This is a great tool for all word processing, spreadsheets and databases! My favorite part of Google Drive is that students can use it from ANY computer, tablet (or even smartphone) that can get on the Internet. No more need to transfer on flash drives!

How I Use It

My school district has a Google Apps for Education (GAFE) account and so should yours! If you do not have this in your district, have your tech people get on it. It's free and students now get unlimited storage.

Students use Google Drive to write essays, stories and their state report. It automatically saves as your work, so no more losing a morning's worth of work because you forgot to save.

I have several assignments that are now paperless. All comments, peer review and grading are done online. This is a major paradigm change, but it is well worth it. I have students take written pieces from draft to published quality work and it challenges them. So many students are used to going through the motions of writing, but the big AHA is leading them to publish their work. They are not used to having work returned to them repeatedly (yes, more work for the teacher) until it is ready for the world to see. They get excited when I post their finished work on our web site. Please try doing a paperless piece of writing with your students.