Think Free & Zoho

I reviewed Think Free and Zoho.

As I was taking a look at Think Free, I was a bit overwhelmed at first! I noticed the word “Cloud” on the website and saw an image of computer and phone. My first thought was the ability to use this office device or program on a tablet. I think this will be a huge piece for our district as we just recently passed a bond to receive one-to-one devices in the 15-16 school year. I think a lot of worries about changing from Microsoft office is that it is so user friendly and easy to follow. It seems that Think Free is very similar and on the website it actually said that the program was designed to look and feel like Microsoft Office. I decided to give Think Free a chance on my tablet as well just to play around. I did not love it. It was a bit of a pain to set up and I had to log in a bunch of different times to try and download.

I did try Zoho as well and liked it much better. Easier to manage and I could easily sign in just through my Google account. This was much easier to use, what a cool program. I loved how easily you can share and tag. With just one app that I downloaded on my tablet I could do presentations, spreadsheets, documents, and pictures. I even used google voice to type the document that I created. I think this type of program would be useful in schools, I especially love the shared thinking and the tagging. I imagine students using this and think it would be especially valuable.