ESOL

I have been using Google Docs for a while and today discovered ThinkFree www.thinkfree.com and Zoho

 

First glances at ThinkFree and Zoho suggest:

Reasons why I like both Thinkfree and Zoho (first impressions)

you can copy and paste pics into Thinkfree

Can’t copy and paste a picture into Zoho Writer

 

you can right click copy and paste into Thinkfree

 You can’t right click copy and paste into Zoho Writer

 

You can work between two documents in different windows Thinkfree

 You can work between two documents in different tabs Zoho Writer

 

I like the save feature in ThinkFree more than Zoho 

You can view word docs  both

The formatting looks prettier both

The dictionary works like Word (unlike Google docs)

 

It belongs to the student and they can still have their work when they leave college

 

Drawback - you don’t learn "Word" skills (but the interface is pretty much the same)

Zoho looks easier to use cos you don’t have to do the Java stuff and it just opens in the browser not a seperate window so won’t be confusing for ESOL stuents. Each new document opens in a tab so you can switch easily between them (unlike ThinkFree which you have to have seperate windows open to do so.

I think I may introduce my E3a students to it on Monday.