Using google docs on collaborative writing activity in SMPN 1 Driyorejo Gresik

In writing skill, students are able to write descriptive text by implementing Google Docs on collaborative writing activity. Collaborative writing can also be encouraged with the use of Google Docs. Google Docs is a free web based application which documents and spreadsheets can be created, edited and stored online. The purpose examined in this thesis is to implement Google Docs in students’ descriptive text on collaborative writing and find out the students’ responses by implementing Google Docs in students’ descriptive text on collaborative writing. This research used qualitative descriptive was since the focus of the research to make descriptive text through Google Docs collaboratively. The data was collected through observation interview technique using lesson plan, documentation and interview guideline as instrument of the research. Their progress from the first meeting and the second meeting showed they can make descriptive text success through Google Docs on collaborative writing. For the scoring of the students, it showed that they got the score more than KKM (75). The writer also found the positive students response. Almost of them were strongly agree with Google Docs for helping descriptive text in collaborative writing. The data showed that the students who answered strongly agree was 53% from ten students randomly. And 47% from ten students who agreed with Google Docs as the tool to finish descriptive text in collaborative writing activity. The use of Google Docs in descriptive text probably give the strongest contribution for the students, specifically in achieving the score