Teachers, principals, and students tell us how and why they use Google Docs in their schools.
Two year 4 students from Winters Flat Primary School explain how they write, collaborate, receive feedback and share using Google Docs, one of the key communication tools of Google Apps for Education.
Collaboration is one of the best methods to g Google provides a host of free tools that educators can use in their classrooms. Here are some samples for how teachers are using the collaborative elements of Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) with their students:
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/fostering-student-collaboration - A high school teacher has students collaboratively writing in groups.
http://gettingsmart.com/2012/12/5-ways-to-use-google-docs-in-the-classroom/ - a list of ideas for using the power of Google Docs collaborative capabilities.
http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/02/03/20-collaborative-google-apps-activities-for-schools/ - a great list of all the ways you might think to use various Google tools in a school setting.
Directions for creating a custom Google Map that could be used as part of a collaborative class project.
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/education/learn/ - Google's official Maps in Education page
http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/custommaps.html - a tutorial outlining how you can create a custom map
https://www.geographyrealm.com... - Geoguesser is described here - a tool that provides geography quizzes using Google Maps.
http://teachingiselementary.blogspot.com/2012/07/using-google-hangout-in-education-10.html - ideas for using Google Hangouts with elementary (yes elementary!) students.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_6iY3eAfuE - using Google Drawing from the Google Drive tools to do brainstorming; also can read about the idea at http://d97cooltools.blogspot.com/2011/10/brainstorm-online-with-google-docs.html
