Thing 13

Exploring the web-based applications, Zoho Writer and Google Docs was very interesting to me because before, I wasn't aware that anything like that existed. I had always been familiar with using Microsoft Word because it is the most popular word processor, but I had never thought of there being anything like it online. These applications are great because they're free and they can be accessed by logging onto any computer. You can do pretty much anything on them that you can do with Microsoft Word, maybe even more. However, I didn't particularly like these applications compared to Microsoft Word, simply because I'm not as familiar with them. I noticed a few gliches in Zoho when I saved my document. They alignment would change after I saved it and it took me a while to get it back to how it was. Then when I saved it again, it would do the same thing! I also had trouble uploading it to my blog. I never figured out a solution to either of those problems after playing with it for quite a while. Of the two applications I liked Google Docs better because I didn't have to create a new account, since I already had a google account. I also thought Google Docs was just more user friendly.

C:\Users\Owner\Downloads\test_doc_1 (5).html

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zlI4tiVTqakO5P7E6G40PXUIRh7wZfxaDQCUhPqLn4A/edit?hl=en_US#

These applications could have several advantages in the classroom. Students could collaborate on projects easier with less emailing back and forth. Also, students could access documents, which they may have worked on during class, via internet instead of uploading things to flashdrives or having to purchase Microsoft Word.