Thing #20

Google Docs is the next best thing since sliced bread! We have been using them awhile in our office and they have made collaboration soooo much easier! And the best part is that you can access these documents from anywhere. They are fairly easy to use - just like using Word or Excel. We use them to create agendas for our staff meetings. We are all able to add items to the agenda during the week. During the spring we used a shared spreadsheet to confirm technology inventory lists for our campuses. Teachers could share and collaborate on lesson plans during the week to make planning sessions more efficient and less time-consuming.

The form feature is really awesome when it works. We tried to send a form to our teachers to fill out so the inventory would be put directly into a spreadsheet. For some it worked quite well but for others there were problems that did not allow teachers access. We all did exactly the same thing, so we are not quite sure where the problem was. We did wonder if it had something to do with the Mesquite Google domain and not all teachers having accounts, yet. Hopefully this will be fixed next year. :-) I think everyone could benefit from using Google Docs!