Google part 1 covered several Google tools. We will be creating and sharing a Google doc with a partner and then contributing this info to a larger collaborative doc.
I learned about some (new to me) google tools today. I really like the calendar and the fact that you can use it both publicly and privately; that feature will be super useful in the classroom. My favorite thing though is the google forms. Creating and sharing quizzes or surveys will be a cinch with this tool. I could use google forms before or after reading a book in class to give me some insight in to how interested my students are/were in the book and to help me as a pre-writing step for creating lesson plans. I could also teach my students to use it to create their own quizzes in lieu of traditional book reports--I think that would be pretty cool.
Google docs saved my life after I lost my flash drive last semester. I love that I can access my work from any computer without the hassle and worry of copying it to a flash drive first. Google docs will be a very useful tool for my students because some of them may not be able to afford a flash drive or even have access to a computer at home and it will give them a way to save their work and to organize assignments for my class and other classes as well.
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