GoogleDocs as a group research tool

Students who are struggling with doing quality research on a particular subject are helped by doing group research in a shared Google Doc.  Resources can be electronic or print resources.  The important thing is that as students share resources, they have to provide a description of the resource and why they think it is important to the project.  Two things happen, students with different learning styles or interests find different resources.  This provides the whole class with a more diverse collection of resources and stretches everyone's understanding of the subject.  Second, it provides modeling for students who have trouble thinking and working through the beginning stages of research.