Here are the answers to most everyone's prayers. A source for students who do not own Microsoft Office to be able to use and create documents on their home computers. It has ALWAYS been a problem sending students electronic assignments created with Microsoft Office. Many have old versions or none at all. Many student computers have Microsoft Works, which will not open in Office. Although you can get around by saving in .rtf or related formats, many times students forget to do this and are left unable to work on assignments until they go back home and resave their work. By using Open Office, this is no longer a problem. It's FREE for everyone.
Google Docs is a little bit different. Although you can work and edit on any computer, the format is a bit different than using traditional word processing software. It is on line, so the appearance is somewhat different than using a software application. I found that it also had limits when working with spreadsheets, but the basics are there. I have used this application with the district's Activ trainers group and it did serve it's purpose. For basic shared documents, I would rather use a Wiki myself.
Open Office is a prayer answered for all the low SES students we serve in our district who have a computer, but not the means to purchase costly software.
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