I have returned to the Blogging world with a new AQ course: Computers in Education Part 2......or a least that's what it was called before. Now the course name has changed to Integration of Information Technology Part 2.
Part of this course calls for us educators to create an online presence in a social media platform. Although that might test our comfort zones, its an exciting concept and I'm looking forward to it.
So far we have had some interesting assignments. I really liked the Google Docs assignment, because I have not used Google Docs to that extent before. I have created documents on it, when the computers at school did not have MS Word, but I have never allowed someone to collaborate with me on my document. When I did that with Anthony it helped me realize what a true asset Google Docs is.
Last week I was CO MC at a wedding. I tried to meet up with the other MC to work on our speech together, however we could never find a time to do. We ended up finding a solution to that problem by using Google Docs! I started a rough draft and then shared the document with her. Together, at the same time, we edited the document and communicated to each other while doing so. That was a true learning moment. We both were stunned at how easy, practical, and refine the Google Docs program was. She actually remarked that if we tackled our speech by writing it separately and then e-mailing each other to see if we approved, then copied and pasted, and then handled the format issues.....it all would have taken up so much time.
Luckily for us this course helped me realize the power of Google Docs. I'm a Pro Google Docs guy now :)
Looking forward to learning lots more in this course.
Until Next Time...
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