I chose to discuss Google Docs. Google Docs came on to the scene in 2006. It is an online collaborative tool for documents. It allows people to edit documents together online. Documents may include Word, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings and forms. Users have to have a Google Account to use this service. Each user can have 1 GB of space (Google, 2010). Some other benefits include the advantage of sharing work and being able to access your work from anywhere. This is a good benefit to have in education and especially distance learning. Google Docs is also integrated with Blogger which is another service provided by Google.
Even though the advantages are numerous, there are a few issues with Google Docs, one being that you have to have Internet access to work with the documents. Google Docs also has less features than Microsoft Office and space is limited on the server because of the vast number of Google Accounts. The technology probably would be better if it incorporated more features.
These are links to information on Google docs:
http://www.docs.google.com/
http://edutech.msu.edu/online/GoogleDocs/GoogleDocs.html
http://www.docs.google.com/
http://edutech.msu.edu/online/GoogleDocs/GoogleDocs.html
References
Google Docs. (2010). Retrieved June 7th from http://www.docs.google.com/
