Saturday, December 24, 2016

Pros Of The Google Docs For Educators Professional Development

By Donna Lee


Google Docs have given a great contribution on making the teachers become more effective when conducting their lessons for writing. By letting students write all of their papers in the Google Docs, they can help not only the product but as well as the processing. And to provide the most effective way of teaching, one must use WatchDoc, an extension of the Chrome browser.

The purpose of WatchDoc is to display the notifications in the browser each time someone would update the Google Doc which is being shared. And also, if ever a student is making his or her own essay using the application, the teacher may check directly on how he or she is doing with the assignment. Thus, there is a need for teachers to be sitting in front of the computer, but surely, Google Docs for educators professional development does not only benefit them but also the students.

Through this, the students can improve their grades and also their responsibilities as a student. The reason for this is because an educator will track down easily their works. Also, if they are into a wrong direction, an educator can steer them easily back into a right direction. Educators have also their rights to write down comments which are directly sent to collaborators.

This application also has the purpose of letting educators send or receive messages instantly to or from parties involved in a certain document. And therefore, feedbacks will be sent and received instantly also. Students also are able to make replies to comments, so because of this, there would be a chance on making the editing processes easier through discussions. Works of students may be shared for a peer editing.

Peer editing can be very useful since this will allow educators on watching over the discussions that are being made between the students in the process of editing. This process may take time for a teacher to get use into it and also, this will require an extra time, but the application can help in making better feedback and collaboration that would result to a better writing.

There are ten main benefits of this for an education if the application is used. First, test and exam. There are Google forms to be used in creating examinations like questions which are based on texts and multiple choices as well. Second, time table and events. It used to schedule upcoming events and time tables and sharing it to public or selected users for providing information.

Third is discussion. Groups and forums are also available to be able to track both the previous and the recent discussions. Fourth is documentation. This application is composed of a lot of innovative features which include add on, research, embed gadgets, etc. The end users are allowed to create documents and share it to multiple users. Fifth is reports or presentation. Sheets and slides are widely used for doing representations and calculations.

Sixth is tutorials or webinar. These are the best ways for better learning and interaction. Seventh is feedback. Survey and feedback forms can be created from the students and parents.

Eighth, control. An administrator controls the entire sharing, application, and access settings. Ninth, collaboration. The users are allowed on doing both real time document editing and sharing. Tenth, communication. Users will have better communication with colleagues via text or email, video chat, or audio.




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