20 January - Google Part 1

This week I learned about googledocs which includes documents, spreadsheets, forms and presentations. It is really cool how you can collaborate with someone else on the same document. I was amazed at how it all works and how helpful it will be for me.

I think that I will be using this resource alot in the next 2 years as I complete this program. It seems that we are required to work alot on group projects and presentations and this will be such a time-saving resource for us. We will not have to meet in person and can work on the same documents at the same time. I am excited to get better at these tools so that they will be even more effective in my schooling. I can also see how convenient it is that you can access these documents from any computer. I have a laptop, but am reluctant to drag it around to each class and now I know that if I save something in googledocs I will have access to it from any computer. I also think that I will save my key assignments on google, as well as on a flash drive and my hard drive. It just gives me another place to keep my portfolio so that if I have problems with my computer or flash drive, the documents will be safe.

I think google will be a great tool for me as a teacher. I would like to use it as a way to have my students collaborate on documents, but also as I work with other teachers on different things. We can work on them from home and not have to carry a flash drive back and forth. We can work on things simultaneously, saving a great deal of time. I also intend to use google forms as a way of surveying my students, giving them a quick test to see if they understand something and possibly getting feedback from parents. I think it is an awesome way to have them respond quickly and easily to a question without having to have them sign and return another sheet of paper. It is also very environmentally friendly to do things electronically and without wasting paper.