Real Enrichment, Real Engagement, Real Projects: Google Apps to enhance the student groupwork
1. Real enrichment, Real engagement,
Real projects:
Google Apps to enhance the student
learning experience.
Gary C. Wood
School of English
University of Sheffield
g.c.wood@sheffield.ac.uk | @GC_Wood
Sarah Horrigan
Institute of Learning Enhancement and Innovation
University of Derby
@sarahhorrigan
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Assessment through
a real project
Promote linguistics
to prospective
students
What
we did…
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How we
did it…
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Google Sites:
Page-level permissions
Integrated features
(YouTube, soundclips,
and others).
How we
did it…
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Project Management:
Google Docs
Google+ Hangouts
How we
did it…
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Launch Event &
Evaluation:
Google Docs Forms
How we
did it…
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Increased student control = creativity & high motivation
Doing a real project = enthusiasm from the students
Groupwork is trouble-free – Google facilitates
Collaboration within and between groups.
Some benefits…
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Continuous feedback and assessment
Students develop key skills for degree and employability
End product is genuinely useful to its audience
Apps are integrated and don’t need teaching.
Some benefits…
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What the
students think…
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Work in pairs
Think of an area in your teaching that could use Google Sites
On the session site (http://goo.gl/LNuH7):
Access your Pod’s page
Enter the details of your planned project
If you finish, add a blank page to your section, and experiment
with embedding some additional resources (e.g. YouTube video,
images, etc.)
Your turn…!
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Review
& Questions…