Google+Docs

__**Collaborative Writing Using Shared Documents**__

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Here is a series of tutorials on using Google Docs (please bear with the quick ads at the start of each video!):

Using Google Docs 101 #1: A Video Tour of Google Docs: media type="custom" key="10042081"

Using Google Docs 101 #2: Uploading Files: media type="custom" key="10042089"

Using Google Docs 101 #3: Sharing and e-mailing in Google Docs:

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Using Google Docs 101 #4: Get organized with folders in Google Docs: media type="custom" key="10042597"

Using Google Docs 101 #5: Linking to documents in Google Docs: media type="custom" key="10042665"

Using Google Docs 101 #6: Footnotes and Comments in Google Docs: media type="custom" key="10042695"

Using Google Docs 101 #8: Creating a Presentation in Google Docs: media type="custom" key="10042715"

Using Google Docs 101 #9: Creating a Google Form:

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Here is another video on creating Google Forms: media type="youtube" key="9VBGSaB3URs" height="209" width="336"

Using Google Docs 101 #10: Starring, Hiding, and Transferring Google Docs: media type="custom" key="10042727"

Teachers and Students Talk about using Google Docs: media type="youtube" key="TYPjJK6LZdM" height="195" width="320"

Here's a self-explanatory guide for using Google Docs with Students: []


 * __Do Now __: Write a Collaborative Story**

Go to Gmail account. If you don't have one, please create one.
 * Step 1:**

Create a document and start writing a story.
 * Step 2:**

Share with other team members.
 * Step 3:**

Open shared documents and continure write a story on each other's shared document.
 * Step 4:**