I've had a bit of a play with the Google documents. I can see this being really useful when working on a document with a colleague or my sister when I'm helping her with an assignment. I would only use it for a draft or when only working on the text though because I find the formatting options quite limited - particularly when creating gear to use with children. I admit I can get a bit confused when I have worked on a document emailed to me, then the other person works on it, and then I do etc etc - and if I'm not careful, I can end up with many copies of the same thing - each slightly different. I think I could also use Google documents for when I am working on something at school and at home. Instead of having to save it to a USB, I could just access it here.
I particularly like the collaborative side of things and the idea of being able to work on something together, despite not being together. I can really see this being useful. Now I just have to convert a few of my colleagues.
Well you've done a brilliant weekend's work Sue! I loved your thoughts on wikis and blogs for your class :) Joyce is amazing isn't she? I know she was definitely popular in my house after she visited Australia. I came across a tool called Edmodo a little while ago and given some of the things you have raised in your posts about sharing work and creating class forums and comments you might find it really useful. You are able to upload work into your own library invite students to be members with their own private logins, assign work/tasks it is really really fabulous so if you're interested, when you have some more time of course... check it out here:
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Great work!!