Google Drive, with its unique ability to show editing on documents in real time, has allowed students in writing courses to interact virtually in a way they had not been able to before. Real-time editing and online interconnectivity has created a platform for students and the professor to examine, critique, share, and revise writing and ideas comparable to the process on printed copies in the classroom. This hybrid approach to writing has offered a platform for student flexible engagement with each other and the professor. Students can work off a screen and make real time edits and revisions while being in the physical classroom to engage and discuss these processes with myself and their classmates. This immediate access to student work allows the professor to show students the flexible nature of writing and how it is always in flux and is a skill that is ever-evolving, just as it appears on our screens.
