Thing # 18

Google Docs

Some of the advantages to Google Docs are that you can work on docs from any computer with internet access. It allows for collaboration (multiple users can edit simultaneously). Another advantage is that edits you make are see by everyone immediately and it automatically saves so that you do not have to worry about losing your documents. You can also "revert" to previous versions of google docs if you experience trouble with the current version.

One major disadvantage is that you have to be on a computer with internet access to work on your documents.

I have had experience in using google docs for collaboration projects while I was in graduate school. It was a great way for my teams to share the editing responsibilities on projects and to work together. We have also started using it for planning at church. We have a google log-in for our children's ministry that we put up a basic outline of special events in google docs and then all of the leaders log-in and share their thoughts and expertise on the subject and when we are finished we have a document that sums up everyone's collective knowledge in a usable document.

I would like to use this next year with the science SISs in the district to collaborate between meetings on staff development or topic ideas. I think this will be a good idea that will improve sharing among us.