Noun: Innovation

I just watched this video which pitches Lewis and Alyssa Young's Innovative Instruction Competition entry. I thought this was a very interesting idea especially because I tend not to think about technologies used in the elementary teaching level. I think it is in many ways much more difficult to use technology with a younger audience but as it said in the video, many elementary classrooms have projectors and I have seen visualizers in the elementary level as well. Students are often exposed to computers and typing at this early age. With this is mind, however, we can see the first problem with Lewis and Alyssa's proposal. Singling out one child to type for the rest of the class is:

1st- no fun for the child that likes to type ad doesn't get to
2nd- no fun for the child that gets called on if they feel uncomfortable with typing in front of the entire class.

It reminds me of when I was called on to write on the board. I didn't have the best spelling or handwriting and when I would get something wrong my peers were sure to let me know about it.

As for the pros...
working together to create one document is a great idea! much less time consuming for both students and the teachers! Using Google Wave is really great for the purpose.