Resources

Hopefully these websites will help us with the greenbook!!! 

• Getting Started with Google Docs:  (This site is very informative.)

  http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/04/for-beginners-3-getting-started-guides.html

• Video on reasons teachers and principals use Google Docs:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYPjJK6LZdM

• Reasons a teacher uses Google Docs:  

  http://remoteaccess.typepad.com/remote_access/2008/02/google-docs-and.html 

• Google Docs explanation and general how students and teachers can use it in the classroom: http://7348974248286267995-a-1802744773732722657-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/gtaresources/files/Crib_Docs.pdf?attredirects=0&auth=ANoY7coIHy-aIyRDgMtb0dOHl03rMk2jRo4f2BkwYalTam2zxTiGte964tfRu_qmmtaJ5LWcka_QCnIgc5x0_JsQC4ochzq1sfZ27Y18qla7cfqGYxFhqQFJ-VDjKzyyAymK63sFGLLZ-nuMYx8SjqNqAXZ6hGlbVmOEsrl-cCSqN3QhO0ZAYeWqC5Ae5MQ67Py30XN7DPt2-LzHyJO6p_qP39szPT62CQ%3D%3D
• How teachers use Google Docs in their classroom:  http://www.google.com/educators/p_docs.html
• Using Google Docs in the Classroom:  As simple as ABC (Good handouts - its a pdf, so links don't work...):  http://electronicportfolios.org/google/UsingGoogleDocsintheclassroom.pdf
• Nineteen Interesting Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom: (I like the I am unique activity- I think the participants at the greenbook could do this activity to see how everyone can collaborate.)  There is a nice video made with Jing that shows how to choose a template or make your own)  http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_8323t58h3ft&skipauth=true
• Google Docs in Plain English YouTube video (We need to show this at the beginning - we just have to have to override Barracuda): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA&eurl=http://www.commoncraft.com/video-googledocs
• New drawing tool in Google Docs:  http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/03/google-docs-adds-drawings-and-shapes.html
• I just read that in order to comply with federal regulations students need to be over 13 years old to use any product that requires a google account. (page 2 of bullet #3)

Power Point Presentation

http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=df63t6nc_9dsqmkxdj