Thing 16

The startpage I chose to explore was Symbaloo. It was the most visually appealing and user-friendly to me. I was able to move the tiles around and categorize them as I wanted and I added Amazon.com. I was going to add several other websites but the template they gave me to start with already had nearly all the websites that I visit, including Blogspot. Although I have a strong attachment to my Google chrome start page, I may have to finally change over. It is almost like having your iPad apps directly on your computer screen. I placed my name in the Google search bar in the snapshot so that it was apparent it was my page.

I chose to work with the calendar on 30 Boxes. It was appealing because it was so simple to use and edit. There was a bar at the top that was a quick way to enter information into each day. However, I thought that I would be able to edit the colors and layout of the calendar like I am able to do on others, but I was not. It was a very bland calendar but it would great for a quick look at your scheduled activities. I enjoyed the set-up to it because I was able to just type in a list of names and birthdays and it automatically entered them into the days for me, which is very convenient. The calendars are useful to me because it is always wonderful to be able to list out activities and scheduled events for each day. In a classroom, you can place a calendar up on a Smartboard and allow students to see what is planned for the day, week, or even month. You can also post a calendar online or make it public and allow parents to have an updated calendar of events so they know about tests, when homework is due, field trips, etc.

The other tool that I found and explored was Life Hacker.  My husband has actually been a fan of this site for a long time and we found out about so many wonderful shortcuts for things through it. We found out about a program on Amazon where you can subscribe to products like air filters or batteries for smoke detectors and have them shipped to you once a month or once every couple weeks. It is a really efficient way to keep track of things you need to change often around the house. I would strongly recommend Life Hacker to anyone who loves to find new ways to make their life more efficient and organized.