What does it mean?
Dropbox is a program that syncs your files online and across your computers. It's available for Windows, Linux, Mac and even mobile devices (iPhone, iPad, Android, and Blackberry). You can even access any of your files on the website too.
You install Dropbox in as many devices you want with your account. This links your computer to your account. The moment you put a file in a dropbox folder, its uploaded to their servers and also downloaded on other devices. As simple as that and amazingly convenient.
Why Teachers need Dropbox???
- Teachers no longer have to worry about transferring documents from one computer to another. If they create a test at home, they only need to save it to the Dropbox Folder. Once they get to school, they only need to log-in to Dropbox.com to download the document and use in class.
- Sharing is more easier. Most of what they do is created at home. Once they create folders there, they email to school, make copies and that's that. With Dropbox, one can create folders for each unit he/she teaches and share them with the teachers in his/her Department from the luxury of his/her home computer. There is no need for extra steps. Once a folder is shared with other people, they will be able to access it whenever they want. Again, teachers are no longer chained to their computer in the classroom and that is a huge plus.
- Teachers can create folders for work and for personal use. Sometimes one wants to share a bunch of pictures from a trip. he/she can place the pictures in the folder and share it with family and friends. Too often, pictures are all over the internet for people to see, but this can allow people to actually keep copies of pictures taken at events.
- IPhone access! one can download the Dropbox app and can have access to all of the same documents on his/her phone that he/she would see on the computer. One can double check to see what documents he/she has access to from anywhere in the world. If one decide to make a document accessible to the public, he/she does not have to wait to get to a computer to do so. he/she can also take pictures from his/her camera and post them in the shared folder. On a trip, family and friends could view pictures as he/she takes them instead of having to wait until he/she gets home to upload them to a site like Flickr.
- one can share individual files with anyone he/she wants. If one really don't want someone to look at his/herentire folder, he/she can store the document (Word Doc, Picture, Song, etc) in a public file and it will create a special URL link he/she can send to anyone I choose.
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