Technology Assessment
Tools You Can Use
The following are tools that I have rated from 1-5 stars 5 being great and 1 being no good. Overall the tools I have selected are tools I do encourage everyone to try and I have enjoyed using. Most have just been introduced to me so I am still becoming familiar with some of them and a couple I have used in my daily use of computers. Great tools, great experience, and new ideas.
1. Moodle:
Moodle is a tool used by schools for students and teacher. It is great to monitor assignments and class activities. I was given a chance to use this tool twice since I was in school. It has been a great help but I have had to call in for some assistance regarding my account, but overall a good source online. This tool gets 4/5 stars.
2. Firefox:
Firefox is a web browser which is free to use. I have personally used this browser for a while and have been very happy with it. I have not run into any major problems that were not resolved right away. This source is a great tool and it gets 5/5 stars.
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/fx/
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/fx/
3. Google Apps.:
This tool has just been thoroughly introduced to me and I become more and more fascinated by using the different things it has to offer. With the experience I do have so far the best part is that it is FREE. You get a calender, email, presentation files, chat, etc. all the tools you need as a STUDENT and a TEACHER. This app. is good 4/5 starts.
http://www.google.com/apps/index1.html
http://www.google.com/apps/index1.html
4. Livebinders:
This tool was just introduced to me this semester and it is pretty good. I like how it can save all your sources in a binder online. NO HASSLE for copies, papers, and space. All in cyberspace. I still need to use the tool a little more but overall it is a nice tool 3/5 stars.
http://www.livebinders.com/
http://www.livebinders.com/
5. Moonfruit:
Moonfruit is a webmaker tool. This semester was my first time creating a web page. It was pretty fun. However I did not experience first hand this great tool. I almost tried all the recommended webmakers before this and little did I know that this was SHORT, SIMPLE, and USER FRIENDLY. I was able to use this site with no problems and enjoy it too. This tool is great 5/5 stars.
http://www.moonfruit.com/
http://www.moonfruit.com/
6. Bookemon:
Bookemon is a tool to make your own online books. Also very convenient and creative. I was introduced this in another class and it is a great resource. You are your own author of a digital book. Your story, your images, or clipart, and your time and effort into a book you can share with your children, family, and students. I really like this app. this is good 4/5 stars.
7. The Super Hero Squad Show:
This tool is a comic strip tool great for making up stories with the Super Hero Squad characters. It is very fun to use and great for the students in my major which is ECE. I enjoyed this tool and trying it out. It was not too hard and great clipart to pick from. This gets a 4/5 stars.
http://marvelkids.marvel.com/shows/122/the_super_hero_squad_show
8. Wiggio:
Wiggio was introduced to me in class. This app. is great for groups to communicate other then face to face or text messaging. For our projects we used this tool a couple of times and it helped however it did have some problems. Sometimes the site was not working causing us to not use the tool when we needed to discuss our projects. But overall this was a nice tool to use and it gets 3/5 stars.
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