Thing 17

Give a review of the tool you explored - what worked, what didn't work, how might it be used either in or out of the classroom?

I looked at several of the online applications and played around with them. I found that most would be useful in varied situations in school or out. 30 Boxes was particularly easy to use. I set up an account and was entering information into a calendar within just a few minutes. I have some prior experience with a couple of calendar programs so that might have played some role in how easy it was for me.

Library Thing is similar to Shelfari where I already have an account so I didn't spend a lot of time with that app. TrailFire looked very interesting although I thought it duplicated other means I use to present a group of web sites for colleagues or students. I thought as an exploration exercise it would be valuable.

There seems to be a lot of applications out there that all do useful things. I'm sure there are more than those presented in this 23 Things course. My problem now is simply keeping up with all of the applications I'd like to use!