Google Docs

I have been going between my house and my girlfriends house a lot lately and have been having to deal with multiple versions of papers. I save one to my laptop then copy it back to my desktop. So I decided to try google docs, its actually one of the only google apps that I don't use. But this week, with 4 papers due I didn't want to have 8 versions a week to keep track of. So I am using google docs to keep things straight. At first I was sure to copy my work from docs to my computer, just in case. I still do on larger papers, but now I just use it, type in it, and save it there. I can also share my docs with people so they can see where I am in the process and give it a quick once over proofing wise. It has streamlined my workflow. I look forward to google wave as well to use as a collaborative time saving tool.

Research

In one of the Elluminate calls I brought what I thought was an interesting point about research. This is my first graduate level class so this level of reasrch and writing is new to me. I am begining to understand how to research, but sometimes I am not sure what is a good, or valid piece of literature to use. I mentioned that a good class would be one that covers methods of research, and more importantly, what makes a piece of research better than another.

Elluminate

Am in a elluminate chat right now for class. Its my first meeting using this program, and I think it is a great asset to an online class. It fills that void of not feeling as it you are a part of a group. It is nice to hear Nick speaking and other members of the class. the topics are interesting as I am just getting used to research and annotation tools. Very good tool.