Collaborating, Presenting & Pushing It Further (CADA)

Part 1 - Google Docs

1. What is this Google Docs thing?
   • Free, online word processing, spreadsheets, forms, and presentations - accessible from anywhere with an Internet connection.
   • Allows easy sharing, publishing, and collaborating.
   • Also let's you export as Office files or PDFs.
2. What are the limitations?
   • Have to be connected
   • Can't format as precisely as with Office
3. What can you do with Docs?
   1. Create and share a document, spreadsheet, or presentation with up to a 100 people.
   2. Collect information and have it feed into a spreadsheet with Forms!
4. Can you show us some examples?
   1. Documents - AP World History Partner Essays
   2. Spreadsheets / Forms - CADA Survey Results, WH Alumni Info, Project URLs, Parent E-mails (65 Ways to Use Forms)
   3. Presentations - PPT, slideshows, etc
5. Let's brainstorm, how might YOU incorporate this into your student government class? How could it make them more productive?
   • We're going to jump to this Google Doc really quick to start our brainstorm list. We'll come back to this park in a moment.
   • Forms
     • Song requests
     • Teacher recommendation forms
     • Athletic clearance packets
     • Computer problem reporting
     • Evaluations
6. Let's see a demo... OK!
7. Can we try?
   • Let's all get on a Google Doc and see what happens! See the POWER...
   • Now try making one yourself or maybe a form or a presentation! Ask questions!

Part 2 - Google Groups

1. Another tool? What does Google Groups do?
   • Allows you to set up and monitor online discussions.
2. Why would we want to do that?
   • Discussions sometimes extend beyond the classroom walls.
   • You can create a record of discussions and how you reached specific conclusions.
   • Your ASB classes are responsible for a lot of things, this lets them focus on priorities and reference past decisions.
   1. Quick, a demo before we are out of time! Check your e-mail (not until this time though), join the discussion.