James
Catalano October 30, 2013
Mr.
Hennings BCA
“Google Docs”
Google Docs, also called Google
Drive, is a large part of today’s society that allows people to interact with
each other and share documents over an online open source program. It was created in 2005 and was only open to
select users. However, now it has about
10 million active accounts and can store/share up to 15 GB of information from
user to user. Google Docs is also extremely
helpful for businesses and students.
Google Docs is used a lot by
businesses as it is very beneficial to them.
With the use of Google Docs, businesses now have the ability to share
documents, spreadsheets, videos and pictures more easily. It is easy to do. All the employees in the business just have
to set up a Google account and join the project that they have to work on. Everyone can edit the project at the same
time and see who is doing what work.
This allows workers in a group to collaborate ideas and form documents
that is necessary for their project.
Also, workers can access their Google Docs account and files from
anywhere as long as they have internet connection. Google Docs is a way for everyone involved in
a project to interact and work with each other without actually having to meet
face to face. However, this has its
drawbacks as not meeting face to face can lead to miscommunication among
workers and one member doing more work than another. In a way, Google Docs can hinder teamwork
because of its lack of social interaction that is a vital aspect of
businesses. Another negative impact is
that other people can erase your work or delete your entire project entirely.
Google Docs can also be used for
social reasons as well. On this drive,
people can chat with each other and edit work together. There is a chat bar on the side of every
document that allows you to comment to other users your ideas about what you
are working on. You can virtually say
anything you want in the comments bar, but it is designed to increase teamwork
and help people with their work. You can
also leave messages for others that are not currently logged on working on the
project. Google Docs provides a place
not only for people to do work together, but also to communicate with one
another about whatever they would like.
There is not a huge social aspect of Google Docs so it does not have
much of a negative effect on the program itself. However, one negative is that there is a lack
of face to face interaction with the use of Google Docs. This can lead to miscommunication.
Google Docs is
also used for entertainment and recreational purposes as well. On Google Docs, people can share media files
containing video files and pictures.
These files are often used for entertainment reasons. By using Google Docs, people can now share
these forms of different entertainment with each other as well as talk about it
online with each other. This makes
sharing files and forms of entertainment quicker and easier for people. However, this can have negative effects has
Google Docs has no censor and any type of media can be shared even though it
could potentially be negative media.
Although it is not a major use of
Google Docs, spreading news is one purpose of the program. Google Docs is a large program accessible to
many people who are looking to share all kinds of information. Since people can communicate with each other
very quickly, different types of news can spread rapidly to many people. This is one negative impact of Google Docs as
any type of info, good or bad, can be spread to millions of people. News can vary from basic business information
shared among colleagues to personal news shared in a chat between friends.
Links
https://www.google.com/
http://www.statisticbrain.com/
http://www.youtube.com/
