Can you help a teacher out?!

Getting the assignment that required each group to prepare an IEP (Individualized Education Program) for various students in different "special" situations. Everyone was expected to participate in constructing the best IEP for the student, but instead of us having to assign one person to type and responsible for recording, we were about to all add our input in the IEP with the help of Google docs! All 4 of my group members and myself, individually added what we felt was the best alternative for the student to insure some type of academic improvement. Super easy and convenient for us all to work together, get the input of everyone and devise the best plan for our student. This made me think of my near future as a special education teacher who will be responsible for preparing IEP's for my students. How helpful and possibly less confrontational would it be to be able to sit amongst coworkers and devise the best plan and have confidence that my voice is being heard and my opinion actually matters? I've heard many different stories about how intense some IEP meetings go amongst the teachers, administrators and even the parents! I personally think because the IEP's are so important for the future of the child, it is important that the IEP is done correctly. Sometimes the problem is, everyone wants to the "know it all", everyone thinks they know "whats best" for the child and in all honesty so much focus is paid attention to those small unnecessary details, the most important thing (the child) is no longer #1 priority in the discussion which totally is unacceptable! If computers were to be available during the times that everyone meet up to start the IEP, it would help everyone be able to share their ideas in a helpful way. Not all people are verbal (like myself) I'd prefer being able to just add what I felt was best and explain why than to automatically be shut down by someone for verbally expressing to everyone. It would definitely come in handy for people like me, then again some people may not like it at all, which is fine too! It's just another "alternative" that could be used to better assist a student in need of a accomodations.