Do you carry all your students writing notebooks home each night or stay late after school reading through their writing and offering feedback? Or maybe you don't give written feedback until the published piece is turned in. If this sounds like your situation then I've got an idea that will make it all easier. Google Docs allow students to write their stories online and you are able to comment and offer feedback from your computer at home or at the coffee shop or where ever you like to connect to the internet. I often find myself sitting next to a student and talking about their stories with them with our tech devices side by side. This allows us to both highlight and edit together and have discussions about their work without having to lean over their shoulders and invade their space. Google Docs not only make life easier for you but it offers quick feedback to your students. Students will love using Google Docs as well. The Revision History allows students to see the changes they make over the writing process and revert back to an earlier version if desired. This feature also has saved several of my students from the dreaded deleted story disaster. Somehow a few of my students managed to delete their stories and then do enough attempts to recover it that they couldn't simply press undo. Luckily they were able to revert to an earlier version and recover their lost work. Another plus of using Google Docs is that there is an iPad app for Google Drive making the student work even more accessible.
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