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== == Quick Overview of What Google Has To Offer
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 * Google Docs in Education Overview: **

Google Docs in Plain English (From The Common Craft Show) media type="youtube" key="eRqUE6IHTEA&rel=1&border=0" height="319" width="382" align="right" **The Tool:** @http://docs.google.com **The Crib Sheet:** [|Google Docs in the Classroom] [PDF]


 * Interactive Overview **
 * **Online Office Suite:** What exactly can I do with Google Docs?
 * **Docs in Education:** Brainstorm Document
 * **Spreadsheets in Education:** Collaborative Spreadsheet (with volunteers)
 * **Presentations** in Education: Overview Presentation
 * Edit Together ([|including live chat for all] ) Join in and add comments click view together in lower right hand corner
 * **Drawings in Education:** [|Your Summer Vacation]
 * **Google Docs as A Mind Tool:** [|Web Based Concept Mapping]

Collaborative Activity
How will Google Docs be valuable to you in your role as an educator?
 * As a team, create a doc, spreadsheet, Drawing, or presentation to illustrate your answer.
 * Share the file with everyone on the team as a collaborator. *Also share with us pkrambeck@gmail.com jensen729@gmail.com jeffingraham@gmail.com
 * Publish the file and share the url with the other team.
 * Add the url to this page below:
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Additional Resources

 * [|Google Docs Help Center]
 * [|Google For Educators: Google Docs]
 * [|Create a Permeable Classroom] [ITM Blog Post about Google Docs Presentations]
 * See below for "even more."

Reflection - Lets create a form together to find out the following:

 * How has your understanding of Google Docs Changed?
 * What do you still want to learn about Google Docs?
 * What are your next steps?

**Google in Education**
[|Google for Educators] [|Stuff] [|Educational Technology and Life] (Google in Education Category) See also the GooglEd Wiki What's New in Google Docs? http://www.google.com/google-d-s/whatsnew.html Using Google Docs in Education is easy as ABC
 * Google YouTube Channel**