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It’s that time of year again. Time to brush off the sand from lazy days at the beach and hit the books. Time for group projects, club registrations, and dorm events. As I start my senior year at Stanford, this is the last time I’ll experience back to school, and I’m hoping to make the most of it with a little help from Google Docs. I’ve collaborated with classmates on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations throughout my college career, but after interning at Google for a summer and talking to many of you about how you use Google Docs, there are a few new ideas I’m itching to try, like new templates for resident assistants , teaching assistants , and student leaders . Curious to learn more about Google Docs yourself? Check out our new Google Docs page for college students . You’ll find tips and tricks — based off much of your own feedback — for great ways to save time with Google Docs both in and out of the classroom. For one particularly fun way to reap the benefits of collaborating with Google Docs, check out this video about a lovestruck student on a mission. Enjoy, and have a great school year! Posted by Stephanie Vezich, Google Docs Summer Intern

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Love school with Google Docs

Have you ever had a hard time keeping track of a big group project? Do you ever wish you could find a way to promote a competition or school event? Want to get more attention for your student group or club? In case you haven’t met yet, please allow us to introduce you to Google Sites. Google Sites are a great tool for students – for example, as a way to work with others to collaborate on a group project. You can embed a calendar to keep track of deadlines; or a Google spreadsheet to keep track of your research. When it comes time to turn in your project, you can even include videos or slide shows right in your site. If you want to promote a school event like a class election, you can create a site with videos and information about all of the candidates and even embed a Google form so students can vote or send feedback. Here’s an example site for a Ski Club , to give you an idea of what’s possible. To see how some students are using Google Sites in the classroom, check out our new Sites for Teachers page. Posted by Ashley Chandler, Google Docs and Sites User Operations team

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Using Google Sites for school projects

Typology of Cognitive Pleasures in the Classroom. 1. Discovery . This is why Socratic teaching is so very powerful, in my opinion. When you teach by asking questions, the STUDENT gets the light bulb experience. ….. User experience as opportunity for productivity and success . 12. Fantasy User experience as alternate reality. 13. Learning User experience as opportunity for growth and improvement. We need to harness these aspects of cognitive seduction and use them to make …

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Then students use Discovery Streaming, Library of Congress, and Archive.org to retrieve video files as well as Camstudio to capture streaming video. Students with the hardware often capture their own video as well. Students use the Windows Movie Maker ….. In my opinion, success happens when a student applies a skill or new learning outside of the classroom. For example, after discussing an application called Microsoft Access, a student created her own database at home. …

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