Google Drive (formally Google Docs) is endlessly useful, especially for teachers and students. Need to share a lesson with someone? How about an entire unit? No problem. Earlier I blogged on how to
share files. Now lets talk about turkey. Drive also allows sharing of entire folders! It rocks.
- Benefits to sharing folders:
- Everything contained in the folder is shared
- New files added to the folder are shared automatically with those who have access
- Particularly useful for routine people you routinely share files or documents with
My lesson plans constantly change. Every year I tweak and add to them. Keeping each lesson in a folder labeled with the unit's name makes it easy for me to share all my material with other teachers. Besides, stealing, "sharing," is one of the best parts of teaching. If I create a new warm up, I just save it to the unit folder in Drive. Boom! Everyone I previously shared that folder with now has access to mind-blowing warm up I created. Google does not alert them to new material, but once they open the folder the recent changes are listed in the righthand column titled "Activity."
Here is a quick tutorial/"how to" on unleashing the magic of folder sharing. Get ready to begin living an easier life. :)
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