Randy Damewood, Director of Technology Coffee County Schools
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Google Docs and Forms - A great way to share and gather information

Google Docs (Drive) is an online document suite that allows you to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations and forms for data collection. Not everyone has to have a Google Account (however you will have more options if they do).

For Session Only - Example of:  Standard Form, logic branching, Flubaroo (flubaroom User Guide)

You can create a form using the spreadsheet or the form itself.
You can manage the results of form responses(click here for instructions)
Video Tour of Google Forms - an example of creating a simple form (Youtube)
Setting Up and Using a Form for Classroom Observations (great for use with iPad, laptops and even phones)
Link to the example Spreadsheet
Link to the Form Example 

21 Examples of Google Forms for Teachers and Administrators that you can copy a use (When you click on the document it will ask you to make a copy)

Using a Doc to collaborate (Doc could mean Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations and Forms)
Examples of use: School Handbooks, Staff Meeting agenda, Program for Parent Night
You can also just share a doc to anyone that you like (no gmail  Click here for instructions on Google Sharing and Good video explaination

Session Only - real time example of collaborating on a Document, Spreadsheet

Comments can be added to a doc (click here for instructions)
Chat can occur while working on a doc (click here for instructions)


How to use Google Docs to allow Principals to view Lesson Plans 

I suggest getting the iPad, iPhone and Andriod Drive App for use on mobile devices
  

More Information - Many links for your and your staff
Questions and Answers about Google Docs  

Questions and Answers about Google Spreadsheets

Questions and Answers about Google Forms

Questions and Answers about Google Presentations

Google Docs and the Paperless Classroom

Designing Assessment Using the Power of Google Forms

Using Flubaroo to automatically grade tests