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.