The first application that I looked at was Zoho Writer. It is basically just like Microsoft Word, except that it offers many online features. It allows the user to post directly to a blog and it also allows you to save to different folders. This would be great to use if several colleagues were working on a document together. One person could add a comment or make a change, and the document would be instantly updated for everyone else to see. It would also be great for teachers to use with students, or for students to use with other students if they were working on a group project. I was very impressed with what this online application does, and I would definitely recommend it to a colleague! It seems easy to use and it would be very beneficial in a school.
The second application that I looked at was Phixr. This is an online photo editing application that allows you to e-mail pictures to another person or upload photos to your account at another website (Facebook, Live Journal, flickr, etc.). The computer does not need to have a photo editing program installed; it just needs access to this web site. I can see a lot of uses for this application for personal use, but not as many uses in the classroom. You would have to be careful if allowing students to use this to make sure that inappropriate pictures were not uploaded. It could be very helpful for a teacher to use if he/she needed to share photos of something with students. Pictures could be easily uploaded and added to a website for everyone to see, even if the teacher did not have a photo editing program. So, I think it could be beneficial to use in a school, and I would recommend it to colleagues. However, I think there would be more uses in a personal setting.
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