Section+1+-+Week+13+-+Academic+Technology

=Academic Technologies =

Week 13 [|Slides]

There are various resources that can be used in aid with a higher productivity in schoolwork, in addition to daily life.

An interesting website called "Quizlet" is basically a website that allows its user to create a quiz, and it relays the quiz to the user using flashcards and different types of games. This adds a quirky way to study all sorts of subjects. There are even quizzes that have been created by previous students in this class also!

Doodle.com, is an online scheduler that checks the avaliability of a group and gives a visible chart on which days and times people are mostly free.

Google.com has many resources on their website that many do not know about. There is the popular gmail, which is the main use for users (after preforming a search), and there are different applications, such as Blogger, Google Translate, Books, Image Editing, Calenday, etc.. There are a lot of resources that can be utilized by its users.

Prezi, is starting to get popular with presenters in that it creates an exciting presentation using a virtual canvas. unlike Power Point, presentations use new and refreshing transitions to the next screen, which could entice the audience.

There are also resources that make taking notes a lot easier. For example, Evernote is a software that is used for taking notes, which is archived and can be accessed later by the user.

Students still send emails to themselves with attachments with projects or essays. However, there is a vast selection of different types of ways to hold onto an assignment and have it everywhere you go. Thanks can be given to cloud storage websites, such as dropbox, sugarsync, and box. These websites allow the user to basically have a virtual portable hard drive everywhere they go.

Websites
 * [|All Google Products]
 * [|Blogger]
 * [|Doodle]
 * [|Evernote]
 * [|Gmail]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Google Books]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Google Calendar]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Google Docs]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Google Groups]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Google Reader]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Google Scholar]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Google Sites]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Google Talk]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Google Translate]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Google Voice]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Picasa]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Prezi]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Quizlet]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Wix]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wikispaces
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Wikidot]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|MediaWiki]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Microsoft One Note]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Spring Pad]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Cloud Storage
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Dropbox]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|SugarSync]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Box]