Back to School With Google Docs Last year all of the students in our school district received Google Docs accounts and I was kept quite busy all year getting students up and running and then finding innovative ways to use the tools for learning. Upon reflection,if I got the opportunity to do it all over again there are three things I would make sure to do at the start of the year to kick off Google Docs. 1. Encourage Teachers to Create an In Box with a Google Form One of the challenges of using Google Docs with a class full of students is in managing all those Google Docs. While it's fairly easy for students to learn to share their work with you, the clutter that ends up in your email box can be overwhelming. Teachers create and publish a Google Form, or In Box, in a convenient place for students to access. 2. The Google Docs revision history tracks all changes that have been made to a document by each collaborator, which makes this a useful feature for student accountability. 3. How to Use an Existing Templates
Tech Tools for Teachers: Social-bookmarking By Nik Peachey Nik Peachey explores social-bookmarking and how we can use it to save bookmarks online to access them from any computer. Nik provides a comprehensive overview article on the use of social-bookmarking, including a list of tools to collate web pages like scrible and Delicious, a downloadable lesson plan, a video screencast tutorial and a printable how-to guide. What is social-bookmarking? To explain what social bookmarking is, let’s first look at bookmarking. In this article, we look at the use of social-bookmarking to see how it can be used to share ideas and enhance learning. Equipment needed | Why is social-bookmarking useful for language teaching? Equipment needed You don’t need any special equipment to get involved in social-bookmarking, though many social-bookmarking services do offer you browser plug-ins and bookmarklets that can make using their services faster and more efficient. Why is social-bookmarking useful for language teaching? Tips for creating social bookmarks
4 New Ways to Use Google Docs Forms with Students - Getting Smart by Susan Oxnevad - free technology, GAFE, google docs, multimedia, video The Google Docs form is an efficient tool for teaching and learning because it is user friendly, free, and works on most computing devices. Forms can be embedded into a variety of online learning platforms or emailed directly to students for easy access. Recently, Google improved the form by adding some multimedia features, providing teachers with more ways to use it for guided, independent learning. Embed YouTube Video into a Google Docs Form Now you can embed live YouTube video right into a form to create a guided video lesson for students. Create a Self-Grading Quiz with Google Docs Forms and Flubaroo Information collected through a Google Docs form is instantly displayed in a spreadsheet. Embed an Image Into a Google Docs Form Pictures can be powerful tools for launching writing activities. Use a Google Docs Form as an Exit Ticket Gauge student understanding and evaluate the effectiveness of a lesson by using a form as an exit ticket. Final Thoughts
25 Things Teachers Should Know About Gamification Gamification has been a big buzzword in education in recent times. Using game-style methods to incentivize students to get their learn on can be fun and effective teaching and learning methods.Take a look at these 25 things that all teachers should know about gamification. See Also: The 100-Second Guide To Gamification In Education From the most simple questions (like, ‘what is gamification, anyway?) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Dr.
BGSU Wiki - Embed a Google Document Embed an Google Document Here is how you would go about embedding a Google Document into your Wikispace: Step 1 Go to Step 2 Next click on "Create New" button and click on "Document." Step 3 This is what a new Spreadsheet will look like: Step 4 By the Google docs logo it will say "Untitled" Click on the word "Untitled" Step 5 This new window will pop up and you will need to name your Google Document. Step 6 Next you will need to make sure anyone can have access to this document. Step 7 A new window will open up: Step 8 At the bottom of this window click on the "Change" button. Step 9 Open a new new window with your Wikispace. Step 10 In the editor section click the icon that looks like a TV. Step 11 This will bring up the Widget window: Step 12 At the bottom of this window click on the "Other HTML" button. Step 13 In this new window you will enter an "embedding" code. Step 14 Next go back to your Google Documents window and click on the "Share" button. Step 15 Step 16 Step 17 Step 18
Social Bookmarking It's just too much. Did you know that there are over 15 billion web pages? To make sense of it all, we need to pluck out the best pages and save them for later. We have choices. We could bookmark or add to favorites in our web browser. Nah, it quickly becomes messy. There's a new way that doesn't use a browser. We'll focus on three things: How to get started with bookmarking, how bookmarks are organized by tags, and why this kind of bookmarking is social. First, go to delicious.com to sign up for a free account. Consider this example, you are a teacher who often uses the web to find math lessons for 8th graders. Here's what happens when you tag a site: a new window opens and asks for more information. When you save a page like this, two things happen. Let's fast forward two months to make our second point: Why tags are so important. To find all your sites about algebra, you click the algebra tag, and voila, one hundred becomes three. Think about your fellow teachers.
Bring a little something extra to Docs and Sheets with add-ons You use Google Docs and Sheets to get all sorts of stuff done—whether you're staying up late to finish that final paper or just getting started on a new project at the office. But to help take some of that work off your shoulders, today we're launching add-ons—new tools created by developer partners that give you even more features in your documents and spreadsheets. To browse through add-ons for Docs and Sheets, select Get add-ons in the Add-ons menu of any open document or spreadsheet. (Add-ons for spreadsheets are only available in the new Google Sheets). Once you install an add-on it will become available across all of your documents or spreadsheets and you can start using it right away. Here are just a few examples of how add-ons can help you do more with Docs and Sheets: Print address labels and name tags With Avery Label Merge you can seamlessly import addresses or names from Sheets into Docs for printing. Get approvals from Docs and Sheets Need to gather approvals or feedback?
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