I am sure there are many ways that Google Docs or similar cloud-based programs can be used in encouraging collaborative work in economics and business departments in schools and colleges across the country. I will be discussing some of them at the ICT event in London but here is a link to an open presentation that is in development and to which you are extended a warm invitation to contribute. Just click on the link to view and be able to edit the document!

Ideas so far include:

# Drafting of essays and other written assignments
# Group presentations
# Shareable notes from external presentations and other events
# Forum for group and individual attempts at past paper questions
# Revision press conferences! (Superb for getting students to ask the questions and write up answers!)
# Use Google Spreadsheets to share a revision list/log with your pupils
# Revision exercises and routine notes
# Beat the Teacher! Prepare a document with deliberate errors in it and ask students to make corrections.
# Brainstorming of ideas for presentations and magazines
# Preparatory work for university applications