Task 17- Google

Google Maps... is this the demise of the atlas and the street directory. As a child I used to love sitting and looking at the atlas, the countries, states and trying to find my hometown. But now we can look at all that on the web, via Google, including getting directions.
I did find it interesting, I put in for directions from work to home, and the two alternate routes it gave are basically the way I travel with an average travel time of 1hour 10 minutes which becomes just over 11 hours if I was walking.

Google Docs....just another word processing program. But I believe it has advantages, some similar to Wikis. Just like a Wiki information can be shared by a number of people who are working on a presentation or assignment together (very good for group assignments with external students). It has the versatility of being able to work on a number of different formats such as PowerPoint presentations. The portability is another advantage of being able to access from any computer. Certainly something to keep in mind.