Using Google Drive in the Classroom

Jacquelyn ChappelHIS Gone WILD

Sat., Mar. 8, 2014

New Literacies

New Literacies is an area of study that seeks to redefine traditional definitions of “literacy” to include:

Mulit-modal forms of communication (ie sound, images...)

Use of new technologies Blogs

Making videos

Code

Electronic games

New Literacy

“Three important literacy practices afforded through the use of apps are collaboration, multimodality, and shared productivity” –Castek

New literacy “enable(s) and encourage(s) forms of interactivity between producers, owners and users” –Brian Street

Homework Hand-in: the Old Way

Homework Hand-in Apps

Edline

Turniton.com

Moodle

Laulima

Microsoft Word—using Track Changes

Google Drive

Presents a smooth user-friendly interface

No attachments

Automatically saves

The obvious benefits

It’s paperless.

It’s free!

Unintended Consequences

Promotes interactivity

Between student and student

Between teacher and student

During class

Outside of class

Promotes interactivity between student and

student. Peer reviewers are in a sense interacting with one another.

kxsantos15

10:33 AM Jun 21

I like this beginning a lot its a good hook

eviola15

10:49 AM Jun 21

me too!

Promotes interactivity between teacher and

student. Jacquelyn Chappel

11:17 AM Oct 21

Should probably start a new paragraph to discuss the issue of fatigue for pilots.

shiraij

8:16 PM Oct 24

I have another paragraph that discussed the issue of fatigue for pilots. My next paragraph is to introduce the issue.

More responses

Jacquelyn Chappel

Is this a reason for its projected failure or bankruptcy in 2009?

colemm

General Motors increased their outsourcing of U.S. jobs during their bankruptcy in 2009.

“The idea is not that anyone’s opinion is as good as anybody else’s but rather that anyone’s opinion may stand until it is overwritten by someone who believes they have a better line” –Brian Street

Good or bad?

Outside the class

Google Drive promotes interactivity outside of the class because teachers are able view and comment on students’ works in progress.

Before class, teachers can view what students were able to complete and tailor class accordingly.

Inside the Class

Google Drive allows the instructor to view small group works in progress.

The Pedagogical Limitations

The audience is small.

Their work becomes public, raising privacy issues.

The limitations: design issues

Plain interface

Google Drive does not retain copies of comments after they’ve been “resolved” or “deleted”.

You cannot copy and paste text without retaining the old comment bubbles that are attached to the text.

Physiological limitations

Carpel Tunnel

Vision issues