Alyssia Graber
Ann Crosby
Merrily Robinson
a.k.a.
Misfits
What is Google Docs?
*Google Docs is a free, cloud computing application that allows
users to create word documents, spreadsheets, presentations,
forms and drawings.
*Users can upload and save documents from their computers,
edit them online from any computer with an Internet
connection, and then invite others to read or edit.
Steps to Follow to Access Google Docs
1. Set up a gmail account by
going to docs.google.com
2. Click on the "Get Started"
tab in the top right corner
Steps to Follow to Access Google Docs
3. Fill in all of the necessary
information.
4. After you accept the terms
for use, you can log in to take
advantage of all that Google
has to offer!
How to Share Files
1. Log in to your Google Docs
home page by entering your
username and password.
2. Begin creating a document.
3. Click on the "Share" tab in
the upper right hand corner of
the page.
How to Share Files
4. Enter the e-mail addresses
of the users you would like to
share with in the box.
5. These users will get an
invitation and will be able to
read and edit your document
from their computer.
Why Use Google Docs in the
Classroom?
*Allows multiple students to *Click here to see what
work on the same document students think about Google
or presentation at the same Docs
time, so one student doesn't
need to do all of the work. *Click here to see what
*Easy to learn and navigate teachers and principals think
*Accessible any time day or about Google Docs
night *Click here to see how
*Great for keeping absent Google Docs allows families
students informed and to collaborate with their
allows them to participate students
even when they can't be at
school
Google Documents
A document in Googledocs is similar to a word document. The
difference is you now have an email attached to the document.
This allows multiple people to edit your document at the same
time.
To begin your document click on create new and select
'document'.
Google Documents
Google Documents works much like Word Documents. Use
the tool bar to modify your document.
Google Presentation Tools
A presentation can also be created through Google Docs.
To create a new presentation click on 'create new' and
choose 'presentation'.
Google Presentation Tools
Benefits The Presentation Tool
- multiple group members can works similar to a
work at the same time Power Point
- easily edit each other's slides Presentation and is
easy to use!
Google Spreadsheets
• Woks similar to Excel
• Can be saved as Excel or
Excel sheets can be
downloaded into Google
Docs
• Why use it?
o Students can:
Collaborate and
collect data
Display data
graphically & use
formulas
Access and share
from anywhere
Google Spreadsheets 101
• Create Surveys or Tests
Google Forms
• Data displayed as a
spreadsheet and graphs
• Survey can be
o emailed
o Posted to a Web page
• Why Use it?
o Allows students
To collaborate
Create own questions
To gather data easily
o Teachers can
Watch a tutorial on how to Create tests
make a survey. Gather information
Google Draw
• Edit drawings online in real
time with anyone you
choose, and invite others to
view your edits in real time.
• Insert drawings into other
Google documents,
spreadsheets, or
presentations using the
web clipboard, then tweak
them online.
Check out the templates for the drawing tool.
Educational Benefits and Objectives
Google Docs meets 21st Century Skills
- Communication and Collaboration
- ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy
- Life and Career Skills
- Creativity and Innovation
Benefits of using Google Docs in your classroom
- Students can collaborate by working on the presentation
synchronously or asynchronously.
- Multiple people can edit at the same time.
-Teacher can offer feedback and track student participation
while observing the group's progress.
Pros of Using Google Docs
*It's FREE!
* Enables multiple people in different locations to collaborate
simultaneously on the same document from any computer
with Internet access
*All updated information is kept on the same document, so
there's no need to go back and forth, comparing and
consolidating individual files
*Google's servers back up files, so there is no need for a
storage device (USB or disk)
*Preserves earlier versions of documents, so there is no
need to worry about changing a file permanently if you make
a mistake
Cons of Using Google Docs
*Need Internet access to work on documents
*Spreadsheets do not offer as many formatting options as
Microsoft Excel
*Only compatible with newer versions of Internet Explorer,
Firefox, and Safari
*Must enable Javascript and Cookies in order to use program
* No audio or video apllications
*Students need emails to collaborate
Lesson Ideas Links
Ideas from Google Evaluations/Reviews
More Ideas from teacher Education World gives
it an A+
Tech & Learning offers ideas
and an example (scroll down) Google docs teaches
21st century skills
Student writing and feedback
scroll down for a step by step Insights from a teacher
process
List of ideas you can add to!
Ideas for Google forms
Inquiry/Problem Based Learning
*This video shows a lab taking place in an Here is a sample google word document
8th grade science classroom. Students are that could have been created by a group:
participating in an inquiry-based learning
environment where they are developing
their own questions within groups in order
to figure out how to solve problems with
landfills leaking into ground water. This
lesson could be improved if students could
work together in groups using Google
Docs. If students were using Google Docs,
each group could work together on the
same document to type their questions
and then answer as they go along. This
would make it easier for both students and
teachers to see which questions have
been asked, so they could work on new
problems, instead of repeating the same
thing over and over.
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The link above is to a video that shows a math teacher explaining a project she
assigns her Algebra 1 students. The students were all math consultants and
were placed into groups. Each group was to create a Power Point Presentation
that showed how to use Algebra to choose the best cell phone plan. The
presentations were created for the PTO Board. Google Docs would be useful
for this project by allowing students to work on their presentation using the
Google Docs presentation tools. Students would be able to collaborate by
working at the same time or on their own. The teacher could monitor progress
and assess student participation.
