Google Docs

Google Docs is an amazing tool I was introduced to this summer. But this semester is when I really had a chance to use it! We used it as a way of sharing documents within our PBL group as well as communicating on our project. It is so much easier to use Google Docs than it is to email each person an attachment of our portion of the project. Instead of clogging each other’s emails, you simply logged into Gmail to access everything at once. What’s really neat is that I could see if another group member was logged on. We could edit documents at the same time . . .in real time! I remember speaking to one of my group members on the phone while we were both editing the same document. It had us both thoroughly entertained. Another great feature is its autos save function. You don’t have to click “save” after you edit because it automatically saves the draft every few seconds! If only I’d had this feature when completing my undergrad!! Now that I really understand Google Docs, I do feel that it is something I will use in the future.