I found firefox very appealing because it is fast, reliable, and excellent for social websites such as facebook, msn, gmsil and many more. I am more convenient with using this browser than any other browser such as internet explorer or google chrome because if your computer crashes from a power outage it gives you an option of restoring the last session you were working on. This is a benefit to educators and their students because with computers crashing or shutting down out of the blue, students or teachers can log back on to their computers and still go back to their previous session since it is saved. From a scale of 1 to 10, I give firefox a 10.
I was introduce to moodle on my first year of college and from then on I've been using moodle for all my online classes because UOG uses the tool.
Moodle is a useful tool and I haven't had much problem with this tool since I was introduce to it. You can easily navigate throughout the page without encountering a problem. It is a great tool for teachers and students to keep updated on assignments, class discussions, and quizzes. From my opinion, moodle deserves a 10.
One of the most useful tool I found very appealing to me was the
Google apps. Throughout my 12 years of school, I never knew that Google can do so much more such as emailing, instant messaging, Google hangouts, and Google docs through
Gmail. All of these great apps were only introduced to me this semester and I've come to find it very useful for a student who doesn't have the latest word document on her PC or any of the following that Google has. Future educators can use this tool to share documents with other teachers to collaborate on lesson plans and have group meetings through Google hangout about what they can do to enhance student learning within the classroom. Again, I give this app a 10/10.
LiveBinder was very new to me so I had to familiarize myself with how to use it. So far I've been using this tool to help me get organized with my assignment, chapter lessons, and useful resources that I can refer to for future purposes. As an educator, I would use this tool to keep lesson plans, resources, and activities saved. Teachers can have their students create their own live binders online to organize their classwork, notes, and study tips to practice going green within the learning environment. It is also easy to navigate thourgh so I give it a 10/10.
Prezi! My first presentation tool that I strongly recommend for students who bore themselves with powerpoint. Prezi is the best tool to use for presentation because it is convenient and user-friendly. Students can be working on the presentation at the same time without meeting face to face. Another great about Prezi is that it has more graphic designs to choose from than powerpoint. Unlike powerpoint, Prezi can zoom in on one topic of the slide in order not to strain the eyes of the audience. My group and I used Prezi for our first presentation and it was amazing. Prezi is a perfect 10! No doubt about that.
This site allows one to create their
very own website and blog all for FREE! My group and I used this tool to create our website on sexting and textual harassment. It is pretty easy to use and very
user friendly. There is no need for fancy HTML codes to help build this
site. The steps are easy, convenient and self explanatory, which is why I would recommend it to first time website creators such as myself. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give Weebly a 9.
Wix is another website creator but at a much more professional level compared to Weebly. This tool was probably the first trouble I encountered this semester. It was my first time using this tool and it was unappealing. I found it very challenging to navigate through the presentation while in edit mode. There is no way we can have other group members to edit the presentation the same time you were logged in so it was a struggle. The graphics and design were awesome but this tool was definitely not user-friendly. Unlike Prezi and Weebly where you can navigate through the presentation without anything being changed or not saved, Wix did exactly that. I honestly wouldn't recommend this tool for first-time users because it'll drive you crazy. However, I strongly recommend this tool for businessmen and women.
WebEx! This fascinating tool allows people to have general meetings through video chat with so many sub-tools provided during the meeting such as the white board, writing utensils, uploading documents and being able to share it with everyone in the meeting. My group and I used this tool to elaborate more on the topics that we are to present for our presentation and the meeting was successful.This app is available on mobile devices such as Android and Apple. Teachers and students can use this app to schedule group meetings while at home, work, or school. You can get things done online without having to waste gas and that is a great way to go green! Although the tool isn't free after the 14- day free trial, I would pay for this app any day and use it rather than Wiggio. 10/10 for this awesome tool.
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