Google Docs to Improve Writing Skill

Writing is a process and a tool for learning. Everyone has the capability to write. Writing can be taught and teachers can help students to become better writers. To teach writing effectively, teachers have to provide some appropriate strategies, methods, and techniques. Teachers may have their own way to teach writing, but some of them may not be able to apply it effectively. Therefore, there are several steps to gain an effective learning process in writing. First, teachers have to decide which skill will be focused on and which level the students are. Second, the teacher must choose activities, exercises, and even teaching strategies that can help students develop their skills. Finally, get the students interesting topics that can make them have the motivation to write.

Some methods can be used to improve students writing skills and to make the writing process easier and more fun. Students can use Grammarly tools to help them correct their writing. Moreover, they can combine their writing with other media. For example, they can combine their poetry or their narrative story with videos.

Another way to improve students’ writing skills is to let students collaborate. Technology makes students do collaboration on writing projects easily. Google Docs, for example, allows students to work together on a project or to give each other feedback that useful to improve the writing skill.

The first step to do collaborative writing using Google Docs is you have to log in to your Google email. After that, you have to click on the nine-square icon on the right top of your screen. Click "Docs" and you can start a new document by clicking the "blank" page. Or simply, you can click here.

Once you create a new document, you will see a blank page with a set of tools at the top of the screen. You can name your document by clicking the "untitled document" at the top. In this Google document, you can use all of the tools provided in it. You can change the font, add a hyperlink, add pictures, table, chart, drawing, and so on. In addition, the document will be saved automatically, so you don't need to worry about saving it or losing it.

If you want to do collaborative writing, just simply click the "Share" button. You can add people by typing their email or you can copy the link and share it with the people you want to add.

Now you can start to write. Additionally, you can put some comments in it as offering feedback. Furthermore, if all the people are editing or viewing the document, you can do a chatting. 

Once you do some changes to the document, the Google docs will track the changes and save it automatically. You can see the track by clicking the words after "Help" tool.

When you have done writing and editing the document, you can download the file by clicking the "File" button, and then click "Download".

Just simply as that. Google Docs really helps students to improve their writing. They can give feedback and comment on each other. They can discuss what they're going to write too through chatting. Moreover, the teacher can join in it to monitor or give feedback.

I've tried collaborative writing using Google docs too. Here is the documentation. We were writing about the website we visit often.

Go and try this helpful tool!