On reflection, Google Docs offers amazing one on one assistance to students in the classroom. Students have the ability to have their work edited and 'tweaked' on the spot, thereby allowing them to access higher bands of achievement.
In terms of assessing student performance, google docs offers the unique ability for two or more teachers to refer to and edit data where necessary in the one column, at the same time.
The idea of remote access excites me which provides an opportunity to access and edit data, information, documents by one person at school, another at home, another in Melbourne, another in Fiji... at any given time.
Also the most appealing part for me is the following potential scenario:
... you are editing through your web browser and not on your computer desktop, so if your computer crashes, your document should be safe in Google Land. No tears.
Will I be acessing 'Google Docs' in the classroom? You bet!
Just wanted to know if the English faculty at your school has used or is using google docs? We haven't yet but I think that it would be a great idea (for example to edit exams or assessment tasks, to add feedback to units of work etc)
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