Google Doc & Maps

Google Doc really interests me because of the ability to invite and collaborate in regards to your documents.  I think there is alot of potential use for this in regards to utilizing for all your saved docments and its ability to save changes along with past versions.  One part of this that really interests me is the ability to share and collaborate with teaching materials in regards to team teaching. 

I went into google doc’s and created a new document (spread sheet) and merged an existing document from my computer.  Both of these were done easily and  I appreciated the tool bars being easy to use.  The one problem that I ran into was when I attempted to share the document I was told that I “couldn’t send until I verified my account” , although I have already verified my account. 

Google Maps:

This part of google has some interesting features ( walking, car, and public transportation maps) that I could see being really useful in planning vacations.  As I played with these maps my mind was running as to how I could integrate this into my social studies class.  We use alot of maps on the blog for my class, but I think that google maps may have more potential because it allows you to interact with the map itself.