The Collaborative Classroom

Students can collaborate in many ways using Google Apps for Education

*Peer Editing

*Partner Stories

*Group Research

*Group Slide Presentations

*Drawings

Sharing Docs, Drawings, Forms, Slides, etc.

It’s easy to share a document, drawing, form, slides with students, teachers, or friends.

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1. Go to your Google Drive.
2. Click on the document, folder, drawing, slide, etc. that you want to share.
3. In your toolbar click on the Share Icon

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Click on the Share Icon!

Sharing in Google

Allow anyone with the link

to view!

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Choose specific people to

share work. You can choose

whether they can only view

what you’ve shared, or edit

and work on it with you.

How do I access things shared with me?

To pick up items shared

with you, simply click on

Shared with me in your

Drive.

To add a shared item to your drive,

click on the file, and then click on the icon add to my drive.

Use Google Drawing to research a state

Step # 1: Create a group of 3 or 4.

Step # 2: Choose a group leader.

Step # 3: Group leader should open a new Google Drawing. Group leader should name the drawing, and share it with group members.

Step # 4: As a group research the state and include in your Drawing the following: state map, flag, bird, insect, fish, motto, flower.

Step # 5: Share your drawing with me at sara.kiffe@florencecarlton.org

Use a Google Doc to Write a Partner Story

Step # 1: Choose a partner.

Step # 2: Pick a leader to create a Google Doc, and share it with your partner.

Step # 3: Write a partner story using one of the following prompts:

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Step # 4: Each partner writes one sentence of the story, and then switches so that every other sentence is written by their partner.

Use Google Slides to Create a 5 Photo Story.

Directions: Using only images (photos taken on ipad or phone, or images from Google), and tell a story with 5 photos. Each photo should be one slide of your presentation.

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Use the Research Tool in a Google Doc to research and cite sources!

Research Tool

Go to Tools on your

toolbar and select

Research.

Type in whatever topic

you are researching!

Students can easily cite their sources in a footnote at the bottom of the page!

When students want to cite their source just

hover over source until Preview, Insert Link, Cite

appear.

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If the student clicks Cite a footnote will cite the source at the bottom of the page.

Students can choose from MLA, APA, and Chicago formats for their citations.

Research the history, origin of your name. Cite all of your sources using the research tool.

1. Research the meaning of your name.
2. Research the origin of your name. (What country/region/language does it come from.)
3. Do you feel like your name suites/meaning suites you.
4. Write a poem giving your name a, age sound, a movement, a smell, a sight, a feeling. Use similes to write the poem.

Sara

Meaning: God’s princess

Origin: Hebrew

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Sara is old like the dusty pages of your favorite book.

Sara moves like the fall leaves fluttering down from the trees.

Sara sounds like