2. Twitter
Twitter helps me stay connected with
friends and family that live in other
states.
People can keep up with you and also
what is going on, what is new and what
is trending. I like hashtags. They connect
you with so many related items and help
you find new information or images.
I can follow my favorite restaurants,
musicians, groups, stores, celebrities etc.
and find out sales, deals and promotions
without having to call.
3. Facebook
I love that I can upload images of my
friends or funny memes to share with
everyone on my friends list.
I also like that I can check-in
anywhere and tag my friends who are
with me.
I like how Facebook gives you the
option to Tag people in photos so they
can be added to their wall and
albums. You can also tag yourself in a
photo so it can be added into your
own album.
4. Wordle
It goes beyond just checking your frequent
words in a report. Wordle can be used for
décor for your home by adding words and
phrases that mean something to you and
printing out the created document.
I like all of the options as far as color, layout,
and font. They have so many different fonts to
choose from.
If you were going to use it for its intended
purpose, it could help students that frequently
repeat themselves in assignments to refrain
from doing that. I think we are all guilty of
repeating a word in a document over and
over again.
5. Blogger
Blogger is a great way to express yourself
if you have the time to update your
blog. I like how you can upload photos
and type thoughts and ideas daily if you
feel the need.
I like all of the extra content you can
add in the sidebar. You can link videos,
music, images, other websites etc. all to
your blog.
I love how you can personalize it and
make it your own with bright colors, color
settings, images, and different layouts.
6. Flickr
I love Flickr because you can geotag
your photos so everyone can see where
the pictures were taken. It is really cool
to look up different locations and see
peoples beautiful vacation photos.
I like the option of adding the
photostream you created to your blog,
Facebook or link to social media.
I also like how Flickr arranges your
images by the geotag and posts them
on a map so you can see all of the
places you have been around the world.
7. Podcasts
I don’t really like podcasts because I like to watch
and listen to material not just listen to it. I sort of
daze off when I listen to it because there is no
visual to catch my attention.
Sometimes the audio on the podcasts are of poor
quality or the sound is off. They may start out at a
low volume then get really loud as the podcast
progresses.
I would rather watch my news or view images
rather than listening to a audio version for over an
hour. It is just kind of boring to me. At least in a
video you can see what you are interested in and
what sparks your attention. In a podcast, you
have to pay very close attention to the
information and sometimes you have to listen
over and over to receive certain bits of
information.
8. WolframAlpha
When I used this site, I sort of felt like Google
already had it covered. It was neat that it
could pull information up that quick all in one
location, but I feel like the Web does that
anyways.
I can find the same information if I used Bing,
Google or Yahoo etc. to look up certain
pieces of information.
As I played around on the site, I would have to
rephrase things I typed in because it was not
giving me the right information I requested. It
also did not come up with anything for my
name. I feel like if the program searched the
Web for the results there would be a few.
9. Delicious
This is a site that I would literally never
use. It is not that I dislike the content, I
just do not feel the need for it.
If I am interested in finding something on
the Web, I generally just search for the
material. I do not want to log into a site
and search through other peoples
topics, thoughts and ideas. I would
much rather find my own material online
or find the images and sites for that of
which I am looking.
I also do not like how the information is
displayed. It was semi-confusing to me
when we created our accounts.
10. Wikipedia
Although Wikipedia can be helpful at times, I
have received and reviewed several
misleadings and false information on the site.
By allowing users to edit, change and control
the content, the content of pages change
from day to day and sometimes the newly
added information is inaccurate. Users edit
the pages and get dates, times and events
wrong.
Sometimes, instead of wrong information,
there is not enough information or the site just
repeats and explains the same concept over
and over again. Most of my teachers will not
let us use Wikipedia as a source for
assignments.
11. Google Docs
Every experience I have had during my
academic career with Google Docs has
been unsatisfactory. After I create a
document in Word, I open it with Google
Docs and it changes the material.
I submitted a brochure for an assignment
in one of my courses and Google Docs
deleted the images, changed the font
of my text, and recreated the layout of
my brochure without me doing anything
or agreeing to the changes.
It doesn’t fully support most programs
and material.
