"Since it's bound to happen, we can focus on the creative ways that it's happening. Kids have discovered that it's easy to create a real-time document in Google Docs or Google Slides that anyone in their school can hop on and contribute to. They've already figured out how to add pictures to these docs, write in white in order to hide text, and collaborate to create projects like short stories and poems."
"However, there are also some downsides, as pointed out by The Common Parent in a recent post. The first downside is, of course, that this is often happening during classroom hours. Kids are already behind on math and language arts and constantly being in a group chat during instruction probably isn't helping. Then, at home, the group chat looks like a homework assignment, allowing sneaky kids to gain extra screen time or avoid schoolwork."
Students are circumventing school cell phone bans by using collaborative Google Docs and Slides to communicate in real time. They add pictures, hide text by writing in white, and jointly create short stories, poems, and other projects. These practices allow socialization, creativity, and offline-like collaboration during school hours. The behavior often occurs during instruction, risking further academic lag in math and language arts. At home, shared documents can resemble homework, creating extra screen time or opportunities to avoid assignments. Parents and teachers typically do not monitor these documents like texts or social accounts, which can let gossip, rumors, and bullying go unchecked.
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