The final Web 2.0 technology in this tutorial is Online writing tools. The inconvenience of writing papers or doing homework is when you save and try to access it from another computer, the computer must have the software you're using, and you have to bring a flash drive or some sort of memory tool to download it. Google docs changes all of this. The unique thing about Google docs is that it is all done online through the user's web browser. No longer do you have to worry about what computer you're working on. If you have Internet connection you can access your word processing program, spreadsheet program, and presentation program which are all compatible to Microsoft Office file extension of .doc (Word), .xls (Excel), and .ppt (Powerpoint). A cool thing about Google docs is that it allows users to share and collaborate with other users. Group members can upload their work to Google docs and every member in the group can have access to it. Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com are other online writing tools. These services allows users to look up definitions of words, synonyms, and antonyms much like their physical counterpart.
Week 8:
13. Go to http://www.dictionary.com and look up a word you don't know the meaning to, then post it to your blog.
14, Go to http://docs.google.com and experiment with the various applications. Create a new document and click the share icon to invite people as either viewers or collaborators