Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Hoot Turns Facebook into a Study Hall and Project Collaboration App
LifeHacker: With the Hoot app, Facebook may actually serve a very useful purpose if you're a student or want to collaborate on group projects. In addition to hosting group video for up to 8 participants and message threads on your topic, Hoot includes smart formatting for math and science.
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This app on facebook is really interesting in the fact that it could have huge potential in making a collaboration easier. Most people have a facebook account and I'm not really sure what other programs there are that lets you video chat with multiple people at once. It would be convenient for when you have a production staff that can't meet in person.
It seems funny because for so long facebook has been regarded as a terrible distraction to studying/doing homework, but now it seems to be making a transition into a study tool. I'm sure the hoot app won't be the only one to use facebook's new video messaging ability to promote productivity, and it'll be interesting to see how these types of app develop.
I'm a big fan of project management software. My group used one for our work on the Rube Goldberg project last year and it was fairly successful and useful. One minor problem we faced was getting everyone onto the system so since hoot is built around facebook everyone already has an account and it will therefore be easier to adapt to it and get it set up.
Beyond that I do not know the specifics of the application other than what was mentioned in the article but if it functions well this could be a very valuable tool for many of the projects in the School of Drama and I hope to try it out once or twice to see if it works well.
It makes sense for Facebook to begin developing group project oriented software, as it is a site which many students spend a fair amount of time on. Being able to control, edit, and manage school or workplace projects here is not only simple, but has the potential to be highly effective. Being able to communicate effectively with hectic schedules and over a broader range of distance is becoming increasingly important. Productivity and results may increase. Although I haven't yet used this platform, I would certainly be willing to try it on a future assignment in the School of Drama or in another area. It would be interesting to see if more work would occur in a shorter period of time, as I have speculated that it may.
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