Week 7 Activity

Review two applications:
I explored Google Documents and found it to be similar to Microsoft Suites. There are many new features to Google Docs that are useful for many different types of projects. One of the great features is it is free! Speaker notes can now be added which enable you to add the audio to your visuals. Relating back to Chapter 30 this is an effective way in delivering a lesson. The collaboration tool is very cool, where you can collaborate with others from different locations. This is a application I need more experience with, but from viewing it and playing around briefly it seems as though it will be a powerful piece of technology to incorporate into lessons or use for other purposes.
The other application I reviewed is Phixr. I don't do the photo editing. From previous experience I typically make the picture worse and can't ever seem to fix it. I played around a bit with Phixr and found it to be okay. I am more of the type of person who would do better if I had someone to go through it with me. I can easily become frustrated with type of task. I usually leave my pictures alone and print them the way they were taken with the camera. A goal of mine for the summer is to get my family pictures in order so I may look further into one of these applications and set forth on my journey to organzing photos. I look forward to reading about others reviews and see which will work best for my needs.