Reflection #2

What?
This week we learned all about Google. Specifically we learned about the shared documents you can make on Google and also the shared power point you can make. Also we watched a video that informs you about what a lot of the new technological things are and what they are used. We also started an iGoogle homepage to organize all of our many different documents, and fun resources that Google provides.
So What?
I thought this was really interesting because I had absolutely no idea that just having an email account through Google could provide so many new tools to access wherever you are on line. I also thought that the Home page was really nice because it provides a way of easily organizing all of the tools that are being provided. I also like the video because it quickly caught my attention and provided the basics for so many commonly used technologies.
Now What?
I think that all of these tools will be extremely useful in the classroom. For one you can share lesson plans and power points with other teachers so easily! You can both be working on the same document at the same time and giving suggestions for it, instead of having to print it off over and over or email it back and forth all the time. Also this could be a very nice tool to have while having students either write a paper or do a power point. You could have them put there rough draft in this form so that you could correct it and have them re-do it all while just sharing this document through Google Docs.