What's up, doc?

Google docs.
Some of my colleagues are using this shareware with their students, and with relatively good results. I have been told recently that our school will be switching over to Google docs next year; I'm sure it'll be a learning curve for many of us. In it's most basic form, it will give us a good place to store things, instead of eating up storage space with the X and Y drives we've been using. I have no practical experience with Google docs, so I'm looking forward to getting some direction regarding its use and functions during this course!

Some students don't find it helpful, but their reasons tend to be on an individual level, not a wide-spread area of difficulty or concern. I am uneasy about storing EVERYTHING on it, so I'm going to ask students to back up important things on flash drives and with hard copy, as appropriate. Too often, if tech fails, it tends to fail spectacularly. I believe in covering one's bases, as Murphy's Law has a whole new addendum that covers technology...and one must be prepared for every eventuality!