Oops

I was reading Margaret's blog and realized I never posted any movie suggestions. Not sure how I missed that task. I did explore Google Docs & Spreadsheets. The problem with suggesting movies is that I don't know of any. Having only one TV channel, I seldom see movie previews. I don't usually go to the movie theatre either-- tends to give me headaches. I don't even rent movies; if the movie is good, I'd rather pay once to own it than paying to rent it. The movies I watch are ones that my family members or friends recommend to me, and I check them out at the library or borrow them from others. Sometimes I pick up an unknown but interesting looking one at the library, but that's about it. Still, I'd like to practice collaboration on a web-based document, so I'll have to at least check in and type something to see how it works.

Task 14

I also tried Google Docs & Spreadsheets. After the computer problems I just had, I can definitely appreciate having my documents stored online as well as on my computer. Also, there's the benefit of accessibility from any computer. I liked the word processing application, especially being able to save work in various formats such as PDF. The spreadsheet program is definitely inferior to Excel in its capabilities. I use Excel all the time and know many shortcuts and the idiosyncrasies of the program; I would hate switching over. Another great thing about Google Docs is being able to collaborate on them. In my library science classes we usually have to do some form of group work. Since the classes are online, it would make really good sense to use these web-based applications. Have we ever done that? No. It seems typical of secondary education to do what makes the least sense. To be fair, Emily said that Google only recently bought out the program so it is relatively new to most people including my professors I assume.