I do work on spreadsheets and we e-mail it back and forth and back and forth, this will be much more efficient. It has also happened when two people were unknowingly working on a spreadsheet at the same time, and one had to completely start over! So this will take care of that problem. There are many templates for organizing information and I am normally on information overload so again this will be helpful. I can certainly see how much more fun any assignment would be knowing everyone in the class could work on the same document and then share it. It must be remembered though that not all students have internet access at home. Using Google Docs could be a disadvantage for the already disadvantaged. It is becoming clear that all persons in education need to be tech savvy, so much more will happen with technology in schools when every player can demonstrate proficiency with what can happen with a computer! I do also see an isolation factor though. Kids today are less able to dialogue with there peers and problem solve together, and now this allows more work in isolation. People skills are vital to success and I fear we are finding ways to spend less and less time in face to face collaboration.
Rosemary
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