Group google document!

My experience using google to write a paper as a group did not go very well for me. At first I couldn’t open the document so that was very frustrating for me I understand problems always happen when using technology. Once I could open my document and start typing a found the system to be slow I was typing faster than the words could appear on the screen so that was very annoying. I also don't like that anyone can delete or add to what someone has already written. I just feel that if someone goes in and doesn't like what their partner wrote and changes it around this could cause some conflict. I would like this application much better if you could leave comments but not delete what the other person wrote. I do like this for group research projects the teacher can see what each person wrote and track when they went on and for how long. This is good to make sure not one person is doing more work than the other. It’s also very convenient because you can access your document anywhere there is a computer. I like that everyone's writing is there for each group member to view I think the students will read what their other group members wrote before handing in their completed assignment. Whereas if the students are all writing a paper on their own topic and emailing them to one person to put together not everyone is going to read what everyone wrote and their groups final product.

        I am defiantly still on the fence if I like this or not and I think a lot has to do with the fact that my experience wasn't a good one. I think if you let the students try it out and see if they like it you can make a class decision on whether to use it or not. We have to keep in mind that not everyone has easy access to a computer and some people don't believe in using technology because they feel it is taking over many people's lives. I hope my next experience using google documents will be a better one!