Zoho office suite

Zoho is a free office suite much like Google Docs.  It is marketed as an operating system for businesses, but it could be used in many ways in schools.  The school-related features include the tools within the email and collaboration category, including mail, chat, docs, projects, connect, meetings, and showtime.  Some of these features are commonly used, such as the mail, chat, and docs.  However, some of the features could have very interesting uses in the school setting.  The projects feature of Zoho could be very useful for students working as a team on a group project.   Milestones, charts, and time sheets all are useful tools for students who are new to teamwork.  This would be a great way to get students to assign roles and hold each other accountable for their work.  Zoho’s meeting tool has a wide variety of features.  This tool is useful for teachers who want to instantly share their screen with the class.  The connect tool is like a social media tool with a variety of features.  Although the verbiage in the description targets employees and not students, this tool would be a good way to get students communicating about a topic for a class project.  Overall, Zoho does have a great variety of tools that are similar to Google Docs, however, the software is better suited for businesses and employees than schools and students.