Google Docs, Other Google Technology in the Classroom

Created Google Slide Show

Almost all of the avaliable Google technologies, in my opinion, would be amazing tools to implement into one's classroom instruction--based upon my experience, the most beneficial component of these technologies (docs, slide-show, etc.) is the ease at which individuals are able to collaborate with one another through the use of an online forum. These types of tools, which allow for students to contribute to a group-created product easily, efficiently, and simultaneously either inside or outside of the classroom, would be extremely effective when attempting to constantly hold students accountable for their work; as instructors, through the use of Google docs in the literacy classroom, we will be able to consistently monitor the progress of each of our students, and actively partake in the editing and revising process with them even when outside of the classroom. We stress in college of education the concept of being ongoing, prolonged learners--Google docs, and the ease at which students are able to disperse their ideas, critique the thoughts of others, and edit/contribute to a collaborative group effort, provide literacy learners with the ability to hone their writing skills while acquiring the abilities needed to collaborate constructively with others, a skill that they must begin to develop as young adults in a growing society.