Digital note-taking is the key part of being a student in a 1:1 laptop school. The development of this form of literacy in students is an important part of being a successful 21st century students. We use a variety of tools to assist students to take notes. The simplistic applications are suitable but other offer more collaborative tools and options.
This is a really good overview about the difference between a wiki and blog and Google doc. The differences are very subtle and hard to articulate, but this document does an ok job at contrasting the three options https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=ddnzwcn8_15g3jrbpdf
See here for a very indepth view of Google Docs (documents, spreadsheets, presenter, drawing)
18446476-Bestebookclaser99BlogspotcomGoogle-Docs-4-Everyone.pdf
Below is a good step by step worksheet on setting up Google Docs
The following link if for a Extended Course run by Google on using docs in the classroom
http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-4-docs