Multimedia Project: 4shared.com

As a group, Desiree, Peterson, Angelica Rodriquez, and I researched 4shared.com below is a screentoaster.com recording of my voice over and the presentation itself.

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I found 4shared.com to be a very useful site for educators and students alike in the future. It is much like other websites talked about in class earlier such as drop box and evernote, where you can store documents in a central location online. I think this tool would be incredibly useful for older students to upload files for their teachers and vice versa. For younger students I think you could still use the site to send documents to parents and guardians.

Though I liked 4shared.com and its potential uses, I have to say that I am very impressed with how easy it is to use screentoaster.com. I'd never used it before today and was very pleased with the ease of the website. i do have to admit, it would have been easier to record my audio if I had actually told the site that my microphone is imbedded into my computer. I also didn't have the audio on too high to record so it's not especially loud, but if one has it on full sound, you can hear me, just not blaring which in some ways is even better than normal!

Evernote Presentation

Below is my presentation on the web 2.0 tool evernote, this is also my first experience using google presentations....

Skype...a new way of communication!

I'm still relatively new to the skype scene, but from what I've experienced so far, it's definitely something worth exploring!

I actually started my skype account in September before my younger sister left home to go to England for 6 months. It's always a trip to talk to her in jolly ol' England! The first time we talked she showed me around the place she was staying at and I even got to see some of the grounds and outside areas of the compound! I can definitely see using this tool in the classroom for worldwide communications. It would be so cool to have your students possibly see a little of where they are studying about, as long as you know a person from that area of course!

More recently, last Friday I had a party at my house for Halloween. A good friend who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan obviously wasn't able to attend, so we all skyped her and showed her around the house to see all the decorations and costumes. It was neat because she got to be a part of the party and it was also nice to be able to see her new apartment that she is living in too!

I know it's going to take me a little time to get used to the whole video thing, but for friends and family that aren't living next door, this is so much more interactive than just calling them on the phone!