Google Docs

Well it is as easy as it sounds! I don't know why I have shy'd away from it so much for since it has become so popular but actually getting in there and using it has been a lot easier then I thought it was. I find that this could be SUCH a useful tool in the classroom as well as a collaboration technique among teacher and professional colleagues. With students (most likely older ones) I think this could be a great tool for editing. Remembering back to my days in school I remember countless papers that I would have to re-write after I had one person edit my paper. And it wasn't usually just one person that would edit my paper it would usually be up to 5 peers. Now that is usually about (with my own edits) 7-8 papers that I would have to re-write---and I mean write...with a paper and pencil! Granted times have changed and upgraded a bit so those edits can often be done on a computer each times, but I still think that it is a little tedious to go through and change that paper, print it off, bring it to class have a peer edit and then go back and change it. Not only is that a lot of paper wasted but a lot of valuable time. With Google Docs it opens up a whole new opportunity to edit effectively and efficiently. I think that this is something that will be so useful in a classroom. Yes, peer editing is probably the most obvious use of Google Docs in the classroom but there are other uses as sharing work with peers and teachers outside the class. Doing collaborative writing might also be another interesting use out of it. I think that the possibilities are endless but teachers just need to embrace it!