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Adams-Friendship American Experience
  • History and Literature Units
    • American Issues: Present - 1980
    • The Cold War: 1980-1945
    • Wars of the 20th Century
    • Social and Cultural Change: 1945 - 1890
    • Reconstruction: 1898 - 1865
    • Slavery >
      • Uncle Tom's Cabin
      • Stowe's Homes
      • Uncle Tom: Compliment or Insult?
    • Ante-Bellum America (Pre-Civil War) >
      • The Scarlet Letter
    • The American Revolution
  • Units
    • Writing Units >
      • Pacing
      • MLA Formatting and Structures
      • Sentence Fluency
      • Fancy Punctuation
      • Sequencing
      • Active and Passive Voice
      • Speed and Automaticity
      • Rhetoric
      • Professional Presentation
    • 7 Themes of History
    • Final Exam
  • Class Calendar
  • Stuff You Need
    • Class Rubrics
    • Anchor Papers
    • Grade Contract
    • American Experience Procedures
    • Google Docs Sharing
    • Our Shared Google Folder
    • Specialized Search Engines and Searching Tips
  • About
    • American Experience
    • Ms. Ringelspaugh and Mr. Palmer
    • Top 10 Things to Know about American Experience
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Former Student Testimony
    • Photo Gallery
    • Homework Philosophy
    • Technology Philosophy
    • How to Come to Class Prepared
    • Late Work and Reassessment Policy
    • Avoiding Plagerism
    • Achieve 3000
    • Remind 101
    • Growth Mindset
    • The ACT
    • Quotes
  • Contact Us
  • Links

Why Use Google Docs?

In American Experience, we're going to use Google Docs for a variety of reasons.  

1.  To research collaboratively in groups, pooling information and resources.

2.  To create presentations collaboratively in groups, sharing the workload.

3.  To turn in work, streamlining the process.

4.  To keep data about our learning.

5.  To remove excuses.

Watch this video for more information on what Google Docs can do:

How to Share a Document in Google Docs

For more help or information, check out Google help:

How to Share a Document in Google Docs

How to Control Your Sharing Settings

How to Upload a Document from a Not-Google Docs program

How to Comment on a Google Doc

What your work might look like in Google Docs:

Lets look at a few samples of essay from last year's students.  In this picture below, I'm blacked out the student's name, so you don't know who it is.  Notice, however, that this student has made a list of his evidence.  Ms. Ringelspaugh has written back to the student, commenting on the progress of the student's work and giving feedback.  She is giving constructive criticism, asking questions, and giving positive praise.  Ms. Ringelspaugh has changed font colors so that the student can easily pick out her comments.
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In the picture above, Ms. Ringelspaugh is giving feedback on the work as a whole.  In the picture below, Ms. Ringelspaugh is giving feedback on just the few sentences before her comments.  Instead of making a new paragraph with a salutation to the student, Ms. Ringelspaugh is writing directly in the text of the essay.
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Notice, too, that all people with whom the document is shared can see the Revision History.  The Revision History is a list of who changed the document in any way and at what time.  Notice that this student worked on her essay multiple times, revising over the course of days.  Notice, too, that Ms. Ringelspaugh has giving the student feedback multiple times, in order to help the student do their best and learn all they can.
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Sharing with Google Docs is a tool that helps Ms. Ringelspaugh and Mr. Palmer give students feedback as they write, which is really when they need the feedback. It allows collaboration between students and between students and teachers to help the students learn the most that they can and hone their skills.  We'll use Google Docs and Google sharing all year in American Experience.
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