Google Docs another convenient tool to make work easier. Google Docs, is a application of google which provides one with online editing of document, styling tools, writing, sharing or co-constructing on an idea together. Google docs serves the purpose of construction and co-construction
of teaching and learning through the use of technology especially computers, laptops and even smartphones.
It allows multiple users to come together to edit or create a document and the changes made by each users can be seen instantly by other users as well thereby learning and discussing on a work collaboratively. With Google docs we can produce any kind of document such as text document, spreadsheet, slide presentation and form. It also gives the user a platform to chat and discuss on how to go about by providing chat facilities similar to Facebook and other social media making learning more interactive and an active process.
It allows people to work in groups on a document for planning a lesson, project, story and etc. We don/t have to come together to work on a writing project or group work on writing, we can simply log into google docs and do our part of work from our convenient place be it home or at school.
We can collect data easily without wasting our resources and can escape from printing cost of a questionnaire by using google forms. The form is easy to use and can be used by those who wants to collect data when carrying out research. We can even use forms to create questions based on teaching and make the students answer them. This is a best way of evaluating and assessing students work in learning. So as a teacher we need not always do test using traditional methods of giving printed question papers and making them write, then collecting and correcting which is a tedious job. In google forms it will do auto correction and score the paper as well. But we need to punch in the answer before giving the questions.
Click the link below to check on my sample of questions my group prepared while planning a science lesson. We used that as a closure where we can assess children's learning as well.
The good thing about using google docs is that we don't have to save our work each time we make changes because it gets auto saved automatically. In order to use the google docs the user must be connected to an internet, without internet access one cannot work on it.
Google docs can be used to make students work in group activities and it will also help the teacher to assess the child's participation and contribution on group projects so it becomes easier for teachers to keep the track of students working on the project.
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