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What did you learn/notice in your collaborative experience in using
Google Docs? How will this tool be useful in your educational
activities? Provide at least three ideas for using Google Docs (and/or
Spreadsheets, Forms, Drawings, Presentations) in classroom learning
and/or professional learning/productivity. At least one idea should
reflect a collaborative use.
I've been using Google Docs and Google Drive for the past couple of years to work on assignments
and presentations for classes. I learned that it is awesome for making
changes and watching what others are thinking. I love that you can just
watch someone add to the report in real-time. It makes it much easier to
edit and catch mistakes than reading a large block of text later on.
Another bonus is that you can retrieve previous versions and see who's
been updating and contributing in comparison to others. Also, it makes
it easier to convert the document to PDF or Microsoft Word for
submission purposes or emailing ease. However, I also found that it gets
a little bit annoying when there are multiple people working on
different sections of the same report and the page keeps jumping around
and altering the format because it's trying to accommodate so many
requests.
How could you add this collaborative tool to your PLE? Where will you
add this tool to the PLE diagram you set up in Week 2? Will you?
I have already included Google Docs (and by extension Google Drive) into my PLE diagram under the "Collaborate" subheading.
Will you be removing tools we explore previously from your PLE? What tools have replaced them, or do you need them all?
After class I will be removing IFTTT and Zapier, and possibly Diigo. I don't use these as much as Feedly or Twitter. I think having too many accounts online is dangerous because if you lose track of them it makes it easier for someone to hack it and get personal information off of it.
Hi Jessica! I agree, I think the best part about Google Docs is watching those real-time changes take place. It makes group work so much easier, and allows everyone in the group to collaborate as we would in person without actually have to leave our own houses! I actually didn't think about that issue you mentioned, but I feel like it should have occurred to me as it is something I've experienced as well during my usage of Google Docs in the past. I feel like the only way to fix that problem would be to create editing time blocks for each member of the group, which coincidentally we can create through a Google Spreadsheet. After using google docs, I definitely think the pros outweigh some of the cons :)
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