3 – Google Docs/Drive

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Google Docs is a hosted service where you can create, store and share documents, spreadsheets and presentations and online forms  You can work on your own or collaboratively.  You can also import docs from MS Office and Open Office.

Comments from those who selected Google Docs as one of their Top 10 Tools 

• “the best to share/ do documents quickly” Maria de los Angeles Castro
• “students submit work this way; surveys throughout the class; class brainstorming on a shared document; gradebook simulations on spreadsheets, etc.; too wonderful for words” Sarah Davis
• “brilliant tool for collaboration and sharing” Jane Challinor
• “So useful for collaborative working on docs, spreadsheets or for booking forms online. Great and free.” Rob Hubbard
• “I use Google Docs for documents and spreadsheets, which I can easily share or publish. I use Forms to easily create surveys and bring the data into the spreadsheets. I also use it to get distance learners to collaborate.” Brian Mulligan
• “A free utility that enables you to work collaboratively with others on wordprocessed or spreadsheet documents as well as visual presentations. The GREATEST tool is the form tool that enables you to create forms that are posted on the web. As users enter the data, it appears immediately in your spreadsheet.” Leigh Zeitz
• “A realistic alternative to ‘traditional’ Office application suites. The ability to collaborate makes Google Docs a winner.” Karl Goddard

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