Thing #18: Web Apps

I have used these before in a very limited way. Web apps would be helpful when you need to collect information from people spread out over a distance. For example, the Teen Librarians have used it to order different types of fliers and brochures for a summer program. A collaborative spreadsheet made it easy for the person gathering the information to collect it from 20 different people. Instead of waiting for a response from each person and copying and pasting the information into a spreadsheet, each responder enters the information. This has the added benefit of helping the collector know who has not responded yet. It is much more efficient!