Googledocs

Google Docs is the webtool we used for writing the introduction article which presents our idea and the purpose of our blog.
One of us wrote a template and invited the other members of our group to edit in order to correct and improve expressions and grammar. However, we faced some difficulties. One has to become familiar with the set-up of the program because it differs from the usual office programs. Furthermore, it was not easy to find the right option to enable others not only to view the document but also to work on it. On top of that, it was annoying that one is not notified when someone else has worked on the text. We were also disappointed to find that there is neither the possibility of commenting nor the option of automatically highlighting changes. So the group members have to inform each other about modifications via communication tools like facebook or one has to regularly reread the whole text.
As a consequence, we abandoned Google Docs and used our process blog to discuss future posts.
We think that dropbox would have been another alternative. Dropbox is also a form of cloud-computing but the documents are saved in a folder on the internet as well as on one's own computer. The process of writing and formating the text is simple because you use the office program you are used to. There are several possibilities of commenting; for example, one could insert a footnote. Every time the document is changed, members of the folder are notified by a little speechbubble in the right bottom corner on their desktop.Another advantage is the fact that it is visible who worked on the text last.