Google Documents (Google Doc's or GDoc's) is by Google and is accessed through a users Google Mail (Gmail) account. So, it is first necessary to create a Gmail account (URL listed below). From the Gmail home page, Documents is selected from the top list of links. From the "New" drop-down menu on the Documents page, the type of document to be created is selected: Document, Presentation, Spreadsheet, or Form. A document page opens with many features similar to MS Word. The document is Saved from the File dropdown menu and the document is named. If another name is preferred, Rename is selected from the File dropdown menu. Collaboration on the document can occur by choosing the Share dropdown button, and choose "Invite people." Individual emails are keyed into the Invite area and a message can be included. For invited people to be able to make changes on the shared document, To edit needs to be selected.
For my classes, I plan to have students produce collaborative research projects on various concepts about earth science. In particular, my hope is to support students who are English Language Learners (ELL's) by forming teams of at least two English Only (EO) speakers with one or two ELL's. As teams work collaboratively on their projects, I will want to know if ELL's provide input that is revised for correct grammar by the EO's. Projects will include Word docuements (by copying from GDoc's onto a Word document), Power Point Presentations, and Spreadsheets.
Depending on each assignment, student teams could collaboratively produce quizzes or tests using the Google Forms document. Their tests would relate to their project and assignment goals and learning objectives. I would also use the Form Document to maintain communication addresses with the student Teams.
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