A Good Farewell to Gen2243

This past semester  I have learned a ton of useful information in the course Exploring Your Digital Portfolio, and I can not wait to incorporate these tools into my bright future. Below I have listed some of the best tools I learned about this semester. I hope anyone who comes across this can take this very helpful information and truly use these amazing tools for an easier and very productive work environment.

Microsoft Onenote

Microsoft OneNote is the perfect program guaranteed to make things a little easier. In fact, tons of Microsoft windows user do not even know they have it already installed, even though it has been wight the Office bundles for years now. OneNote is perfect for keeping yourself organized. The notes taken on the program are          automatically synced to your other devices using Microsoft's OneDrive service. Also, This semester I had the pleasure of speaking to Robyn Hrvinatz. Robyn is a Senior Teacher Engagement Manager at Microsoft. Robyn was truly a pleasure to talk to and fit perfectly in the classroom environment. She even uses technology and integrates it into the classroom. I asked Robyn, what are some of these technologies that she loves to integrate into the classroom? Her answer was exactly what I was thinking too, and that was Microsoft Onenote.

Weebly

Weebly is an incredible way to not only to create a website, but also have it looking as professional as possible! The company was founded in 2007, and it allows users to easily create an online blog, website, or store. The website offers tons of different layouts and works on any device. The basic layouts are completely free for anyone to use, but premium and enterprise offerings are an additional fee that allow for endless new designs and steps for your dreams to come true when constructing your ideal site. So come join millions of users in one of the highest rated web building sites out to date! Check out my site below!

http://mattsantino.weebly.com

Paper.li

I believe I speak for everyone by saying I enjoy fresh and exciting news on the daily! Well, now there's a great way to do so. Paper.li allows us to do exactly that by creating personalized newspapers with topics that interest each of us. The website states, "We believe that people (and not machines) are the ones qualified to curate the content that matters most. We also think that these same people can greatly help their own communities to find their way through this 'massive content world' we live in. We’re here to help!" The site helps millions of users view endless amounts on interesting mthaterial and truly sends out a caring message. This saves tons of time surfing the web for articles because you have already selected exactly what you are looking for. This great service also allows you to follow and learn from smart people, without investing all your personal time on Twitter.

In conclusion, this course with the help of the great professor Kyle Calderwood, truly helped me expand my PLN with the most useful and truly helpful tools and techniques. The blogging and Twitter portion of the class was probably the most important aspect to me, and I have already started building those connections in my communication field. Interacting with other classmates too helps, because one day I will have to work with complete strangers and have a group effort to solve whatever problem or idea we must work on.