My Dog Ate My Homework

Today's post is for educators and students. Okay, mostly educators.
 
But while I have the attention of the students out there . . .


#weknowyourdogdidnoteatyourhomework

#innocent
 
 
 

#nicetry 

Okay, for the riveting educational portion of this post. Dropbox! Yes, that exclamation point is necessary. Welcome to the 21st Century folks. Are y'all using Dropbox? Have you even heard of it?

 (crickets)

Allow me to enlighten you. Dropbox is an "online cloud storage system designed to help you keep your files safe, organized, and available when you need them". Obviously those aren't my words, but I truly couldn't have said it any better myself. Hop on over to Teacher Cast  to read what Jeff Bradbury has to say about Dropbox. He discusses it a million times better than I could ever dream. He's a smarty guy and probably definitely a brilliant teacher.

Here is what I can offer on the topic. I am a new user. I began using it for one of my graduate classes. The class that requires this blog, actually. So basically by professor is brilliant. I love it. I was using Google Drive to save my files, but I am officially a Dropbox lover. And NO, I am not being paid or endorsed in any way to say that. Hello! This is a blog written by a graduate student, for a graduate class.

Dropbox qualities/features that make my heart pitter patter:

• It's FREE! (2 gigabites of storage)
• Sharing files is insanely easy.
• I can access it via my Android phone.
• I can share files with crazy people non-Dropbox users.
• Oh, and it is free!

I highly recommend all educators at least give it a go. I know you all have loads of files in dire need of organization. I think it would prove most useful with students. They could share and access files from anywhere they have internet connection. And let's be honest. Students are usually more connected than we are. Dropbox would provide students with the ability to work on projects together without physically being together. Also, they couldn't show up empty handed with a lame excuse. Homework eating dog, anyone?

Give it a try. Tell me what you think. Share how you use Dropbox in your class.