PE1_Google Docs

For the practical experience exercise I chose to use the Google Docs Web 2.0 tool. Although I have used Google Docs in the past my experience with it has been pretty basic with the use of word documents and spreadsheets. There are many other features to Google Docs that I was not aware of so I chose this program so that I could become more familiar and proficient with it. Some of the features that I was able to find just by browsing around are:

-Powerpoint like presentations that can be shared and viewed by anyone with the permissions
-Folder options where you can share entire folder contents with anyone with the permission
-Chat options when it different types of documents by clicking on the down arrow on the right hand side of the screen.

Google documents is an excellent program for both professional and personal use. I have found numerous uses for it even for personal use over the last couple of weeks. When the hockey and football season started for 2010, Google documents made it extremely easy to conduct an offline draft with other people in our fantasy leagues. It allowed us all to communicate from different parts of the country and save the results of our draft in a spreadsheet. Within my professional life, I have used Google Docs with many team members to complete numerous group projects. Again, we used the basic features of Google Docs and I had never spent the time really learning all the features that it offers.