So, I hope to use GoogleDocs in larger ways than this, but I found a quick, easy use for it this week at work. The teacher websites that we can create at work are based upon saving a Word document as a webpage, and copying over the HTML code. Now, this doesn't allow for very much flexibility, and we only get the one page, no subpages. Also, to include any images or documents, we are limited based on space the school has/pays for, and we have to take those images/documents to someone in the building capable of uploading them, and have them put up when they have time.
After our DC trip, the students are doing a cross-curricular assignment that was due this past Friday. Many of them were coming to me for copies of the assignment sheet, having lost it. I wish I had thought about this earlier, but I was able to copy the assignment into a GoogleDoc, and provide a link to it on my page. That way, they can get it at home, when they realize last minute that they do not have it.
It's a basic use of GoogleDocs, but a convenient one that was able to immediately help a few people out. And it was extremely easy to do!
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It will be interesting to see if the students start to use it on their own for other things. I've heard of students using it to collaborate on homework.
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