DropShots

=**DropShots** =

==Dropshots is an online video and photo storage site that allows easy and private photo sharing online.The site is more than just a photo storage site, it prides itself on helping to maintain connections between people through sharing videos and pictures. The site also offers a blog to keep in touch and viewers can post feedback on photos and videos. Dropshot is a very secure site that has no public photo album and members have to be invited to view others pictures. There are no ads on this site to distract and confuse users, it is very member friendly. ==

** Strengths: **
 * Private sharing of videos and photos
 * Has blogs to follow invited friends
 * Others have to be invited to view albums
 * Easy to upload
 * Customize albums
 * Share videos with other classes and students
 * Automatically organized by dates
 * No Advertisements
 * Free accounts
 * Students cannot view content without being invited

** Weaknesses: **
 * Students may not have a computer to access website from home
 * Students may not have a digital camera or video recorder
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">No public albums to use as visuals
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Only content added can be accessed unless you add others that use the service too

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Opportunities: **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Feedback on photos and videos by others
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Allows users to upload and print photos through Kodak easily
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Users can upload photos and videos to social media and blogs easily from dropshots
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Could upload students pictures in a secure environment not viewable by others that are not invited

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Threats: **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Students may post inappropriate content
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Blogs are not monitored or screened for content

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Ideas for the classroom: **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Teachers and students can create albums of class projects and field trips to share with families
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Students can upload their personal photos to use while creating a digital story of themselves
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Good way to document projects like plant growing; or butterflies changing
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Students can document the school year in pictures and videos and then share their memories
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Class analyze similarities and differences between pictures from the past and from current that the teacher uploads