Google and the next wave of online education

Google has long been the choice of search engines for many and now with the creation of google Wave we can see how quickly we are moving forward in the tech world. After reading the article published in ESchool News I have a greater understanding of all the capabilities of Google Wave. Students and teachers can communicate in real time, what better chance is that to have meaningful dialogue and immediate responses. Editing documents while having online conversations would allow greater learning to occur and further student interactions. As a teacher we often question when assigning group projects, did everyone participate? The playback feature is the answer to this question which allows one to see who said what at what time. I think Google is rolling this out correctly, by invitation, this allows them to keep control on its use during the preview stage. They will have more opportunities to fix the glitches. I think this will be a phenomenal tool when it goes public for all.