{"id":238,"date":"2012-04-13T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sedcclint.com\/google-docs-for-gateway-prep"},"modified":"2012-04-13T17:11:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T17:11:00","slug":"google-docs-for-gateway-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sedcclint.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/13\/google-docs-for-gateway-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Docs for Gateway Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.protecmail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/google-docs-logo.jpg?w=150\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Thanks for your participation today on Google Docs. Today we&#8217;ll take a good close look at how to take your documents to the cloud, and do things that you could never imagine doing in Microsoft Word. Google Docs are&nbsp;not&nbsp;a replacement for Word, but there are some amazing collaboration tools and ways to share documents with your principal, staff, teachers, students &#8211; even parents!<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div>How does Google Docs work? It&#8217;s explained below in Plain English (thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commoncraft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CommonCraft<\/a>!).&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sedck12.org\/images\/sedcclint\/GoogleDocs.mov\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;if YouTube is blocked.<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eRqUE6IHTEA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div>You&#8217;ll be getting lots of hands-on experience with both editing and sharing your Google Docs, but let&#8217;s first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/14iQsL_yp8dVeqp1r_FurSIAKw704XaqVqAw5qZKaEsQ\/edit\" target=\"_blank\">start off with a document of mine<\/a>&nbsp;for collaboration.<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div>Need a manual or handout? The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/docs\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=143206&amp;topic=21008&amp;ctx=topic\" target=\"_blank\">Google Docs Overview<\/a>&nbsp;is a great resource that is always just a click away while you are using Google Docs. Just click on&nbsp;the &#8216;Help&#8217; menu and select &#8216;Google Docs Help Center&#8217; shown below:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clintwp.sedck12.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/screen_shot_2012-02-06_at_11-51.png?w=400\" alt=\"\" px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Need some inspiration? Check out these <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/sedc.k12.ut.us\/present\/view?id=dhn2vcv5_8323t58h3ft\" target=\"_blank\">Interesting Ways to use Google Docs in the Classroom<\/a>. Also, don&#8217;t forget to check out the available Templates, accessed from the &#8216;Create&#8217; menu &#8211; check out this great <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/previewtemplate%3Fid=1-nCxDCLcEAuge4wac5I5F_83GH9QNZpXpKCGMRl2utk&amp;mode=public&amp;pli=1\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Profile Page for an Historic Figure template<\/a>! Want to use a Form for a quiz? Grade it with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flubaroo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flubaroo<\/a>! Also, be sure to use <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\" target=\"_blank\">Goo.gl<\/a> for shortening too-long-to-type URL&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, you can access some additional detailed information from my presentation on Project Based Learning Using Google Docs:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/present\/embed?id=dhtsv6st_318dhxjdmwd&#038;size=m\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"555\" height=\"451\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for your participation today on Google Docs. Today we&#8217;ll take a good close look at how to take your documents to the cloud, and do things that you could never imagine doing in Microsoft Word. 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