Thing # 18 - Web based applications (online productivity tools)

Hi all,

This time I am writing about the exercise on web based applications (online productivity tools). I looked at Zoho Writer, Zoho Show, Google Docs (word processor and presentation module) and I used them to make brief documents. They were very easy to use, and I was impressed with the versatility of the programs given that they are for free. I think that this is great for group projects such as cooperative projects among librarians from different libraries across the country. It is also good for one person's projects in that one can access it from any computer with Internet access. It is also great for students because it is an easy way to learn how to use such tools and they produce very good looking results. The show is especially useful if one needs to take a presentation on the road for an outreach program because the computer one uses for thel presentation does not need to have proprietary software, just an Internet conneciton. It may also be possible to do a presentation remotely over the internet with several participants with Google Docs, but I'm not yet sure how this works. It may also be possible with Zoho, but I didn't notice a special window. I can see a great potential for this for remote training of librarians online.