Google Sharing

As a society that thrives on connectedness to our personal and impersonal world, we look towards the World Wide Web to remain updated, maintain communication and share and obtain knowledge to the point where we have created one, if not many, digital identities based on this. Google is ever present in the management of these digital lifestyles. As educators, it is imperative to stay on top of trends and harness communication tools that can make learning and sharing as easy as possible for students.

In an educational environment, Google Docs is ideal as a collaboration tool. One of its distinguishing features is allowing more than one person to edit files simultaneously. Below is a presentation that each individual in my class contributed one slide to in regard to education software.



This tool provides a remarkably easy way to manage projects whether it is a Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Excel document. Instead of different copies of one document floating around, there is one central location where the document is accessed and any changes thereafter are saved to. I currently teach Adult Basic Education and Computer Literacy classes, and the way I see Google Docs being implemented in my classroom is as continuous building of resources. I have non-traditional students with skill levels typically varying from 2nd to 6th grade. Based on initial assessments, I would place students in groups and have them add something new they learned each week, thereby sharing with peers at their own level. This not only helps them learn from each other but empowers them to teach each other.

Standard: Communication and Collaboration