Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office is now available to all users worldwide, letting two or more people work together on the same file at the same time in Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 or 2010 on Windows PCs.
Having read this, I wonder… how good is the translation tool in Google Docs really? I’m fluent in a few languages, so I decided to put it this to the test.
This would be a great assignment. Have your students write a pargraph and put it through a translation tool and find the mistakes and correct them. You can see the process using google doc's revision history feature.
This is a great handout with illustrated instructions for creating placemarks and tours in Google Earth created by David Jakes. If you click on the little yellow comment bubble in the upper-right corner of the first page, you can find the Word doc version to adapt for your own students/teachers.
See a Nifty Animated Short Made Entirely in Google Docs
12/17/10 at 09:55 AM
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This is what all PowerPoint presentations look like, right? Charts: so beautiful.
BTW - I'm using CiteBite to be able to link to the specific spot on the page. Citebite installs and then appears under your right click menu to allow you to link to the specific spot.
You've got to check these out. There are some excellent new gadgets that you can now include with your google docs spreadsheets.THis article points you to it, but the next time you're in a spreadsheet, choose Insert>Gadget and see for yourself. From flash cards to word clouds to word FINDS, and more.