Well, I finally posted my suggestions to the google docs doc we were all adding too. I was able to read other viewpoints and suggestions and could see the content of our mini-projects forming. I see its usefulness as a tool in curriculum development with colleagues too. There's a lot we can learn from each others postings, I just note that everyone needs to be on at once making comments to make it a true real-time interactive experience.
The only drawback I see to using with younger students is they would need to have a gmail acct. We'd have to create bogus email accts or have parents create accts for the kids.
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Did we figure out why it was that you had so much difficulty accessing the document? I’m sorry you had to experience that. The google docs template serves as a space where teachers can plan a unit – in this case a problem-based poverty unit. The WebQuest itself could be published using a different medium, such as a website. The tools that you use are really up to you in your own setting.
ReplyDeleteThe web 2.0 tools are posing some challenges – many schools for example do not allow students to use email during school, yet email for example is tied to Google docs. I think there is a way you can get around this. When you share a document, make sure you choose that the people who share it can share it with others – then it is by invitation through a link and not just limited to particular people through particular email accounts. Then email an invitation to someone and copy yourself. Then take note of the invitation link in that email – you can share that link with students in person (by having them write it down) or through an online document like a WebQuest.