Google Docs in the Classroom: Collaboration and Feedback
In our EDU584 class on January 29th, 2018, we watched videos that showed classroom teachers using technology in their literacy instruction. I decided to watch a video showing how an elementary school teacher used Google Docs in her classroom because I also sometimes use Google Docs in my classroom. In the video, students were learning how to use Google Docs while also learning how to make an existing story more exciting using literary devices (descriptive adjectives, metaphors/similes, powerful verbs). The teachers shared the story with their students via Google Docs. The students then made changes in order to make the story more exciting and shared the document with their peers so they could view the changes they made. The teacher then displayed some of the students' stories and explained how Google Docs could be used to give them comments on their work in real time. In this video, students were learning both a literacy skill (making a story exciting) and how to use a digital tool.
This activity directly aligns with and supports the CCSS standard ELA-LITERACY.W.5.6 which states that with some guidance and support from adults students will be able to "use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting."
This activity directly aligns with and supports the CCSS standard ELA-LITERACY.W.5.6 which states that with some guidance and support from adults students will be able to "use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting."
Hi Victoria, nice thing to know about how google docs are being used in classroom.
ReplyDeleteNice work :)
NIce connection to the CCSS. How many pages do you think students were able to produce through this activity?
ReplyDeleteHi Victoria, I like how you explained how google docs can work well to help teachers grade work, as well as students share work.
ReplyDeleteI liked this lesson a lot. I wish I knew how to use google docs better last year as a first year teacher. I was overwhelmed with all of the challenges that come with being a new teacher. I did not take the time to really explore this tool. I am happy to have that opportunity now taking this course. I remember thinking, Ugh, why can't we just use pen and paper. I have seen the light! Yes, google docs is worth learning and incorporating into reader's and writer's workshop. This I know for sure now. So glad to have spent some time exploring!
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