Saturday, October 11, 2008

Technology

One of the changes in technology I have been observing lately is the introduction of online applications that allow several users to collaborate on one web site. Wikis, I think, were the first online collaboration, but now we have Google Docs to share word processing (and they have added a spreadsheet, presentation and have templates for resumes as well as other features) and Zoho.com that has a word processor, spreadsheet program, slide show program, notebook and several other work together programs to allow people across the country and the world to collaborate and edit one product. Each of these has a free component, but there is also the upgrade that you can pay extra for. With the new mobile phones that surf the internet you could probably view any changes to a document you were co-editing and make changes on your phone. I'm not sure where this is all leading but it's a much different world from the one I grew up in.

1 comment:

Wisdom Nugs From Elaine said...

Hello,
This is Elaine Holmes and I am in your 23 Things class. Thanks for your reflections on techology and the role that it has taken on in our lives. I too am blown away at how much education has changed simply due to technology just in the course of my life time. Sometimes it feels like a blessing and sometimes it feels like curse. It it what it is.
Thanks for your thoughts.
elaine