Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Week 8 Thing #18

Online productivity tools are showing up everywhere. I follow a lot of people in the EdTech field on Twitter and many of them are presenting about and using Google Docs etc for their classrooms. It eliminates usability issues and teachers no longer need to worry about what version of Microsoft Word or Works their students are using. Zoho is also an amazing tool. The ability to create mathematical equations and use them in other programs such as Moodle or Quia will make creating electronic assignments and activities significantly easier for math teachers.

The one problem I had with Zoho spreadsheet was every time I tabbed to the next cell it tried to connect with the server to save which slowed the whole process down. I tried it again on another computer at a different location and no longer ran in the continuous "scipt" error. It was probably that computer, but it was very frustrating never the less.

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