Comments on: Google Docs, Student Writing & Feedback

By: Dr Gaurav Bajpai

Dr Gaurav Bajpai — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:54:16 +0000

hi
this is the grest fun of internet though static programs like word also do the same though yoiu have to mail and you can post comments in color and keep track changes

this eems better let me try and blog back

By: Ray Tolley

Ray Tolley — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:04:20 +0000

Nick,

Thanks for a helpful introduction to G-apps for Education. You mention brainstorming: Have you considered CMAP?( http://cmap.ihmc.us/conceptmap.html ) I use it a lot for my personal use and also previously with my students. I understand that it has a very powerful collaborative function but have never got round to using it collaboratively.

The beauty of CMAP is that it can be used very simply with younger pupils and yet I my ‘A’-level students have equally been impressed with it and used it very successfully in their projects. It also has a neat export function for embedding a final graphic into a wordprocessed report etc.

Best Wishes,
Ray T

By: Paul Seiler

Paul Seiler — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:40:07 +0000

Nick, an excellent example of how Google Apps can be used in a classroom, and as you say, with sound pedagogy behind it. I am keen to know what issues/problems you have encountered in using the Google suite, as I am trying to understand both why more schools do not use it and what could be done to address these issues.

Paul.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:23:07 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions Nick.
Now that Google offers free Google Message Security – powered by Postini – with the capability for administrators to limit messages and customization for different user sets (like younger students, older students, and teachers) I will try to convince administration to start with a shared class account for the oldest studensts later in the new school year.
But first I have to get the teachers on the Google Apps rails

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:03:51 +0000

@Sylvia Hey Sylvia, nice to hear from you! At this stage my students are really the only ones who are using the apps regularly and have their own accounts. We always trial something like this in our digital classrooms first before rolling it out in to the whole school. A couple of teachers are on the verge of getting their students up and running and are giving it a go with a class account allowing some students to have a go on a shared account. Long term I certainly see all students having their own accounts right from when they first start school just as they do with our internal school network accounts. In fact, I see the Google account becoming more important than our server accounts, especially if the eternally rumoured GDrive ever becomes to reality...

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:09:41 +0000

Thanks Nick, it is great to read that primary/elementary students are using the full Google Apps package in such a useful way.
I am very excited because I just received an email that we have been upgraded from standard to Google Apps education edition within our own domain and I was thinking about providing student accounts as well.
I was wondering at what age do the students at your school start using their own google apps account? And do you monitor the accounts in any way?

By: Regan

Regan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:19:44 +0000

Informative read Nick. Your post demonstrates the ease for which Google Docs supports both student learning and formative practice. This certainly aids the feedback/feed forward process with the use of Web 2.0 tools. Look forward to seeing this grow in other classes.