[Yr11 Information Technology] Google Docs in action

[Michael Ha]

And the great thing about Google Doc is that it allows real time
collaboration between users.

Used it in my Year 9 class when I got students to create a presentation in
groups. Students can chat and edit their presentation at the same time via
Google Doc, although there was a bit of a lag between someone editing
something and for it to appear on other group member's screen. (10 seconds
in some instances!) It seems to be working much better now since the lastest
upgrade about 2 weeks ago.

The thing I like about it is it reduces the problem of students having
different versions of their presentation on various medias (USB, emails,
etc) and trying to find the right one or collaborating it right before their
presentation!!

A good place to get started is:

http://docs.google.com/support/



Michael Ha
I.T. Teacher


Melbourne Grammar School

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