available to anyone by changing its visibility option. Up to 50 people at one time can actually be editing a spreadsheet, drawing or document.

Showed really good movie: googledocs - a love letter


 * __Uses in the classroom:__**
 * Group work - different students working on individual pieces
 * Collaboration with people in other cities, state, or countries.
 * Use in place of Microsoft Office
 * Work on the same project from any computer.
 * Google Docs is starting to use a simple version of Equation Editor

Culinary Arts - fix lunches for teachers. Send out a form that teachers use to order. Rhonda, we could do this but maybe just ONE DAY a week.

Google for Educators website is really valuable resource for educators. Great training documents with step-by-step process.

Google Presenation/Doc: has a live back channel - lower right-hand corner. Excellent in Language Arts - had students write and the teacher used the chat to talk to them about what they were writing.

Organize into Folders/called Collections - drag and drop from your home view.

Be sure to check the New Features - they really do want your feedback.

YouTube: Google Docs in Plain English