I had a really bad experience with Zamzar--I had to submit the file three times and the first time I waited a whole day to get notified that the conversion had failed. The second attempt brought nothing--not even a notice of failure, so I thought they must be really busy and waited another couple of hours. Nothing. So, finally, on the third attempt, I got the conversion in about three minutes. Finally! On the whole, I would have to want to convert something pretty badly to spend much time with this tool--it was the exact opposite of a productivity tool. It threw a wrench in the works--big time!
The second part of the assignment was to upload a word processor document and using Media Convert, list at least five available output formats. So, here goes with that:
I'll try uploading the same document that I used on Zamzar:
- .txt
- .pdf
- .ps
- .odt
- .html
- .rtf
This seems a lot easier---but I haven't exactly completed the conversion, so maybe it won't be any better than Zamzar was. See opening paragraph for how I would foresee me using this in my work.
The third part of the assignment was to create and share a Google Calendar with my classroom. I created one for my daily schedule and plan to post it to my face of the classroom blog and also to put it out there for my colleagues. I can see that it would make life simpler when trying to schedule a meeting with my administrators or colleagues in another building. I can also see it helping me to remember where I have to be. Parents would also know when important dates in our LLI schedule will keep me from meeting with their children and will facilitate them knowing when I am free to take their calls. I could also post assignments to it, although as a literacy coach, I don't do a lot of that. I like that it's accessible anywhere I can get online. Here's a screenshot of what it looks like. I could only get part of it, but you can at least see what it looks like:
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