Post on 29-Nov-2014
description
Google Docs
for Language Learning
Collaborative Learning
Google Docs for language learning
• Collaborative writing projects
• Shared online workspace
• PLEs / ePortfolios
• Task-based learning
What is Google Docs?
• Online version of Microsoft Office
• Collaborative programs
• Based on wiki technology
Why is Google Docs interesting?
• Familiar interface
• Simple to use
• Collaborative program
How can we use it for language learning?
I. Collaborative writing
II. Shared online workspace
III. Personal Learning Environment
I. Collaborative Writing
• Students jointly create documents
• Students can be in different locations
• Teacher can see each student‘s contribution
• Easily publish online
II. Shared onlineworkspace
• Users simultaneously edit documents
• Students and teacher share workspace
• Use as online whiteboard– Layout as with Microsoft Word
III. Personal Learning Environment
• Take notes online
• Copy, paste and embed content
• Combine...– Notebook– Workbook– Learning materials– Portfolio of student work
Appropriate Pedagogies
• Task-based learning– Activities can be researched,
prepared and presented online
• Dogme language teaching– Students jointly create materials for
student-centered lessons
Find Out More…
Learn more about
Google Docs
in language learning...
www.avatarlanguages.com/teaching/googledocs.php
Who Are We?
An online language school, offering…
…one-to-one language classes
• English
• Spanish
• Other languages
www.avatarlanguages.com