There is no privacy...

The dark side has light, and the light can
have a dark side.

Something that has occurred and is worth considering when using Google Docs is the dark side of collaboration. Some students (oddly the younger, 6th grade ones) use Google Docs as a chat room, passing comments back and forth to each other. Because they are young and haven't yet developed a sense of appropriateness, a Chromebook can be a hurtful tool. It is important that digital citizenship be taught, encouraged, and certainly monitored. It is also helpful to explain to students that within a school domain, there is no expectation of privacy. IT can see not only what exists, but what was deleted.

This is one of those times when I wonder if it wise to put the tools of technology into the hands of young people who still haven't mastered handwriting and social boundaries.