Thing #18

I often take for granted that all students at my school have Open Office with PowerPoint capability. Of course, this is not always correct. The good news is the free software. I actually used this last year on a computer in my classroom. Students might download this at home, too.

I think that Google docs might be an answer to another problem that I have encountered. When students do their work at home and bring it to school on a flash drive, I will sometimes run into problems with my computer recognizing the device. Perhaps, Google docs might be an easier format for the classroom.