I'd like to see all students get a Google Docs account. There are so many advantages to composing writing in a school setting using this platform. I'm absolutely pumped to get this going as well as our interactive white board.
One new feature bundled with the new OCC student emails that you and your students can use is Google Docs. You can create documents, spreadsheets and presentations and then collaborate with each other right inside a web browser. As long as you can connect to the Internet, you can access your documents.Here is a quick [...]
The educational use of PowerPoint, a program first released in 1987 for creating better overhead transparencies, has not changed that much in twenty years. We can now add better fonts, sound effects and new backgrounds but, with the exception of templates for turning your classroom into a game show, I struggle to find truly innovative [...]