The best thing about Google Docs is that it lets us share a document with others. Two or more people can work on one document at the same time from different computers and they can see the changes their group members make as they happen.
Check out a video of two people working on the same document here:
My second favorite thing on Google Docs is the comments. We can use the comments to look at and think about a text together and ask/answer questions.
Our fifth graders did this with the Pledge of Allegiance. Take a look:
Before the lesson, I typed up the Pledge of Allegiance and added a picture of the flag. Then, I wrote comments that defined words and asked questions. You can see words that have comments are highlighted in yellow. During the lesson we read the text and comments together, and then the students replied to my comments. Some students not only answered my questions, but also read their friends' comments and replied back to them to continue the conversation and ask their friends questions about what they wrote. 100% of the students were on task and involved!
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