Thursday, August 14, 2008

#9 Online Collaboration Tools

I enjoyed trying both Google Docs and Zoho Writer. I don't think I have a favorite, they seem pretty similar. When I signed up with Zoho Writer it opened up right away with a bunch of options about what I could do with it (upload pictures, create outlines, share documents, etc.). I thought that was a good way for them to promote their tool. Honestly, doing the activity where we altered the declaration of independence was a useful way to learn about the two tools, but I can't really see how this would ever be used practically. Maybe a L.A. class could use it for teaching grammar, punctuation, etc. The ability to add information to a document reminds me of a wiki.

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