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Saving a file enables you to store it and to share a copy with others. Digital format of the resource enables us to use it resource easily across space and time!  

Saving a file enables you to store it and to share a copy with others. Digital format of the resource enables us to use it resource easily across space and time!  

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''The power of the digital concept map is that you can keep revising the nodes, adding and deleting, moving and copying nodes as you want. This makes the process quite dynamic, unlike a concept map drawn on paper. Once you have completed your concept map you can share it with your classmates for feedback with which you can refine the concept map still further. The ability to keep re-using as well as editing/refining your digital resource any number of times, opens up new possibilities for sharing thoughts and understanding, and this has implications for both content and pedagogy.''

Textual representation has often been limited to writing in a linear text document, often forcing the writer to express their thoughts in a fully structured way.  Ability to think laterally, making connections are all important for learning and can read to richness in expression.  Often, a concept map can help in the laying out of the ideas, with all their connections and this can be structured further in a linear text document.  Once you have completed your concept map you can share it with your classmates for feedback with which you can refine the concept map still further. The power of the digital concept map, further, is that you can keep revising the nodes, adding and deleting, moving and copying nodes as you want. This makes the process quite dynamic, unlike a concept map drawn on paper. The digital allows modification of the concept map and can be a very useful way to capture ideas in a group discussion or brainstorming. The ability to keep re-using as well as editing/refining your digital resource any number of times, opens up new possibilities for sharing thoughts and understanding, and this has implications for both content and pedagogy, supporting both individual and group learning processes.

===Text editing===

=== Text editing ===

Text is a familiar resource format, the most common resource with a teacher, is the 'text book'. You will learn to use a text editor application to create digital text  resources and combine text with other formats.  You will use the FOSS Office Suite application called ''LibreOffice'' ''Writer (''LibreOffice Writer) to create a text document. Open LibreOffice Writer on your computer, through Applications → Office – [http://libreoffice.org/ LibreOffice Writer]. In Android Mobiles you can view text documents through "OpenDocumentReader" App or WPS Office App

Text is a familiar resource format, the most common resource with a teacher, is the 'text book'. You will learn to use a text editor application to create digital text  resources and combine text with other formats.  You will use the FOSS Office Suite application called ''LibreOffice'' ''Writer (''LibreOffice Writer) to create a text document. Open LibreOffice Writer on your computer, through Applications → Office – [http://libreoffice.org/ LibreOffice Writer]. In Android Mobiles you can view text documents through "OpenDocumentReader" App or WPS Office App

[[File:COL_-_Opening_LibreOffice_Writer.png|thumb|459x459px|Opening Libreoffice Writer|left]]

[[File:COL_-_Opening_LibreOffice_Writer.png|thumb|459x459px|Opening Libreoffice Writer|left]]