What is Google Docs ?
Google Docs is a free, web-based word processing, presentation program. You do not need any software download and you can access your files wherever you are with an Internet connection.
Some Features of Google Docs
- It is free and very easy to use
- It has a user-friendly interface
- It lets you create Google documents, spreadsheets, and other file types
- It allows you to share Google Docs, files and collections
- It allows users to collaborate on documents in real time.
- It also offers a chat functionality for collaborators to use while working on docs.
- It has different service and function ;document,presentation,spreadsheets,drawing.
- ıt is online and web-based.
- It is synchronous & asynchronous
- It integrate with links to documents with hyperlinks .
How Teachers can use Google Docs in Education
- Google Docs can be used to promote group collaboration and creativity by having students record their group projects
- Teachers can use Google Docs to follow grades, attendance.
- Students use Google Docs to collaborate on writing assignments at same time.
- It helps teachers be a facilitator.
- it is e-portfolio and teacher follow students'performance within long term task.
- teacher can use it to give colloborative homework.
- Teachers can facilitate writing as a process by encouraging students to write in real time
- They can also use Spreadsheets to create quizzes and tests online.
- Teachers can use it to create presentations to share with students .
- They can also encourage collaborative presentation skills by asking students to work together on a shared presentation before presenting it to the class
- Teachers can use it to share lessons over time in a single document.
- Teachers and students can use it to gather research information, ask for opinions.
- teacher use a document like a blog posting having students make additions (like comments on a blog)
- Students archive their presentations for review/relearn
- Students can Publish their own works online
- Students constitute visual literacy with google docs drawing.
Use of Google Docs with examples
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