Technology Tool Assessment

Moodle: Moodle is like my daily planner. It is an excellent tool for teachers to organize their daily/weekly tasks. It is a wonderful way for students to keep up with their assignments and projects so that they are not left behind. I would give this tool a “5.” It would be nice if Moodle was used in classrooms today.

Firefox: Hmmmm, what can I say about Firefox? I would probably rate Firefox a “4.” I am not a fan of Firefox. I understand that we were told to explore other internet browsers such as Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc. But, I found out that I am just plain old fashioned using Internet Explorer. Although, Firefox is a great tool in which people can relate to, I unfortunately continue to enjoy my Internet Explorer.

Delicious: Delicious to me is an excellent tool for social bookmarking. I would like to rate this tool an awesome “5.” My dream is to one day open my very own business combining two of my hobbies which are baking sweets and making different treats such as party favors, invitations, booklets, etc.

Google Suites: Before I walked into this class, I was unaware of this wonderful tool known as “Google Suites.” Although, I was a member of the Google family, having a Gmail account as well as enjoying the many information and images Google has to offer, I was unfamiliar with the many things you could do with this tool e.g. blogs on blogger.com, creating documents, and being able to save them in your email account. I am now an active user of this tool and I would give this tool two thumbs up.

Zoho: I give zoho.com two thumbs up! I love this tool introduced by Dr. Cyrus. It is not only my daily planner, it is also my notebook. I use this tool to keep me updated with my two daughters (Kayleen Marie and Kylee Joy) scheduled appointments. I am able to use it as my daily or weekly things to do and since my daughter Kayleen (who is mommy’s smarty pants) is quite the active student in school, I am able to keep my dates together for award ceremonies, events, etc. Thanks for introducing this tool!

Smilebox: Here is a tool in which my 11 year old daughter introduced to me. I give this tool a super duper cool with two thumbs up! My daughter, who is just like her mommy, loves to be all crafty and creative, created a scrapbook of her baby sister who is now 5 months old. This is a tool that mothers would enjoy because they are able to create their very own scrapbook online and share with family and friends.

Picturetrail: This is a tool in which I use quite often to update my family and friends with how fast my daughters are growing. I give this tool a “5.” My parents who are not so familiar with technology, are able to just click on a link to open the slideshows or pictures of my two daughters.

Funbrain.com: This is a great educational site for children. It consists of subjects such as math and reading and it relates to children grades K-8. Children who are kinesthetic and visual learners would work well with this site and parents will enjoy seeing them progress. I would probably give this site two thumbs up.

Make a Smilebox slideshow