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The objective of our blog is to share information about how we integrate our technology curriculum into the subject area curriculum. The foundation of this effort is the methodology of team teaching the lessons with the Middle School subject area teachers. Each post describes a particular lesson, the software used, some of the skills that were targeted, and the number of days that were spent in the lab.
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Fossils and Google Docs
The 8th Grade Science students accessed a PBS interactive website to do a lesson on fossils. Their teacher shared the study guide via her shared folder on the student server and the students proceeded to upload the document to their Google Docs account. From there, they renamed the document with their lastname and shared the document back to their teacher. From that point on, the teacher could monitor the assignment from start to finish, and the student could work on the assignment whenever they had internet access. Another advantage for using Google Docs at the Middle School level, is that there are no more physically misplaced papers.
