Assignment #16-Fun and Interesting Websites

Free and Cheap Stuff
www.freecycle.com
The Freecycle Network™ is made up of  8,958,160 members around the world. This website promotes getting rid of your excess stuff to other people, instead of the landfill. There is an active site here in Story County. It's a great way of recycling. Go Green!

Webcasts
www.soundcloud.com
This website is designed so that you can create sounds and share them with others. You can upload and download music and even share it on social media sites.

Online Storage
www.dropbox.com
You can use this website to share documents, videos and  photos with people all over the world, or even just a fellow student here at Ames High. This is especially helpful when doing a group project where multiple people have to use and see the same information.

Google Tools
Google Translate
This Google tools website is used to translate words, phrases or even Web pages from English to just about any other language. There is also a feature that you can use to hear the words spoken in any language.

Favorite Website
www.pandora.com
This Internet radio website is free and customizable to your own musical tastes. I can listen to just about anything as I'm doing my homework on my computer. You can even search by different genres of music in order to broaden my musical tastes.

Gathering
www.facebook.com
Facebook is the website for social media. The website currently has over 900 million users from all over the world. You can share stories, photos, links and just about anything on Facebook. This is the way that many teenagers communicate today.

Organization
www.cozi.com
Cozi is a website dedicated to organizing a busy family. You can generate lists and most importantly calendars. My mom uses this website in order to make a family calendar of all our activities. It's supposed to keep me organized too!