Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Documents
So far documents seem to be virtually the same as word windows, but I do love the share feature. It seems like it would be useful as a chat box or for any type of collaborative writing (especially since it is sometimes easier to just show than tell, and it may help less assertive students participate more if paired with someone who hogs the mouse!) Also it would be easier to edit (either peer or teacher) with the ability to share online rather than with just a hard copy, and the comments could definitely be easily read.
I think it would be very useful in class discussions in which the teacher wants to summarize in a written form (students could just type their comments for themselves for all to see). There is likely to be a problem with students using it as a high tech (and more subtle) way of passing notes.
We looked at high school plans for social studies (immigration) and art and neither really used documents, other than the fact that the plan itself was a document, and appeared indistinguishable from a document done with word windows.
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Hmm...
ReplyDeleteFrom Item #2 on the lesson plan is working off of Google Documents in a shared document mode. I think you dismiss it too quickly. One could not do this with MS Word unless SharePoint was set up and that rarely is the case at most schools because of the cost and maintenance issues.
You do make some good points regarding the use of the shared documents, I just wish you had read the lesson plan a little closer to see what was happening there along the same lines.
Not bad, but I know you can do a bit better.
Thanks! :-)