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=Google Docs in the Classroom=

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Overview:
> [|Google Docs Tips from TechLearning 12/13/07] > [|Teaching Collaborate Writing with Google Docs] > [|14 Interesting Ways to use Google Docs in the Classroom] > [|Tutorial created by a third grade class outlining how to log in to Google Docs]
 * 1) It's free.
 * 2) Instead of losing track the location of my document (on my memory stick, home computer or work computer), I can store it in a central place and access it from any computer, always sure I am working on the latest version!
 * 3) Up to ten users can edit a word processing document or presentation simultaneously, and each user will see the changes made by other users almost instantly (fifty people can simultaneously edit a spreadsheet).
 * 4) Up to two hundred people can view a document simultaneously.
 * 5) Can automatically convert the body of an e-mail (and/or an e-mail attachment) into a word processing document.
 * 6) Can post documents to a variety of blog sites directly from Google Docs.
 * 7) Can feed a spreadsheet with live data gathered from the Web.
 * 8) Automatically saves revisions (can save hundreds of them), so you can revert back to an old version easily.
 * 9) One is able to embed comments in the document.
 * 10) Widely used and offers opportunity to peruse and use many different templates and opportunities for google search integration.
 * 11) Integrates technology into the daily curriculum.
 * 12) Students become more excited about writing tasks due to this inclusion of technology.
 * 13) Expectations of students are raised as their peers will be viewing their work.

Sample on mh jing []