Google Documents

I enjoyed using Google Documents. When I watched the YouTube video explaining Google Documents I thought to myself what a great idea. To put the idea of Google Documents into my own words it is a Word Processor or PowerPoint program that can be used by many people at the same time. One person can type up a file, save it and then share it with others to be edited. Once they are done their changes are saved for all others using this file to see. Instead of using a word document where one would have to save it, attach it as a file in an email, send it to someone else, have them look at it, send back changes and then the original person would have to make changes to their original. Google Documents saves time and brain power. In addition it was pretty great how the survey results came back and compiled themselves instead of having to enter all the responses by hand. I could see the use of Google Documents in group projects to be much more effective.
I can think of an instance a few summers ago where a group of my co-workers were trying to put together a PowerPoint for a presentation they were going to do on co-teaching, from their homes. The use of Google Documents would have saved the organizer of the project a lot of time. I wish I would have known about this earlier. I see Google Documents as an easier way to edit materials with out such a large "paper" trail.