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Google Docs

Benefits

Limitations

Access files anywhere with an Internet connection
Collaborate with one other or 100 others on a document
Save your files to your hard drive as Microsoft, Open Office, or PDF (not stuck with proprietary file type, i.e. Microsoft)
Embed and/or share finished files with others

Must be connected to the internet
Can't format as precisely as with Office

What Can Be Saved In Docs?

File Repository / Create Collections / Upload

Who Can View & Who Can Edit?

Click on doc and add your thoughts - Just Add Google Mass Edit
How to create, share and publish a Google Doc (Google Apps version)

How can students share their docs with you?

Organization is key! Chaos is the alternative.
Use a naming formula (period_LastName_topic = 3-McDowell-Migrations)
Create a collection/folder for each specific essay and/or period
You can also have students create a folder with their name and share it with you. You can create another collection/folder to hold each period's folders. Students then drop their assignments into the that folder which automatically shares it with you.

Class Examples

AP World History Essays (Documents)

What Types Of Documents Can Be Created In Docs?

Presentations (Office = PowerPoint)
Spreadsheets (Office = Excel)
Forms
How to create / Edit / View
70 Interesting Ways to Use Forms
- Complete Form - Potential Uses of Google Tools (embedded version) alternate = Live Form (email out or link)

Benefits

Limitations

Access files anywhere with an Internet connection
Collaborate with one other or 100 others on a document
Save your files to your hard drive as Microsoft, Open Office, or PDF (not stuck with proprietary file type, i.e. Microsoft)
Embed and/or share finished files with others

Must be connected to the internet
Can't format as precisely as with Office

What Can Be Saved In Docs?

File Repository / Create Collections / Upload

Who Can View & Who Can Edit?

Click on doc and add your thoughts - Just Add Google Mass Edit
How to create, share and publish a Google Doc (Google Apps version)

How can students share their docs with you?

Organization is key! Chaos is the alternative.
Use a naming formula (period_LastName_topic = 3-McDowell-Migrations)
Create a collection/folder for each specific essay and/or period
You can also have students create a folder with their name and share it with you. You can create another collection/folder to hold each period's folders. Students then drop their assignments into the that folder which automatically shares it with you.

Class Examples

AP World History Essays (Documents)

What Types Of Documents Can Be Created In Docs?

Presentations (Office = PowerPoint)
Spreadsheets (Office = Excel)
Forms
How to create / Edit / View
70 Interesting Ways to Use Forms
- Complete Form - Potential Uses of Google Tools (embedded version) alternate = Live Form (email out or link)

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