1. E-portafolio<br />Wordpress.org<br />What is Wordpress.org? <br />First of all, let's have a look at what Wordpress.org is. As the creators put it, quot;
Wordpress.org is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. Wordpress.org is both free and priceless at the same time. Simply put, Wordpress.org is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software, not fight it.quot;
Wordpress.org is a great tool for web users who are interested in creating their own web pages but who lack the technical knowledge that was necessary in the past. People who have Wordpress.org quot;
blogsquot;
can easily post updates about anything from their personal lives, their business, and a limitless number of other possibilities. The creators of Wordpress.org wanted to make a website that is easy to use and effective at the same time. Usually the site is used for blogs and help with creating websites, but there are other uses. More educational uses of Wordpress.org can be seen in the, quot;
How could the application be used within an educational situation,quot;
section of this chapter. The easy accessibility allows students from anywhere in the world with web access to use the site and receive feedback on a blog or other writing of any kind.<br />Wordpress is an open source project and in the creator's words from the about page:quot;
it also means you are free to use it for anything from your family home page to a major business web site without paying anyone a license fee. This means Wordpress is completely, totally, and utterly free. Not only is it free, but you also can make money off of your site by letting companies place their advertisements on your page!quot;
Simply put, Wordpress.org is a blog that works by creating a place for people all over the world to share information.<br />Chatterous<br />What are the uses of Chatterous? What does it do?<br />The purpose of Chatterous is to allow users to reach as many people as they want at the same time, no matter where they are. Chatterous provides an easy way for users to communicate with any number of their friends as long as they belong to the same group on Chatterous.<br />Chatterous members can coordinate plans easier than ever, by putting the information they need everyone to see in one, specific place. Members can also create public or private rooms to talk with whoever they want.<br />Mindomo<br />Mindomo is a mind mapping software that was first available February of 2007. This program and software is accessible world-wide. The expert software application of Mindomo is stationed in Romania. Mindomo is even one of the top 50,000 websites in the world!<br />The overall purpose of Mindomo is to create maps, share, and allow your thoughts and ideas to evolve in that of a visual form. The software allows an individual’s mind to stay focused on a task or idea. The Mindomo software is free to everyone; however, the free version will only save up to seven private mind maps and infinite public maps. Mindomo serves to be beneficial when one needs to do planning and/or collaborating. By using Mindomo, one is able to lay out ideas in a clear, concise manor. According to Mindomo, this program allows an individual to quot;
Escape from trying to think and write in the ‘right order’.quot;
Mindomo can be thought of as a web for pre-writing. It allows you to build on ideas without the restrictions of being linear.<br />Dropvine<br />Dropvine was created to enable users to share links through the internet. The application makes the process of sharing links very easy. Dropvine is a place you can go simply to share links with friends, colleagues, or classmates without being bombarded with other information as it is when you share links through e-mail and social networks. Dropbox eliminates the middle-man in link sharing and is perfect for personal enjoyment or work related purposes.<br />Zoho<br />Zoho Notebook is the online note taker. <br />•Create different types of content<br />Create content of type text, image, audio, video, etc.<br /> •Aggregate your information in one place<br />Embed content of any type from multiple applications. <br /> •Fine grained collaboration<br />Share a whole book, page or just an object on a page by granting read/write permissions. <br />Google Sheets<br />Purpose of Google Sheets The reason why Google Sheets was created was to develop and expand a spreadsheet program that would be made available to more students, teachers, employees, and businesses in general. Although Microsoft Excel is a sufficient program, it is not available through the internet and is not available for everyone to share. Students can work through Google Sheets and can update information easily without worrying about losing their data. Teachers canimmediately see how the students are working and can give them immediate feedback, whereas e-mailing attached spreadsheets through excel can become tricky and confusing. Also, you can access and update Google Sheets through your iphone or other mobile device that has internet. Most importantly, it is a free application to all who have internet access. Therefore, if there were businesses and schools looking to save money, they could easily cut costs by using Google Sheets instead of paying for the Excel program or any other program that charges for their product. <br />ReQall<br />What are the Uses of ReQall?<br />ReQall is an easy to use device that helps with jotting down notes when you are on the go! It has a memory jogger that will pop up and remind you of certain events that you don't want to miss! This device helps one keep organized, while doing all that work for you [2]!<br /> <br />