Dropbox is FREE and can be used with your computer, both PC and Mac, tablet computer and any smart phone. Once you create an account you can share files with anyone else who has an account.
Dropbox is one of several file sharing options that is promising to make collaboration between teachers, teachers and related services professionals, students and their families and more, an easy and affordable way to integrate technology into the k-12 educational setting.
Dropbox is one of several file sharing options that is promising to make collaboration between teachers, teachers and related services professionals, students and their families and more, an easy and affordable way to integrate technology into the k-12 educational setting.
 Collaborate on the content and design of materials that support learning! As a speech-language pathologist, one of my roles is to support teachers to integrate technology into their classroom for the purpose of supporting students with special needs. By sharing files in Dropbox, I am able to create curricular materials, modify curriculum, create visuals and other communication supports and share them teachers, immediately. I frequently share Picture Schedules, Communication Boards, Videos created with students and their peers to teach a skill through Video Modeling, Digital Books, Social Stories and other materials that might assist the teacher. The teacher and I can modify the materials. This type of file sharing supports collaboration between us. Often two heads are better than one! |  Access Files Anywhere! Dropbox allows for the access of shared materials with a Wi-Fi connection. I can create materials in my office and instantly share them with teachers in their classes miles away. I can share large video and music files that can't be shared over email due to their size. Teachers can do the same, they can access materials the second that they need them in the classroom or the community. "Hey, we have a social story about how to order a meal at a fast food restaurant! I will read it to Joey on the bus, on the way to the restaurant!" Dropbox could easily serve as an online library where materials are curated, organized and stored for future use. |  Use Curricular Materials on a Variety of Devices! Dropbox files can be opened on desk top computers, lap top computers, tablets and smart phones. I can create a Digital Book in Power Point in my office and the next day the teacher can access that book on his/her computer, better yet, on a specific child's iPad. The child can instantly be interacting with the content I produced. That same child could have a Dropbox account of her own, and communication and curricular materials can be easily shared between home and school. One additional feature, Dropbox files can be accessed, once loaded, without an internet connection. |
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