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I would use Office Live in my classroom by giving it to students as an option for completing their work collaboratively with other students from the comfort of their own home. I think that group work is key to helping students really grasp concepts and taking responsibility for portions of assignments so, while I would not use this as a platform for teaching or providing feedback, I would present this to my students who need a way to work together outside of school.

Open source productivity suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, databases and graphics, very much like Microsoft's Office. One of the best features about OpenOffice, when compared to Microsoft Office is OpenOffice applications can usually open many more file formats without the need for special add-ons.