Day+1+Google+Docs

toc =Introduction= Google Docs is a vibrant online interactive tool. The Spreadsheet component can be used in a way that users utilize Microsoft Excel, or OpenOffice Calc. It can be accessed from any computer that has an Internet connection and is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Users can control who can view and edit pages. This is an excellent online collaboration tool, it does not require users to email workbooks back and forth for editing capabilities. In addition, for those that may not have access to Microsoft Excel outside of the classroom because it is an expensive package, Google Docs is free to use at home, the library, etc. =Audience= This workshop support wiki is targeted towards those that teach History to high school and adult students, however it can be adapted for other subjects and lower grade levels.

Prerequisite
Participants should have a basic understanding of spreadsheets, if you need to refresh your skills refer to the Resources page in this support wiki. =Objective= Manage information in a group environment to produce a report about the similarities of famous women.

**Activity 1**
View the following video media type="custom" key="13779974" (Google for Educators, 2011)

Questions

 * 1) How can you use Google Docs in your classroom?
 * 2) Can you think of the benefits of using Google Docs as a teaching tool?
 * 3) What lesson plans can you execute using Google Docs?
 * 4) How could you measure the use of Google Docs?

**Activity 2**
> @Crosstab Women in History
 * 1) Using what you learned in the workshop, logon to the account you created.
 * 2) Create a Google Docs Spreadsheet similar to the following:
 * 1) Assign one women to each member of a group.
 * 2) Each should student should use online library databases to research each topic and fill in the appropriate cell.
 * 3) Once the spreadsheet is complete, students will use a Google Doc Document online to produce a report about how the women are intertwined for each category.

Follow-up Practice

 * 1) Create a Google Docs Spreadsheet to share.
 * 2) Ask students to record one physical activity daily and write the time spent.
 * 3) At the end of the month, use a function to find the most popular activity and average time spent doing the activity.
 * 4) Organize a school fundraiser using the activity.
 * 5) Use a Google Docs Spreadsheet to track the money collected.