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Web-Based Collaborative Word Processors
Want to have students/teachers collaborating in writing a document?  Three relatively new free online tools are available for this purpose.  Here's a link to a review of the three:  http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200511/ij_11_02_05a.html   

Of the three,  I prefer  http://www.writeboard.com/  Writeboard because of its ease of use.  Check it out when you get a chance.  I would think English teachers in particular might make use of it as a learning tool.  I've started a "story" at this address:  http://123.writeboard.com/56d0c8631cf05b195   The password is "ayuh".  Feel free to add, delete, modify, correct, substitute, etc. my original text and save as the next draft.  Just click "Edit this page" , make changes, and then save.

5/19/06

I've added ThinkFree to the list < http://www.thinkfree.com/common/main.tfo >  Fascinating!  It has online word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation environments in Office format that can be shared on the web.  It is still in beta, but works better and has more features than any of the other attempts I've seen so far.
jim
Writeboard
http://www.writeboard.com/

ThinkFree - The Best Online Office on Earth
http://www.thinkfree.com/common/main.tfo

Writely - The Web Word Processor
http://www.writely.com/

Zoho Writer
http://www.zohowriter.com/Home.do