This is a really important tool that has been introduced by google into google docs. It's helpful in particular to students with dyslexia or students who struggle to write and who are more comfortable with answering questions verbally. There is a link below for instructions on how to use it.
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Thanks Simon for running this PD session on 17th August 2015. And thanks for sharing your knowledge and resources with the staff.
This is a great blog post from Alice Keeler on the Teacher Tech website. This is not for beginners new to google classroom but is great for those now comfortable with google drive and google classroom. It really extends the possibilities to provide personalised learning for your students. Click here to read her blog. Image taken from her website.
How to add tick marks in a google doc in order to mark students work. Thanks to Raewyn Donnell for this tutorial.
This is a great video instruction of how to use the Research tool and the Easy Bib add on within google docs, thanks to Melissa Hero. I have given this video to my students to view within a research unit. They then have to try it out. I personally have used this within my own university studies and found it to be very effective.
It is important to note that students should be taught correct referencing procedures (footnotes alone is not correct referencing). Most universities also use the APA referencing style so this should be encouraged at Westlake Girls High School. This might seem like a minor thing, but believe me for those of you that are starting to received work from students through google drive and email, it is worth taking time to say this to students. Otherwise you might be receiving 30 emails of work that is all shared with you called 'Health' or something equally confusing.
I encourage all of my students to follow this naming convention when they go to name the document: Unit - Brief name of task - full name of student For example I might get a student to name their document 2.5 Notes Catherine Wooller The 2.5 referring to our unit, the notes referring to what document it is and their name. To eliminate the situation where you are receiving emails from students sharing work with you I would encourage you to set tasks through google classroom as an assignment. Keep an eye out for an upcoming post on how to do this. Is google docs better than word? Well in a simple answer NO. They are both great tools and both used for some similar purposes. Google simply offers some functions that are useful for collaboration while Word has great formatting tools.
E Learning is not about throwing out one tool for the sake of another. But for recognising which tool is better suited to the purpose. So when should I use a google doc?
So how do I create a google doc?
For information on how to share a document click here. In conversations with other teachers, I've been reminded of how our organisation of work, planning, and everything else that we do has a large impact on how we feel going into classrooms. So here is one tip to help make you feel more organised and to help you find things more easily in Google Drive. Thanks to Verity Sharland for reminding me about this feature and proudly showing me her very organised google drive. So the essence of this tip is to colour code your folders in google drive. Below is the inside of my Year 12 Outdoor Ed folders. I have coloured the different folders different colours. So when I am going about my work and need to find a document quickly I can find it without even reading the title simply by looking for the colour of folder I want. You can of course take this further and make all similar folders the same colour. For example in I have an assessment folder in all of my year level folders that I teach. I can make them all the same colour. See the steps below for how to do this really straight forward tip.
If you have old worksheets and documents that you want to continue using but want to put into your google drive, it is infact possible. There are a few key things you should know:
To convert a word/Excel or PPoint.
This will create a copy in your google drive. You are able to tell the difference between them by looking at the symbol in google drive. A word document will have a W symbol, see the difference below.
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