I ran a few Google Docs workshops this week to help some teachers and administrators get a better handle on how, when, and why to use Google Docs. They seem to go well (even though some arrived asking “will I need my laptop for this workshop?”). Overall, there are a lot more people (faculty, staff, and students) using Google Docs these days. It’s great – students are “losing” fewer papers; faculty and staff are doing more collaboration online; faculty are sending out more Google Forms to collect information from the community.
This entertaining video came across Twitter yesterday – made entirely in Google Docs. It’s pretty impressive and a nice response to those who say the Google Docs is not a robust enough editor. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth the 1:30 minutes:
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[...] Presentation Demo Slam. I saw it on Twitter and today came across it in Page Lennig’s Blog: The TechKnow. Her post got me thinking about how our roll out of Google Apps for the Middle School has gone. I [...]
Pretty amazing video, had not seen that yet. I like Google Docs for collaboration but not the best for using as a storage source with a “homework dropbox” type of setting. Trying to find something similar but with an educator/teacher slant. Something like ebackpack.com but available now….any suggestions?
Hi Drew – How about Dropbox?