Collaborating with technology made my project experience flexible, efficient and cooperative. My group decided on collaborating through Google Apps for Education. We used Google Docs, Google Slides and Google Draw. We also collaborated through email. Collaborating through Google Docs allowed each team members to post time-line like ideas and then comment on the side. I was able to reply to comments and color code my own ideas and thoughts. My group members were able to comment back and leave their ideas and thoughts. What I liked about this was that it was flexible and collaborative. Since I have a full-time job that requires a lot of my time, my schedule may not be like everyone else’s, vise versa. This is why collaborating through these means really made working on this project flexible.Collaborating through Google Slides was excellent. Each group member took on a responsibility and added to the slide. This created a balanced effort, with each members being able to provide their insight and be a part of the team. Currently, I use GAFE on a day to day basis in my position. For example, last week I held a workshop on iPads and I posted the agenda through our Google folder using Google docs. I linked each item on the agenda to a previous Google Slide presentation, videos and documents I wanted the team to collaborate on. It was a great way to keep the workshop organized and allow each participant to add their expertise, insight or anything they’d like to agenda items. I create spreadsheets for teachers using Google Sheets. This allows me to send the data pieces that need to be completed to all teachers and they are allowed to complete it at their own time, with multiple users in. As opposed to Excel, each teacher would have to complete his/her part and then attach it to an email to the next person. This process would take a long time and would not be efficient. Technology allows for efficiency and flexibility.
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