Thing #13

Zoho Writer:
I was a little skeptical about using this tool going into it. I thought, "why would I use an online word document?", but once I opened it, I saw the reason. This looks and acts similarly as my Microsoft Word on my own computer. The difference is, Zoho Writer is online, so I can save it (not email it to myself or worry about putting it on a flash drive) and sign in on the next computer and continue working on it or print it out. This works much better for me because I freak out and check my mail or flash drive 10 times before leaving for school to print it or whatever else I may need to do and sometimes it STILL ends up being the wrong one. This would also keep me from having like 20 different documents/ drafts for just one assignment. Very easy to use and it even gives you an entire run through of all the things you may want or need to know before beginning. Also, I can still have more than one document open at a time and just switch back and forth by using tabs. Great tool!

Google Docs
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e2ccZ-EoNydUxn2QpOBj--1GkV40fYP7bG9jv3oArIg/edit
I enjoyed this tool as well. What I liked most about it was that it saves my document automatically after any changes made so no more shut down/ surprises on something I have spent so much time on. I am also able to access and edit this through the internet. Also, more than one person is able to work on this at once. A teacher could take a group project/ assignment and have them use Google Docs. The privacy can be changed to where each student would be able to collaborate on ideas and go in and physically change and add things to the document. This could put a stop to one or two students thinking that they are the ones doing all the work because all members will have access to the document. This is a great idea, especially in classes.

For my own personal use as well as use in a classroom, I would most likely go with Google Docs. It does everything Zoho writer does and more! It automatically saves, can be used by multiple people, and can be shared with whomever or whatever the user decides upon. I think the automatic savings is what pulled me in!