Thing #16

For thing 16, I first looked at the start page. I liked the start page from iGoogle the best. I created my start page and added gadgets that relate to me. I put the facebook gadget on there and continued looking through other gadgets. I also added a quotes gadget, movie gadget, a directions by google gadget, and a to-do list. I like how I can go to one page and be able to see all of these things that interest me and I can even make separate tabs for things.

The other part of this assignment dealt with online calenders. Online calenders can be helpful because you can access them from any computer. This is extremely helpful because you do not have to worry about carrying a calender with you. Then I looked at the to do lists. These can be helpful to keep up with what you have to do and since it is on the Internet you can get to you list whenever you can get on the Internet.

The tool that I think will be most helpful to me at school was Zamzar. Zamzar is a website that allows you to convert documents into another type of document. This is helpful on those occasion when you have student presenting assignment and they did not save it as the right type of document. You can just go to this website and convert it.

Out of all of the things that I explored in thing 16, I would recommend the online calender and start up page. The online calender is useful because you can get to it no matter where you are. The start up page is useful and cool because you can personalize it and get to many different places (email, facebook, twitter, and weather) by just going to one place.