Learning Experience

My final project is based on the Zoho Projects tool. Zoho Projects allows companies to house all of their material pertaining to one project in one central location. This location then allows team members to collaborate on these projects so that goals are met. I chose Zoho Projects because of where I work. I work on study teams that have many people on the team from different departments. Sometimes people can make meetings, sometimes they can't. In order to help facilitate things in a faster manner, and to keep things organized, I thought the use of Zoho Projects was a great idea.

Zoho Projects is an online web tool that allows companies to use one central location for documents, discussions, time lines, milestones, blogs, forums, and other applications that may be necessary to collaborate effectively on a project. In order to use Zoho Projects effectively in my current position, I thought the following applications within Zoho Projects would work best: E-mail, Collaborative Messaging, Document Management, and Calendar.

In my paper, I discussed the responsibilities pertaining to each department, and who in each department would be responsible for participating in the project application. Also, I included a detailed timeline explaining when each piece of Zoho Projects should be updated and made available to the necessary team members.

To review Zoho Projects, please follow the link below:



To participate in the Zoho Project for liloinsys497, you will have to accept the e-mail invitation that went out on December 15th.

Blog #4 - Planning and Implementation

So, the end is here for our trip through Web 2.0 tools. I can't believe how much I have learned through INSYS497. I was a bit frustrated in the beginning, especially when it came to viewing these new tools on a laptop that was majorly locked down. Now, that I have full access to the tools that we have learned, I have found them extremely useful.

There are thousands of tools that I am sure I have not even heard of or will ever use, but I am hoping to continue my learning with these tools so that I can implement more of them into my life. I also have loved the presentations so far in class. Each time someone presented, I felt like an idiot because I had never heard of the tools they were presenting. I am so glad we had those presentations, because they have opened up so many more things I can do on the internet. I can't wait to get involved with Shelfari, and I definitely will be playing around with Google Lit Trips with my niece and nephew.

Most of the tools I have explored are for me to use at work, but I am happy that we learned about other tools that I could use just for socialization. Learning about Second Life was neat. And the funny thing is that after that class, my favorite author sent out an e-mail to show his Second Life character. I never would have known what that was, but we learned about it just in time!

I am also really happy we had this final project to research. I have always wanted things more organized at work. We have so many different meetings, that I feel like we just go in circles for weeks or months until someone finally makes a decision. But, with the tool I have researched, I really think we could use this to be more effective at work. We work with so many European sites, and if we had one central location where every thing relating to our project could be posted would be so helpful. This project made me find a tool, and made me write a really great Working Practice to present to management. I hope it works! I know I am going to be met with a lot of resistance, but I really think if everyone opened up their eyes and mind that they might actually move ahead with this project. We'll see!!

Thanks everyone for a great class! It went fast, but I learned so much!

Blog #3 - Safe Practices with Web 2.0

In my journey with learning new Web 2.0 tools, I have always wondered what safety measures I could take to keep my personal information safe and my computer safe. After reading Chapter 7 in Solomon and Schrum, I see that there are many measures we can take to ensure our information stays secure.

First off, I have a horrible habit of using the same user name and password for everything. But, now that I have multiple accounts, I have changed up my pattern so that my user names and passwords are different for a lot of the sites. Also, when it comes to social networks online, I try not to be too specific with the items I post. For example, I don't post when we are traveling or not going to be home, or post about anything work related.

Another thing I learned is the importance to know what type of e-mails we receive. If anything looks suspicious, then we should not open it. It could infect our computer with viruses or give the hackers access to our personal information online or on our computer. Being educated on these types of e-mails is the key to avoid losing our personal information.

Also, everyone should be educated on the types of websites that are out there for people to access. We should be able to tell which websites are secure and which ones are bogus sites. Secure websites have the link of https://, where other websites may have http:// to look similar to secure websites.

Educating users is the key to safe practices for Web 2.0. It is up to the teachers, the employers, and parents to educate users on the safe practices that are important for Web 2.0 use.