Thing 17 Online productivity tools

Give a review of the tool you explored - what worked, what didn't work, how might it be used in your personal or professional life?

I explored all the tools to see what they had to offer. I really liked zoho show as the video clip explained the features quickly and easily. It would be great if all the tools had done that. If I ever need a presentation I will for sure use this tool to save me time. This would also be a good tool for students.

I do want to take a closer look at Remember the Milk and 30 boxes as it would be good for me to be able to be more organized with my to do lists. Our school website does have a calendar for putting my appointments on but, I really don't want to use that for all the little things I have to keep track of and do. At this point Remember the Milk looks like the one to use. I will do some networking with a couple of people at school to see what would work the best for me.

Library Thing will come in handy for me as I will use it to write up a quick review each time I read a new book from the library. I have read so many books I am starting to forget what I have read and what I liked about the books. I should have been using this a long time ago. It will be a good resource for my students to check, they always want to know what I think about a book before they read it. I can also see me using this for the students to write a quick book review recommending a book to their friends.

I loved Trailfire! I found so many useful podcasts, and student resources relating to library issues that I could have spent days looking and using this tool. It will be something I will use in the future unless someone suggests something better.

I briefly looked a Knowtes and like what it does. There was even some flash cards that could be used for library lessons. One person had started a card stack on Library expectations but, they never added cards. I feel elementary students would find this lots of fun. It would be so much easier if they did some video clips to demonstrate how to use the tool. I feel I spent a lot of time just figuring out what to do. I am glad I spent the time looking at all the tools and not just one.