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Forth in a Series
This is the forth in a series called Google Docs in the Classroom.  Each post will highlight one way to use google docs in the classroom.  I will focus on uses that help teachers to teach and students to learn in ways that could not be done otherwise.

Collaborating and collecting and analyzing data are important skills in the science.  Google docs makes it very easy for students to collect data from a large number of people all doing the same experiment.  A Google spreadsheet can be shared with an entire class or multiple classes or even classes from another school so that all groups are recording data into the same spreadsheet.   This makes a large data pool easily accessible.  Students can then draw conclusions and analyze the data.  They can also share their analysis with the other groups to compare their conclusions.

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I took a course on Formative Assessment from the American School Of Bombay Online Academy this fall.  I felt is was well worth the time.  They are offering the same course again this winter and a few others that look interesting.  Click here of their offerings.

Third in a Series
This is the third in a series called Google Docs in the Classroom.  Each post will highlight one way to use google docs in the classroom.  I will focus on uses that help teachers to teach and students to learn in ways that could not be done otherwise.

Instead of lugging home 16 reading response journals every week to comment on, have students keep their journals in a shared Google Doc.  You can give your comments while students continue to write in their journals!

“Taken from 32 ways to use google apps in the classroom” by Julia Stiglitz.