Thing #13

So, I investigated Zoho and Goggle Docs/Drive. I do see the usefulness of these applications. I really like the idea of being able to collaborate on a document or presentation with a group whose members may be scattered throughout the world. That opens up wonderful possibilities for me in music or in education.

Although I liked Zoho, I felt that it was a wee bit awkward to navigate at first. This may be a problem for some students if it were used in a real-world setting such as a classroom. I did enjoy playing around with the various tools it offered.

I loved using Google Docs or Google Drive as it is called now. It was very user friendly and easy to set-up. I created a document to share with parents about summer music lessons that I will be offering. I feel that students could work in groups without ever having to find rides to after school collaboration events. I really like that Google Docs automatically saves changes made so that no new work can be lost. Again, this is a wonderful and effective tool for students to use in group activities or when wanting to share information or work between peers. I feel that I would rather use Google Docs than Zoho and I believe that my students would feel more comfortable using it as well.

here is the link:

summer lessons with scott atchley

here is a snapshot of the document: