Oodles Of Googles
- 1. Oodles of Googles Googles Tools that make Collaboration Easy!
- 2. Summary Several Google Tools are shared which make Collaboration fun and Simple: Notebook Application – Photographs, clip art, URLs, text, etc. are placed in a digital notebook to be shared with others. Notebook content can be converted into a Google document to be shared by other educators or students who can view, use, or edit the information. Google Slides – Powerpoints are created, shared, viewed within the browser. Useful for group member collaboration by making discussions available to be archived. Users may view and edit documents in real time.
- 3. Personal Gains I was unaware of these Google applications until I attended this conference session I learned how helpful this specific sort of application can be when it is used by members of a group to share a document , view a document, and/or edit a document within a group. Students can share their documents with other students using Google tools. I will be able to share documents with my students using Google tools. This is an excellent tool for presenting information to same-discipline colleagues at my school as well as those around the country.
- 4. Applications This would be a good way to monitor my students’ progress with a Google documents online project. As long as I was a member of each group, I could check on day to day progress, and be sure everyone is on track. This tool allows students to share ideas with non-group members of the class during the creation process of a presentation. I think this would be a great way to share lesson plan –type information with my art teacher friends in other schools.
- 5. Questions This is a great way to share documents with a group, particularly in a classroom. I am concerned that students using this tool will edit and redo each others’ information at different times, and the effect will be a somewhat disjointed presentation. I wonder if students editing at home, or anywhere outside of a classroom/lab session might have difficulty coming to some sort of resolution regarding the extent of editing in order to include everyone’s contributions.