W.9-12.7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem W.6-12.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products. This combines research and writing which are both stressed in the Common Core State Standards. Each group had a different topic related to Elizabethan England, which they had to research and discuss to create a presentation on for the class. This is an example of a shared Google Document where a group of students were collaborating on one document to research “Crime and Punishment in Elizabethan England.” They used the instant chat feature, comments and research tool inside Google Docs (Click: Tool>Research) to investigate and discuss the topic their group was assigned. Group students together into writing groups working on a single document so they can research, brainstorm, and pre-write together. Google Documents is a great tool to facilitate collaboration. I wanted to share some of the my slides to inspire other teachers to explore how docs, spreadsheets, forms, drawing and presentation can be used in creative ways to foster writing.

It was a short presentation aimed at demonstrating how educators can use Google Docs to foster writing in its various stages. At ISTE, I had the pleasure of presenting in the Google theatre on Writing with Google Docs.

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