Using Google Docs

I have to admit as I began to read over the assignment that involved using Google Docs, I was very apprehensive. Most of the apprehension was only because it was something I had never heard of or seen before. As I went through the directions step by step and and viewed the final results of the project, I was amazed that I had never even heard of this tool before. I believe it is a great tool that could be implemented into the classroom very easily, in a variety of different ways. I could not help to think about all the things I could do with Google Docs in my writing classes. It would be a great way to implement technology into my writing classes. Google Docs was very user friendly. My only question now is, how do you convince your school to let you use it? I am somewhat frustrated at the fact that there are all of these useful tools out there but some teachers are not able to use them due to technology constraints or barriers put in place by school districts concerning safety issues. Students are going to have to learn to use these tools sooner or later, so why not prepare them for the future. I have learned so many useful things to implement into my classroom in the three short weeks that we have been in this class, it just stinks not to be able to try any of them in my own classroom!