This subject is very cool as well as the professor! I’m really having fun discovering new things about Internet.=)..Anyway, here's my blog entry for this week.
Honestly, I rarely use Google to search for my assignments back when I was in high school. I really don't know what the features of Google are until Sir Oli discussed some of them. I was amazed when he introduced to us the Google Calendar. It can really help us students to remember the tasks and events that are needed to be done on the given time and date. It also has a one of a kind feature like sending an SMS alert to remind you about those scheduled tasks. He also introduced the Google Docs wherein you can do your research paper or project together with your other group mates. Another application is the Gtalk. In this application, you can chat or have a conference with other people. The bonus factor is that Google sends you your conversation with your friends, classmates or prof through e-mail! So you don't have to worry if you forgot to save those important talks. These unique features encouraged me to change my current web-based e-mail, which is Yahoo, to Gmail. =)
Aside from Google, I love using Yahoo Messenger because it helps me to keep in touch with my high school friends even though we're in different places. I also use Yahoo to e-mail my relatives who are working in distant countries. Ever since I entered high school, I am already using this web-based e-mail to research for my assignments and other projects. It really helped me in my every day life as a student.
Productivity is a measurement of how much work has been done at a given time. It also measures one's creativeness and fruitfulness. Technology definitely makes our lives a whole lot easier, thus, we are able to do more work. Because of the existing technologies, we are capable of performing our work more efficiently. Before, students will have to go to the library to research for their homework. But now, all information you need are readily available in the net and can be accessed anywhere! In the past, we used pens and papers in writing letters to our loved ones and friends. But nowadays, we can use the electronic mail or e-mail to communicate with anyone and everyone we know even they are in distant places. There is no need to go to post office just to mail the letters...instead, letters can be sent with just one click in our computers.
My parents are already using some of the online applications and web -based e-mail in having their business transactions with other companies. They also use cell phones in communicating with their bosses as well as with their clients. Considering that my parents are busy persons, I would suggest them to use the Google Calendar featuring the SMS alert for them to be reminded with their schedules regarding their business meetings and appointments.
