Is it responsible for schools to teach Google Docs instead of Microsoft Office... - The Diigo Meta page

• 19 Feb 19
  

  Bobby Brown

  Back in 2010 our school district rolled out Google Apps for Education for our staff and students. Since then we have seen great usage of Google Docs for the creation of word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. However, along with that growth in usage, we have also received a common question: “Is it really a good idea for a school to encourage the use of Google Docs instead of Microsoft Office?”

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• 27 Mar 17
  

  Natasha Adams

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• 22 Sep 16
  

  bbrakke882

  The Apps User Group website connects and assists schools in the use of Google Apps for Education. The site contains resources for implementing and using Google Apps, news from the Google blogs, links to schools that use Google Apps, a discussion forum, a calendar for training opportunities, and more.

  5plus1 google docs googleapps education

  • Google Docs is free.
  • Google Docs has all the features you need to complete your tasks
  • no matter where you are the program is the same
  • access, edit, create, and share
  • no longer need to store files on flash drives
  • collaboration and sharing
  • It is more important to teach technology skills than specific programs.
  • proper use of multimedia presentations
  • Google Docs is a great choice for schools because it is a free, powerful suite of programs

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• 20 Sep 16
  

  kjorgensenccsd

  The Apps User Group website connects and assists schools in the use of Google Apps for Education. The site contains resources for implementing and using Google Apps, news from the Google blogs, links to schools that use Google Apps, a discussion forum, a calendar for training opportunities, and more.

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  • Free is good. It is good for schools with tight budgets. It is good for parents trying to make ends meet. It is good for students as they go off to college and have more than enough costs to cover. Google has made a commitment to education and offers the entire Google Apps suite of services to schools for free, with no advertising, and with no strings attached.

     
  • Apps
  • It provides a full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more.
  • students can access, edit, create, and share all their Google Docs from any computer whether at school or at home or the public library or on vacation at Grandma’s house. Even snow days are no longer an excuse for no doing school work!
  • Google Docs allows for collaboration and sharing.
  • A final thought to consider is just what needs to be taught when it comes to tech skills. Most productivity programs work about that same. For example, if you know how to create a numbered list in Microsoft Word, you will have no problem doing the same thing in Google Documents or Open Office or Zoho Office or most any word processing program. The same is true for most all productivity tasks. Google Docs is an excellent suite of programs for teaching these needed productivity skills that can be used with any program.

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• 09 Feb 16
  

  kaymensmom

  5plus1 googleapps

  • We believe the answer is “yes” and this article will cover many of the reasons why.
  • o match the features offered in Google Apps (for free) we would have to pay Microsoft over $200,000 per year, every year.

     
  • hey are always improving their programs. At least once every week or two, Google announces some new feature or tool or option that they have added to Google Docs.
  • you automatically get them. There is no need for users to download and install updates, or pay for a new version.

     
  • Linux computer.
  • Anything they work on in one location can be pulled up in another.
  • When shared, a file can be made read-only or can be edited by others.
  • Anything created in Google Docs can be exported into Microsoft format for you to open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and converted into Google Docs if needed.

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• 04 Feb 16
  

  amberstahl

  The Apps User Group website connects and assists schools in the use of Google Apps for Education. The site contains resources for implementing and using Google Apps, news from the Google blogs, links to schools that use Google Apps, a discussion forum, a calendar for training opportunities, and more.

  google docs

  • • Google Documents - a word processing program (similar to Microsoft Word)
     
    • Google Presentations - a multimedia presentation program (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint)
     
    • Google Spreadsheets - a spreadsheet program (similar to Microsoft Excel)
     
    • Google Forms - a program for creating and delivering online forms, surveys, quizzes, and more
     
    • Google Drawings - a drawing and graphics program
  • Free is good. It is good for schools with tight budgets.
  • It provides a full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more.
  • produce, edit, collaborate, and communicate.
  • great struggles for a school can be the large amount of different programs and versions of programs that students may use at home.
  • Google Docs is entirely web-based, students get the exact program at school and at home and at the public library and anywhere else they go. Speaking of which...
  • his means that students can access, edit, create, and share all their Google Docs from any computer whether at school or at home or the public library or on vacation at Grandma’s house.
  • Being web-based also means that students no longer need to store files on flash drives or other media to transfer documents between school and home.
  • Students and staff can share any of their Google Docs with other students or staff as needed. When shared, a file can be made read-only or can be edited by others.
  • Google Docs works well with Microsoft Office and other productivity programs. Anything created in Google Docs can be exported into Microsoft format for you to open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and converted into Google Docs if needed.
  • Google Docs is a great choice for schools because it is a free, powerful suite of programs, that is constantly improving, and that allows for anytime, anywhere access and collaboration. It is a great tool to help us teach our students technology, but more importantly to teach them to use technology.

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• 03 Feb 16
  

  neened68

  The Apps User Group website connects and assists schools in the use of Google Apps for Education. The site contains resources for implementing and using Google Apps, news from the Google blogs, links to schools that use Google Apps, a discussion forum, a calendar for training opportunities, and more.

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  djolovich

  5plus1 googledocs techie skills

  • Google Docs removes compatibility issues.

     
  • compatibility
  • Google Docs removes compatibility issues.

     
  • compatibility
  • Google Docs removes compatibility issues.

     

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  jucrago

  5+1 Techie googleapps education

  • When our school district rolled out Google Apps, we did not settle for it because we could not afford anything else. We chose Google Apps for many reasons (explained in this article) including the fact that it provides an excellent suite of productivity tools. Google Docs is not a watered-down, light version of Office programs. It provides a full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more.
  • And for those areas where Google Docs may lack some features, the good news is that they are always improving their programs. At least once every week or two, Google announces some new feature or tool or option that they have added to Google Docs. They listen to their users’ requests and work hard to roll out needed updates. In addition, since Google Docs is entirely online, as the new features get released, you automatically get them. There is no need for users to download and install updates, or pay for a new version.
  • With Google Docs, no matter where you are the program is the same. Since Google Docs is entirely web-based, students get the exact program at school and at home and at the public library and anywhere else they go.
  • Being web-based also means that students no longer need to store files on flash drives or other media to transfer documents between school and home.
  • Sharing also allows for students to turn in their school work digitally for their teachers to grades, removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.
  • Anything created in Google Docs can be exported into Microsoft format for you to open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and converted into Google Docs if needed.
  • Moreover, programs are updated frequently, so if you learn Microsoft Word in a middle school computer class, by the time you graduate from high school Word will most likely have gone through two or more major upgrades and look quite different. It is not as important to know where the “numbered list” button is, but rather to understand what it does and when to use it.

     
  • It is a great tool to help us teach our students technology, but more importantly to teach them to use technology.

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• 30 Jan 16
  

  dwisroth

  The Apps User Group website connects and assists schools in the use of Google Apps for Education. The site contains resources for implementing and using Google Apps, news from the Google blogs, links to schools that use Google Apps, a discussion forum, a calendar for training opportunities, and more.

  5plus1 Googleapps

  • Google Docs is free.
  • When our school investigated both Google Apps and Microsoft’s option (Office 365), we discovered that to match the features offered in Google Apps (for free) we would have to pay Microsoft over $200,000 per year, every year.
  • Depending on your needs, chances are that Google Docs has all the features you need to complete your tasks.
  • This means that students can access, edit, create, and share all their Google Docs from any computer whether at school or at home or the public library or on vacation at Grandma’s house.

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• 12 Oct 15
  

  kalbert2

  GoogleDocs apps

  • removes compatibility issues
  • anytime, anywhere access.
  • collaboration and sharing
  • businesses a
  • technology skills than specific programs.

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• 24 Sep 15
  

  taralynnreed

  Google Doc Techie Skills Class

  • • Google Documents - a word processing program (similar to Microsoft Word)
     
    • Google Presentations - a multimedia presentation program (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint)
     
    • Google Spreadsheets - a spreadsheet program (similar to Microsoft Excel)
     
    • Google Forms - a program for creating and delivering online forms, surveys, quizzes, and more
     
    • Google Drawings - a drawing and graphics program
  • Google Docs is an excellent suite of powerful programs.
  • Google Docs is constantly adding new features.
  • Google Docs removes compatibility issues.
  • Google Docs allows for anytime, anywhere access.
  • Google Docs allows for collaboration and sharing.
  • Microsoft Office can still be used in conjunction with Google Docs.
  • any people, schools, and businesses already use Google Docs.
  • t is more important to teach technology skills than specific programs.

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  jkampfe71

  5+1 Techie Class

  5+1 Techie.

  • 
     

     

    Google Docs allows for anytime, anywhere access.

     
  • Google Docs is a web-based program. That means nothing needs to be downloaded or installed on your computer to use it. It simply runs right in your web browser. As long as you have access to the Internet, you have access to Google Docs.

     
  • Microsoft Office can still be used in conjunction with Google Docs.
  • For many reasons, people may sometimes choose or need to use Microsoft Office for certain tasks. For example, at our high school our business classes still use Microsoft Office due to the specific tasks they need to do and the likelihood they will be using Office in their jobs. Even still, Google Docs works well with Microsoft Office and other productivity programs. Anything created in Google Docs can be exported into Microsoft format for you to open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and converted into Google Docs if needed.

     

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• 23 Sep 15
  

  kailakauf

  googleapps 5plus1 google docs

  • 200,000 per year, every year.
  • s not a watered-down, light version of Office programs. It provides a full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more.
  • There is no need for users to download and install updates, or pay for a new version.
  • This can pose a challenge for the student who needs to open, edit, or share that document when at school.
  • I greatly appreciate this, having seen many students with broken flash drives, CD’s, and floppies over the year. (Of course students can still export their Google Docs to a flash drive if they want. See later in the article.)
  • Google Docs allows for collaboration and sharing.

     

    
     

     

    Another benefit of being web-based is collaboration. Students and staff can share any of their Google Docs with other students or staff as needed. When shared, a file can be made read-only or can be edited by others. This makes it easy for students to do group projects and all work together on the same document or presentation, with no need to merge separate files together later.

     

    
     

     

    Sharing also allows for students to turn in their school work digitally for their teachers to grades, removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.
  • It is more important to teach technology skills than specific programs.

     

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  amolson3718
  • We believe the answer is “yes”
  • 
     

     

    Google Docs is free
  • anytime, anywhere access.

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  jesorenson

  The Apps User Group website connects and assists schools in the use of Google Apps for Education. The site contains resources for implementing and using Google Apps, news from the Google blogs, links to schools that use Google Apps, a discussion forum, a calendar for training opportunities, and more.

  5+1 Techie Tech

  • When our school investigated both Google Apps and Microsoft’s option (Office 365), we discovered that to match the features offered in Google Apps (for free) we would have to pay Microsoft over $200,000 per year, every year.

     
  • Google Docs is not a watered-down, light version of Office programs. It provides a full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more.
  • adding
  • Google Docs is constantly

    adding new features.
  • And for those areas where Google Docs may lack some features, the good news is that they are always improving their programs. At least once every week or two, Google announces some new feature or tool or option that they have added to Google Docs. They listen to their users’ requests and work hard to roll out needed updates. In addition, since Google Docs is entirely online, as the new features get released, you automatically get them. There is no need for users to download and install updates, or pay for a new version.

     
  • It is possible for a student to write a document at home in a newer version of a program or a completely different program than what the school has on our computers. This can pose a challenge for the student who needs to open, edit, or share that document when at school.
  • students no longer need to store files on flash drives or other media to transfer documents between school and home
  • When shared, a file can be made read-only or can be edited by others. This makes it easy for students to do group projects and all work together on the same document or presentation, with no need to merge separate files together later.
  • Sharing also allows for students to turn in their school work digitally for their teachers to grades, removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.

     
  • Anything created in Google Docs can be exported into Microsoft format for you to open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and converted into Google Docs if needed.
  • Another good example would be the proper use of multimedia presentations. Through Google Presentations students can certainly learn all necessary basic skills concerning creating slides, entering text, adding pictures, applying animations, inserting transitions, and such, which can be used in most any presentation program. Although students need to learn how to make a presentation, more importantly they need to learn how to make one well. That is, how to communicate clearly, choose the proper text to share, keep the listeners’ attention, avoid distracting extras, and such. These are the skills students truly need to be effective users of technology now and in the future.

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• 21 Sep 15
  

  banner9870

  google docs 5plus1 5+1Techie

  • Google Docs is free.
  • Google Docs is an excellent suite of powerful programs.
  • Google Docs is constantly adding new features.
  • Google Docs removes compatibility issues.
  • With Google Docs, no matter where you are the program is the same.
  • Google Docs allows for anytime, anywhere access.
  • his means that students can access, edit, create, and share all their Google Docs from any computer whether at school or at home or the public library or on vacation at Grandma’s house.
  • Google Docs allows for collaboration and sharing.
  • Sharing also allows for students to turn in their school work digitally for their teachers to grades, removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.
  • Microsoft Office can still be used in conjunction with Google Docs.
  • It is more important to teach technology skills than specific programs.
  • oogle Docs is a great choice for schools because it is a free, powerful suite of programs, that is constantly improving, and that allows for anytime, anywhere access and collaboration. It is a great tool to help us teach our students technology, but more importantly to teach them to use technology.

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  swinter11

  5plus1 google apps

  • Google Docs is composed of several programs:
     
     
    • Google Documents - a word processing program (similar to Microsoft Word)
     
    • Google Presentations - a multimedia presentation program (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint)
     
    • Google Spreadsheets - a spreadsheet program (similar to Microsoft Excel)
     
    • Google Forms - a program for creating and delivering online forms, surveys, quizzes, and more
     
    • Google Drawings - a drawing and graphics program
  • One of the great struggles for a school can be the large amount of different programs and versions of programs that students may use at home. It is possible for a student to write a document at home in a newer version of a program or a completely different program than what the school has on our computers. This can pose a challenge for the student who needs to open, edit, or share that document when at school.
  • Google Docs is a web-based program. That means nothing needs to be downloaded or installed on your computer to use it. It simply runs right in your web browser
  • It does not matter if the computer is a Windows PC or a Mac
  • no need to merge separate files together later.

     

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• 08 Feb 15
  

  kszafran

  google docs

• 26 Jan 15
  

  khutchison

  5plus1 googledocs

  • When our school investigated both Google Apps and Microsoft’s option (Office 365), we discovered that to match the features offered in Google Apps (for free) we would have to pay Microsoft over $200,000 per year, every year.
  • Google Docs is not a watered-down, light version of Office programs. It provides a full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more.
  • At least once every week or two, Google announces some new feature or tool or option that they have added to Google Docs. They listen to their users’ requests and work hard to roll out needed updates.
  • Google Docs removes compatibility issues.
  • Being web-based also means that students no longer need to store files on flash drives or other media to transfer documents between school and home. Anything they work on in one location can be pulled up in another. I greatly appreciate this, having seen many students with broken flash drives, CD’s, and floppies over the year. (Of course students can still export their Google Docs to a flash drive if they want. See later in the article.)

     
  • collaboration and sharing.
  • Anything created in Google Docs can be exported into Microsoft format for you to open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and converted into Google Docs if needed.

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• 27 Oct 14
  

  nichnmick

  5plus1

  • for Education for our staff and
  • Back in 2010 our school district rolled out Google Apps
  • students
  • ogle Docs is part of Google Apps for Education, which is a suite of online programs and services provided by Google to schools for fre
  • Google Documents
  • Google Presentations
  • Google Spreadsheets
  • Google Forms
  • Google Drawings
  • Google Docs is free.
  • provides an excellent suite of productivity tools.
  • It provides a full featured word processor, spreadsheet
  • program, presentation tool, and more.
  • since Google Docs is entirely online, as the new
  • features get released, you automatically get them.
  • There is no need for users to download and install updates, or pay for a new version.
  • Google Docs removes compatibility issues.
  • 
     

     

    One of the great struggles for a school can be the large amount of different programs and versions of programs that students may use at home. It is possible for a student to write a document at home in a newer version of a program or a completely different program than what the school has on our computers. This can pose a challenge for the student who needs to open, edit, or share that document when at school.

     
  • Google Docs is entirely web-based
  • As long as you have access to the Internet, you have access to Google Docs.
  • Even snow days are no longer an excuse for no doing school work!
  • Beyond computers and laptops, Google Docs is
  • even accessible on tablets and smart phones.
  • Being web-based also means that students no longer need to store files on flash drives or other media to transfer documents between school and home.
  • students can still export their Google Docs to a flash
  • drive if they want.
  • Another benefit of being web-based is collaboration. Students and staff can share any of their Google Docs with other students or staff as needed. When shared, a file can be made read-only or can be edited by others. This makes it easy for students to do group projects and all work together on the same document or presentation, with no need to merge separate files together later.

     
  • Sharing also allows for students to turn in their school work digitally for their teachers to grades, removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.
  • Anything created in Google Docs
  • Google Docs works well with Microsoft Office and other productivity programs.
  • can be exported into Microsoft format for you to open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and converted into Google Docs if needed.
  • Google Docs is an excellent suite of programs for teaching these needed productivity skills that can be used with any program.
  • Through Google Presentations students can
  • certainly learn all necessary basic skills concerning creating slides, entering text, adding pictures, applying animations, inserting transitions, and such, which can be used in most any presentation program
  • how to communicate clearly, choose the proper
  • hese are the skills students truly need to be effective users of technology now and in the future.

     
  • text to share, keep the listeners’ attention, avoid distracting extras, and such

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• 26 Oct 14
  

  jilloh

  5plus1 gafe google docs

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  • new features
  • compatibility issues.
  • you will have no problem doing the same thing in Google Documents or Open Office or Zoho Office or most any word processing program.
  • It is not as important to know where the “numbered list” button is, but rather to understand what it does and when to use it.
  • Although students need to learn how to make a presentation, more importantly they need to learn how to make one well.
  • It is a great tool to help us teach our students technology, but more importantly to teach them to use technology.

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  bmckinsey

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  • “Is it really a good idea for a school to encourage the use of Google Docs instead of Microsoft Office?”
  • • Google Documents - a word processing program (similar to Microsoft Word)
     
    • Google Presentations - a multimedia presentation program (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint)
     
    • Google Spreadsheets - a spreadsheet program (similar to Microsoft Excel)
     
    • Google Forms - a program for creating and delivering online forms, surveys, quizzes, and more
     
    • Google Drawings - a drawing and graphics program
  • Google Docs is free.
  • The only task I still use Microsoft Office for is if I need to do a mail merge, although this is not as common of a task for students.
  • There is no need for users to download and install updates, or pay for a new version.
  • Since Google Docs is entirely web-based, students get the exact program at school and at home and at the public library and anywhere else they go.
  • students no longer need to store files on flash drives or other media to transfer documents between school and home
  • removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.
  • Even still, Google Docs works well with Microsoft Office and other productivity programs.
  • It is a great tool to help us teach our students technology, but more importantly to teach them to use technology.

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• 10 Jul 14
  

  wjbower

  teacher

  • “Is it really a good idea for a school to encourage the use of Google Docs instead of Microsoft Office?”
  • So in conclusion, Google Docs is a great choice for schools because it is a free, powerful suite of programs, that is constantly improving, and that allows for anytime, anywhere access and collaboration. It is a great tool to help us teach our students technology, but more importantly to teach them to use technology.

     
  • Google Docs is a great choice for schools because it is a free, powerful suite of programs, that is constantly improving, and that allows for anytime, anywhere access and collaboration. It is a great tool to help us teach our students technology, but more importantly to teach them to use technology.

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• 31 May 14
  

  Sarah D
• 04 May 14
  

  John Pearce

  "Back in 2010 our school district rolled out Google Apps for Education for our staff and students. Since then we have seen great usage of Google Docs for the creation of word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. However, along with that growth in usage, we have also received a common question: “Is it really a good idea for a school to encourage the use of Google Docs instead of Microsoft Office?”"

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• 03 May 14
  

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• 02 May 14
  

  Jude Boyle

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• 01 May 14
  

  kim penrod

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• 17 Apr 14
  

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• 13 Apr 14
  

  julie balen

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• 27 Mar 14
  

  Michele Bau

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  Trish Kuberra

  Advantages of using google docs

  5plus1 education googleapps

  • • Google Documents - a word processing program (similar to Microsoft Word)
     
    • Google Presentations - a multimedia presentation program (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint)
     
    • Google Spreadsheets - a spreadsheet program (similar to Microsoft Excel)
     
    • Google Forms - a program for creating and delivering online forms, surveys, quizzes, and more
     
    • Google Drawings - a drawing and graphics program
  • Google Docs is free
  • powerful programs.

     
  • adding new features.
  • removes compatibility issues.
  • anytime, anywhere access.
  • collaboration and sharing.
  • Microsoft Office can still be used in conjunction with Google Docs.

     
  • schools, and businesses already use Google Docs.

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• 26 Mar 14
  

  Salina Koerper

  The Apps User Group website connects and assists schools in the use of Google Apps for Education. The site contains resources for implementing and using Google Apps, news from the Google blogs, links to schools that use Google Apps, a discussion forum, a calendar for training opportunities, and more.

  5+1 google docs education techieclass

  • Google Docs is composed of several programs:
     
     
    • Google Documents - a word processing program (similar to Microsoft Word)
     
    • Google Presentations - a multimedia presentation program (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint)
     
    • Google Spreadsheets - a spreadsheet program (similar to Microsoft Excel)
     
    • Google Forms - a program for creating and delivering online forms, surveys, quizzes, and more
     
    • Google Drawings - a drawing and graphics program
  • Free is good. It is good for schools with tight budgets. It is good for parents trying to make ends meet.
  • It is possible for a student to write a document at home in a newer version of a program or a completely different program than what the school has on our computers. This can pose a challenge for the student who needs to open, edit, or share that document when at school.
  • Being web-based also means that students no longer need to store files on flash drives or other media to transfer documents between school and home.
  • what needs to be taught when it comes to tech skills
  • anytime, anywhere access and collaboration

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  Julie Petersen
  • Google Docs is free.

     
  • When our school district rolled out Google Apps, we did not settle for it because we could not afford anything else. We chose Google Apps for many reasons (explained in this article) including the fact that it provides an excellent suite of productivity tools. Google Docs is not a watered-down, light version of Office programs. It provides a full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more.

     

    
     

     
  • At least once every week or two, Google announces some new feature or tool or option that they have added to Google Docs. They listen to their users’ requests and work hard to roll out needed updates. In addition, since Google Docs is entirely online, as the new features get released, you automatically get them. There is no need for users to download and install updates, or pay for a new version.
  • With Google Docs, no matter where you are the program is the same. Since Google Docs is entirely web-based, students get the exact program at school and at home and at the public library and anywhere else they go. Speaking of which...

     

    
     

     
  • Another benefit of being web-based is collaboration. Students and staff can share any of their Google Docs with other students or staff as needed. When shared, a file can be made read-only or can be edited by others. This makes it easy for students to do group projects and all work together on the same document or presentation, with no need to merge separate files together later.

     

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• 25 Mar 14
  

  brteacher

  The Apps User Group website connects and assists schools in the use of Google Apps for Education. The site contains resources for implementing and using Google Apps, news from the Google blogs, links to schools that use Google Apps, a discussion forum, a calendar for training opportunities, and more.

  • 2010 our school district rolled out Google Apps for Education for our staff and
  • students
  • Google Docs is part of Google Apps for
  • Education,
  • reasons why Google Docs is a good choice for schools:

     
  • free.
  • excellent suite of powerful programs.
  • It provides a full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more.
  • constantly adding new features.

     
  • removes compatibility issues.
  • anytime, anywhere access.

     
  • nothing needs to be downloaded or installed on your computer to use it.
  • allows for collaboration and sharing.

     
  • can be made read-only or can be edited by others.
  • Microsoft Office can still be used in conjunction with Google Docs.

     
  • Google itself uses Google Apps to run its multi-billion dollar com
  • pany.
  • proper use of multimedia presentations
  • So in conclusion, Google Docs is a great choice for schools because it is a free, powerful suite of programs, that is constantly improving, and that allows for anytime, anywhere access and collaboration. It is a great tool to help us teach our students technology, but more importantly to teach them to use technology.

     

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  Mike Miller

  Is it responsible for schools to teach Google Docs instead of Microsoft Office?

  • Google Docs is composed of several programs:
     
     
    • Google Documents - a word processing program (similar to Microsoft Word)
     
    • Google Presentations - a multimedia presentation program (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint)
     
    • Google Spreadsheets - a spreadsheet program (similar to Microsoft Excel)
     
    • Google Forms - a program for creating and delivering online forms, surveys, quizzes, and more
     
    • Google Drawings - a drawing and graphics program
  • Google Docs is constantly adding new features.

     

    
     

     

    And for those areas where Google Docs may lack some features, the good news is that they are always improving their programs. At least once every week or two, Google announces some new feature or tool or option that they have added to Google Docs. They listen to their users’ requests and work hard to roll out needed updates. In addition, since Google Docs is entirely online, as the new features get released, you automatically get them. There is no need for users to download and install updates, or pay for a new version.
  • Google Docs allows for collaboration and sharing.

     

    
     

     

    Another benefit of being web-based is collaboration. Students and staff can share any of their Google Docs with other students or staff as needed. When shared, a file can be made read-only or can be edited by others. This makes it easy for students to do group projects and all work together on the same document or presentation, with no need to merge separate files together later.

     

    
     

     

    Sharing also allows for students to turn in their school work digitally for their teachers to grades, removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.

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  Carmen Toole

  5plus1 google docs

  • Google Docs is free
  • Google has made a commitment to education and offers the entire Google Apps suite of services to schools for free, with no advertising, and with no strings attached.
  • $200,000 per year, every year.
  • powerful programs.

     
  • full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more
  • they are always improving their programs.
  • There is no need for users to download and install updates, or pay for a new version.
  • removes compatibility issues.
  • allows for anytime, anywhere access.
  • allows for collaboration and sharing.
  • Sharing also allows for students to turn in their school work digitally for their teachers to grades, removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.
  • Many people, schools, and businesses already use Google Docs.

     
  • Google Docs is a great choice for schools because it is a free, powerful suite of programs, that is constantly improving, and that allows for anytime, anywhere access and collaboration. It is a great tool to help us teach our students technology, but more importantly to teach them to use technology.

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  rrasmussen1

  The Apps User Group website connects and assists schools in the use of Google Apps for Education. The site contains resources for implementing and using Google Apps, news from the Google blogs, links to schools that use Google Apps, a discussion forum, a calendar for training opportunities, and more.

  techie 5+1 class googleapps homework

  • Google Docs is free.
  • Google Docs is an excellent suite of powerful programs.
  • Google Docs is constantly adding new features.

     
  • Google Docs removes compatibility issues.
  • Google Docs allows for anytime, anywhere access.
  • Google Docs allows for collaboration and sharing.
  • Microsoft Office can still be used in conjunction with Google Docs.
  • Many people, schools, and businesses
  • already use Google Docs.
  • It is more important to teach technology skills than specific programs.

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• 18 Nov 13
  

  Vanessa Parkinson

  5+1

  • Free is good. It is good for schools with tight budgets.
  • Google Docs is entirely online
  • students get the exact program at school and at home and at the public library and anywhere else
  • That means nothing needs to be downloaded or installed on your computer to use it
  • no longer need to store files on flash drives
  • Students and staff can share any of their Google Docs with other students or staff as needed.

  • Microsoft Office can still be used in conjunction with Google Docs.

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• 17 Nov 13
  

  Michelle Fillpot

  5plus1 technology google docs

  • Free is good. It is good for schools with tight budgets. It is good for parents trying to make ends meet. It is good for students as they go off to college and have more than enough costs to cover. Google has made a commitment to education and offers the entire Google Apps suite of services to schools for free, with no advertising, and with no strings attached.
  • Google Docs is free.
  • Free is good. It is good for schools with tight budgets. It is good for parents trying to make ends meet. It is good for students as they go off to college and have more than enough costs to cover. Google has made a commitment to education and offers the entire Google Apps suite of services to schools for free, with no advertising, and with no strings attached.
  • It provides a full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more.

     
  • chances are that Google Docs has all the features you need to complete your tasks.  
  • There is no need for users to download and install updates, or pay for a new version.

     
  • One of the great struggles for a school can be the large amount of different programs and versions of programs that students may use at home.
  • With Google Docs, no matter where you are the program is the same. Since Google Docs is entirely web-based, students get the exact program at school and at home and at the public library and anywhere else they go. Speaking of which...
  • This means that students can access, edit, create, and share all their Google Docs from any computer whether at school or at home or the public library or on vacation at Grandma’s house. Even snow days are no longer an excuse for no doing school work! It does not matter if the computer is a Windows PC or a Mac or even a Linux computer. Beyond computers and laptops, Google Docs is even accessible on tablets and smart phones.
  • Students and staff can share any of their Google Docs with other students or staff as needed.
  • Sharing also allows for students to turn in their school work digitally for their teachers to grades, removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.
  • Anything created in Google Docs can be exported into Microsoft format for you to open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and converted into Google Docs if needed.
  • Most productivity programs work about that same.
  • Through Google Presentations students can certainly learn all necessary basic skills concerning creating slides, entering text, adding pictures, applying animations, inserting transitions, and such, which can be used in most any presentation program.
  • Google Docs is a great choice for schools because it is a free, powerful suite of programs, that is constantly improving, and that allows for anytime, anywhere access and collaboration. It is a great tool to help us teach our students technology, but more importantly to teach them to use technology.

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  Donavon Voigt

  why google docs is a good idea for schools

  school_googledocs 5plus1

• 16 Nov 13
  

  Karen Overholt

  Techie5+1 technology GoogleDocs

  • Google Docs is free.
  • It provides a full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more.
  • Depending on your needs, chances are that Google Docs has all the features you need to complete your tasks
  • And for those areas where Google Docs may lack some features, the good news is that they are always improving their programs. At least once every week or two, Google announces some new feature or tool or option that they have added to Google Docs. They listen to their users’ requests and work hard to roll out needed updates. In addition, since Google Docs is entirely online, as the new features get released, you automatically get them. There is no need for users to download and install updates, or pay for a new version
  • It is possible for a student to write a document at home in a newer version of a program or a completely different program than what the school has on our computers.
  • no matter where you are the program is the same
  • As long as you have access to the Internet, you have access to Google Docs
  • This means that students can access, edit, create, and share all their Google Docs from any computer whether at school or at home or the public library or on vacation at Grandma’s house. Even snow days are no longer an excuse for no doing school work! It does not matter if the computer is a Windows PC or a Mac or even a Linux computer. Beyond computers and laptops, Google Docs is even accessible on tablets and smart phones.
  • Being web-based also means that students no longer need to store files on flash drives or other media to transfer documents between school and home.
  • Another benefit of being web-based is collaboration. Students and staff can share any of their Google Docs with other students or staff as needed. When shared, a file can be made read-only or can be edited by others. This makes it easy for students to do group projects and all work together on the same document or presentation, with no need to merge separate files together later.
  • Sharing also allows for students to turn in their school work digitally
  • Google Docs works well with Microsoft Office and other productivity programs. Anything created in Google Docs can be exported into Microsoft format for you to open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and converted into Google Docs if needed.
  • Most productivity programs work about that same
  • The same is true for most all productivity tasks. Google Docs is an excellent suite of programs for teaching these needed productivity skills that can be used with any program.
  • Moreover, programs are updated frequently, so if you learn Microsoft Word in a middle school computer class, by the time you graduate from high school Word will most likely have gone through two or more major upgrades and look quite different. It is not as important to know where the “numbered list” button is, but rather to understand what it does and when to use it.
  • Through Google Presentations students can certainly learn all necessary basic skills concerning creating slides, entering text, adding pictures, applying animations, inserting transitions, and such, which can be used in most any presentation program.

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• 05 Mar 13
  

  Sandy Claus

  5+1 Responsible to use googledox

  • Back in 2010 our school district rolled out Google Apps for Education for our staff and student
  • Google Apps includes Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sites, Google Docs, and more.
  • • Google Documents - a word processing program (similar to Microsoft Word)
     
    • Google Presentations - a multimedia presentation program (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint)
     
    • Google Spreadsheets - a spreadsheet program (similar to Microsoft Excel)
     
    • Google Forms - a program for creating and delivering online forms, surveys, quizzes, and more
     
    • Google Drawings - a drawing and graphics program
  •  As a technology director and computer user in all areas of my life, I consider myself a “power user”, constantly using a computer to produce, edit, collaborate, and communicate. For the last two years I have been using Google Docs exclusively for all of my productivity needs including all my newsletters, help guides, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. The only task I still use Microsoft Office for is if I need to do a mail merge, although this is not as common of a task for students.
  • There is no need for users to download and install updates, or pay for a new version.
  • students get the exact program at school and at home and at the public library and anywhere else they go. Speaking of which...
  • Even snow days are no longer an excuse for no doing school work
  • 
     

     

    Being web-based also means that students n
  • longer need to store files on flash drives o
  • Students and staff can share any of their Google Docs with other students or staff as needed. When shared, a file can be made read-only or can be edited by others. This makes it easy for students to do grou
  • Microsoft Office for certain task
  • what needs to be taught
  • multimedia presentations
  • Google Docs is a great choice for schools because it is a free, powerful suite of programs, that is constantly improving, and that allows for anytime, anywhere access and collaboration.

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  Nanci Koch

  5plus1 googledocs

  • With Google Docs, no matter where you are the program is the same. Since Google Docs is entirely web-based, students get the exact program at school and at home and at the public library and anywhere else they go. Speaking of which...

     
  • an access, edit, create, and share all their Google Docs from any computer whether at school or at home or the public library or on vacation at Grandma’s house
  • o longer need to store files on flash drives or other media to transfer documents between school and home
  • can share any of their Google Docs with other students or staff as needed.
  • emoving the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.

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• 01 Nov 12
  

  Christina Schmid

  article class 2

  education 5plus1

  • Free is good. It is good for schools with tight budget
  • commitment to education
  • We chose Google Apps for many reasons
  • it provides an excellent suite of productivity tools.
  • full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more.
  • chances are that Google Docs has all the features you need to complete your task
  • In addition, since Google Docs is entirely online, as the new features get released, you automatically get them
  • With Google Docs, no matter where you are the program is the same.
  • entirely web-based,
  • Google Docs is a web-based program
  • ! It does not matter if the computer is a Windows PC or a Mac or even a Linux computer
  • no longer need to store files on flash drives or other media to transfer documents between school and home
  • Sharing also allows for students to turn in their school work digitally for their teachers to grades, removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.
  • Anything created in Google Docs can be exported into Microsoft format for you to open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and converted into Google Docs if needed.
  • The same is true for most all productivity tasks. Google Docs is an excellent suite of programs for teaching these needed productivity skills that can be used with any program.
  • Through Google Presentations students can certainly learn all necessary basic skills concerning creating slides, entering text, adding pictures, applying animations, inserting transitions, and such, which can be used in most any presentation program
  • So in conclusion, Google Docs is a great choice for schools because it is a free, powerful suite of programs, that is constantly improving, and that allows for anytime, anywhere access and collaboration. It is a great tool to help us teach our students technology, but more importantly to teach them to use technolog

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  Richard Webb
  • Google Docs is part of Google Apps for Education, which is a suite of online programs and services provided by Google to schools for free. Google Apps includes Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sites, Google Docs, and more.
  • 
     
     
    Google Docs is composed of several programs:
     
     
    • Google Documents - a word processing program (similar to Microsoft Word)
     
    • Google Presentations - a multimedia presentation program (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint)
     
    • Google Spreadsheets - a spreadsheet program (similar to Microsoft Excel)
     
    • Google Forms - a program for creating and delivering online forms, surveys, quizzes, and more
     
    • Google Drawings - a drawing and graphics program
  • 
     

     

    Google Docs is free.
  • 
     

     

    Google Docs is an excellent suite of powerful programs.

     
  • 
     

     

    Google Docs is constantly adding new features.

     
  • 
     

     

    Google Docs removes compatibility issues.

     
  • With Google Docs, no matter where you are the program is the same. Since Google Docs is entirely web-based, students get the exact program at school and at home and at the public library and anywhere else they go
  • 
     

     

    Google Docs allows for anytime, anywhere access.

     
  • 
     

     

    Google Docs is a web-based program
  • 
     

     

    Google Docs allows for collaboration and sharing.

     
  • Students and staff can share any of their Google Docs with other students or staff as needed
  • 
     

     

    Microsoft Office can still be used in conjunction with Google Docs.

     
  • 
     

     

    Many people, schools, and businesses already use Google Docs.

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  Roxanne Everhard

  "1"

  5plus1 googledocs education google docs

  • is good for parents trying to make ends meet.
  • good for students as they go off to college and have more than enough costs to cover
  • Google Docs removes compatibility issues.
  • As long as you have access to the Internet
  • It is more important to teach technology skills than specific programs.

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  Justin Breese

  tech google school

• 

  Karen Kremers

  5plus1

  • Google Docs is part of Google Apps for Education, which is a suite of online programs and services provided by Google to schools for free. Google Apps includes Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sites, Google Docs, and more.
  • • Google Documents - a word processing program (similar to Microsoft Word)
     
    • Google Presentations - a multimedia presentation program (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint)
     
    • Google Spreadsheets - a spreadsheet program (similar to Microsoft Excel)
     
    • Google Forms - a program for creating and delivering online forms, surveys, quizzes, and more
     
    • Google Drawings - a drawing and graphics program
     
     
  • Google Docs is free.
  • It provides a full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more.
  • the good news is that they are always improving their programs.
  • since Google Docs is entirely online, as the new features get released, you automatically get them. There is no need for users to download and install updates, or pay for a new version.

     
  • With Google Docs, no matter where you are the program is the same.
  • As long as you have access to the Internet, you have access to Google Docs.
  • Students and staff can share any of their Google Docs with other students or staff as needed. When shared, a file can be made read-only or can be edited by others.
  • Anything created in Google Docs can be exported into Microsoft format for you to open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and converted into Google Docs if needed.
  • Google Docs works well with Microsoft Office and other productivity programs.
  • Most productivity programs work about that same.
  • So in conclusion, Google Docs is a great choice for schools because it is a free, powerful suite of programs, that is constantly improving, and that allows for anytime, anywhere access and collaboration.

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  Stacey Dickson

  5plus1 education google docs

  • Google Docs is free.

     

    
     

     

    Free is good. It is good for schools with tight budgets. It is good for parents trying to make ends meet. It is good for students as they go off to college and have more than enough costs to cover. Google has made a commitment to education and offers the entire Google Apps suite of services to schools for free, with no advertising, and with no strings attached.
  • Google Docs is entirely online, as the new features get released, you automatically get them.
  • There is no need for users to download and install updates, or pay for a new version.
  • It is possible for a student to write a document at home in a newer version of a program or a completely different program than what the school has on our computers. This can pose a challenge for the student who needs to open, edit, or share that document when at school.
  • Since Google Docs is entirely web-based, students get the exact program at school and at home and at the public library and anywhere else they go.
  • Being web-based also means that students no longer need to store files on flash drives or other media to transfer documents between school and home. Anything they work on in one location can be pulled up in another.
  • Sharing also allows for students to turn in their school work digitally for their teachers to grades, removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.
  • Anything created in Google Docs can be exported into Microsoft format for you to open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and converted into Google Docs if needed.
  • It is more important to teach technology skills than specific programs.
  • It is not as important to know where the “numbered list” button is, but rather to understand what it does and when to use it.
  • Although students need to learn how to make a presentation, more importantly they need to learn how to make one well. That is, how to communicate clearly, choose the proper text to share, keep the listeners’ attention, avoid distracting extras, and such. These are the skills students truly need to be effective users of technology now and in the future.

     
  • It is a great tool to help us teach our students technology, but more importantly to teach them to use technology.

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  Kimberly Miller

  5plus1 google docs education

  • Google Docs is part of Google Apps for Education, which is a suite of online programs and services provided by Google to schools for free. Google Apps includes Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sites, Google Docs, and more.
     
    
     
     
    Google Docs is composed of several programs:
     
     
    • Google Documents - a word processing program (similar to Microsoft Word)
     
    • Google Presentations - a multimedia presentation program (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint)
     
    • Google Spreadsheets - a spreadsheet program (similar to Microsoft Excel)
     
    • Google Forms - a program for creating and delivering online forms, surveys, quizzes, and more
     
    • Google Drawings - a drawing and graphics program
     
     
  • Google Docs is free.
  • Google Docs is an excellent suite of powerful programs.
  • It provides a full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more.
  • Google Docs is constantly adding new features.

     
  • In addition, since Google Docs is entirely online, as the new features get released, you automatically get them.
  • Google Docs removes compatibility issues.
  • Since Google Docs is entirely web-based, students get the exact program at school and at home and at the public library and anywhere else they go.
  • Google Docs allows for anytime, anywhere access.

     
  • As long as you have access to the Internet, you have access to Google Docs.
  • It does not matter if the computer is a Windows PC or a Mac or even a Linux computer. Beyond computers and laptops, Google Docs is even accessible on tablets and smart phones.
  • Being web-based also means that students no longer need to store files on flash drives or other media to transfer documents between school and home.
  • Google Docs allows for collaboration and sharing.
  • When shared, a file can be made read-only or can be edited by others.
  • Sharing also allows for students to turn in their school work digitally for their teachers to grades, removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.
  • Microsoft Office can still be used in conjunction with Google Docs.
  • Anything created in Google Docs can be exported into Microsoft format for you to open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and converted into Google Docs if needed.
  • Many people, schools, and businesses already use Google Docs.

     
  • It is more important to teach technology skills than specific programs.

     
  • It is not as important to know where the “numbered list” button is, but rather to understand what it does and when to use it.

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  valgerdes

  Tech Education 5plus1 google docs

  • Google Docs is constantly adding new features.
  • At least once every week or two, Google announces some new feature or tool or option that they have added to Google Docs
  • Google Docs removes compatibility issues.
  • Google Docs allows for anytime, anywhere access
  • Sharing also allows for students to turn in their school work digitally for their teachers to grades, removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.

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• 31 Oct 12
  

  Kelly Daniel

  5plus1 google docs microsoft

  • including the fact that it provides an excellent suite of productivity tools
  • Google Docs removes compatibility issues
  • One of the great struggles for a school can be the large amount of different programs and versions of programs that students may use at home
  • Since Google Docs is entirely web-based, students get the exact program at school and at home and at the public library and anywhere else they go
  • students can access, edit, create, and share all their Google Docs from any computer whether at school or at home or the public library or on vacation at Grandma’s house. Even snow days are no longer an excuse for no doing school work! It does not matter if the computer is a Windows PC or a Mac or even a Linux computer. Beyond computers and laptops, Google Docs is even accessible on tablets and smart phones.
  • students no longer need to store files on flash drives or other media to transfer documents between school and home.
  • share any of their Google Docs with other students or staff as needed. When shared, a file can be made read-only or can be edited by others.
  • Google Docs works well with Microsoft Office and other productivity programs. Anything created in Google Docs can be exported into Microsoft format for you to open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and converted into Google Docs if needed.

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  Michelle Tarver
  • Free is good
  • Google Docs is entirely online
  • students may use at home.
  • students get the exact program at school and at home and at the public library and anywhere else they go.
  • students can access, edit, create, and share all their Google Docs from any computer
  • collaboration.
  • Students and staff can share any of their Google Docs with other students or staff as needed.
  • , programs are updated frequently,

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  Nancy Day

  google docs for schools

  google docs 5 plus 1 class 2

  • Since then we have seen great usage of Google Docs for the creation of word processing documents, sprea
  • Google Docs is part of Google Apps for Education,
  • Google Apps includes Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sites, Google Docs, and more.
  • (for free)
  • newsletters, help guides, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. T
  • Google Docs is entirely online,
  • It is possible for a student to write a document at home in a newer version of a program or a completely different program than what the school has on our computers. This can pose a challenge for the student who needs to open, edit, or share that document when at school.
  • With Google Docs, no matter where you are the program is the same.
  • Google Docs is entirely web-based
  • web-based program
  • As long as you have access to the Internet, you have access to Google Docs.
  • share all t
  • web-based is collaboration.
  • a file can be made read-only or can be edited by others.
  • group projects
  • turn in their school work digitally for their teachers to grades, removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.
  • Google Docs is an excellent suite of programs for teaching these needed productivity skills that can be used with any program.
  • programs are updated frequently
  • proper use of multimedia presentations.
  • free, powerful suite of programs, that is constantly improving, and that allows for anytime, anywhere access and collaboration. It is a great tool to help us teach our students technology, but more importantly to teach them to use technology.

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• 30 Oct 12
  

  Kristy Fairfield

  google docs googledocs 5plus1 ccsd

  • Google Docs allows for anytime, anywhere access
  • web-based program
  • collaboration and sharing
  • turn in their school work digitally
  • removing the need to print out many documents, and saving paper and ink.
  • Anything created in Google Docs can be exported into Microsoft format for you to  open and edit in Office. Likewise, Office documents can be uploaded and  converted into Google Docs if needed.
  • Video - A Gaggle of Uses for Google Apps for Education
    

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  Barb Robinson

  5plus1 googleapps google docs education

  • Google Docs is composed of several programs:
  • Google Docs is free.
  • provides a full featured word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation tool, and more.
  • Google Docs is entirely online,
  • With Google Docs, no matter where you are the program is the same. Since Google Docs is entirely web-based, students get the exact program at school and at home and at the public library and anywhere else they go.
  • That means nothing needs to be downloaded or installed on your computer to use it. It simply runs right in your web browser. As long as you have access to the Internet, you have access to Google Docs.
  • Google Docs is a web-based program.
  • This means that students can access, edit, create, and share all their Google Docs from any computer whether at school or at home or the public library or on vacation at Grandma’s house. Even snow days are no longer an excuse for no doing school work! It does not matter if the computer is a Windows PC or a Mac or even a Linux computer. Beyond computers and laptops, Google Docs is even accessible on tablets and smart phones.
  • Microsoft Office can still be used in conjunction with Google Docs.

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• 29 Oct 12
  

  Vicki Peterson

  5 in one

  • Google Docs is free.
• 24 Oct 12
  

  Elizabeth Andersen

  mod 8

• 06 Jun 12
  

  skoelker

  opinion piece mainly making good points about GD. (Used in the PD SITI 12 in Moodle.)

  google docs google googledocs docs

• 24 May 12
  

  kim tufts

  googleapps google googledocs resources education

• 04 Apr 12
  

  Jon Castelhano

  googleapps

• 12 Mar 12
  

  Becky St. Onge

  googleapps education

• 08 Mar 12
  

  Chuck Grabusky

  professional_development

• 06 Mar 12
  

  Vicki Treadway
• 05 Mar 12
  

  Pamela Mackowski

  google apps classroom

• 

  Kathy Fiedler

  Interesting blog post on the pros of moving to Google Apps for Education.

  googleapps google google docs googledocs education office wordprocessing software free email collaboration web2.0 web3.0

• 04 Mar 12
  

  Diana Gardner
• 03 Mar 12
  

  Gerardo Lemus

  google docs

• 24 Feb 12
  

  Becky Marquardt

  news google compapps web2.0 Web 2.0

• 20 Feb 12
  

  Philip Vinogradov

  googleapps google apps

• 13 Feb 12
  

  Cindy Kukla

  Is it responsible for schools to teach Google Docs instead of Microsoft Office? - Apps User Group

  google googleapps tech-integration

  • It is more important to teach technology skills than specific programs.

     

    
     

     

    A final thought to consider is just what needs to be taught when it comes to tech skills. Most productivity programs work about that same. For example, if you know how to create a numbered list in Microsoft Word, you will have no problem doing the same thing in Google Documents or Open Office or Zoho Office or most any word processing program. The same is true for most all productivity tasks. Google Docs is an excellent suite of programs for teaching these needed productivity skills that can be used with any program.
  • Google Docs is a great choice for schools because it is a free, powerful suite of programs, that is constantly improving, and that allows for anytime, anywhere access and collaboration. It is a great tool to help us teach our students technology, but more importantly to teach them to use technology.
• 31 Jan 12
  

  Cary H

  google_apps

• 27 Jan 12
  

  Susanne Besecker

  google docs support for use

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  Is it responsible for schools to teach Google Docs instead of Microsoft Office? http://t.co/1v6p36AJ via @zite

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  George Station

  While this article has a strong pro-Google bias, there are some pro-MS additions & links in the comments, including a link to Microsoft's own teaching guide for its Office Web Apps.

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  Dan McCrea

  @innerphaze: Is it responsible for schools to teach Google Docs instead of Microsoft Office? - Apps User Group - Mozilla Firefox http://t.co/jflUKtsq

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  Randy Ziegenfuss

  If you've asked this question, read this post. It outlines the reasons to use Google Docs over Microsoft Office.

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  Jonathan Wylie

  Back in 2010 our school district rolled out Google Apps for Education for our staff and students. Since then we have seen great usage of Google Docs for the creation of word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. However, along with that growth in usage, we have also received a common question: “Is it really a good idea for a school to encourage the use of Google Docs instead of Microsoft Office?”

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  Should the teaching of Office continue when Google docs are so strong?

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  Teresa Scheve on 2012-01-06
  Is it possible to to teach the use of both?
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  Leia Jackson on 2012-01-08
  I realize because of the business community we are forced to teach Microsoft Office;therefore, we must teach both. However, freeware is available that works as well as Microsoft Office.

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