As technology continues to work its way into the classroom and 1-to-1 initiatives become more popular, the excessive duplication of worksheets, articles, and other documents should become a thing of the past.

Dropbox makes this possible, is free, and is incredibly easy.

Dropbox is a cloud-based storage system that allows users to store documents and photos in the cloud and access them again on any web-enabled device.

Dropbox works great in the classroom due to its ability to share folders with others. Simply setup a distribution folder to hand out assignments that is shared with the class, and another folder for each student that is only shared with the teacher. This setup allows students to collect assignments or supplements from a common folder, work with them, and re-save the edited document in their homework folder (which no one else except the teacher and that student can view).

The service is incredibly reliable and is very user friendly, making it a great choice for the classroom.

There are apps for iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile as well as desktop apps for Mac and Windows.

Best of all, it's FREE!

Feel free to ask questions below – if there is enough interest, I will do a podcast detailing the setup for use in a classroom.