Google+Docs

= = = = Google Docs is a free, web-based, collaborative word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and form application. Google Docs allows you to create, store, and share in a secure, real-time environment. To use Google Docs, you must have a Google account (free).

Connections to Strategies
Summarizing & Note Taking - students can type notes directly into Google Docs and then have access at home Cooperative Learning - students can work together on the very same document Homework - teachers can share documents with students to be completed at home

Learn About Google Docs Access to YouTube is required to watch these videos.
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Activity - Using Google Documents for Cooperative Learning

 * //Step-by-Step Instructions: [|GoogleDocs.pdf]//**
 * 1) Log into Google Docs using the name and password created during the face-to-face session
 * 2) Click on the document titled "Presidents" that is being shared with all participants in this course
 * 3) Follow the instructions at the top of the document.
 * 4) Create or upload your own document (or spreadsheet) and share it with the course facilitator(s).
 * 5) On your //Cooperative Learning// page, describe your experience with Google Docs. Is this something you would use with students? What questions or challenges do you have with this tool?