Twitter
Feeds (creating lists on Twitter) this will be the
second semester that I use Twitter. Sadly, before this assignment I must admit
that I never really looked at the other features that it offered until now. My
prior experience was minimal and after the readings I was surprised that it had
different options and that you could separate your followers into lists. After
completion of the readings and the creation of my lists I thought that it was
really easy to do. Now I have the options to only look at certain tweets. Once
my classes are over I will probably not use Twitter personally. Professionally I
may now because of the list options. This would give me the ability to separate
my students into different classes. Again the most aggravating feature is the
space available. http://twitterfeed.com/
Screenr is basically an easy way to record
screen captures. I did not have any
prior experience with this tool. After the readings I was excited to try it
out. I really enjoyed using this tool. It was very simple and easy to use. I
can see myself using this for personal use and definitely for professional use.
My best case use for this is to create video tutorials. The most engaging
feature is that’s its easy. As far as an aggravating feature I saw was the inability
to publish private videos. I am not familiar with a comparable tool maybe
Camtasia but without all the other features. I really enjoyed this one and will
continue to use it in the future. http://www.screenr.com/
Diigo is a site where individuals can join
groups and post websites that they feel are useful or would just simply like to
share. Individuals can comment on these websites and collaborate on projects. (Diigolet/Social
Bookmarking) is a great tool for research. The Diigolet feature
allows you to bookmark, highlight and tag webpages. I had used Diigo in a prior
class however just uploaded links and did not use the features associated with
Diigolet. Initially after I read about it I thought that it was going to be
fairly easy to use. I did have to download Google Chrome as it would not work
in my current browser. Personally I will not use it but I can see its benefits to
those that do a lot of research. This tool actually saves all your highlights
and bookmarking’s so once you log in whether it is on the computer you did all
the highlighting or an I Pad it saves all your information. That I think is the
most engaging feature. I did not see an aggravating feature. It did take me a
while to figure out how the bookmarking worked but I think now it was more of a
browser issue because once I switched over it was really easy to use. I have
not seen any tool that would be comparable. http://www.diigo.com
SlideRocket
is
like slideshare but with so many more options and features. It allows you to
import PowerPoint’s or create ones. I did not have any prior experience to this
tool and after the readings was excited to try it out. After completion of my
project I felt that it was easy to use and to import images and YouTube videos.
I did have issues with putting in the music but glad to say eventually figured
it out (re-read the directions). Personally I may not use it but these sites
are great to share with my students. Each semester they put together class
presentations using PowerPoint’s. Now maybe we can try something new. The most
engaging feature is that it is easy to use. The most aggravating feature for me
was trying to figure out the music. I can compare this to slideshare. Within
this assignment we were also able to use Incompetech. Incompetech is a site where you
can download free music for your presentations. We also incorporated some of
the tools we used in the prior weeks such as YouTube and Flickr. http://www.sliderocket.com/
Yodio is a tool that allows people to add
voice via telephone or computer microphone to photos. I have not had any prior
experience with this tool. My pre-impression is that like many of these tools
as long as you follow the examples it should be pretty easy to create. As far
as a post assessment I am still not sure. I don’t see me using this for personal
use and I am not sure I would use it professionally either. Maybe at the
college level there could be a use but I see issues with the lower grade levels
and cell phones. Its most engaging feature is that you can use your phone to
record the messages. As far as its most aggravating feature I haven’t seen one
but I have hear people talk about difficulties in converting the files to be
viewed on other platforms. I
do not know a comparable tool. http://www.yodio.com/
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