How-to video: Google Docs make collaboration in digital classroom easy
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Brief synopsis: If you are still teaching with paper and pen and you haven't made the leap to the digital classroom, because you're reluctant or feel you are not tech savvy enough, Google Docs may be the answer. Google Docs makes it easy for teachers in today's digital classroom to create documents, share with other teachers or students and have teachers or students comment or edit those documents in school or at home.
Benefits: The best part of Google Docs is that it functions in real time and there is never any need to edit, save and e-mail documents to people you are sharing with. Your document is maintained by Google in one place online and users can edit and share immediately. The Google Docs drawing tool is excellent for digital projects and students and teachers can use the chat feature to share ideas and feedback instantly. Dos can be embedded onto your blog or web site. Because it is a Google product, school district servers do not always automatically block Google Docs.
Drawbacks: There is a fairly steep learning curve with Google Docs. Creating documents is very easy, but practice is required to get comfortable setting up the sharing and chat features.
Conclusion: The how-to video above demonstrates Google Docs.
