Tool #4-Google Tools

1. Create one document in Google Docs and share it with at least one other person in your PLN.

Google Doc
I sent my daughters the following request with a form for their vote. Of course they think that I lost my mind asking about Thanksgiving in June!

I've shared Thanksgiving Celebration
Message from https://owa.springbranchisd.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=2ba77b391c1141fb86fd939dcf8e35fd&URL=mailto%3aMartha.Lopez2%40springbranchisd.com: Hi girls,
Aunt Sylvia and I are trying to decide where we want to celebrate Thanksgiving this year. Please place your vote and send back to me. Thanks.
Mom

2. Set up your Google reader and subscribe to at least five 11 Tools blogs that you will be following.

Google Reader
I subscribed to Houston News, Weather, Latest News Stories and Blogs, NYT, and The Guardian World News. Also, I am also following the posts of 7 colleagues.
Houston Chronicle
http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chron.com%2Frss%2Fchronicle%2Findex.rss?hl=en
NYT
http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fservices%2Fxml%2Frss%2Fnyt%2FHomePage.xml?hl=en
Houston News and Weather
http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fabclocal.go.com%2Fktrk%2Fxml%3Fid%3D3224679?hl=en
Click 2 Houston Local News
http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.click2houston.com%2Fnews%2Ftopstory.rss?hl=en
Teacher Lingo
http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fteacherlingo.com%2Fblogs%
3. Briefly discuss how you think these 2 Google tools will aid you in your particular classroom or benefit your students in their learning process.

Google Doc will make communicating with our colleagues and students so much more effecient. It will provide us with immediate feedback and allows us to share with anyone we choose to. Google Reader is also allows us to use our resources much more effeciently. It also allows us to share our resources.