Google Apps

I really like Google Apps. I have used them in Spanish working on group projects and skits and now I am using them in my Social Science Methods class instead of meeting in the curriculum committees. They are a great way to work in groups and keep everything together.

Advantages:

• they are always online
• If you computer crashes, you still have the documents and can easily access them
• If you forget to email it to yourself to print, it doesn't matter because it is all online.
• It's easy to work with others and all see the same thing
• They work on every computer- don't have to worry about Mac/PC compatibility
• there is a ton of storage online and doesn't use computer space

Disadvantages:

• formatting is different than in Microsoft Word and doesn't always look the best
• if you don't have internet, you can't access the documents
• PowerPoint is a lot simpler and doesn't have as many options