Today we were broken up into 3 groups. Our group, #2, was given buzzword.com. We were to log in, create an account, explore one feature, and rate the site from 1-10. We found that the features were very limited, and the program would only be useful for simple documents. It was nearly impossible to get in, but we blamed that on the computers and the network connection. Afterwards, Mr. J invited us to use google.docs, and showed us how to use it. It was a really neat thing because we could all log in and edit the same document at once. I think this will be a great tool for group work.
In the future I believe that google docs will be very useful in group projects. Even everyday assignments can be done using this wonderful tool. To check the students' editing skills, perhaps I could do something similar to Mr. J's assignment. Have each student edit a section of the document. We can all talk about it as a group and everyone can see what's happening. It's a great thing!
