Evaluate Google Docs Use in 5 Minutes

I ran across a very succinct yet comprehensive overview of the instructional/learning usefulness/potential of Google Docs and Spreadsheets (GDS):

http://technology-escapades.net/GDS/player.html (Flash based presentation)

It's a quick way for those who don't know much about it to evaluate it.  My personal take, as a student who has and is working with groups, is that it is invaluable - especially when coupled with Google Groups.  Collaboration in the classroom, aka group papers/presentations, are more and more common.  This has created a headache for many many students as far as logistics.  GDS is a great option worth exploring, it answers the need of infrastructure around student group activity.  The presentation covers this very well.


Posted by cdmorris ( Mar 09 2007, 12:46:52 PM EST ) Permalink