25 January~ Google Part 1

In class this week we learned about google and all of the different things that we can do on it. We were able to use google calendar, docs, spreadsheets, and presentations. It was great to see all of the different options and tools we had at our disposal. It is important for us as teachers to know how to work these things so that we can teach and allow our students to use them as well. We would be uninformed and under prepared if we didn't try and educate ourselves on any tools that we could use as teachers. Any resource that we can use as teachers will be important for us to learn and about and see if we can or want to use it in our future classrooms.
The google docs are a great source for students of all ages to work on projects with other class members or alone. By using this later on we would be able to edit students' work throughout their writing processes and give them tips as well. I definitely see myself using that feature as an English teacher later on. Also, the google calendar can be a helpful tool for students to have access to so that they are able to have a copy of the schedule of the class at all times and so that they are always informed about what is going on and where they should be in the class. Having free tools such as these are helpful no matter where we are teaching. When we all become teachers we can use this regardless of SES of our students. They can use google docs, presentations, spreadsheets, an the other tools in place of programs that cost money and offer basically the same thing. I'm excited to become more comfortable with some of these tools so that I can feel like I am adequate enough to explain it all to my students as well.