Information Technology Tools
Learning Unit 8
Hadi El-Chammas
Group No.1
Learning Unit 8:
Comparison of MS Word, Google Docs, Zoho, and Wiki on ZOHO website:
http://hadichammas.wiki.zoho.com/Learning-unit-8,-Hadi-El-Chammas.html
Comparison of MS Word, Google Docs, Zoho, and Wiki on WIKI website:
http://infotechtoolsgroup1.wetpaint.com/page/Learning+Unit+8
Question statement:
Finally, which program from all of these available options will you use in your future document writing and why?
Answer:
I chose Zoho program to be my future website. The Zoho tools consists of familiar beta tags, but Zoho released a statement that they plan on removing that designation before the end of the year. The office applications are free of charge for personal users. The Zoho tools are completely online, which has advantages and disadvantages. Some of the advantages are that Zoho added 300 spreadsheet functions to “Zoho Sheet” and collaborative editing to “Zoho Writer” which makes it much easier and more efficient than the other three programs.
Question statement:
Compare facebook, ning, LinkedIn, pownce and friendfeed and write this comparison report on your personal blog on wordpress.com. Once again indicate your choice of the social networking program you will keep for your future use and why?
Answer:
a- Facebook: It is a free social networking website consisting of numerous separate networks based on three different categories: school, business and region. The minimum age to join is 13. Facebook is strictly for connecting with people online; they don’t have extras like music, games, classifieds. The website design is undemanding; it has few decoration, but have a good mixture of networking features. Facebook is a good social networking website that doesn’t waste time with extras and nonsense features.
b- Ning: It lets anyone create, for free, a site for their own personal use, company use, or other social groups. I personally liked the level of creative control in Ning. It also offers a variety of design templates and let you point and click to add elements to the page without the need to download applications because the site creation is entirely Web-based. And Ning also will provide you with a URL within their domain.
c- Linkedin: It is more like a business type of sites where you connect with other people to either look for a job or find other coworkers. It has a more serious theme than facebook. On Linkedin you can import contacts via webmail or other contact programs such as Outlook. Some of the available features are the ability to send messages, post job openings, review resumes, the power to ask legal or professional questions where other users are able to reply.
d- Pownce: It is compareable to Twitter in available features. It doesn't have any mobile access so Twitter wins there, but Pownce has a better interface, and has smoother connections between the comments or discussions. The basic account is free like the other sites being used in this class, and the professional account is $20 per year. I found Pownce to be more organized and focusses on sharing messages, links, files, and events to all of your friends. Friends are separated into multiple sections and you can forward appropriate messages to each section. For example, the Info Tech Tools class forms a community on Pownce and all classmates can interact with each other. Pownce also supports mass distribution same as Facebook. When I receive a message from a classmate, I can forward it to all the other classmates in one click.
e- Friendfeed: The concept of FriendFeed is simple. You add different accounts across blogs and social networking services, and Friendfeed combines them so friends can follow what you are doing. The network is fairly clean, since it was founded by ex-Googlers, and it is easy and straightforward.
I personally prefer Facebook and I will be using it in the future since it is the most popular site and has the most useful applications.
My ID or username on all the websites is: hadichammas
Group No.1
Learning Unit 8:
Comparison of MS Word, Google Docs, Zoho, and Wiki on ZOHO website:
http://hadichammas.wiki.zoho.com/Learning-unit-8,-Hadi-El-Chammas.html
Comparison of MS Word, Google Docs, Zoho, and Wiki on WIKI website:
http://infotechtoolsgroup1.wetpaint.com/page/Learning+Unit+8
Question statement:
Finally, which program from all of these available options will you use in your future document writing and why?
Answer:
I chose Zoho program to be my future website. The Zoho tools consists of familiar beta tags, but Zoho released a statement that they plan on removing that designation before the end of the year. The office applications are free of charge for personal users. The Zoho tools are completely online, which has advantages and disadvantages. Some of the advantages are that Zoho added 300 spreadsheet functions to “Zoho Sheet” and collaborative editing to “Zoho Writer” which makes it much easier and more efficient than the other three programs.
Question statement:
Compare facebook, ning, LinkedIn, pownce and friendfeed and write this comparison report on your personal blog on wordpress.com. Once again indicate your choice of the social networking program you will keep for your future use and why?
Answer:
a- Facebook: It is a free social networking website consisting of numerous separate networks based on three different categories: school, business and region. The minimum age to join is 13. Facebook is strictly for connecting with people online; they don’t have extras like music, games, classifieds. The website design is undemanding; it has few decoration, but have a good mixture of networking features. Facebook is a good social networking website that doesn’t waste time with extras and nonsense features.
b- Ning: It lets anyone create, for free, a site for their own personal use, company use, or other social groups. I personally liked the level of creative control in Ning. It also offers a variety of design templates and let you point and click to add elements to the page without the need to download applications because the site creation is entirely Web-based. And Ning also will provide you with a URL within their domain.
c- Linkedin: It is more like a business type of sites where you connect with other people to either look for a job or find other coworkers. It has a more serious theme than facebook. On Linkedin you can import contacts via webmail or other contact programs such as Outlook. Some of the available features are the ability to send messages, post job openings, review resumes, the power to ask legal or professional questions where other users are able to reply.
d- Pownce: It is compareable to Twitter in available features. It doesn't have any mobile access so Twitter wins there, but Pownce has a better interface, and has smoother connections between the comments or discussions. The basic account is free like the other sites being used in this class, and the professional account is $20 per year. I found Pownce to be more organized and focusses on sharing messages, links, files, and events to all of your friends. Friends are separated into multiple sections and you can forward appropriate messages to each section. For example, the Info Tech Tools class forms a community on Pownce and all classmates can interact with each other. Pownce also supports mass distribution same as Facebook. When I receive a message from a classmate, I can forward it to all the other classmates in one click.
e- Friendfeed: The concept of FriendFeed is simple. You add different accounts across blogs and social networking services, and Friendfeed combines them so friends can follow what you are doing. The network is fairly clean, since it was founded by ex-Googlers, and it is easy and straightforward.
I personally prefer Facebook and I will be using it in the future since it is the most popular site and has the most useful applications.
My ID or username on all the websites is: hadichammas
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