Google+Docs+for+collaboration



An example of how SAMR might look in a classroom



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**What are Google Docs?**

 * Free suite of software through your browser including documents (like Word), spreadsheets (like Excel), forms (surveys, tests, polls), presentations (Powerpoint) and drawings.
 * Stored in the cloud rather than on a computer.

**Why use Google Docs?**

 * 1) Device agnostic including mobile devices (can use on all devices)
 * 2) Use anywhere you have an internet connection
 * 3) Always working on the latest version - no syncing or saving or trying to work out which version is the right one
 * 4) Import existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations
 * 5) Collaboration anywhere in the world with anyone
 * 6) Can be public or private
 * 7) Can decide who to share with (don’t need a Google sign in)
 * 8) It’s free
 * 9) Saves every change ever made to your document
 * 10) Comments are emailed to collaborators (can add voice comments. Can have people who can comment but not edit)
 * 11) Peer editing (teacher or student)
 * 12) No large files to email
 * 13) Students can use for self assessment
 * 14) In built dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia
 * 15) Keyboard shortcuts
 * 16) Templates
 * 17) Convert PDFs to text
 * 18) Upload existing documents
 * 19) Group chat to discuss projects
 * 20) Save docs to folders
 * 21) Embed videos in documents
 * 22) Instantly research words
 * 23) Create graphs
 * 24) Drag and drop photos into docs
 * 25) Draw
 * 26) Embed live links that constantly update
 * 27) Equation editor (insert, equation)
 * 28) Embed documents into any webpage
 * 29) Turn into a webpage by saving as HTML
 * 30) Share entire folders
 * 31) Work on documents at the same time
 * 32) Can edit without signing in if you enable this feature
 * 33) Can remove collaborators
 * 34) Freeze (lock) sections of a document to stop anyone editing them
 * 35) Can revert to old versions if needed
 * 36) Insert bookmarks to sections of your document so you can easily jump to that section
 * 37) Set up an automatic spell corrector if you have problems with common words (tools, preferences)
 * 38) Turn web pages into PDFs and save
 * 39) Translate from within your document
 * 40) Download documents from Google Docs if you need to

**Some examples....**
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 * Grammar journal description
 * Grammar journal - student example
 * Four ways of using Google forms with students
 * Story builder for Google Docs

** Challenge 1: Make your own form and share it.. **

 * Log in to Google Docs
 * Create a form
 * Click on **view live form**


 * Copy the URL for the live form
 * Paste it into this document along with your name
 * Don't forget to share the document
 * Please add the link to your responses so we can see the results

Challenge 2

 * Create your own Google Doc, enter some information and share it with the group. Remember to click on share and either make the document public or available to anyone who has the link. **(Please note that this means that your document will be public.**) Alternatively, you can add people's email addresses to share with specific people, but this needs to be their Google email address.
 * Also add the link to your Google Doc here please.

**Challenge 3**

 * Add a comment to at least one Google Doc listed here. Take another look at your original document to see what comments were added.

** Challenge 4. Ideas on how you might/have used Google Docs in the classroom - focus on collaboration **

 * Let's all add our thoughts so we'll have one document with lots of ideas

**Challenge 5**

 * Make or upload your own spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, form or document on a topic of your own choice. Spend some time looking at how you might format it and the features you could employ. If you'd like, share your work here.

**Help - how to use and manage Google Docs**
If you need to help on how to manage Google Docs, then watch Google Drive - a complete user guide - a great 'how to' video: media type="custom" key="24090478" If you prefer reading to viewing a video, these links will help you:
 * Practically everything you need to know about Google Docs
 * Revision history - see who's changed what and when
 * Sharing and publishing Google Docs
 * Everything you need to know about how to use Google Forms

Google Keep - a new note taking tool in Google Docs: media type="custom" key="24157446"

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Thanks to John Pearce, Britt Gow, Jenny Luca, Heather Dowd and many others for sharing their work, ideas and links.