Tech Tools for Teaching: Google Docs

23 02 2009

While lecture still has its place as an effective method of teaching students, it shouldn’t be the only one. Today’s students want to be engaged in involved in their learning more than ever, especially through the medium of the Internet.  Google Docs provides a flexible platform for teachers and students to collaborate inside and outside the classroom.  Students can do group work on one single document and teachers can observe and comment in real time as the project progresses. This presentation briefly explains:

  1. What Google Docs is.
  2. Its unique features
  3. How they can be used in the classroom with examples





Great Example of a Mashup – BibleMap.org

11 02 2009

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.