Thing 10

Surprisingly, I didn't think using google docs was that difficult. I found it to be very similar to creating documents using Word applications. In my opinion, I don't really know how beneficial google docs could be to a classroom though. I think it would make my life a lot easier if I in charge of a department or a committee though. It would make sense to contact the members of your group in this manner. It would save time since it would take a lot of the leg work out of emailing. I really like the survey option google docs has to offer. If I were an administrator, I think I would use this application very often. It would be an easy way to get thoughts, ideas and opinions from staff members regarding any topic. Being a math person, I really like how you can get a summary of your results once the surveys have been completed. At the end of the year, I have my students complete a survey regarding their thoughts on my teaching style, class climate, class material etc. I would love to have students go to the media center and fill this survey out using google docs because it would save me time. It would summarize the results so I could quickly see the opinions of my students. As long as we had computers available it would be very practical. As far as for creating assignments, test, quizzes, etc, I see myself sticking with Microsoft Word. I would be willing to try the survey using google docs at the end of the year though.

Thing 8

The idea of social bookmarking is awesome. Each year I find myself looking for websites that I used during the previous year. I never remember which computer I saved them to in my favorites. Using an online bookmarking system such as delicious will save me so much time as I will have easy access to any of my favorites regardless of what computer I am using. It is so easy to use. I also noticed that once you've tagged a website and access it from your delicious site, it also gives links to other websites that people who tagged the same website have tagged. That was wordy...in other words, educators who tag the same website can also share other websites without doing any additional work. So far, this has been my favorite "thing."