Conclusion

As a conclusion, Google Docs is a revolutionary technology that you as teacher should use in your classroom because of its many applications to explore and utilize. As you can see it will help you so much and it is a complement for your english lessons.So,take advantage of this application and try to spend some time exploring the useful resources of Google Docs, suggest resources you have found, and really just spend some time getting to know the applications on your own. !!! 

 

 

Step by step process of Google Docs

CREATE A DOCUMENT IN GOOGLE DOCS

Once you are in "Google Docs" or "Drive", you have to follow these steps.
1. Click on the icon "CREATE" and select the type of document that you want to create in this case "Document".

2. Now, you can start working on your document, you can edit, put colors, change the size or style of the font, add imagenes, using all the elements of the toolbar.

3. Once you have ready your document, it is saved automatically as you can see in this imagen and also you can open it whenever you want.

4. If you prefer to save in a flash memory, you have the option of downloading. You just have to give a click on FILE, then you have to  scroll through options , select "DOWNLOAD AS" and select the type of document, in this case "Microsoft Word(.docx)".

SHARE DOCUMENTS WITH OTHERS
The following steps explain you how to share a  newly document created with other people.

1. Click on the icon "SHARE" which is on  the right side of the document.

2. A dialogue box is opened and you have to select the option CHANGE which is on the item Private access.

3. Here, you find three options which let you to select who can access to your document, that means if you want to make it public or private.  In this case I have chosen "Public on the web", so anyone on the internet can find and access. After that, give click on "Save".
4. Now, go to the bottom of the document and you will see the item "Add people", here you have to write the e-mails of the people you want to share your file. After that, next to it you will find the icon "Can edit", so you have to click on it and you will see more options, so select the first "can edit", and finally click on "Share & save".

5. The last step is to click on the icon " Done" and your document it is ready to share information with your collegues or students.

EDIT INFORMATION IN REAL-TIME
When you can to work together in the same document with your classmates you have to follow these steps:

1. Once you shared the document or received it, it will appear like these imagenes, so click on the document.

 

2. When the document is opened, all people you shared it can edit or add information.  Also, they can start a conversation through the chat which is located on the right side of the document . Here you will see a little boxes of different colors, so you just need to click on one of them and you can start chatting. You can make comments, too.

3. You can see exactly where the other person is editing by seeing the different colors that identify each user or person. In this imagen you can see the colors pink and blue.

ORGANIZE YOUR DOCUMENTS INTO FOLDERS

1. Click on the icon that says "New folder in My Drive" which is similar to a folder.

2.  A dialogue box is opened and you have to write a name for your new folder. In this case, I have written "essays". After that, you have to click on "Create".

 

3.Now you have your different documents organized by folders.

 

Importance to education

 

Google Docs is very important in education, especially for teachers because it offers many tools that help them use a different technique in the classroom. It is very useful not just teachers, it helps students, too because they can work along with the teacher making their learning process easier and more interesting. A good example is that  they can work together creating essays because through Google Docs the teacher can monitor step by step their progress by correcting any grammatical mistake, giving advice to improve their work or adding information. Another reason for its importance is because teacher can use more often the work in groups which sometimes causes a lot of problems among students, so through Google Docs the teacher can know who really is doing the homework or who is not because in Google Docs you can ask your students to share their documents with your email and have access to it , therefore you can check their progress anytime  Also, it is good for teachers because students can work on a document and access it from school and home, so the teacher won't hear the typicl excuses like "I forgot it at home" or "I have a different program at home".  Finally, teachers can use Google Docs with other colleagues elaborating agendas, portfolios, lesson plans, projects, etc which will help them keep time and save their documents in a safe place.

Google Docs a useful tool for teachers

Google Docs is an application that offers teachers a different way of working with your students and sharing documents online.
 * You can easily and quickly create, edit and upload your documents such as those from : word, excel, power point, PDF, etc.
 * Through it, you can access and edit your documents from anywhere you are, the only thing you need is an Internet connection and remember that it is free.!
* You can share changes in real-time because you can invite multiple people to your documents and make changes together, at the same time. There's an on-screen chat window for spreadsheets, and document revisions which show you exactly who changed what, and when. When you view a presentation together, anyone who joined to it can automatically follow along with the presenter.
 *Also, with Google Docs your have the advantage that your documents are safely stored and auto saved.
*You can easily find your documents by organizing them into folders. Drag and drop your documents into as many folders as you want.

About this blog

In this blog you are going to learn important information about  Gloogle Docs ", the most revolutionary technology, that you can use in the classroom in order to help your students to facilitate their learning process, discover new ways to manage a class, monitor their progress and feel yourself comfortable with your class.