Using Google Docs for Collaboration 

Andrew & Kristen

 

Schools have lost focus

$8.00 of $10.00 is lost because of creating and supporting servers, updated software, etc.

 

Cloud Computing

new paradigm: anywhere access from multiple machines (data & applications)

 

looks like power system...power grid of today...before everyone generated their own power

 

Google has built data centers to host this ability

 

Google will make updates & fix things on a bi-weekly basis

 

Problems

• security
• travel (get further faster)
  • car & airplane
• keep data for as long as you want
• you can take your data other places (iCal, etc.)
• only time they will share your data is if you ask Google to
• provide to affiliate Google company for back up

 

Product (Google Apps Platform)

• collaboration tools (docs)
• Google does version control
• messaging tools
• calendar tools
• security & compliance tools
• your domain name (user@school.edu)

most schools pay $50/head

6.8 gigs of space free

• 24x7 support usually by email

 

Select Site Creation from List in Header

 

• create site
• invite collaborators
• create calendar
• invite teacher as viewer
• can add a document to your site

Arizona Sate University

• 65,000 students
• 2 weeks to deploy
• opt-in user migration
• 10% of kids didn't move over, so they were interviewed & moved soon
• more Google innovates, the more AZ does, too
• simplify
• innovate

 

Google Docs

• anywhere access & collaboration
• Google docs saves and stores a newer version
• you can go in and tell how much students have individually contributed
• kids get more excited & engaged when using on-line tools
• Add collaborators to documents
• kids are willing to give constructive criticism on-line

Name of Docs

• standard naming scheme class period, name, assignment
• you can go in and share with world as blog so

 

Presentations

• can import existing ppt or create new ones from scratch
• there is a chat window that students can use for feedback
• publish on the web
• present troup research

 

Spreadsheets

• create a quiz
• organize a club
• manage a fiedtrip
• (science lab) ind. data for entering their data in a common
  • summarizes averages
  • graphs averages
  • gets students excited about the data
  • Forms

     

    • email link to form
    • data goes to spreadsheet immediately
    • text fields
    • multiple boxes
    On-line spreadsheet to track student behavior during the day

 

Teachers can create and share lesson plans, meeting notes, and contact information in Google Docs.

 

Google docs gives more control than wiki

 

Google sites product is most similar to wiki

 

Is there going to be a database? not yet

 

www.googleforeducators.com

googledocs

 

Can you eliminate some widgets from student pages? will be able to do that in the future

 

Terms of service: anyone under 13 cannot use the consumer version. IF you have google apps as an administrator, you can create a parental permission form.

 

You can set so that only people within your domain can contact students. Postinni is a filtering system that you can purchase & add.

 

Mobile computing devices cannot edit docs yet. (will release in the next several months)

 

cfrodella@google.com

write if you have any qestion

 

andrewchang@google.com

google docs question

 

pdf upload was just launched in google docs

 

closer relationship between google docs & scholar

 

What's the max for people hitting a spreadsheet at a time? 100

 

Find a translator by going to ...

www.google.com

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publish page, put url in translator

 

1. Documents

journaling

essys

collaborative research papers

collaborative book reports

creative writing

writing portfolios

2. Spreadsheets

stock portfolio (live data)

graphs, charts, and data presentation techniques

3. Presentations

presenting group research

active student participation