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Web Tool Review [|Efolio] – I would much rather have an efolio than carry around a huge binder portfolio. I think this tool will be useful to me in the future and I will keep adding information to it all through my career. It was somewhat confusing at first, but with the instruction in this class, I feel comfortable using it now. [|Google Docs] – This tool is a great way to keep all of your work online so you can pull it up on any computer. I like how easy to use it is and there are also many other tools from google that are free and easy to use too. Wikis – I had never seen something like this before. I think this is such a great tool for students to do projects together on. I like how you can log in and see how much work each student has done, this really helps so each student can get a fair grade. I will definitely use this tool when I am teaching. [|RSS] – I already have many of my own blogs and sites save on here for personal preference and for educations. I love that this keeps them all in one place. It was a little confusing to me at first, but when I got the hang of it I use it almost every day. [|Toondoo] – This web tool is so much fun. I know many middle school and high school kids would love this. This would be fun way to present information to a class as well. Something besides just a slide show, this could involve some humor and just something different. [|Zoho] – I love the idea of this web tool because I have had many instances when I am supposed to do a power point presentation and I was not able to get it up on the computer in the class I was in. This allows you to have your presentation online and you don’t need to transfer it anywhere. It was very easy to use and works really well. [|Xtranormal] - This is another fun tool that can be used to get information across to students in an interesting, fun way. Students can also use this tool for projects and activities in the classroom. It is very easy to use and fun to see the finished product. [|Animoto]– This website is great for making slide shows of pictures. You are only able to do a 30 second video for free, but it is worth it. They put in transitions for you and you can add music right from their site. I love having a lot of pictures of friends and family and this is a great tool to show them off. [|iGoogle] - iGoogle allows you to create a custom page for your classroom that includes components like a school calendar, bookmarks, news, and more. [|Morguefile] - This website is great. I have used it multiple times already since I have first learned about it in class. I love how all of the pictures are public domain and they are free to use. The pictures are also very good quality, and almost always have what I need. I will definitely use this in the future.