Today in ED 480, I worked with Myosook, Aggie, and Colleen to try out an online word processing program called iNetWord. It is a fully functional online word and web editing program. The features are similar to Microsoft Word and all the documents and pictures are saved on iNetWord's server so you can access your documents on any computer. It also comes with predesigned documents that you can edit to make your own. Our group gave iNetWord a rating of 8 because of all the advanced editing features, but also because it was a little difficult to work with from scratch. We recommend using one of the predesigned documents to begin with and work your way up from there.
As a class we particpated in a Daily Oral Language exercise using Google Docs. We were all able to connect to one document and work on different exercises at the same time. We were also able to view the changes that were being made as they were happening. This program will be very useful for writing activities in our future classrooms. We could have the students edit a piece of writing together or do journal entries.
Finally, we did some work on our blogs through Blogger. We added a Gadget to link our blogs so each of us can access each other's blog. We learned how to add Screen Shots, but I wasn't able to upload my picture. I'll try again later.
I was finally able to upload a screen shot of iNetWord. I used a PC instead of the Mac.
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