Jeanbean’s Weblog

I) Is this the future of all software products? I think collaborative office tools could be a very useful tool for group projects. Work on documents can be shared and with permission others can access a document and this saves a lot of time emailing back and forth to make edits. I like this idea and consider it a useful tool and yes I think we should have this software option in an academic setting. I think might be especially useful for Masters in Biosciences students that are working on their thesis. They could use office tools to collaborate with their project mentor. The mentor could go in and make suggestions, point them themes or ideas they should be considering and help them avoid potential errors with their project. Could be a real hands on approach for the mentor and the student.  There is definitely a learning curve to overcome for these tools to catch on.  But they are fun, easy, and most of all collaborative.