My favorite feature about Google Drive is the accessibility of documents from any location. You can download Google Drive to your computer. After downloading, simply save any documents to your drive. When you need to access your documents, you can simply go to https://drive.google.com . The other option is to download Drive onto your phone, tablet, or another computer. You can sign in to your account and you will see all of your documents that you have saved to your Drive.
Here is a introduction to Drive:
Another feature of Drive is the ability to allow others editing rights to your documents. This is great for collaboration with others. Below is a quick tutorial on how to share and collaborate with others using Drive.
Sharing and collaborating using Drive can be a great way for students to complete assignments together in or outside of the classroom.
Another feature of Drive that I enjoyed was the ability to create forms. This gives the user the ability to quickly gather information in an organized way. For example, I created a form that I can use in my classroom on Back to School Night to collect contact information from the families. You can see my example here. This would be set up on the student computers in my classroom, so parents can type their information in. After submitting, the information goes to an organized spreadsheet.
To make a form, simply click "create" and then click "form."
Next, you choose a template and complete your form. Be sure to click "send" when you are finished. After submitting you will see a link that you can copy to use with as you please.
After reviewing Drive and using the different features, I would highly recommend Drive to everyone. It is very simple to use and very accessible from anywhere. It is helpful to me both personally and professionally.
What do you think of Drive?
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