I have been using google docs now in my classroom for the past month or so. In general, I'm finding it to be really useful for both the students and me The students are finally catching on the idea that they don't have to go throught the process of working on something in class that they have to save, email to themselves, open at home, save, and re-send. They are finally catching on to the fact that this saves them all the steps and annoyances.
I'm finding it to be extremely helpful with formal essays. I have my students write much of their first essay in class. By having them type the documents as a google doc in our lab, I can monitor their progress as they are working. This has helped to eliminate a lot of "little mistakes" that my students often make. This also eliminates the potential problem of having a home printer that doesn't work or the tendency to forget to bring a paper in on the day it is due. I simply ask the students to share the document with me so they don't have to worry about forgetting things.
One other thing I'm trying with my students is an extra credit assignment through this blog. Some of my students will be reading Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins and responding to questions on this blog for extra credit. I'll let everyone know how that goes as we get more into the project.
Here is just one of the documents I created for my class. This is the extra credit assignment for the blog.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P1Esq3clcHtXQhzEvkLyJjhXCLVxrSJ08RA-4DYIoZE/edit?hl=en#
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