Word Processing (e.g. Google Documents and Microsoft Word)

When I see attachments in my email, I have been given the option to open the attachment as a Google document. I have been curious to discover what is Google document and the features that it offers.

Google documents is such a helpful tool. I could see this being positive thing to use in the classroom. I struggle a lot with grammar. Google documents would be nice to use in order to have another teacher help me write and correct a document that I may be sending to parents. This may be easier rather than using attachments back and forth. Attachments can be confusing if you have too many from sending and receiving so many times.

On the other hand, I liked the activity we did in class using Microsoft Word. I think in a situation where you were having the class do a writing activity and are not going to be sending attachments, this would be a fun activity for them. The students would love using the editing feature and it would be so much easier for the students and teacher to read.

Before today's class, I did not really see any way a teacher could make using a word processing program any fun. However, after class, I realized that so many different writing assignments can be done and made exciting for students to use. Students should use and become familiar with Microsoft Word because it is used so much today in many careers. Older students could also learn to use Google documents which also would be useful in their further endeavors. I enjoyed learning more about Google documents and features in Microsoft Word. I plan on using them in my classes today and in my future classroom.