Google Docs

Google Docs is a web 2.0 tool, or a wiki.  It is an online document that can be accessed and modified by multiple users. A plus about this tool is that it is linked in with all of the other Google tools like Sites, Drive, and Gmail. This makes it really convenient to transfer, upload, and share documents and images between tools.

After learning about Google Docs, our Pixlr group used one to brainstorm and collaborate on an outline for our presentation. It was cool to have a resource like that! It was also good to practice using the tool.  Another pro was that we could all work on the document at the same time- one person didn't have to do all the work.

Like I said in my post about wikis, a fear I have about Google Docs is that since they can be edited by multiple users, it seems easy for someone's work to be deleted.  As far as I know there isn't a way to recover or view past work or changes, so that could be difficult. Another con for me is that there isn't a save button.  I know it says 'all changes saved', but I like the reassurance from actually pushing the button.