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Use of Google Docs for instruction provides the following advantages: · Students can share their work easily, · Students can access their work from any computer that has Internet access, · Students won’t lose work because it saves automatically. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The print button provides for easy print. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The comment feature on Google Docs helps the teacher and also the students know who is contributing and what they are contributing. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Students can collaborate on a variety of assignments easily, making for enthusiastic students and improved writing. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The teacher can check students work easily from any computer with internet access. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The teacher can also monitor student work as it is happening in class and work with students who are having major problems. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Cuts the work load as allows for peer edit. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Improves student writing since students are not only writing, but also thinking About how to improve a buddy’s essay. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Dramatically improves students’ attitudes toward writing and revision. They think Of it is as exciting and fun.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Using Google Docs for classroom instructions. **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Here are teachers and principals talking about <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">[|Google Docs2] Classroom activity_1. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Teaching Objective __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to represent data using bar graphs, line graphs and circle graphs. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Lesson development __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">: I will organize the class in four groups of five. Each group will be asked to suggest some data that they can collect for analysis. For example one group may propose to collect data on their family income and expenditure and post it in a table on the Google Docs.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">An introductory statistics class on graphing data using Google Docs. **

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The following table shows monthly income and expenditure for five families. __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Each group will use features available on Google docs to do the following. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">(1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Using Web-based Spreadsheets students will collaborate in the following ways. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Entering data in the table <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Sorting data <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Formatting data <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Plot simple graphs including bar graphs, pie chart, line graphs etc. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Compare work between groups and individuals
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Household income per month || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Monthly expenditure on food || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Monthly expenditure on clothing and leisure || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Monthly expenditure on housing ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">3,000 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">500 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">350 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">1,000 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">4500 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">600 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">750 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">1400 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">7800 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">1200 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">750 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">1800 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">6500 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">800 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">550 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">1450 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">5500 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">1000 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">1400 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">2500 ||

<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">(2) Use presentation tools to carry out the following tasks. - To create a presentation of the analysis -format their presentations -insert text -insert video -insert table -import slide. (3) Each group will also collaborate to comment on the work of the other group. Finally each group will create a folder within Google docs and save their work. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">One weakness of using Google Docs in math is that not all symbols and signs are available.