University of the East

RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER INC.

#64 Aurora Boulevard, Barangay Doña Imelda, QC
COLLEGE OF NURSING

GROUP MEMBERS:
CHUA, Lisa
CIOCON, Rhia
CIOCON, Rio
CRISOSTOMO, Trisha
, Alyssa
DATU, Erika Joye A.
DEAN, Feliz
De Leon, Sharlyn
Dela Concepcion, Ma. Patricia

BSN 2C-summer term

1. BLOGS

a. MULTIPLY
i. DESCRIPTION
- Here you'll find news and notes on all things multiply. Users can create,
share and discuss blogs, photos, videos and music with others as well as
post reviews of movies and books, or share a calendar of events.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- www.multiply.com
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- It is ideal to use when you want to connect and share whatever stories
you have by making blogs and posting some pictures.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- Sign-up first to the site, then after signing up and you have your valid
account you may now log-in to the site and create your Blogs.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• It’s free • Free users can upload only up to 10
• Fast to setup minutes
• Easy to learn • Premium members have a limit of 20
• Can upload unlimited photos minutes
• Users can post calendar entries for
themselves
• Allow users to upload music playlists to
their profile page

b. WORDPRESS
i. DESCRIPTION
 - A single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- www.wordpress.com
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- It is ideal to use when you are more in blogging.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- Sign-up first to the site. Then after signing up, you will have your valid
account. You may now log-in to the site and create your Blogs.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• It’s free • Many of the themes have a tendency to
• Fast to setup look the same or similar.
• Easy to learn • PHP’s track record for security is pretty
• Lots of plug-ins and templates available so bad.
you don’t need to be a PHP guru or • Database queries may be very heavy.
designer to have a nice looking site with
lots of features.
• Easy to modify page templates, allowing
you to customize the presentation layers to
your heart content.

• Large and active open source community

of people developing add-ons, plug-ins,
themes frequently.

c. BLOGSPOT
i. DESCRIPTION
- It gives you an easy way to share your thoughts about current events,
what's going on in your life, or anything else you want to discuss with
the world. It developed a host of features to make blogging as simple and
effective as possible.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- www.blogspot.com
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- First you must have an email account in Google for you to be able to
sign-up. Then, after signing up and having your valid account, you may
now log-in to the site and create your Blogs.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• It’s Free • You don't have full control; can't
• Don't need to pay for hosting and no need always modify/customize the way you
to worry about your bandwidth or used want.
space or installing scripts or anything else.

• Don’t have to worry about upgrades,

backups, security, sitemaps, bandwidth,
etc.
 d. EDUBLOGS
i. DESCRIPTION
- It has been dedicated to providing the easiest, safest, most reliable, and
powerful educational blogging tools. It is written by a person with a
wager in education.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- www.edublogs.com
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- It is ideal to use in discussing some lessons or article. It is for educational
purposes. Also, it is used by leading institutions around the world to
provide Blogs for teachers, students, researchers, and administrators on
their own domains.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- Sign-up first to the site. Then, after signing up and having your valid
account, you may now log-in to the site.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Reliable source • Can’t post pictures

• Can edit the blog you made

e. LIVESPACES
i. DESCRIPTION
- It is Microsoft's blogging and social networking platform. It’s like
Facebook.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- www.livespaces.com
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- It is ideal to use when you want to spend your time with yourself. It is
free and has music.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- Sign-up first to the site. Then, after signing up and having your valid
account, you may now log-in to the site and create or share your
thoughts.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Easy to use • Not very customizable
• Works well
• Gives users the ability to play and display
music and videos on their Windows Live
Space
• Chat or share photos
• Play games
• Slideshows of photos

• Can resize your primary photo

 2. WIKIS
a. PBWORKS
i. DESCRIPTION
- PB works, formerly known as PBWiki, is an online online collaboration site
where it’s services can be described as “making wiki as easy as making a
peanut butter sandwich".
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- www.PBworks.com
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- PBworks is a free working space and ideal for business and education. It is
very suitable for anyone who wants to work together with other people. It
can be used by almost anyone. There is a free account, which is suitable for
personal use but it does not have enough features unlike in the premium
account, which can be used by professional clients.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- PBworks is very easy to use according to the reviews posted. It offers file
sharing and collaborative services, which makes work easy. It works the
same as any other sites (wiki sites), where people can interact and edit the
same page. All of the changes made are recorded (because it is one of its
features system, the file revisioning system) and you can easily find out who
changed what and when. But unlike Wikipedia or other wiki applications,
PBworks has a built in security that could make your team accountable.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES
• It has “freenium” and Premium services.
• It needs no software to install
• It creates new webpage, uploads, and
imports your file fast.
• It allows your team or members to view or
edit the content of the file you have posted.
It provides a complete audit trail of every
change that has been made to your file.
You can see who changed what and when.
It lets you have your team accountable for
editing.
• It has built-in version tracking and full-text
search where you can always locate your
file.
• It can add multimedia content or templates
to your work.
DISADVANTAGES
• The basic account has limited features than
the paid accounts.
• All of the files that have been uploaded to
your workspace should exist in one file
name.
• The users cannot upload two different files
with the same name and out them in
different folders because PBworks has a
file versioning system that keeps copies of
every version uploaded. So, the tendency is
that if you made a file that has the same
name with your other files, the one you
have just posted will appear as the file
revised of the other file you have with the
same name.
REFERENCE: www.PBworks.com

b. WIKISPACES
i. DESCRIPTION
- Wikispaces is an online collaboration tool that permits multiple users to
interact and work together.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
 - www.wikispaces.com
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- Wikispaces is intended to be used by everyone. It has a WYSYWYG Page
Editor, which is a visual editor that lets you see the layout and design of your
page while you are editing it. It is used like the formatting toolbar in the
Microsoft Word.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- It uses the features similar to the other interfaces like the Wikipedia. You can
make a document and edit it. You can also have conversations about the
documents you have posted or the revisions that took place. In Wikispaces,
you can also let anyone view and edit it like in Wikipedia but you choose to
limit the editing to users you know by inviting them and setting up a
password. The document’s history changes are kept. Also, in Wikispaces, the
collaboration utilities are not that powerful but the application is useful,
where many users worldwide can work together on simple articles or ideas.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• It has unlimited pages and messages. • The real time backups are only available in
• It provides easy collaboration with others the US.
by the use of its invitation system.
• It has history pages, wherein you can view
all the files you have posted.
• The page can be protected by custom
permission, wherein you can select people
who can view your files.
• You can receive messages from the
notification system about what is new from
your page.
• Allows page custom for web design
REFERENCE: www.wikispaces.com

3. ONLINE OFFICE APPLICATIONS

a. GOOGLEDOCS
i. DESCRIPTION
- Is a free web. It is based on word processor, spreadsheet, presentation,
form, and data storage service offered by Google. A Google doc is like a
Microsoft office. The difference is you can only open the Google docs by
the access of the internet.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- docs.google.com
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- It is ideal to use as word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, form, and
data storage device. For the people, who need to share their documents to
other people, it is easily viewed or shared. Documents can be shared,
opened, and edited by different people or users.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- When using the Google docs they need to have an account and go to the
site and click upload; then, choose a file that you want to attach to
Google; select that document through the browse button; and click
 upload to add into your list. If there is a popup blocker, turn it off then
press the new word processing or spreadsheet document. After that,
there is a flashing button that will appear in the right saying “loading”
and name this file by pressing the file and choose how you want to save
the document. It can allow others to view your documents by choosing
the share button.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• It is free but the user should sign up. • It requires an internet access.

• Can access files anywhere but the • The features are incomplete compared to
computer should have the access in internet MS office.

• It is automatic saving. • The information saved on Google’s server,

• Many people can cooperate with each other
at same time.
• It can be also saved in different formats
like (ODF, HTML, PDF, RTF, Text,
Word).
not yours.
• There is a possibility that you need to
adjust the privacy policy to allow for using
Google Docs forms.
• Formatting options maybe inflexible for
others.

b. OFFICE LIVE
i. DESCRIPTION
-
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

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4. MINDMAPPING
a. MINDOMO
b. BUBBL. US
c. MINDJET
d. LOVELY CHARTS
i. DESCRIPTION
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
 ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Lovely Charts is extremely simple and • There are limitations on functions such as
intuitive drag and drop drawing importing and exporting of mindmaps.
mechanism. You'll be able to focus on • It is dependent on internet connection.
what really matters. • It can not extend usage of the tool via plug-
• You won't have to draw boxes or arrows ins.
and you won't have to worry about what • Online mind mapping tools lack the
symbols to use. features of their desktop brethren.
• Diagrams are made to communicate. Every • Sometimes, you want to work ‘off-line’
single symbol available in Lovely Charts and escape the rat race of the internet.
has been crafted with love to enable you to
create great looking diagrams that will
impress, convince, and seduce - even if you
don't have the slightest design skill.
• A fully functional version of Lovely Charts
is available for free but there's also a
Premium Plan for regular, professional
users, available for less than 3€ per month.
• It creates unlimited, professional diagrams.
• With Complete symbols library
• Export diagrams to JPG/PNG
• Export diagrams to PDF
• Import your own images/artwork
• You can Share & Collaborate with anyone.

5. SCHEDULING
a. DOODLES
i. DESCRIPTION
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

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b. GOOGLE CALENDAR
i. DESCRIPTION
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

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 c. MS OUTLOOK
i. DESCRIPTION
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

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6. PRESENTATION
a. SLIDEBROOM
i. DESCRIPTION
- It is a webpage, which allows you to create web-ready rich presentations
directly from your Powerpoint files. This webpage is also a handy
application, which allows instant embedding of presentation either in your
Blog or on your website, and on that page you are also allowed to collect
feedback from the viewers of the presentation. This webpage allows us to
discuss presentation in the groups of interest.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- SlideBoom can be found in http://www.slideboom.com.
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- SlideBoom is useful in powerpoint presentations, youtube, and
converting files into rich powerpoint presentations without losing the
background and the sound effects.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- The slide boom is easy to use, to join slide boom you have to go to
http://www.slideboom.com and then afterwards, you would be asked to
register and provide for you email address, first and last name, password
and your preferred user id.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• There are unique features for the slideboom • Presentation size is limited to 100 MB.
program, one of them is the feature private • Some features are not available unless you
sharing. Private sharing is for use of having purhcase the package that is not under free
your own url, which you can share trial.
privately to the people whom you wish to • SlideBoom does not allow us to edit slides.
share your work with. They could be you
parters, colleagues and friends.
• Slide boom now is in favor of supporting
files of Open Document Presentation
format. ODP is used in free office suites
like OpenOffice, NeoOffice or IBM Lotus
Symphony, and proprietary software
packages like Sun Microsystems’
StarOffice.
• SlideBoom also offers us a web service
 that is capable of converting PowerPoint to
Flash conversion. This can be easily
implemented with the application and thus,
extending it to Flash conversion facility.
• SlideBoom SDK another unique feature is
a set of components that you may use for
constructing your self-made portal in
SlideBoom.
• Powerpoint playback allows you to view
your powerpoint.
• Video-like playback is capable of bringing
a smooth flow of the entire slideshow plus
you can select duration for static slides.
• Supported formats: PPTX, PPSX, PPT,
PPS ODP (OpenOffice, NeoOffice,
StarOffice, Lotus Symphony)

b. SLIDE ROCKET
i. DESCRIPTION
- Slide rocket is another online application, which enables us to easily
share and create presentations among any other users. The SlideRocket
also helps us to manage slide effects, transitions, background, color, and
many more.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- Slide rocket can be found at this link: www.sliderocket.com.
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- Slide Boom is ideal to use in commercials and business. This also
includes student’s educational activities and presentations.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- We can start using Slide Rocket by signing-up and creating an account
and be able to benefit from the 30-day trial. You can start uploading PPT
files by downloading either the offline version or using the online
application and enjoy different edited styles that will meet you
necessities.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES
• Allows you to collaborate with other users
to join different groups for networking and
social matters.
• Slide Rocket has an accessory offline
application, which enables us to use it as
conveniently as possible, even without
internet access. The online application is
capable of supporting different
applications such as Internet Explorer,
Firefox, Safari, Netscape, Opera, Mac, and
Linux with the power of Adobe’s flash
player plug-in.
• It also supports different media, like
DISADVANTAGES
• Slide Rocket can only work with browsers
that are supported by Adobe Flash Player.
The version of Adobe must be up-to-date
in order to come up with the other
features.
• Not all features of Slide Rocket are
functional unless you purchase at the
product section of the site and upgrade the
version of Slide Rocket.
 Images, Flash, Video and also powerpoint.

c. GO ANIMATE
i. DESCRIPTION
- Go Animate is an online application where you can make your
customized animation of 3-dimensional characters and share it with your
friends.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- Go Animate can be found at this site: www.goanimate.com.
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- Go Animate can be used ideally to impress business partners, colleagues,
friends and even family members. By just creating animated stories by
yourself that alone is truly appreciated by most of us today.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- Go animate can be used by creating animations by visiting the homepage
and start creating animation and choose if it is animated stories, creation
of characters, animated slideshows or E-messages.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES
• Go Animate can be used by creating
different animations of your choice
• Go Animate is supporting any type of
video with high-resolution quality.
DISADVANTAGES
• Drawing style is not supported because its
main activity is to create animation and e-
cards.
• Go Animate is a online tool that will not
function when offline.

d. SCREEN TOASTER
i. DESCRIPTION
-
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
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e. PREZI
i. DESCRIPTION
- Is the zooming presentation editor. It is a presentation software, which is
like a power point in some ways. It displays information non-linearly like
a map or opposed to a series of slides.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- www.prezi.com
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
 ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• It can zoom certain areas of the map to • It is best to use only for presentation, more
show more detail or a different perspective. likely in those presentation that includes a
• The teacher can tailor the visual map.
presentation to the student’s needs.
• Prezi makes easy to embed videos.
• It also allows creating a path through the
map so it will follow a pre-selected route.

• Prezi also allows you to create a path

through the map so the presentation
follows a pre-selection.

f. CAMSTUDIO
i. DESCRIPTION
- It is a freeware, open-source-code screen capture program that can be
used to record what is happening on your computer screen at any given
moment. This can be useful if you are trying to create a video or web
tutorial. It is a solid program but there are several facets to setting up the
program and using it.
-
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
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g. TOONDOO
i. DESCRIPTION
- Toon Doo is a free open application that allows anyone to create a comic
strip. All it takes to sign up is a username and password. Easy enough
and no spam e-mails.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- http://www.toondoo.com/
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- It can be used as a presentation in class or in a report and it is best used
for education in school.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- First, you go to their site. Then, you need to have an account so that you
can access the toon doo. You can choose many power point templates
that can be used. In many templates to choose from, you have to click
what is your best choice. There are also good sound effects to choose
from.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
 ADVANTAGES
• The images or the animation of the toon
doo is very entertaining for kids up to
young adults.
• It can also be used for education in school.
• It is free but you should sign up.
DISADVANTAGES
• It is entertaining for us but for the adults it
is not.
• There are minimal members of adults.
• The rights of your creation and your ideas
belong to toon doo.

• Very easy to use even the students or kids • It takes time to render.
can use it.

• There is no spam e-mails.

• There are 1001 power point templates.

• There are good sound effects.

h. SCREENR
i. DESCRIPTION
-
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

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7. WEB CONFERENCING
a. YAHOO MESSANGER
i. DESCRIPTION
- It is an application that requires people to have a yahoo id that enables them
to use different yahoo services.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- http://messenger.yahoo.com/
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- It is ideal to use whenever you want to chat with a friend or communicate
with a friend through videos or text messages.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- It can be used by downloading the application itself.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• The application contains many features • One disadvantage of this is that when you
such as sending instant message with a send text message to your friends, it is free
friend or conferencing with a bunch of for you but your friend will be the one to
people; you can easily search for your shoulder the expense.
family or friends to come chat with you;
and text messages can also be sent to your
friends' mobile phones for free. There is
also a built in media player, wherein you
can view video or photo's with your
friends; you can also show your own style
by using different kinds like emoticons,
audibles, and IM environment. Many
people also use this kind of application and
that it is very popular around the world.

b. SKYPE
i. DESCRIPTION
- It is a software that enables people to communicate with each other even when
they are far from each other. It is owned by different inventor groups around the
world. Skype is also known as the leading global internet communications
company.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- It is ideal to use when you want to talk to a friend through chat.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- A person can use it by downloading the application.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• People use this application to make free • One advantage is that you still need to
video and voice calls, send instant download the application for you to use it.
messages, and share files with other skype
users. Skype-to-skype voice and video calls
are completely free.

c. TINY CHAT
i. DESCRIPTION
- It is a free application that allows people to create a free chat room that is
accessible for everyone who has a browser.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- http://tinychat.com/
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- It is ideal to use when you want to chat with a friend
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- A person will just go online and sign up for an account and there, he/she
can already use it. Whenever the person wants to chat again that person
will just sign in and go to his/her own page.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
 ADVANTAGES
• One advantage of this is that you don’t
need to download/setup the application
unlike the other applications, wherein you
need to wait just for you to start using the
program.
DISADVANTAGES
• It is not known for most people. Whenever
a person wants to chat, he/she still needs to
sign in unlike other application just one
click and you can already use it.

d. YUGMA
i. DESCRIPTION
- It is a free application that allows anyone all over the world to share their own
ideas or even desktop sharing online.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- For team meetings, seminars, sales presentation, online training, tutoring,
and brainstorming.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- It can be used by trying it free or downloading the program.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES
• It can be used by people for team meetings
and seminars that are held in the web, sales
presentation, online training, tutoring, and
brainstorming.
DISADVANTAGES
• This application is not popular for many
people. The application is mainly for
business purposes and not directly for
people to talk with each other through chat
or video conferences.

e. DIMDIM
i. DESCRIPTION
- It allows anyone to attend live meetings, demos, and seminars that are held
online using web browser
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- http://www.dimdim.com/
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- Iit is ideal for people, who want to gather a meeting without going to a
place and by just starting a meeting in the web.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- You can use it by signing at account with a web browser.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES
• You can use the application without
installing it. It is mainly directed to people
who are in the business community.
DISADVANTAGES
• This application is only free for small
meetings but during unlimited use with
more participants. Dimdim is used with fee
which starts at $25 per month.

f. SHOW DOCUMENT
i. DESCRIPTION
- It is a net meeting platform made for people to work together on a same
document at the same time.
 ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- http://www.showdocument.com/ds/main.jsf
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- It is ideal to use when people lack time in doing a document. Through
this, they can work on it together.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- You can use it by opening the site and signing in with a web browser.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• You don’t need to download the • It is not known for many people.
application for you to use it. This • It is not directly made for chatting and for
application helps people work on a conference.
document together by saving time.
• People can also share documents through
URL.

8. DATA GATHERING
a. SURVEY MONKEY
i. DESCRIPTION
- This is an online survey tool, which allows people to make and create
their own surveys. With this, surveys are done quickly and easily. It only
takes minutes for a person to be able to do a survey. This tool is ideal to
use in doing web surveys, online surveys, and e-mail surveys. Some of
its features are for people of different professions to give their insights
and feedbacks. Another attribute is for the planning of an event in which
you can manage schedules, registration, and evaluations. This survey tool
is also useful in doing some research. Another good feature of this tool is
the chance of the user to make quizzes or trivias. This tool allows the
person to do his surveys easily because you don’t have to download or
have any instruction manuals. All you have to do is to open the browser
and everything is there. It is a powerful yet a simple tool and also a fast
and flexible one. It’s capability of storing comment is really high because
it can store up to 1000 comments. It also does not remove your previous
accounts or surveys even if you haven’t upgraded yet.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- http://www.surveymonkey.com/
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- This survey tool is also useful in research.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- Click the create a survey button. Then, choose if you want to create a
survey from scratch or from an existing survey in the account. Name the
survey. After, the Edit Survey page immediately opens. Click on the Add
Question Here button to insert your first question. If you want to add
pages, click the Add Page Here button, where you want to insert a new
one.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• It allows an individual to make surveys • It does not have survey templates.
easily.

b. GOOGLE FORMS
i. DESCRIPTION
- This is a form or a spreadsheet in which a person can manage
information easily. This is not the type that a person has to send an email
to lots of people and wait for the replies. Google forms allow a person to
post something easily and send it to the email addresses. With just one
click, the people whom you sent what you’ve posted will be able to
answer or confirm with regards to your concern. For example, you are
tasked to make a happening in your organization or company and you
have to send it to lots of people. The first idea that comes in your mind is
to create an email and send it to the people involved. This causes too
much work because you still have to wait for the replies to come in. Now
what will be the role of Google forms? Google forms make the sending
easier because it does not oblige you to wait for a long period of time for
the replies of the people. It is a lot easier because the application allows
people to enter the information in one single document. Google forms
also have tools which automatically record the responses and have the
summary of it. With this, it all ends up in one thing that Google forms
are easy to use and it gives easy access to every person whom you want
the document to be sent to.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- http://www.google.com.ph/
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- It is ideal to use when organizing an event.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- If you don't already have a Google account, create one. Then sign in,
after signing in, click on “new”, next, click on “share”, then "invite
people" with the following three options: as collaborators, as viewers,
and to fill out a form. Select the third option, "to fill out a form." Choose
a question title, then choose a question type, after typing in the questions,
click add question, then send the form.

v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• It is easy to use and it turns offline • You cannot modify the template (colors
documents into online documents with just and logo) the way you can in Survey
a snap of a finger. Monkey.

c. POLLDADDY
i. DESCRIPTION
- This is an online poll or survey for the people. It is open for all especially
the bloggers in which they can ask questions to their readers. The polls
you create are posted in public, which people who views it can add a
statement or response. The people who visit the site can also create free
polls and surveys. The surveys done can be placed in their own websites
or social profiles. Not only can you see the poll you made but also the
 polls made by other people. Survey features include wide collection of
skins, online reporting of marks, ability to add pictures and graphics, up
to 11 question types, surveys are closed when the quota is met and an
advanced survey editor. On the other hand, poll features include 14 skins
to decide from, presentation poll results online, ability to add text,
pictures and videos, block users when they’ve already voted and has
unlimited polls with unlimited responses. It is easy and simple to use
because it is just by cut and pasting a small amount of JavaScript into
your post. With this, people from around the world will be able to create
unlimited polls or surveys easily with unlimited responses from the
viewers.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- http://polldaddy.com/
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- It is ideal to use in surveys.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• You can create unlimited polls and • A lot of people will be able to see your
surveys. posts.

9. E-LEARNING
a. ACADEMIC EARTH
i. DESCRIPTION
- With Academic Earth, it uses the latest innovation and technology to
promote learning in students. Through internet, learners will get
information from videos and lectures by professors, educators, scholars,
and representatives from different academic institutions worldwide. As
much as possible, videos should contain materials that will support
education such as activities, exercises, readings, and assignments.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- Academic Earth can be found, through the use of internet, in this website
http://academicearth.org.
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- Academic Earth is best used when you are doing a thesis or a research
paper in school because of its great help from lectures by professors
coming from good academic institutions.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- Go to Academic Earth’s website, which is http://academicearth.org.
Choose whether you are in search for a university in the United States,
instructors, or any subjects. Click from any of the videos available you
want to see and it will start streaming.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES
• Academic Earth is easily accessible in one
place. Internet users don’t have to fly
across the United States because in just a
click away, it will already provide full
DISADVANTAGES
• Although instructors use educational
materials in their videos, not all of them are
clear enough to be seen by the viewers.
 videos and lectures by various instructors
coming from different universities in the
United States such as Harvard, Yale,
Princeton, and Stanford. There is a range of
subjects, instructors, and universities to
choose from.
• Instructors use educational materials such
as activities, exercises, readings, and
assignments.
• Videos contain lectures just like in a
classroom setting yet through the use of the
latest technology, which is the internet.
• With Academic Earth, users will not only
view video clips but they can also read a
course description or download the file in
mp3 for easy accessibility.
• It is also free of charge so anyone could
access knowledge through this website.
• There are also times that videos are
disadvantageous because it still needs to
load, which consumes time.
• Also, there could be times that lectures
from the United States may not be
applicable in the Philippines.
• Even though there is a range of subjects,
instructors, and universities to choose from,
there could be an instance that you may not
find what you are looking for in this
website. For example, typing the word
nursing in the search engine may just give
you only one result and it may even
disappoint you because it’s not even what
you are exactly looking for.

b. EDHEADS
i. DESCRIPTION
- With Edheads, it utilizes internet as the most powerful medium in promoting
education among students. In partner with U.S. National and State standards,
it mainly aims to make hard topics understandable. Through internet,
educational games and activities are designed to motivate students in
learning outside the classroom. It does not only satisfy and enrich students
and teachers with their free activities but it could also be accessed by
everyone.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- Edheads can be found, through the use of internet, in this website
http://www.edheads.org.
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- Edheads is best used when viewers are students because with the
educational games and activities, it will catch their attention and thus,
motivate them in learning.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- Go to Edheads’ website, which is http://www.edheads.org. Choose any
of the virtual activities that you want to try. It will start loading and a virtual
character will show up in the screen to provide the instructions.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES
• Edheads is recognized for its educational
content. Everyone, particularly teachers
and students, could be motivated to learn
because of the free educational games and
activities provided in this website.
• It also has real surgical photos of some
body parts.
• It will let you do the work, which also
DISADVANTAGES
• Although Edheads has various educational
games and activities, its subjects are very
limited. Its activities only include hip
resurfacing and replacement, machines and
cellphones, knee surgery, crash scene, and
deep brain stimulation.
• Since it has virtual activities, it keeps on
loading, which consumes some time.
 contains a question and answer portion so
your thinking and listening skills will also
be tested.
• In partner with different academic
institutions in the United States, its content
is planned to achieve state and national
standards.

c. BLOODSAFE LEARNING
i. DESCRIPTION
- With BloodSafe, it provides information about blood, safe transfusion
and utilization of blood components.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- BloodSafe can be found, through the use of internet, in this website
https://www.bloodsafelearning.org.au.
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- BloodSafe is best used when learners are in need of information about
blood, blood components, and transfusion. It is also best applicable when
learners belong to the medical team such as nurses because it will provide
them good information on handling blood, etc.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- Go to BloodSafe’s website, which is
https://www.bloodsafelearning.org.au. You have to create an account first to
enable access in this website.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• BloodSafe supplies adequate details about • It only focuses on blood and blood-related
blood, safe transfusion process, and use of uses, which is very limited.
blood components. This website contains • It also contains videos that need to be
different learning modules that are helpful loaded that can consume some time.
in learning about blood, its components,
and transfusion.
• In terms of accessibility, it can be used by
anyone yet it requires creating an account
to ensure users for additional privacy and
security.

d. DISCOVERY EDUCATION
i. DESCRIPTION
- With Discovery Education, it employs scientifically proven, standards-based,
and high-quality digital resources in various homes and schools with a goal
of having effective learning to help students become achievers. It also aims
to make a big impact in students, teachers, and parents about education
through the influence of media. In addition, it also offers high-quality video,
test assumptions, educator feedback, new tools for informed instruction, and
effective services.
- It features classroom resources, which provides educational games, lesson
plans, activities for parents, etc; home resources, which are ordered in
 different subjects; and a professional development, which enhances effective
use of technology in different settings.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- Discovery Education can be found, through the use of internet, in this
website http://www.discoveryeducation.com.
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- Discovery Education is best used when connecting families and
classrooms in learning because of its effective digital resources.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- Go to Discovery Education’s website, which is
http://www.discoveryeducation.com. Select on the various programs you
prefer in order to view them.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES
• Discovery Education offers information on
a range of different subjects.
• It provides videos, educational games and
activities, and various links in getting a
good supply of information.
• It can be accessed by anyone yet it requires
creating an account for privacy and
security purposes.
DISADVANTAGES
• Although Discovery Education provides a
range of information from different
subjects, it is still limited.
• Also, some videos need to be purchased
first in order to view them.

10. RSS AGGREGATOR/ READER

a. RSS BANDING
i. DESCRIPTION
-
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- http://www.rssbandit.org/
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- It is most ideal to use when you tend or decide to search on many blogs
and subscriptions with which you want to keep track of.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- The first step is to download an RSS reader. Once you've downloaded
and navigated it to your windows explorer, it is pre-loaded with several
feeds, which you are free to keep or delete. The left pane shows a view
of your feeds organized by categories. These categories will help you
keep your feeds organized. The top-right pane displays the headline list,
which is a list of articles for the currently selected feed. The bottom-right
pane shows you a preview of the currently selected feed or article.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• This program allows you to read news • It takes time for this program to start up.
feeds (both RSS and Atom feeds) and
download podcasts from your desktop. You
can synchronize your feeds with not only
an option to sync to NewsGator Online, but
also via WebDAV, FTP or a file share like
 Google reader and Facebook.
• It is a free program and an open source so
it can be easily accessed to the routes you
want to go.
• With this program, comments Posted to
blogs from RSS Bandit will show up in
your “Sent Items” Special Folder on your
account. It checks feeds periodically and
alerts you when there s a new content and
displays that content to your account.

b. NEWSGATOR
i. DESCRIPTION
- NewsGator Online allows users to configure Locations, which
represent an installation of an application that uses NewsGator Online.
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- http://www.newsgator.com/
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
- It is most ideal to use when you tend or decide to search on many blogs
and subscriptions with which you want to keep track of.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- Access the News Gator site and then create an account with the needed
information. With the actual use, just click on the feed name to view the
posts.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• With this program you could synchronize • Some applications are not free and is
your feeds with NewsGator Online, so needed to be subscribed.
whether at Home, Work, PDA or the
Web, all feeds are there with only items
you hadn’t read yet. When you further
subscribe for it, premium services will be
readily available.
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c. GOOGLE READER
i. DESCRIPTION
-
ii. WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND?
- https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?
service=reader&passive=1209600&continue=http%3A%2F
%2Fwww.google.com%2Freader%3Futm_campaign%3Den
%26utm_source%3Den-ha-ww-ww-bk%26utm_medium%3Dha
%26utm_term%3Dgoogle%2Breader&followup=http%3A%2F
%2Fwww.google.com%2Freader%3Futm_campaign%3Den
%26utm_source%3Den-ha-ww-ww-bk%26utm_medium%3Dha
%26utm_term%3Dgoogle%2Breader
iii. WHEN IS IT IDEAL TO USE?
 -It is most ideal to use when you tend or decide to search on many blogs
and subscriptions with which you want to keep track of.
iv. HOW TO USE IT?
- To start using Google Reader, go into your Google account or if you
don't have one, create an account.
- Another way is to manually enter the URL of a blog into the “Add
Subscription” area and Google Reader will usually find the feed and
automatically add it for you. A third way (and the one that I use most
often) is to locate the “Subscribe To This Feed” button on the blog of the
site you wish to follow. If the site is well designed, it should be fairly
obvious and you just have to follow a few prompts. Now that you have
content you can start reading…think of Google Reader as a complete
newspaper, each blog as individual articles.
v. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Google Reader is an accessible program in • You have to integrate the reader and
which you can carry all your RSS feed list basically access them in a separate Google
with just an access to your Google account account. Also, once you have control your
via an internet connection and a browser. Google account, you cannot control who is
Sharing feeds with your friends is also reading your emails anymore or what
possible with this program. It contains a mailing lists your email addresses may end
Navigation Pane that has a Shared Item up on.
link to view Feeds that are shared. Since
this one is a Google product, it is sure to
be top notch, product updates and bug
fixes are guaranteed. . Missed or deleted
feeds is not possible. This also provides a
public page in which all your shared items
can be viewed. Helpful to redirect you
friends to a link and let them know what
you are reading right now. Google reader
also has newest design and controls are at
your fingertips, with easier keyboard
shortcuts.