I believe that a child's educational experience can be enhanced through the use of Google Docs in the classroom. Class projects made be worked on and edited together, to form a sense of community in the classroom. Through the use of a "round table", if you will, a class consensus may be reached on the project, and every student in the class will have the opportunity to have input in the finished project.
Individual communication involving the teacher and the student may be enhanced by having the student do heir homework on a Google Doc. The teacher can make edits to the assignment and instruct the student in a concise manner.
Google Docs can definitely be an effective technological tool in the classroom.
Another benefit is that students with Internet access can easily transfer their work between school and home with Google Docs. They don't have to own a copy of Microsoft Office and they don't have to keep track of a thumb drive if they use Google Docs. One feature that people often overlook is that in group work, even if one group member's contribution gets deleted, a history of edits by users is kept in a log. This allows for retrieval of older versions of the document.
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