Did you ever experience the crisis that hits when you near a deadline, working with others on a collaborative document, and you suddenly realize that no one knows which of 5–6 versions are "the latest"? At SCUP–46, you can learn about this free, easy to use, and powerful tool at a Skill Session; one of many. The program, below, will open to the Skill Sessions pages if you click on it.

Perhaps you thought, gee, if only we could all work in the same document at the same time, so it was always the "latest" version. And wouldn't it be cool if we could see the changes each collaborator is making, in real-time? How about, if we collaborating with a spreadsheet, if there was a real-time chat window to communicate through, as well? Oh, and how about being able to quickly make an online form that, when completed, automatically completes an online, collaborative spreadsheet?

All that, and more, is in Google Documents, and it is free. Organizations can pay a fee and have greater control and security over a Google Apps domain. A lot of institutions are licensing it now, and Google Apps has a lot more than just email. Google Docs is one part a planner could well put to use. 

Here's a tour of Google Docs.