Tools for Your E-venture
To get ready for your E-venture, you will need access to a number of great and essential web tools.
The tools themselves are not as important as the things the tools do. You can use different web tools that accomplish the same thing. In your E-venture, you will need to post messages, longer texts, videos, and images.
You will need collaboration tools to meet with your team, and this is a "social" E-venture, so you will need to promote your work through social networking sites.
Here the tools you will need.
Twitter is a revolutionary web tool that allows users to sent short text-like messages that the world can see. It's been used to lead political revolutions and marketing campaigns. Keep followers up-to-date on your E-venture progress with Twitter updates.
Sign up here.
Watch this short Twitter video.
Sign up here.
Watch this short Twitter video.
You may already have an email account, but if it's not Gmail, you should create one for your E-venture. Gmail gives you quick and easy access to a number of Google services that you can use in your E-venture. Sign up here. Watch this short Gmail video. |
Gmail |
Google+ Hangouts
Google+ Hangouts is a online meeting room where you can meet with up to 9 people at a time. You can edit documents together, watch videos together, and much more.
Learn more about Google+ Hangouts here.
Google+ and Google+ Hangouts are a standard feature that comes with your Gmail account. And if you don't have a webcam, don't worry. You can just choose to audio chat or text. Hangouts work great on your smart phones, too.
Learn more about Google+ Hangouts here.
Google+ and Google+ Hangouts are a standard feature that comes with your Gmail account. And if you don't have a webcam, don't worry. You can just choose to audio chat or text. Hangouts work great on your smart phones, too.
Blogger |
Blogger is a free weblog publishing tool from Google. Use blogger to share texts, photos and videos. Blogger can function as a portfolio (or e-portfolio) to display your work.
You can log in to Blogger with your Gmail username and password. Access Blogger here. Watch this short Blogger video. |
YouTube is a great place to share and watch videos. YouTube is another Google product, and you can log in with your Gmail username and password. Sign in here. Watch this short YouTube video. |
YouTube |
instaGrok
instaGrok is more than a search engine. It is an interactive concept map designed for students and educators. The search feature filters out spam, shopping, and other dangerous links. Search terms are displayed in a concept map where students can make new connections that they might not have thought of. This is a "go-to" search engine for students.
Learn more about instaGrok here. Accounts are free.
Learn more about instaGrok here. Accounts are free.
Google Search: What Do You Love?
Google Search has a new feature called WDYL? (What Do You Love?) It works just like Google Search, but it searches across all of Google's services for results that you may not have thought of or looked for. If you are working on any type of project, you should give WDYL a try. It's amazing!
Use WDYL here.
Check out this short What Do You Love video.
Google Docs are a standard feature that comes with your Gmail account. Google Docs are a great way to create and edit documents online with your team. You can bring Google Docs right into your Google+ Hangout and edit together while you video chat with your team. Watch short Google Docs video here. |
Google Docs |
Animoto
Create powerful video with Animoto. Just upload some pics or short video clips, and some text, choose your music, and let Animoto do it's magic. Animoto videos make great marketing videos for your project.
Watch a short Animoto video here.
Jing is a great screen capture app. Use it to record your desktop or take screenshots. Click here to watch a short Jing video. |
Jing |
Lino |
Lino is an app for simple, visual teamwork: Create sketches, brainstorm or work together on documents.
Check out the features for Lino here. |