Google Docs & Spreadsheets is an easy-to-use, online word processor and spreadsheet editor that enables you tocreate,store,share,and collaborate on documents and spreadsheets. If you know how to use any word processor or spreadsheet program, you can easily use Google Docs & Spreadsheets. You can even import your existing documents and spreadsheets.
Why use it?
Students can use Google Docs & Spreadsheets to:
Work on files anywhere, anytime
Get quick feedback from multiple people
Make the full writing process visible
Demonstrate their mastery of editing skills
Quickly analyze and organize data
Easily share data sets
Instructional Ideas
Elementary:
Assign “Buddy Book Reports” where two students read the same book and collaborate on their final book report in an online document.
Middle School:
Partner with a class at another school, enter data from the same science experiment in a spreadsheet, and compare the results online.
High School:
In Economics, students can monitor and calculate their investment portfolio in spreadsheets when playing the “Stock Market Game.” Students can track specific stocks at different times of the day and share the data.