Our K-12 English Language Arts team had to put together information for our school board workshop. 7 people involved. Tons of information. I suggested we use Google Docs and our team leader - our principal - agreed. Google Docs is a bit finicky about format - copying and pasting from Word especially. I remembered we talked about the same issue with our blogs and that Alice said use Text Edit or Notepad for composing offline and copy / paste from there. It worked! Then you format with Google Docs.
The team agreed - overall it was a positive experience and trying to do the same thing using email would have been a nightmare!!!
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Ginger,
YOU rock! A courageous decision on your part to make the suggestion to tread new digital waters and use Google Docs for this important project. And then, to leverage team buy-in. Impressive! I can just imagine the thrill of success. Nothing better than conquering the new "work smarter" concept with fellow treaders - you have started the Google wave, I'm sure. Thanks for the formatting and editing tips. By the way, did your team members all have Gmail accounts? Janny
Thanks Janny - it is exciting! No - most do not have gmail or a google docs account. The document was shared with them using their school email addresses. There were some issues accessing the document but we did get everybody in. If we use Google docs with our department head group, I am going to suggest everybody open at least a google docs account.
Ginger
Very exciting! It's so great you took the challenge! There are always some pitfalls, but it's usually worth the risk. Congrats.
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