Google Documents and Word Processing

All I can say is that technology can be really frustrating sometimes. For many of these applications, although they are awesome, they can be very frustrating to try and get to work. I had a lot of difficulty trying to get my google documents to work. After awhile, and once I figured it out, I can see the many benefits of it.

I think google documenting or using word processing can be a great way to get kids to work together and be creative with their writing. Often I think kids struggle with thinking up ideas to write about. When kids can work off of each others ideas or work as a group, I think they can get a start to their writing.

I want to teach 3rd grade or above. I really enjoy working with older kids and I can see how google documenting can help them. I think that they will understand how to use it better. You would have to be careful what kids are putting on their document. On this site, people can add whatever they want. They may not take it seriously and may just add silly things to other people's stories. To solve part of this problem you could maybe divid the class into groups and have one account that all the students use. This way you can monitor what your students are writing.