Blog Post #6

     As an Android phone and Chromebook user I have been aware of most of Google Drive's capabilities and have been using a number of functions within various classes. One such class was my physics lab class and during those classes I would record data, video, pictures, and other necessary files then later collect and store those files on my Google Drive account. Using sharing methods within Google Drive I was able to then share needed data with my lab partners and we would be individually responsible for determining what we did with the data after that. I would normally use functions within sheets to clean up the data, sort, and add necessary equations to my tables as well. Once I had my necessary data I would then perform my lab write-ups using the Google Docs app and would add in necessary diagrams/pictures and tables from sheets, but there are some downfalls to using Google Sheets for such tasks as well. From what I've found from using Google Sheets and Docs, they're not as powerful or customize-able as Microsoft Word or Excel and I found myself often exporting my data to finish lab reports in those programs. Also, despite Google Sheets & Docs automatically saving inputted data and other items I would, on rare occasion, lose changes or revisions of my work and would have to start again. As mentioned in Alexander's Google Drive Tutorial - Quick Start I was not aware of certain functions within Google Drive itself such as: Drawings, Maps, Site, and the ability to leave comments on documents (Alexander, 2018). Google Drive is a great suite of apps but in my opinion they still need more polishing and updating in order to better compete with Microsoft Office.

     I've heard the term "you learn something better after you teach it to someone else" prior to this class but I was never shown the details behind why that was true. I have found myself helping friends with math, physics, and other subject and have found that I go over the topic more thoroughly when I'm actively trying to help them understand certain concepts or other items. "As they prepare to teach, they organize their knowledge, improving their own understanding and recall. And explain the information to her, they identify knots and gaps in their own thinking" (Paul, 2011). Through students teaching items to peers, or in that instance an AI, they were able to further develop their own knowledge on various subjects. I think as a future math and physics teacher my own knowledge will continue to develop as I seek to teach concepts to students and further reach out to assist in deeper questions directed to myself than I currently know.

References
Alexander, A. (2018, February 7). Google Drive Tutorial 2018 - Quick Start. [Video].
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Bajak, A. (2014, May 12). Lectures aren’t just boring, they’re Ineffective, too, study
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Barrett, H. (n.d.). Balancing the Two Faces of E-Portfolios. Retrieved from
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Paul, A. (2011, November 30). The Protégé Effect. Time Inc. Retrieved from
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  1. Mrs. Nicole SwensonJune 22, 2018 at 3:39 PM

    You're not the first person I've known not to like the auto save feature of Google apps, but for kids who forget to ever save, it's a nice feature. Just so you know, you can always "undo" any changes at any point. So, you can just keep "undoing" until you get to where you wanted to be.

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