Google+Docs

This page will have tips and tricks for using Google Docs. This page is located hierarchically under Technology Tips.

Google Spreadsheets are great for gathering student data. However, if you allow students to have access to the whole spreadsheet, then one student could accidentally modify or delete the work of another. One way to ensure that data is collected in a non-interfering manner is to use the forms capability. With it, you create a form with questions, students fill-in the answers and then the answers are placed in the appropriate cells in the spreadsheet. Forms can be used for polls and surveys as well. If you'd like to learn how to use forms with Google Spreadsheets, check out this link: []

Clark (from Corwin) and I (Allison from NPHS) are working on a write-up of the project. We are using Google docs. The cool part is, we are working on it at exactly the same time. He has a curser with his name on it and I have one with mine. We can see the changes that the other makes in real time. We are also chatting. And. . I am posting on this wiki. . . all from a non-native digital person. The point, however, is that the possibilities for this tool are endless. Can you tell I am a little bit excited?

Here is a great blog post on how you can use the google docs' tools in the classroom. http://d97cooltools.blogspot.com/p/cooltools.html