The document discusses Google Wave and its potential uses for educational applications. Specifically: - Google Wave is an open-source platform that allows for real-time communication and sharing of digital content like text, images, videos and maps. - Within a WaveNetwork, users can participate in various online "teaching workshops" utilizing different educational robot applications related to subjects like language, research, math, geography, and communication. - These robot applications provide functions like translation, adding Wikipedia links/definitions, inserting charts/maps, and more. Google Calendar and Docs can also be integrated for scheduling workshops and sharing documents.