So the first scenario of the webinar about the students trying to work on a group paper was my nightmare throughout elementary and secondary education. Teachers assigned group projects, but expected students to find time outside of class to finish them. This was incredibly difficult, especially in high school because my the student population of the school came from 10 school districts. I recall one chemistry project where I had to make a 40 minute commute just to get to the students hour where we were working. Google Apps would have made my life so much easier.
Another benefit of Google Apps that would have helped is the fact that all the data is stored and manipulated on Google servers. Because of this, everyone is working with the software. This was important to me because about a year ago I encountered a problem with incompatible versions of Word. Half the group could only use the old .doc format while the rest used the default .docx format. Because the converter was not yet available, I had to go to the computer center to open their files.
Side Notes: 1) Can't wait to use Google Video Chat
2) Google needs better narrators
3) Just set up my Google calendar and plan to use it for my class
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