WhatsApp

DESCRIPTION

WhatsApp is a tools that lets you group message and send photos and videos via an easy-to-use interface–without having to pay texting fees to your carrier.

BENEFITS

• Speedy setup and performance
• Lets you keep your phone numbe
• Clean interface
• Can send multimedia
• No international charges
• Can blockunblock contacts

 

BEST PRACTICES

• Everyone (teachers, studends, proffessionals, parents, etc)

 

PRECONDITIONS – FOR USING

• Create a Whatsapp account(free)
• Login with  Google or Facebook account
• Download app

Twitter

DESCRIPTION

Twitter is  an online social networking and microblogging platform that allows users to communicate through 140-character messages (“tweets”) on a computer or smartphone. It’s used by millions of people worldwide to keep up with news, gossip, events, weather, and more. Once you sign up with an email and password, you’ll be directed to start “following” people. The people you follow will show up in your Timeline, a scrolling list of real-time tweets. When you tweet, the people who follow you will see your tweets in their timeline.

BENEFITS

• Social networking
• Online connection and interaction with family, friends and relatives
• Could help teens learn to write concisely, and hashtag chats on various topics can offer new perspectives on specific interests.

BEST PRACTICES

• Everyone (teachers,studends, proffessionals, etc)

PRECONDITIONS – FOR USING

• Create a Twitter account(free)
• Must be at least 13 years old
• Stable internet connection for fast synchronise.

Slideshare

• DESCRIPTION

  Slideshare  SlideShare is a platform that allows clients to upload and share presentations, documents, videos, and webinars, both publicly and privately. Users have the ability to tag, review, rate, comment on, download, and embed content. Analytics and tracking features include the ability to view company, location, referrers, search keywords, performance measurements for Facebook and Twitter, and alerts when links are opened (Pro version).

  BENEFITS

  • Easy to use
  • Easy to share presentation content and connect with audiences beyond those who attended a presentation in person.
  • Interaction with Linkedin

   

  BEST PRACTICES

  • Everyone (teachers, studends, proffessionals, parents, etc)

   

  PRECONDITIONS – FOR USING

  • Create a Slideshare account(free)
  • Login with Linkedin or Facebook account

Instagram

DESCRIPTION

Instagram is a popular platform for instantly enhancing photos and videos with cool effects and sharing them across a number of social media platforms. The terms specify that users should be at least 13 years old and should not post partially nude or sexually suggestive photos but do not prohibit the portrayal of violence, swear words, or drugs. Users can flag photos for review, but mature content still appears in some photos and in the comment sections. Photos shared in Instagram are public and may have location information unless privacy settings are adjusted. Instagram Direct allows users to send private photos and directly to other users.

BENEFITS

• Social networking
• Online connection and interaction with family, friends and relatives
• The tool makes photos and videos look cool and then makes it easy to share them instantly

BEST PRACTICES

• Everyone (teachers,studends, proffessionals, parents, etc)

PRECONDITIONS – FOR USING

• Create an Istagram account(free)
• Must be over 13 years of age
• Stable internet connection for fast synchronise.

Facebook

DESCRIPTION

Facebook is a vast, sprawling network and you can make whatever you want of it. You sign up by putting some details, and preferably a photo of yourself, on the Facebook website. Then you’re ready to start posting a few updates.

These updates are statements about what you’re up to, links to interesting stuff you’ve seen elsewhere on the web – it’s up to you. As word gets around that you’re online, you’ll find old friends start to get in touch. They may have heard about you being on Facebook or they may have found you after doing a search.

Facebook itself will send notes on people you might know, based on the fact that you went to the same school or college or shared an employer (you only have to put up as much of this sort of information as you want).

BENEFITS

• Social networking
• Online connection and interaction with family, friends and relatives

BEST PRACTICES

• Everyone (teachers,studends, proffessionals, etc)

PRECONDITIONS – FOR USING

• Create a Facebook account(free)
• Must be at least 13 years old
• Stable internet connection for fast synchronise.

Google Docs

DESCRIPTION

Google Docs is an online file-syncing tool/service, which recently rebranded itself as Google Drive

BENEFITS

• Easy acces to shared files& Easy file sharing (photos,videos, documents,etc.)
• Share documents to other users
• Allows to prepare,share and analyse online surveys
• Large storage space for starters (15GB).

BEST PRACTICES

• Everyone (teachers,studends, proffessionals, etc)

PRECONDITIONS – FOR USING

• Download application to your tablet pc, phone or pc(free)
• Create a Google account(free)
• Stable internet connection for fast synchronice.

Diigo

DESCRIPTION

Diigo is an online tool with which you can add a sticky note or highlight text on a webpage. If you visit that page in the future, those notes and highlights will appear on the page. The Diigo extension icon gets a red bookmark symbol added when you visit a bookmarked page, and yellow dots next to the scroll bar jump you to the location of your annotations.

One great use for Diigo is its integration with Google search.

Diigo is also coming out soon with an update to its browser on iOS for iPad and iPhone when it gets Apple approval’s.

Diigo operates on the freemium model. You can use it for free and save an unlimited number of bookmarks.

BENEFITS

• Allows to create online bookmarks
• Allows to create online libraries
• Allows to create sticky notes when reading online

BEST PRACTICES

• Everyone (teachers,studends, proffessionals, etc)

PRECONDITIONS – FOR USING

• Create a Diigo account

Skype

DESCRIPTION

Skype service allows users to communicate with peers by voice using a microphone, video by using a webcam, and instant messaging over the Internet. Phone calls may be placed to recipients on the traditional telephone networks. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free of charge, while calls to landline telephones and mobile phones are charged via adebit-based user account system. Skype has also become popular for its additional features, including file transfer, and video conferencing. Allows to create circles for your friends,business,scholl groups. Skype has also, app for android or IOS devices (like smartphones, tablet PC’s ).

BENEFITS

• Allows to free video chat,
• Allows to free online video conferences.
• Allows to file transfer.

BEST PRACTICES

• Everyone (teachers,studends, proffessionals, etc)

PRECONDITIONS – FOR USING

• Create a Skype or Microsoft accounts
• Download application to your tablet pc, phone or pc(free)
• Stable internet connection.

Google+

DESCRIPTION

Google+ (pronounced and sometimes written as Google Plus is a social networking and identity service that is owned and operated by Google Inc. Google has described Google+ as a “social layer” that enhances many of its online properties, and that it is not simply a social networking website, but also an authorship tool that associates web-content directly with its owner/author. It is the second-largest social networking site in the world after Facebook. 540 million monthly active users are part of the Identity service site, by interacting socially with Google+’s enhanced properties, like Gmail, +1 button, and YouTube comments.

BENEFITS

• Allows to create circles for your friends,business,scholl groups.
• Allows to, make use of all google services with one account (drive, maps, hangout, gmail, goole+,blogger,etc.)
• You can like other peoples sharings with +1 button s, similar in use to Facebook’s Like button  The amount of +1 s a website has been correlated to higher Google search rankings.
• Google+ Pages which allows entities which are not individuals (such as organizations, companies, and publications) to set up profiles, or “pages”, for the posting and syndication of posts.
•  Allows the account holder to share their location with a person, circle or circles With Locations options.

BEST PRACTICES

• Everyone (teachers,studends, proffessionals, etc)

PRECONDITIONS – FOR USING

• Create a google account (free)

Google Drive

DESCRIPTION

Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service provided by Google, released on April 24, 2012, which enables user cloud storage, file sharing and collaborative editing. Google Drive has a client software for easy using and Users could reach their files also trough phone and tablet pc applicattions With client software users could be upload files to Google Drive easy as move files another folder in their computer..

Google Drive users has an advantage of using Google Docs, a free web-based office suite of productivity applications, that offer collaborative editing on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. It gives to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users.

Google offers all users an initial 15 GB of online storage space, that is shared across three of its most-used services: Google Drive, Gmail, and Google+. Users can upgrade their free 15 GB account through a paid monthly subscription plan to get additional storage.

BENEFITS

• Easy acces to shared files& Easy file sharing (photos,videos, documents,etc. )
• Share documents to other users
• Allows to prepare,share and analyse online surveys
• Large storage space for starters(15GB).

BEST PRACTICES

• Everyone (teachers,studends, proffessionals, etc)

PRECONDITIONS – FOR USING

• Download application to your tablet pc, phone or pc(free)
• Create a Google account(free)
• Stable internet connection for fast synchronice.