When first previewing some Pageflakes' and Netvibes' examples, I was a bit intimidated. I chose to use Netvibes, and found it to be fairly user-friendly. Embedding the video was the most challenging part of this assignment. I admit that I tried figure it out on my own before watching the tutorial - not a wise choice. Once I reviewed the tutorial, embedding the video was not a problem. The only aspect of Netvibes that I wasn't thrilled with was the lack of layout options. I felt somewhat limited. Otherwise, I would certainly use Netvibes in the future to create information portals. I think the information portals are a wonderful way to help students and parents use the internet to its full educational potential.
The Microsoft Word newsletter assignment proved to be a bit frustrating. Until this assignment, I had never created a newsletter-type document on Word without using a template or without extensive use of text boxes. Though I went into the assignment kicking and screaming, I am glad to know that I can format a newsletter on my own without needing to use a template. I think this will help me to be more creative with fliers and newsletters in the future and allow me to "think outside the box."
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