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Exploring Teaching and Learning in a Digital Age

First Session - NECC 2008
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Categories NECC 2008
Tags edubloggercon08 jarrett kevin

First session for the Edubloggercon 2008.  Hard to decide which session to start with, but I'm sitting with a group of folks right now for Kevin Jarrett's Google Apps session. He's starting with explanation of Google Team Edition, which allows student access to documents WITHOUT needing email accounts.It's a slimmed down version of Google Educator's Version (which requires administrator with knowledge of setting up a domain).  Kevin starts 8th graders with no instruction other than providing the URL and with the direction to figure out what to do with the application.  This was in a science class. Evaluation by students showed the students who jumped in to do the work, loved the application; the slackers, not so much. Students drafted documents in Google Team Edition, which has no bells 'n whistles, and then fine tuned their writing in Word - great for writing process.  Another advantage is access to Google Apps at home, which is not always the case for students with MS Office programs. Setup - Starts with Google Account (which does not require gmail). Go to Education edition. Kevin provided a link to his instructions.  Mark Wagner has also contributed Google Resources, along with a complete tutorial. Ideas for using Google Docs - Digiteams (wiki project with Vicki Davis) - older students providing younger students with digital citizenship strategies.


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