Weekly Report & Reflection #7

This week, we had the opportunity to explore another useful digital tool called Google Docs (click HERE for link). Google Docs is an online word platform that allows you to create and generate text, spreadsheet, or presentation documents. It also allows documents to be shared and edited by multiple people, making it easier to collaborate. As a first time user, I found it was pretty easy to navigate around this tool due to the fact that it is so similar to Microsoft Office. 

One added benefit of Google Docs compared to Microsoft Office is the availability to access your documents on any computer or laptop with Internet access, rather than only through your own computer. Normally, a document being emailed between computers and edited by multiple people may cause problems, as numerous different copies exist in different places. As seen in the Google Docs in Plain English video (click HERE for video), a Google Docs document can be edited by multiple people, all in one convenient location. This makes it a lot easier to manage and control the editing and privacy of your shared document. It also makes group work a lot simpler because it allows you to collaborate with other group members without physically being with them.

https://docs.google.com/

This type of resource can be used for academic, personal, and professional needs. For example, it can be used to type out assignments and presentations, resumes and cover letters, or any other necessary document. It can also be used for academic or work presentations, or for recording and analyzing data in chart or graph. These documents can also be shared and personalized using different fonts and formats. In this course, Google Docs will be used to communicate and share information with group members for our group project. 

I plan on adding the Google Docs tool to the collaborative category of my PLE (Personal Learning Experience). Throughout this course, I have discovered a lot of new online tools that can be useful to my educational and professional career. I believe it is beneficial to add as many tools as possible in order to expand the array of resources I have available to me.

http://www.brocku.ca/blogs/futurestudents/2016/02/26/experiencebu/

This week I found an article on my Feedly Reader called ExperienceBU (click HERE to view article). It explained that ExperienceBU is “like a giant events page” available to all Brock students that shows all the events hosted by Brock’s numerous clubs and teams. This is a good way to get the student body more involved in the school community. 

Cheers,

Robert DeMelo