Google Docs Overview Lesson
These resources provide many how-to instructions in Google Docs as well as ideas about how you can use them.
Text to speech- Adding Extensions
You can add extensions in Google Chrome that allow you to do a wide variety of things. Click how to add extensions in Chrome to learn how to set it up.
One extension for Google Docs is called Read and Write for Google Docs, which provides the ability to do text to speech, highlighting, and other things that teachers and students may find useful. If you add the extension, an icon will appear at the top of your Google Doc; click it and it expands to show the tools available. You could have students add this to their Chrome browser and use it for difficult texts or as a study tool.
One extension for Google Docs is called Read and Write for Google Docs, which provides the ability to do text to speech, highlighting, and other things that teachers and students may find useful. If you add the extension, an icon will appear at the top of your Google Doc; click it and it expands to show the tools available. You could have students add this to their Chrome browser and use it for difficult texts or as a study tool.