Module 2: Google Docs

I can see how Google Docs would be a useful tool.  I would love to learn more about how I can use Google Docs in the elementary setting.  To be honest, I think I could use it more in my personal life than I can in my classroom.  First graders would find it difficult to use Google Docs.  However, as a teacher, I can use it to find the readability of passages.  In the past, our school district gave benchmark tests.  These tests were made by someone who didn't quite understand how "little people" read or even took tests.  Sometimes, I would look at those tests and think, "What on earth are we trying to do to these kids? "  On occasion, our reading specialist would take these benchmarks and find the readability of them through an option on Microsoft Office.  We would find that some of the first and second grade benchmark tests had a readability of sixth and seventh grade.
      I could also use Google Docs to plan with my colleague.  We are finding it more and more difficult to actually sit down together and plan.  I told her about Google Docs and how we could use it as a collaborative way to do lesson plans from our homes.  Hopefully, she will get on board, and we can start utilizing Google Docs to communicate and collaborate on lesson planning.