When most people think of GOOGLE, they think of the most popular search engine in the world and that's all. A couple days ago, I was one of those people and man, was I wrong! It seems these days that Google is connected to everything in the internet. Even YouTube is connected to Google. It's Crazy!!
The other day, we were shown Google +, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive and many other sites that Google controls. I have been using Hotmail for receiving all of my emails since the day that I started using the internet. Last week, we were asked to create a Gmail account, and it is amazing how much access I have to sites on the internet. Due to Google owning so many sites, I have complete access to them all just by using my Gmail account. Its like the open sesame of the internet!
Two of my favorite Google features that I have been using this week are Google Docs and Google Drive. For one of my assignments in school, I was placed in a group and we had to work together on a large project with many pages; WAY too many pages. What Google Docs allows you to do is create a document and invite anybody you want to view that document. You can also let others edit your document that you are currently working on. So that means that if each person is given a different section of the essay or project to work on, everybody can type on the same document at the same time and everyone can view work that is being done in the moment by their members. There is a chat button available that allows group members to communicate while they are working on their document. There is no more single emails that are sent to individual members; its all on one page and you type what you are assigned to do. The coolest part of it is that while you are typing, the document saves Google Drive. You can close out of the window and pick it up where you left off without any hassle.
I think that this has forever changed how I will do work and group assignments. Now that I think about it, this source is unbelievably helpful for teaching purposes. Teachers can ask students questions and they can work in groups to collaborate ideas into a single document. Teachers can see what each student has contributed to the document as the writing is categorized by who wrote it. Students can work together on these documents from anywhere, so if a student is sick at home, they won't miss a thing and won't need to catch up when they get back to school.
It completely blew my mind!
Anyways, that's my rant for the week.
So take some time for yourself, crank up this song and have a good weekend!
- Jordan
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