The original request was for a word processor which allows collaborators to see edits as they are made. As I understand it, Googledocs doesn't quite do this. I think you have to save an edit before your collaborators can see it. Isn't this so? I thought I heard of a processor that displays all edits precisely when they are being made, but can't find it now. --Christian Nelson On Jan 28, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Cristina Lopez wrote:
Meryl: Googledocs is like a wiki in that you can use it to write collaboratively with others. But there are significant differences between Googledocs and wikis. In a wiki you can create a web of pages, while in Googledocs you can't. In Googledocs documents can be saved, published and printed in different formats, while material you create in a wiki is simply published right in the Web space. I think of Googledocs more as "MS Office plus"--same formats, similar ways of organizing, viewing and publishing documents, but with some added advantages, including the ability to share documents easily, access them from anywhere where you can get on the Web and chat with others who are viewing or editing the document.
Dana: I was just going to ask about security. I'm glad you commented on that. Would you tell me more about Google's privacy policy?
Cristina Lopez, Ph.D. Senior Educational Technology Consultant Office of Information Technology, Digital Media Center University of Minnesota 117 Pleasant St., SE 212 Walter Library Minneapolis, MN 55455 612.626.6639
Meryl Krieger wrote:
so are you all saying you can use Googledocs as a kind of wiki tool?
Thanks for the clarification,
Meryl
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:34 PM, NANCY MCDONALD-KNWRTHY < mcdonald-knwrthy.1@osu.edu> wrote:
google docs is a wonderful tool... I've taught M. Ed teachers to use it as part of their tech class in teacher prep... it works. I think you'd all need to get a gmail account... I forget about that one... but to edit I think you need one.
----- Original Message ----- From: Jess <jess@jesslaccetti.co.uk> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:00 pm Subject: Re: [Air-L] looking for a collaborative real-time editor To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org
Kim,
You might try etherpad.com (I think it's out of beta testing) and google docs?
Jess
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