Joan says

I really enjoyed exploring Google Docs and thinking about all the ways I could use it in my classroom. Instead of using paper and copies from the copier, students could look to see on a document I create, what I expect them to do for their current events for my Social Studies class. They often lose copies of papers I ask them to keep in their binder all year, so they could look at the document on Google Docs if I shared it with them.

As far as presentations go, the “power point” aspect for presentations is very easy to use. Students could add slides to include new aspects of ideas to study for tests, and all of the students could look at these slides and revise them. It could be a great way for students to coach each other and include ideas for studying for a test by added items to the presentation slides.

The spreadsheet could also be a collaborative tool for projects. One project where it could be used is when I require students to do a trip budget to an imaginary country. Students could add various budget line items to the spreadsheet as they get totals for air travel, hotels, shopping costs, food costs, etc. and I could look at one copy instead of 81 copies of student budgets. The spreadsheet columns would work well for budget categories. I enjoyed using Google Docs and could see myself using them in my classroom.