Google+Docs



http://www.google.com/educators/p_docs.html

****Google Docs****

 * ** The Docs segment will focus on extending a PLC online (with collaboration, shared assessments, and data collection/analysis), and using Forms for custom teacher observations or online referrals (even on a mobile device). **

The Crib Sheet:
 * [|Google Docs]**

The Tool: [|Docs Templates for Students and Teachers] Don't miss the fantastic [|templates provided by Todd Roth].** What is Google Docs?
 * [|Google Docs]

[|Collaboration with Google Docs] [|Google Docs Video Tutorial series] [|Google Docs Homepage] [|Google Docs for Educators]* [|Overview for Educators (presentation)] Interactive Overview of the individual tools (with Links to Help Pages):
 * Your best answer?
 * [|Google Docs: The Basics]
 * [|Google Docs: Tips and Tricks]
 * [|Google Docs in Plain English (video)]

[|Presentations] [|Spreadsheets] [|Forms] [|Drawings]
 * [|Documents]

Forms Handouts

Overview Presentation (From [|Google For Educators - Google Docs])**

Activity 1: Who are we?

View the results. Demonstration: Create and publish a chart. Demonstration: Self Grading Quiz (Your answer to the last question on the survey will be graded!)**
 * Complete this demo survey.

Activity 2: How can Google Docs be used at you site or in your program?


 * In a small group, create a document, presentation, or spreadsheet to illustrate your answer. Example answers include:
 * Using a document for shared notes, meeting minutes, resources, or lesson plans.
 * Using a presentation for shared materials - or presenting data.
 * Using a spreadsheet for sharing and analyzing data.

One group member should create the file and add the others as collaborators. Publish the file and add the lead learner as a collaborator. Links to the files will be added below. One member of each small group will present the file to the large group.**

Activity 3: Forms for Teacher Observation or Data Collection

Video tutorial on Using Google Forms http://portical.org/Presentations/quick_takes/googform/index.htm

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3 Getting Started Guides for Beginners NEW! Educational Spreadsheet Gadgets How to Make a Self Calculating Survey - Collete Cassinelli A Great Comparison of all Google Docs components Official Google Docs Blog [|Google Docs for Educators] [|Using Google Docs in the Classroom] [|Google Docs Templates] [|Digital Toolbox: Google Docs] [|Read any web document in Google Doc]s -This extension ([|download link]) lets you read online documents directly in your Google Docs account with a simple right click. [|10 Google Forms Ideas for the classroom] - provides template copies for each form by Tom Barrett Using Google Docs in the Classroom: Tips and Tricks 20 Ways To Use Google Docs in the Classroom [|Snag a Table of Contents, Dictionary or Thesaurus for your Google Doc] [|Google Apps Docs Interactive Tutorial] [|Google Docs Classroom Ideas Wiki] [|Teach Collaborative Revision with Google Docs] [|Educator's Guide- Teaching Revision with Google Docs] [|Esther Wojciki's Docs and Spreadsheets in the Classroom] [|Google Docs Blog] Google Docs Keyboard Shortcuts Insert Footnotes Google Wants YOUR Docs Ideas- click here to submit and see examples. How to Create a Self Grading Quiz Using Google Forms New! Drawing Tools Create Children's Books Using Sites and Drawing Tools Example 1 Example 2 Research Projects- Putting it all together

Interviews:

[|An 8-minute tutorial on Google Forms for administrators] [|A template] that principals can use to gather data on mastery of the NETS for teachers -- it automatically aggregates the data for them. [|A Google Spreadsheet template] which principals can share with their teachers for paperless lesson plan collection (includes tutorial). Additional GCT Resources for Administrators:

[|A Sample Teacher Observation Form] (Click on the "entry" tab.) - From GCT Kern Kelley Staff Book of The Month Club Using Google Docs - From GCT Melanie Holtsman's Principal [|A Blog Post About Using Forms For A Mid-Year Principals' Survey] - From GCT Melanie Holtsman's Principal

Google for educators content on Google Docs https://sites.google.com/site/cuegli/events/2010-01-19/docs ** ||