Just as I promised in my blog post of February 9th, here is another Google "pearl" for you to use with your students (and yourself!)
Google Docs is a great word processor. It always keeps a copy of your document, is available even if you are off-line, and is a truly multi-user collaborative platform. With all sorts of "add-ons" and built in tools, it has become the "go-to" word processor for education. So it only makes sense that one of the tools is created to help facilitate research.
Here is how it works...
From inside a Google doc, click the "tools" menu item.
Now click the "Research" menu item.
A side pane will open where you can select your research topic/source
You can even pull your source and have it "auto-cite" the information in your Google Doc (Yes, I am mentioned in the book Cool Jew... for real... go buy one and see!!)
Now that I have shown you how to use this tool... go and play with it!! Try it yourself!!
As always, I solicit your comments on the blog site.
Yossie
Yossie Frankel
IT Director - Shalhevet High School
Tech Specialist - CIJE
Checkout my blog: www.technorebbe.com
Twitter @yossiefrankel
No comments:
Post a Comment