1. I have created a document in www.docs.google.com entitled "Newsletter_0810" and sent it to our 4th grade team leader to share and collaborate with other team members. At Hollibrook, every grade level is responsible for writing a monthly newsletter to parents. In our grade level we work together to write it in English and Spanish. Each teacher can add, edit or revise the newsletter before we send it to the person who's responsible for publishing our monthly newsletter.
2. Five blogs that I've subcribed to in www.google.com/reader , are www.atomiclearning.com, www.brainpop.com , www.wordle.net, Fun Image Generators and Skype 4.2 for Windows. Since I just completed a Love and Logic training, I also subscribed to www.loveandlogic.com.
3. There are numerous ways to utilize the Google Docs tool in the classroom. Since the documents are saved online, students can work collaboratively on research projects or writing compositions, stories or poems they've written. Students can receive comments or suggestions from their peers, teachers or parents to improve their piece before publishing it. Once it's published, the document will also be read by other people such as professional writers and authors with many possiblities for publication. The Google Reader allows teachers to share what's new or useful information and strategies to help our students in their learning process.
Good comments about google docs! Just to add, you can also embed a google document into a google site, for example: YouTube. That means, if you want your document to be viewed by everyone, that's a cool way!
ReplyDeleteMary-All SBISD students and teachers will have Google Apps this fall! Think of how your students can collaborate with their peers and share their documents with you! We are going to have fun!
ReplyDeleteKaren,
ReplyDeleteI very much appreciate your input and help. I will continue counting on your expertise = )
Mary