Oogle Your Google (Thing #20)

I’ve used Google Docs a few times this year with my level team. It has worked very well for us. I am not sure how I would use the presentation tools just yet, although I did explore what is available and it looks like it could be useful some how. I would love to hear how others use these tools (especially elementary teachers!)  Here are my three ideas for using Google Docs: 1. Important Dates and Tasks - This is a document that my colleague created for this week’s assignment. It allows us to streamline all of the important dates and tasks that we have to remember all year long, year after year. This is the first year we’ve done this, but from here on out, we will be able to collaboratively refine and make edits as necessary.2. weekly check-in with tutor. We have a few students each year who see a tutor during school time. Unfortunately, we do not always have time to check-in about a kid. A Google Doc would provide an opportunity to keep up-to date progress by both teacher and tutor.3. At the end of every year we write very detailed narrative evaluations for each student. If my teaching partner and I have a Google Spreadsheet, we can continuously (and collaboratively) take notes on a kid all year long. These notes would then assist us in writing thoughtful evaluations and preparing for parent conferences.

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