Collaboration technology

At first I didn't quite know what was defined as "collaboration technology" and then I realized it's any sort of technology that allows collaboration between two or people. So how does this apply to classroom group work? I know I hate having to meet in the library twice a week with group members to work on a project. Email has been such a HUGE "collaboration technology" that has helped make group projects much easier and convenient for everyone. It is so easy to shoot an email to someone in you group to ask them a simple question that you would have other wise had to wait to ask them until you saw them. Things like GoogleDocs has also helped with group collaboration. It allows a group of people to all add to the same "Doc." It's a great way share information with your group without having to meet as frequently.

I also believe that even though there is much evil assigned to cell phones and texting, texting can be a very way to technologically collaborate with a group member. It's an even faster way to communicate with someone than email!