Thing 14 - Productivity Tools

1.  Being able to convert to a PDF is useful, because when documents are posted on websites or in other forums, the document cannot be edited and changed when the document is saved as a PDF.  I do not know if it has an influence on my instruction, I usually save in word because it is the default. I have saved some documents as a PDF, however, I don't do it very often. 

2.  For the second part, I converted a study guide saved as a word document to an image format.  Possible coversions include:  converting to a PDF, converting to a mov, Apple QuickTime, gif graphics, png and html.  This is a very small sample of what can be converted.  Converting was very easy to do.  Using Zamzar allows for conversions to different formats without having to download software.  The computer lab at our school is a Mac lab, and having the Zamzar sight might help students and myself to be able to convert work and presentations that have been done in the Mac lab to word "usable" formats.  

3.  I actually did create a calendar using Google Docs and have added it to my website.  I will admit, I had difficulty using it and modifying the calendar to my liking.  I would prefer a landscape view, I think, and I wasn't able to generate a calendar to my liking.  I don't know if my adding the calendar to my website as a html, if that would improve the look on my website.  I would prefer it to be viewable on a single page on the website.

B. Sack