Google Docs, Sheets, Slides Zoho Docs – documents, spreasheets, presentations

The student learning is supported because …

1) students and teachers can upload, create, edit, view, share, and access all documents, spreadsheets, and presentations
How is student from one centralized location no matter where they are as long as they have a device with internet connections.
learning supported? 2) students can immediately receive the instant feedback and individualized support updated by the teacher.
3) teachers can provide just-in-time instruction after viewing student work to clarify misunderstanding by face-to face
instruction or enrich instruction by sending additional materials for students to continue with their own learning.
In both applications,
1) multiple students (collaborators) can work on the same document at the same time from different locations or even
different parts of the world.
How can
2) teachers (owners, project leaders) can monitor how the collaboration is going and each student’s progress and
collaboration be
contribution by examining the version history.
fostered?
Collaboration is fostered because “everyone in the group can add, edit, delete, or change the contents, which makes the
entire process democratic. Since changes are visible instantly, responsibility for one’s actions and accountability to the
group” are strongly required (Solomon et al., 2014, p. 197).
Teachers can provide just-in-time instruction after viewing Depending on student needs, teachers can assign individual
How are diverse student work to clarify misunderstanding by face-to face student work by using the add task feature without other
learning needs met? instruction or enrich instruction by sending additional students knowing that they might be working on different
materials for students to continue with their own learning. versions of the content for the same concept.

Pedagogy Wheel – Bloom’s Taxonomy

According to Allan Carrington’s Pedagogy Wheel, the use of Google and Zoho Docs allows teachers to bring student learning into the
Remember/Understand level of the Bloom’s Taxonomy.