Thing 6-Google Docs

I tried Google Docs with my small group of students last quarter. There is definitely a learning curve. The hardest part was setting up accounts for each of the students. Gmail was not accepting many of them so we had to switch to Yahoo accts. The students then had to create the Google acct. This two step process took much of our time. The next day when we came back to it, some of the students had already forgot their accts. When we finally got to the activity, a survey of prior knowledge before beginnning a novel, the students were engaged and liked that they could do some research online as they answered the questions. I liked that all their results came instantly and directly to me when they submitted their survey. I could then display each person's information on the LCD and go to any interesting sites with a click of the mouse. The students were engaged. Unfortunately, we have not used Google Docs since and I wonder if they will remember how to get there.