Social Networking:
1. edWeb (edweb.net)
-edWeb is a type of social networking publication for teachers to connect and share ideas in a chat room. It is free for any educator to sign up by creating an account. It was very easy to figure out how to use the tool, because they have a virtual tour that shows you how to work everything. I think this is a good tool and I would recommend for all teacher to use it during the school year. It is a good way to pick up ideas from other teachers in the classroom. I would rate this tool a ten out of ten.
2. Myspace (myspace.com)
-Myspace is another type of social networking publication for teens to adults to connect with others. It is free for anybody of age to sign up using an email address. It is very easy to use and create publication, but kind of cluttered with a lot of different links. After you sign in, there is a box right there that you can start typing for publication. I do not think I would use this tool, because it is not that popular anymore. People today like to use Facebook instead. I would rate this tool five out of ten.
Video:
3. Vine (vine.co)
-Vine is a type of video publication that allow anybody of age to publish a short video. It is free for anybody to use with either an email address or signing up through Facebook. Vine is a web tool that allows you to publish a six second video and allows you to look at anybodies video that they have uploaded. Vines allows you to follow, revine, and like other peoples post. It is very easy to use because there are very few actions available. It has very good quality and loads all of the videos quickly and clearly. You could use this tool in the classroom with ipads or you could use it just for fun. I would rate this tool a ten out of ten.
4. Youtube (youtube.com)
-Youtube is a type of video publication that allows anybody of age to make a profile and post videos for the world to look at. Youtube lets you subscribe to anybody you want to follow and be notified when they post videos. It is a free web tool, you do not even have to have an account to view video. You would use this to share your videos and get feedback from others. You could also use it as a researching tool and search for how to videos. This web tool is very easy to use, it has a search box and a sign in box that are very noticeable. I would rate this a ten out of ten.
Blog:
5. blog lovin' (bloglovin.com)
-Blog lovin' is a type of blog publication that allows you to make a blog and offers you many other blogs to follow according to you interest. This is the first time I have used this tool and it is very neat! It is really easy to use and it is free to sign up with an email address or your Facebook profile. If you sign up with Facebook it will list you friends blogs for you to follow. Blog lovin' has a feed page with the blogs displayed from the people you follow. I would use this to look at new recipes, tell about my own recipes, look for new fashion trends, or blog about my own trends. I would recommend this tool to adolescents. I rate this tool an eight out of ten.
6. Weebly (weebly.com)
-Weebly is a type of blog publication that allows you to blog from the computer or a mobile device. It is free to anybody, all someone has to do is sign up with an email address. Weebly has different themes you can choose for your blog. It also has more themes that are available for you to buy. It is very easy to work with it's drag and drop creator to design the blog page. It also gives people the opportunity to build an online store to sale products. I would rate this tool a ten out of ten.
Presentations:
7. Slide Share (http://www.slideshare.net/)
-Slide Share is a type of presentation publication that allows you to upload your presentation to the tool and share with others. It is a free tool, all you have to do is sign up with an email address. You can upload you presentation for everybody or just for private sharing. This tool is very easy to work and create publication, because you can do it from the homepage. You upload it straight from your computer, or other devices, in seconds. It allows you to explore poplar, most liked, videos, info-graphs, and type subjects into the search bar.
8. Emaze (emaze.com)
-Emaze is a type of presentation publication that allows you to create presentations from scratch. It is free to make an account with an email address. It is very easy to use and gives you examples of other to look at. You can include videos, pictures, and make cool transitions to different pieces of information. You can also add music and charts. This would be a good tool for students to use in high school when they need to make presentations for class. I rate this web tool a ten out of ten.
Images:
9. iPiccy (iPiccy.com)
-iPiccy is a type of picture publication that allows you to edit pictures and create collages. Using this web too it allows you to fix, rotate, expose, blur, color, and sharpen any picture that you upload. After you finish editing you picture you can save it or upload it to any social networking web tool that you have an account with. I would use the web tool for more of a personal use to fix my pictures that were plain. I rate this web tool a seven out of ten.
10. PicMonkey (picmonkey.com)
- PicMonkey is a type of picture publication that allows you to edit picture that can be uploaded from your computer. You can fix goof-up, such as red eye, add drama, make facial feature glow, add fonts, and tell stories by making collages. All you need is an account to start editing pictures and it offers an upgrade to get special features to use. It also has a blog site to share you pictures. I rate is web a six out of six because it was kind of time consuming to figure out.
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