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