Exploring Google DocsSo here we are again; progress is slow but I am beginning to get a handle on how this tool works. I think once I figure it all out I will like what it has to offer. I hear so many teachers and the other students in the FSO program just loving this great tool so maybe I will eventually feel the same way. I do see a lot of benefit to this especially for the ability others will have as collaborators and editors.
The first day or so, I spent looking at templates and trying to edit a few for presentations but that got to be horrible. Nothing seemed to work and I knew I would have to spend some serious time working through tutorials and watching some training videos.
Today, I tried the quick budget spreadsheet template (screenshot shown above) and found that to be relatively easy to change for what I needed. I liked the fact that you can customize the columns and the template includes formulas for some data charts for comparison.
The screenshot example to the right, is the edited template that I am calling Planning Budget Worksheet. This edited version is a starting point for a student publication class that creates the school yearbook. Each year they have to try and determine what to do and how to set up a budget based on books sold, ads sold to help support the cost of publishing the book, and their expenses.
If they have a document where they can collaborate on a working budget and make changes based on actual sales and expenses, I believe this would be a tremendous help for those students.
Using this template has been a big jump for me in becoming more familiar with google docs. I am hoping to try something different after viewing some additional training videos and reading through some tutorials on lynda.com
Well thanks for hanging out with me today and reading about my progress. I promise to have more to share and even better results within the next few days. Keep watching and come back to my blog again to see what else I have discovered!
TTYL my loyal groupies!
