Hey everyone,
after a week off for reading week it’s difficult to get back
into the swing of things. I find March to be a particularly stressful month,
when all of my assignments seem to be due around the same time. This week we
got to practice our digital literacy while exploring Google Drive. Once again
this tool was new to me, however I’m surprised I haven’t heard of it before.
Google Drive allows you to create documents in which you can allow others to
view and work collaboratively with you. Google Docs can turn off-line articles
into online versions making them readily available to the general public, or
the select few you want (Lefever, 2007).
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While exploring this tool I found it extremely easy to use.
It resembles the Microsoft document layout that many of us use on a daily
basis. It also saves your work automatically. This feature is useful for
forgetful people (like me). For those of you wondering how this tool might be
useful to you, I thought of a number of ways in which this tool could be used
in various settings. For starters this tool will be especially useful for educational
activities. How many times have you had to work on a group project and
continually send group members an updated version? With Google Documents you
can create one file and collaborate with all member on your project in one
spot. It gives you the option to add comments in which you could make
suggestions to other group members without actually changing their work. You’re
able to see your project come together right before your eyes. You can also use
this tool professionally for whatever field of work you’re in. You and
colleagues could develop a list of topics you’d like to address at the next
work meeting. This would ensure everyone’s voices are heard during the meeting.
Often in the workforce you work in teams, so once again this is a great tool to
collaborate ideas and work on presentations. Lastly you can use this tool for
personal use. One of the immediate things I thought of is using this tool to
organize dinners with family members; this would help keep track of who wants
to bring what. You can also use it to keep track of personal to-do lists. No matter
how you plan on using this tool one common theme can be seen- collaboration.
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This is yet another tool that I can add to my PLE. As I
mentioned in my last post I thought of adding a new “production” category. I
think this tool would fit in nicely to this category. I can see myself using
this tool to create various documents and keeping track of my work. However
because this is a collaborative tool I think you could also place it under the
social category. This tool allows you the chance to interact with other people
and work together to produce a final product. I’m very happy that I got to
learn about and explore this tool this week, I only wish I had learnt about it
sooner.
As always, I’d like to conclude by sharing a post I found on
Feedly. As I mentioned earlier, March is a particularly busy month for me, so
how can I keep up with my blog while I’m feeling overwhelmed with school work? This blog post by Stacey Roberts gives pointers on how to blog effectively when
feeling overwhelmed.
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