Thing #13

I thought it was fun to try out a web-based word processing tool.  Zoho Writer has some neat applications.  I liked the ease with which I could find interesting symbols like δ and the ability to pop in math signs and symbols like .  While I  wouldn't use it for a classroom situation, necessarily, I would and likely will use it with my 10 year old son who has dysgraphia and keyboards all of his homework including his math.  

I also had some fun with trying out the different fonts available.  While there isn't as large of a selection as I have with my Microsoft Office 2010 software at home,there are still all the basic ones I use everyday and even a few different ones to play with .   Another thing I liked is that the program saved my work automatically.  Nice!

When thinking about Google Docs, It would be a terrific way for students to edit and comment on each other’s work or even do a group assignment in “round robin” fashion.

When I compare the two, I actually think I prefer Zoho. One thing I noticed was that when I was making a picture in Google draw, I could not get the line to stop drawing.  No matter what I tried!  I finally had to just take a screen shot of the pic as it was.  Eeek!  In a classroom of students all trying to work on a project, things like that would be a pain.

Thing #13

I thought it was fun to try out a web-based word processing tool.  Zoho Writer has some neat applications.  I liked the ease with which I could find interesting symbols like δ and the ability to pop in math signs and symbols like .  While I  wouldn't use it for a classroom situation, necessarily, I would and likely will use it with my 10 year old son who has dysgraphia and keyboards all of his homework including his math.  

I also had some fun with trying out the different fonts available.  While there isn't as large of a selection as I have with my Microsoft Office 2010 software at home,there are still all the basic ones I use everyday and even a few different ones to play with .   Another thing I liked is that the program saved my work automatically.  Nice!

When thinking about Google Docs, It would be a terrific way for students to edit and comment on each other’s work or even do a group assignment in “round robin” fashion.

When I compare the two, I actually think I prefer Zoho. One thing I noticed was that when I was making a picture in Google draw, I could not get the line to stop drawing.  No matter what I tried!  I finally had to just take a screen shot of the pic as it was.  Eeek!  In a classroom of students all trying to work on a project, things like that would be a pain.