1.  Presentation Software - Group Assignment LRC 320 Group 6 Members: Brandon Boyle Osvaldo Macias Kwang Joon An Daniel Boice

2. E-Books  Book published in electronic form  Can be read by using a computer and/or an e-book reader  http://www.ebooks.com/ http://www.ebooks.com/  Cost-effective  Lighter than textbooks  Interactive http://www.fe.hku.hk/literacy/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=4&Itemid=4 http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/01132012/ebooks-and-school-libraries en.wiktionary.org/wiki/e-book http://www.successconsciousness.com/ebooks_benefits.htm

3. YouTube was founded in 2005 and it allows people to watch and share videos. http://www.youtube.com/ Using YouTube in school is very inexpensive. Most schools already have internet either way. http://www.centerdigitaled.com/policy/YouTube-The-Next-Major-Teaching-Tool-.html

4. Google+ Hangouts  Google+ created “Hangouts” which allows people all over the world see each other face to face using the internet.  This is a free application that enables students to work together on projects or homework assignments without actually being next to each other. http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/ http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/

5. Web-Site Literacies  Teachers now post most information online  Ex: D2L, Professor Web Site  Students must know how to obtain this information  Must know how to access and download information off their required websites http://www.d2l.arizona.edu

6. Search-Engine Literacies  Search Engines give ability to broaden research beyond nearest library  Can access scholarly articles at click of button  JSTOR, EBSCO-Host, World Cat http://www.worldcat.org http://www.jstor.org

7. Instant Messaging  Commercialized by AOL in May 1997, it became a very successful form of real time peer to peer communication.  Can be accessed by http://www.aim.com/ http://www.aim.com/  Many other companies have adopted this instant online form of text communication: Facebook, MSN, Yahoo, Google http://computer.howstuffworks.com/e-mail-messaging/instant-messaging1.htm

8. Blogs  Web logs that are updated regularly by an author.  Blogs are used for many things: diaries, news outlets, promotions, etc.  There are many blogging sites out there today the top 5 are found here http://lifehacker.com/5568092/five-best-blogging- platforms http://lifehacker.com/5568092/five-best-blogging- platforms  Microblogging, which is popular today, is derived from blogs.  Well known sites such as Twitter are large scale microblogging platforms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog http://www.theeconomist.com http://lifehacker.com/5568092/five-best-blogging-platforms