Wk2 Publishing_Leadership project part 1 of 2: article or presentation

I have been going back and forth over the past two weeks on whether or not I wanted to write an article or make a presentation of my Action Research project.  I am not much on standing up in front of people and presenting, but I feel that the best way to really showcase my project to the education world is through a presentation. Since my Action Research is based on teaching social skills through the use of the MMORPG, Guild Wars, I do feel that a presentation would showcase the work much better than a paper could.  With that decision under my belt I have been looking at where I could make such a presentation. Stay tuned for the next post on that discussion.

PE1_Google Docs

For my practical experience project I chose to delve deeper into Google Docs. I was first introduced to Google Docs a few months ago when I began the EMDT program at Full Sail Online. Since then I have used it to collaborate with group members, but mostly only using the docs and spreadsheets feature. I decided to take a closer look through the templates to see what else this powerful tool offered that would help me meet my collaboration needs.

I found a great template under the albums and flipbooks section for a scrapbook presentation. I love to scrapbook, so this really caught my attention. I downloaded the template and decided to try it out. 

I could see using this as a great tool to use at the beginning of the school year, during the first day or week of class. It would make a great icebreaker to have the students introduce themselves using it. It sounds like a lot more fun than stand up in front of the class and tell us about yourself or what did you do over the summer.

Stay tuned as I explore other ways to use Google Docs and as I find helpful tutorials to better familiarize myself with the applications.