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April 1, 2008

Google Docs Moves Offline

Google yesterday announced that it will offer offline capability for Google Docs. That means users can use the free word-processing program even when they’re not connected to the Internet. Last month Zoho also began allowing users to use its word processor Writer while offline.

Some colleges have already started outsourcing e-mail and other software applications to free services like Google Apps Education Edition and Microsoft Live@edu.

Will more extended offline offerings encourage other campuses to forgo traditional e-mail and word-processing programs and instead adopt these hosted freebies? —Catherine Rampell

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1. I have started using Google docs this semester to allow students to collaborate on a video narrative script. Of course the kind of work the students are doing requires quite a bit of communication centered around this script. Google docs is ideal for this application.

   — Chris Gallant    Apr 2, 01:37 PM    #

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