I found Google's docs and spreadsheets features simply great. This is an example of a social software that enables us to create documents online not just alone but together with whom we choose to work the document with. I found it very user friendly. The features of Google docs and Spreadsheets include the following :
With Google Docs & Spreadsheets, you can:
* Use the online editor to format documents, spell-check and more.
* Upload Word documents, OpenOffice, RTF, HTML or text.
* Download documents to your desktop as Word, PDF and more.
* View your documents' revision history and roll back to any version.
Plus, since it's online, you can:
* Invite others to share your documents by e-mail address.
* Edit documents online with whomever you choose.
* Publish documents online to the world, or to just who you choose.
* Post your documents to your blog.
I find this tool excellent for teaching and learning especially for peer editing in composition writing. By clicking on the revision's tab, I was able to find out who edited the document.
Has anyone made use of this site for classroom teaching? Please do share your experiences.
You can visit this site at : http:docs.google.com
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Hi Danam, thanks for this recommendation. It really sounds great and will explore further.
The things you don't know unless someone points you in the right direction! I have never used this, but will definately bookmark it. I like how you can both publish to the world, or a selective audience.
Yes, I like that public versus private idea of publishing content good too, especially when dealing with primary and secondary aged students.
I must admit that I haven't looked into these tools that Google offers - yet. I'd be really interested in practical examples / ideas that people have used too! :-)
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