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Goal of Google Docs for Writing:
Learn how to leverage Google Documents to improve student writing and engagement with feedback.
“...digital tools and platforms encourage ownership of writing and foster a culture of creativity.”.
Built-in Tools
Voice Typing - Speech-to-Text
Explore, Word Count, Define, Translate Document, Document Outline
Sharing & Peer-editing (view, comment, or edit)
- Preferences - i.e. cap // capitalize error // or sp ***check your spelling in suggesting mode
Commenting - <ctrl+alt+m> - need to have text highlighted to add a comment
Comments are automatically emailed to students unless turned off.
To change the notifications option click on comments , notifications Options include: all, replies to you, none
Commenting Features Explained +email
Add links to videos to guide students, use Goo.gl URL shortener
Version history *Saves are automatic, “Named Versions”, “Restore”, Use this to see the actual writing process and give feedback.
Insert Drawing Image “Take a snapshot”
- Merge the physical world with the digital world easily.
- Ex: Be the Change
- ELA Hyperdoc Examples
- Article on HyperDocs
Add-ons
SAS Writing Reviser - tools to help make your sentences economical, varied, powerful, and clear.
Save As Doc - takes form responses from a spreadsheet and puts them into a document
FormMule for an efficient feedback loop
Read & Write for Google - Text-to-Speech and much more
WriQ - helps teachers score and keep track of students’ spelling, punctuation and grammar errors so you can focus on the things computers can’t score.
Web Apps
Kaizena - Fast, personal feedback on student work
Grammarly web app - copy and paste a doc into their tool for a quick self-check
NoteTaking
Google Keep - integrated with Google Docs, create a master list of comments
Evernote - easily collect and find everything that matters.
Extensions
Screencastify - audio & visual feedback via screencasting
Simple Audio Recorder Extension
Ex - Mastery Vocabulary
Vocaroo - Leave voice comments, gives link to the audio file for easy sharing
Grammarly - automatically checks spelling, grammar and punctuation mistakes when you write. Doesn’t work in Google Docs
Mercury Reader - strips all the advertisements around online article
Publishing / Creating
*Lucid Press Layout & Design - desktop publishing for Google Drive
*Smore - Google Summit @Wilson Date Saver
Google Drawing - mind mapping/pre-write
Google Drawings for Character Traits
Lucidchart - diagramming/mind mapping software/pre-writing
Blogger - a part of GAFE, students can use their @share.wilsonsd.org accounts to create their own blog
Kid Blog - great tool with younger students
Have students write reviews books on Amazon or Google Play Store
Publishing to the Google Play Bookstore, or LuLu
Reading blogs, writing blogs, commenting on blogs, reading comments, it's all literacy and affords opportunities to develop a positive digital footprint.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKISAu2S6AY
Common Digital Storytelling Tools
PicLit - Inspired Picture Writing
Make Belief Comics - Create Comicstrips
Voice Thread - Multimedia slideshow that holds images, documents, and videos
Savagery vs. Civilization (Lord of the Flies)
Book Track - Poetry
Websites
Grammar Girl - http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl
Crash Course: Literature (John Greene)
Book TV - The latest in nonfiction books: history, biography, politics, current events, the media, and more. Watch author interviews, readings, parties, panels, and book fairs and festivals.
Vancouver Poetry Slam - Poetry from the weekly Vancouver Poetry Slam.
National Writing Project - teachers in all subject areas and all grade levels learn new strategies to help their students become accomplished writers and learners.
Flocabulary - A hip-hop way to learn different vocabulary words, grammar, literary terms and other information from other subject areas
Additional Resources for Writing
Interesting Ways to Support Writing in the Classroom
PLN Resources
Pew Research Center & National Writing Project
Reppert Folder - https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B-VZhoHR5v6TUk9mLVM0Umx3UjQ