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Sharing notebooks is not just for users in schools and businesses.  In fact, NoteShare works great in a family network or a home office network.  In our house, we have multiple laptops running NoteShare.    As a result, we have different kinds of notebooks that can be shared including homework assignments, family information, phone numbers and to do lists (think kiosk or bulletin board), travel and vacation planner notebooks, recipe lists, scrapbook albums, and our journal notes.  Let's face it, many of us think we're going to organize everything in a nice and neat place like a database server but never quite get around to it. As a result, various personal notebooks are on many different machines.  But creating notebooks, adding pages, jotting down a list or a reminder; that's something we do all the time.  The big difference though is that we can work and share the same notebooks throughout the house even though they're on different machines.  Bonjour makes it a snap and there is no trick to sharing between our personal systems.

One of the most valued applications in our family is the daily management of homework and study review.  It's much easier to review work, make suggestions and then re-work any changes using two or more systems running NoteShare.  We might be in a different part of the house while one is working on his or her various assignments.  They can easily share their work, ask for review and feedback while at the same time reflecting upon their changes with us.  The overall experience of helping with homework has become more enjoyable as we spend less time on making corrections while gaining back time for reflection.  And the side benefits include improvements in our communications and the art of working together. 

The dining room table has become a collaborative study room where everything is at our fingertips even if the student or the tutor happens to be in a different room.  Sharing notebooks has become an important part of education and discovery in our home.  If you're already a NoteTaker family, you will quickly appreciate NoteShare's seamless notebook sharing especially if your dining room has become homework central.