I'm sure that MS is getting worried about many new options. Google Docs is certainly one of those threats. Open Office is another. The really nice parts of Google Docs are the availability of the documents and the ability to collaborate. I taught journalism for two years (before the "highly qualified" requirements) and used Blackboard, which was free at the time. It made for easier editing, but it was not as easy as Goggle Docs. I think that any project which is a team effort should be using Goggle Docs. My students will sometimes work on projects together and then combine them. They inevitably have problems putting the project together or one is formatted differently or used a different version of Office. I'm going to have to help them learn to use Goggle Docs and show them the easier way.
*Off topic: I am certainly going through this course more slowly than usual as I'm allowing myself to become distracted. Last night I set up a delicious account - even though I wasn't certain what I was doing -but know that is coming up. I also visited TED which is dangerous as there are so many good presentations on it. I watched one on brain chemistry and then one on creativity in schools and how we don't allow for much. Very interesting-here's link: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
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Janyce,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the link. I started watching it and got interrupted, but I put it in my faves to go back to view the remainder. I like your idea of having your students use Google Docs. I am looking forward to using it myself to encourage my students to share their project ideas with each other.
I concur with your observation of going through the course slower than usual. The first few "Things" seemed to find me zooming through rather quickly. Once I hit number 10, I seem to not be able to stay focused on the task at hand! There are so many interesting links and ideas I keep running into and I need to discipline myself more to complete the task, then peruse other sites.
I wish you much success as we continue to move through to the end!