Google Drive

When it comes to working collaboratively online, it is something that I have never done. I have heard of Google Drive before, and all of the neat things you could use it for, but never have I tried using it. Google Drive would have been very helpful back in high school, when group projects were assigned. We used to elect somebody to put the powerpoint together, while the rest of the group found the information and emailed it to that person. Had we used Google Drive, the whole group could have contributed to the making of the powerpoint, much like the group presentation assignment this week.

Since I was unfamiliar with Google Drive, I researched it a little and found out that it was cloud storage on Google, that also had other apps and features, such as docs, sheets, slides and many more. It seems like Google Drive basically takes away the emailing part, when it comes to collaborating. So I guess Google Drive would be useful in lots of different work environments, where two or more people were collaborating together on something. There is a quick office app, that allows you to open and edit  documents and spreadsheets, which seems like it would be useful among people in a financial or business field. Another interesting app is the forms app, which allows to create a survey, roster, or even an invite.

Other than Google Drive, there are no other sites that I know of, that allow you to collaborate with one another. Until doing research on Google Drive, I didn't even know you could collaborate on it. I had heard of it in high school, but I just thought it was cloud storage , which I had no use for. There are a few other sites on the internet, such as Dropbox, SkyDrive and SugarSync, that are used for their cloud storage. But I am not sure if these sites come with all the great apps and tools to collaborate with people.

Google Drive seems to have a lot of useful apps, but I honestly can't see myself using it much in the future, unless I am required to.  Maybe I will use it if I am collaborating with somebody, but other than that, I have no uses for Google Drive. For some reason, I just prefer emailing documents to myself instead of using a cloud storage. I guess I am a bit old school in that aspect. But who knows, in the future as things continue to change and advance, I may find myself using Google Drive.