Hello Fellow Bloggers,
As we continue on our journey of exploration, let us take a moment now to ponder on the next stage of our discovery! -- Module 3.
'Goggle docs in Plain English.'
Good bye to messy email attachments. Goggle Docs you have full control of who can see & access your documents. There is only one document, secure link and you can invite writers to collaborate on the document. Easy to edit work.
From - 'Teachers and Principals Talk about Goggle Docs'.
All students can participate, learning is happening any time of the day.
You can communicate across states, countries. Now I need to connect my relatives and brush up on my Italian.
I liked the comment from one of the teachers, that you can see which student is doing the lion's share of the work- no hiding behind someone elses work.
The fact that you can interact with others and they can expand, comment and perhaps ehance your ideas is a positive way of engaging with others.
Using Goggle Docs spreadsheet allows students to publish and to become publishers on a worldwide level.
A really great point that was made was that having students use Goggle Docs raises the level of their work because they begin to understand how many people are reading what they've done and they want it to be the best they can do.
Nothing like performing when you know you have an audience !
Until next we meet.
Keep on exploring........
Hi Rosa,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you and think that Goggle Docs is a great way to track who is doing what and ensuring that all students are contributing. So often we see in group work the lower students not been given or not intiating participation. This enables all students to have a voice and share their opinion. I am excited about students being in control of their own learning spaces and being creators of their learning!
Keep up the great exploring!
Cheers
Amanda
"having students use Goggle Docs raises the level of their work"
ReplyDeleteGreat comment Rosa. It make me think of Michel Foucault's (or Jeremy Benthem's) Panopticon when you said this.
Yes, it is a type of jail system, but it is essentially a utopian version of Gerorge Orwell's Big Brother. Well that is the fundamental aim anyway. It's something we can all make up our own minds about.
For a very brief introduction...
http://cartome.org/panopticon1.htm