Hypothetically my school is going to switch to google docs for word processing and spreadsheet needs. How do I feel about that?
I've had only one experience with google docs, and I didn't enjoy it. Everything was going along fine and then data I was extracting from another source was pasted onto the page and I couldn't do anything on the google doc. The entire page froze. I couldn't continue with my project, I couldn't get out of the page, and I didn't want to lose all my information.
I found out in class that I was attempting to copy and past from another source and that sometimes google docs will not allow the amount of data or types of data that are being copied.
If I had to choose between google docs and Microsoft Word/Excel I would choose Microsoft. I have more experience with Microsoft and I have never run into the freezing problem like I did with google docs. I really like the applications that I have with Excel, and I believe there are so many ways that students would be able to easily document and track grades, projects, experiments, mathematical equations, almost anything they could think of.
My answer, as I'm finding is typical with me, comes down to my comfort level. I am comfortable with Microsoft Word and Excel. If I was forced to switch to google docs I would need to take time to learn the system so that it could become as effective a tool for me as Microsoft is, but I really prefer to not have to take that time.
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