[DG: Teaching & Learning] Using Google Docs

[Neil Sheflin]

I am using google docs to have students in a 30 member honors 
macroeconomics course do weekly, 'team' executive summaries of course 
related current news. Each student in a team of 3 is supposed to write a 
punchy, bulleted exec summary of an item related to the team's focus 
(economists' blogs, monetary policy, etc.) and supposed to correct, 
extend, comment on another team member's post. Since all students work 
on the same document, they advertently or inadvertently are seeing 
everyone else's postings, and I can quickly go down the 'page' and see 
what everyone is doing. Due to very early beta implementation of docs in 
sakai, I am doing it out of sakai so far, although using sakai for the 
rest of the course. I previously tried this in wiki, too awkward, and 
using blog, way too awkward.



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> I am interested in hearing form anyone that has developed or witnessed any solid teaching methods for using Google Docs in connection with Sakai.
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> How are you facilitating group work through collaborative editing?
> What is your workflow for adding student google accounts in large courses?
> What methods of assessment are you using in connection with Google Docs?
> Opinions/challenges/successes regarding use of the rSmart/Google Docs integration.
> What novel or effective learning activities are facilitated by combining Sakai and Google Docs?
> What related projects do you have in the works?
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> Many thanks.
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