The future of group work?
From this presentation I can see how useful Google Docs can be for a class. However, as the two presenters explained there are still many downfalls to using this innovation and they both agreed that they would not incorporate this into a classroom until many of the problems had been corrected. For example privacy is an issue and restricted formatting could cause problems.
However, I can see how this innovation could have great potential in a classroom as it allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating with others. Which is a great idea as students can not always work together at the same place. Overall I thought that this was still a great presentation but I’m sure many teachers will not use this innovation until it has improved.
on October 9th, 2008 at 12:53 am
I’m confused. What privacy issues are a problem with Google Docs? Google Docs are totally private and can’t been seen by anyone else unless you publish or share it with other people.
There a lots of examples around the World where educators are using Google Docs within their classrooms. And they prefer it in preference to Wikis because there is less chance of students writing over the top of other students work and they can keep the documents private if they choose.
I’m not sure what problems they had with Google Docs but it is used a lot by educators.