Thing #12

The tools of this particular “thing” I found most useful were the calendar and iGoogle page.

When I read the info on the iGoogle page I automatically made it my home page. Being able to add links and news feeds was appealing to me, and it seems to have a similar concept as RSS.

The other tool I chose to research further was the calendar. If anyone else is like me, they would have a hard time keeping up with their head if it wasn’t attached to their shoulders. It is essential to write down what I’m doing, or in this case going to do. I also believe that with the students of today becoming more and more capable of manipulating web based programs as well as having more and more access to computers in and out of school, that this Google feature does have an educational use. An example may include a school that does not have access to a program like D2L. They could obviously not do all the same things, but they could keep a syllabus and schedule of upcoming events.