Re: [LM_NET] Target: Google Docs

[Jennie <jennieteacher@GMAIL.COM>]

I brought Google into our school in a big way. All staff and students use
gmail as our main communication tool. For adults, I found the photo app
(Picasa) was the gateway drug to get them all hooked on google. Then I moved
onto the deeper parts like Google docs and Google groups - true
collaboration.

When using Google docs, there has to be a real reason - doing a presentation
on it doesn't seem to work (I have tried many times). I introduced it when
we needed live documents for "Accreditation" or "Integrated units". Once
they understand the beauty of real-time documents and "who entered what
when", they will never again send an attached word document.

By the way, Google Talk (separate app - not the embedded in gmail app) is
the gateway drug for middle school students.
They love the ability to drag and drop music files (building up their itunes
libraries) and photos straight into it while they are chatting.


Jennie Scott
jennieteacher@gmail.com


On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Janelle Langford <jlangford@meck.k12.va.us>
wrote:

> I have a teacher who needs to do a presentation on teacher to teacher use
> of Google Docs (not teacher to students).  I am looking for any suggestions
> you may have that I can share with him.  Thanks so much.
>
> Janelle Judy Langford
> Teacher-Librarian
> 250 Middle School Road
> Bluestone Middle School
> Skipwith, VA  23968
> jlangford@meck.k12.va.us
>
>
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Jennie Scott-McKenzie
Middle School ICT Teacher
ATIS International School, Kuwait

"taking the terror out of teacher techknowledgy"

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