With all this thinking about wikis, I'm wondering if anyone out there has used Google Sites for anything. They claim it's "Free websites and wikis." Since google seems to do everything else in the world better than their competitors, I'm investing energy in the wrong tool with PBwiki.
Anybody know anything about google sites?
Friday, September 12, 2008
More Google Docs
I was just lurking around the Edina High School science department website, since they're our inspirations now (see http://www.district112.org/board_goals.html ) Anyway, I found a chemistry teacher who posts study guides for his classes in .rtf format (http://home.comcast.net/~stesanger/Chem_StudyGuides.htm ) The idea, I believe, is that is't more accessible for people without Word than .doc or .docx. Or maybe he's using a mac or OpenOffice and that's just how they came out. I don't know.
My revelation came when, becuase I was logged into google already, these documents opened in Google Docs. My idea was to create something and post it on Google Docs. I believe that I could then make it public and send out a link to it so others could view it (but not edit it). I'm not totally sure if this would work, but I have a hunch it would.
(Full disclosure: when I clicked on the link and it opened in Google, I actually thought that he had posted it in GoogleDocs. It wasn't until mid-blog that I realized that GoogleDocs taking control of it was an accident.)
I've always converted stuff to .pdf (just in case people they didn't have Word at home) and posted them online. But with rSchoolToday's inability to do just about everything that I want it to do, I knew I'd be looking for a better way.
I'm pretty sure that pbwiki is the solution to most of my problems, but I liked this idea too. By making a GoogleDoc (or making it in Word and importing it), it's stored online where kids can get to it without any special software. I don't know if they'd need a google account to open it or not, but I thought I'd pass along the idea in case it sparks anything for anybody else.
My revelation came when, becuase I was logged into google already, these documents opened in Google Docs. My idea was to create something and post it on Google Docs. I believe that I could then make it public and send out a link to it so others could view it (but not edit it). I'm not totally sure if this would work, but I have a hunch it would.
(Full disclosure: when I clicked on the link and it opened in Google, I actually thought that he had posted it in GoogleDocs. It wasn't until mid-blog that I realized that GoogleDocs taking control of it was an accident.)
I've always converted stuff to .pdf (just in case people they didn't have Word at home) and posted them online. But with rSchoolToday's inability to do just about everything that I want it to do, I knew I'd be looking for a better way.
I'm pretty sure that pbwiki is the solution to most of my problems, but I liked this idea too. By making a GoogleDoc (or making it in Word and importing it), it's stored online where kids can get to it without any special software. I don't know if they'd need a google account to open it or not, but I thought I'd pass along the idea in case it sparks anything for anybody else.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Google Docs forms
OK, so I know I'm a blogger lagger. I know it's 10 minutes before the meeting. I'll do better next time.
I use Google Docs forms quite a bit for data collection. Today I set up the computers in my classroom to a survey (http://www.rschooltoday.com/chs112/LeniusC and click on Survey). I collect book numbers and email addresses this way, so I don't have to write them down and risk losing the paper, type the email addresses, etc. It's pretty handy.
I also use it for course evaluations at the end of each quarter and other times I need to collect info from kids.
See half of you soon...
I use Google Docs forms quite a bit for data collection. Today I set up the computers in my classroom to a survey (http://www.rschooltoday.com/chs112/LeniusC and click on Survey). I collect book numbers and email addresses this way, so I don't have to write them down and risk losing the paper, type the email addresses, etc. It's pretty handy.
I also use it for course evaluations at the end of each quarter and other times I need to collect info from kids.
See half of you soon...
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