Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Google docs for teachers!

While using the Google docs for teachers link I came in contact with a lot of great advice and awesome classroom ideas.
Google docs for teachers is a great way to organize your class information. There was one example which used a table and all of the student were able to put their information into the table to make one large table with all of the students information imputed into it.
Google docs would also be a great way to post homework for older students. All they would have to do would be to log onto the internet at home and click on the links for their homework. This could be very effective for students who tend to leave work at school and have the excuse that they left the folder at home and didn't know what to do. In Google docs one can also make it colorful and eye catching. Also, adding links and such will help the students to be able to interact with the document and discover what needs to be done.
There is also a discussion board for educators who wish to share their knowledge with other educators who need some help. There are lesson ideas and classroom game ideas and how to integrate technology into your classroom better. It would be a great resource for any teacher, because we all know that we have our days where the lesson just isn't panning out and we some help and we have other days where the lesson goes so well we cannot even believe it ourselves.
If you haven't all ready you NEED to check out google docs for teachers!

2 comments:

  1. Great ideas for integrating technology. Food for thought: You said that posting homework using google docs would be good for older students, but consider this, if you are teaching younger students, homework is often managed by their parents. Would Google docs be an effective way to communicate homework needs to parents so they can help keep their kids on track for school?

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  2. Yes it may help the parents. Posting homework on a homepage for the classroom may be effective for the parents. Also posting notes on how to help their child with certain homework assignments... there are endless possibilities.

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