Google+Docs

Google Docs

__About Google Docs:__ To create a google doc you need to go on the website, [|docs.google.com] This website allows you to create web documents. You can create spreadsheets like excel and presentations like PowerPoint. You can import existing documents and create your own. You can access all of your work as long as you have an account on docs.google.com. It is free, easy, and a fun way to store and create documents on the web! __How Teachers Use This In Education:__ Just like teachers use PowerPoint, they can create a Google Doc for the same purpose. They can create a presentation for any lesson they are going to teach or any information they want to present to their class. Teachers can use Google Doc spreadsheets to create attendance charts, participation charts, surveys, or anything where they can keep track of their students and class as a whole.

__How Students Use This In Education:__ Students can create Google Docs for presentations and to organize data. By using the Google Docs presentation feature, they can create PowerPoints and organize their information from slide to slide. With the use of Google Doc spreadsheets, the students can present information in an organized fashion.

__I__ __STE-NETS Standards:__
 * 1) Communication & Collaboration- Students can communicate & collaborate through "sharing" their page.
 * 2) Creativity & Innovation- Students can choose the layout of their powerpoint and spreadsheets.
 * 3) Research & Information Fluency- Students must research the information they wish to provide.