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       Chapter five of The Connected Educator discusses in great detail different tools to help professionals with communicating, documenting and social networking.  This chapter listed many great websites that can help enhance one's ability to learn and collaborate with others.  Creating a good online presence can help people seem more attractive to potential employers.  By taking advantage of websites and tools such as blogs to share knowledge and learn from others it can help build digital footprints.  The text listed several tools for documenting and archiving learning such as social bookmarking and the websites Delicious and Diigo.  The tool that I personally found most intriguing was the Diigo website, because it seemed to have the most useful features.  Diigo has basic features that allow learners to stay organized online by tagging interesting webpages and articles.  It also allows individuals to communicate with others that have similar interests, that might have more inf

         Google Meets has started to become one of the top contenders of video conferencing throughout the recent years.  It's biggest competitors are said to be Zoom, Skype and Microsoft Teams.  Throughout the pandemic Google Meets became a popular site for businesses and schools to continue work virtually.  Google Meets allows for all individuals with a Google account to video conference whenever.  Some of its most inportant features are that it allows up to one hundred people on each call and there is no time limit required.  There is also a screensharing feature which allows anyone in the meeting to show their screen, in order to present or explain directions.      Virtual meeting conferences have become increasingly popular since the pandemic in 2020.  Businesses and schools all over the world were forced to operate as usual, virtually.  Since then businesses have realized that instead of meeting in person it is much more convenient to meet virtually.  By having platforms such