Posted by: Garnet GrattonGarnet Gratton is an educator with experience teaching university-level literature and writing courses. She has also taught high school, 9th through 12th grades, in both public and private settings. Now, she teaches and consult…
Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program ManagerIdling online the other day, I came across a presentation on the Piraeus Lion, created and posted on P-E Fronning’s Martin Klasch blog.The topic is interesting, but I was particularly impressed with the way…
Posted by: Aliza Sherman, author, speaker, TV and radio producerIn my last post, I talked about using Google Docs for long-term collaboration. But what about quick collaboration for one or two documents? Keeping track of them is not the issue, but I’ve…
Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program Manager From one of your fellow Docs users, here’s a well-made and thorough video covering every part of creating a spreadsheets form. The step-by-step instructions are a good way to get started making forms, and …
Aliza’s chronicles, part 3: collaboration and the long haul
Posted by: Aliza Sherman, author, speaker, TV and radio producerLast time I discussed how Google Docs helped me as I migrated documents from my old computer to my shiny new one. This time I’ll talk about using Google Docs for long-term collaboration.As…
Simply scientific
Posted by: Stephen Rahn, Information Technology Specialist at Kennesaw State University, currently teaching and working on a Ph.D in Instructional TechnologyWe’ve been using Google Docs for some time. The fact that it’s free helps our rural school dist…
Docs on the iPhone with Chris Pirillo
Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program ManagerChris Pirillo, Gnomedex Conference founder, CNN.com Live technology contributor, and one of our regular guest bloggers, uploaded a new video recently, giving an overview of using Docs on the iPhone (one of …
Notes from the computer graveyard
Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program ManagerI’m running late for work, the trains are packed. I arrive at the office a little winded, set down my coffee and open my laptop. Hello? Laptop? Try that again: close and open my laptop. No go. Shoot. I manu…
Aliza’s chronicles, part 2: surviving the computer shuffle
Posted by: Aliza Sherman, author, speaker, TV and radio producerIn my previous post, I talked about finally turning to Google Docs to save my bacon while working on a major client job with multiple players, several simultaneous projects and too many ve…
Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program ManagerBrian Crosby and Lisa Parisi came to my attention when I stumbled across a video they’d made, showing their students collaborating on short stories using Skype and Google Docs. Over the course of some weeks…
Aliza’s chronicles: climbing out of document hell
Posted by: Aliza Sherman, author, speaker, TV and radio producerAliza Sherman first wrote a version of these posts in a shorter item for Web Worker Daily, entitled Learning to Love Google Docs. She’s generously expanded the ideas in that post for us he…
Google Docs in burning marshmallows
Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program ManagerI’ll make this quick, but I have to share. The Google Docs team recently returned from a team-building offsite at Seascape Resort just south of Santa Cruz, CA (hint: many very cool things coming!). After a …
Thank you, teachers
Posted by: Meredith Whittaker, Program Manager and Andrew Chang, Marketing Manager Happy National Teacher Day! To celebrate, we have some inspiration, and some instruction. Awhile back you may remember that we asked teachers to share…
Google Docs goes wild
Posted by: Gill, wildlife enthusiast We’re thrilled to have Gill as a guest blogger. Through the evolution of Google Docs, she has been one of the most courteous and helpful members of the Google Docs Help Group, assisting users with all manner of q…
Posted by: Chris Pirillo, Gnomedex Conference founder, video blogger and CNN.com Live technology contributorWe’re pleased to welcome back Chris Pirillo for another guest post. After discussing his use of Google Docs to coordinate the Gnomedex conferenc…