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Strategic Partnerships for school education 2019-1-PL01-KA201-065137
Project: Teacher4.0 - comprehensive method of implementation of Industry 4.0
concept into didactic practice in primary and secondary schools

Google Drive

Google Drive’s ability to have multiple users collaborating in real-time has modernized the way that
group projects are completed. Formerly known as
Google Docs, this program is owned by Google
Inc. and is a free web-based processor. The
users involved work on one text whether it is a
document, spreadsheet, presentation, or a
drawing. Documents have a maximum capacity
of 1,024,000 characters and spreadsheets allow
400,000 cells with a maximum of 256 columns per
sheet. Presentations can reach up to
10mb, equivalent to roughly 200 slides. As far as
drawings are concerned, Google has yet to
witness a drawing that was too large for the Google Drive system. The program currently supports 15
file formats some of which being Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Photoshop. One
perk to Google Drive is the fact that users do not have to download their project(s) to their
computer. Rather, changes can be edited and saved on the Internet. Several users are able to edit a
document at the same time, with changes being visible to everyone in real-time. Google
revolutionized the cloud computing era via the introduction of the main office applications into one,
easy to learn program.

iCloud

iCloud is a cloud computing service created by
Apple Inc. Similar to Google Drive and Dropbox,
users have the ability to wirelessly store music,
photos, documents, mail, calendar appointments,
and contacts. These applications are stored to
other devices that have the iCloud operating
system on them. For instance, if one has an iPhone,
once an application is downloaded onto the phone,
it will be downloaded onto their computer if iCloud
is installed. The service offers 5GB of storage for
free; however, additional space can be purchased
from Apple if the user chooses to do so. Unlike
Google Drive which merely requires internet
access, iCloud requires an iPhone, iPad, or iPod
touch with iOS 5 or a Mac computer by Apple with OS X Lion 10.7.2 in order to create a free account.
Computers not affiliated with Apple Inc. can utilize iCloud granted that one of the devices listed

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