Interview with the winner of the first stage of the competition uToodle or ' Known issues '

Catherine Gubchik, customer support.

Most recently, we have summed up the first results. competition uToodle. or ' Known issues '. Anyone can create his own lesson on any of Google's products and share them with other users.
The winner was Alex Stepanov. See. it uToodle on Google Dictionary. !.

Alex agreed to share the experience with beginners lessons creators.

a. Alex, how did you hear about the contest uToodle?.

I'm looking for something in the background on Google and came across a post about the contest. I thought that the idea of ​​teaching materials is noteworthy and should be required to participate.

2. Why did you choose service Dictionaries Google?.

I believe that the subject matter of translation from foreign languages ​​is very relevant in the Internet. Thanks to the Internet, users can communicate with the world, but of little use this feature, if you can not understand what you want to say at the other end of the world. As a result, many users are locked into their national segment of Internet. If before a bridge between different cultures was the English language, but now thanks to Google translator and dictionary translation process is much simpler - people from different countries can communicate freely with each other without even knowing any foreign language.

3. Which program was used to create uToodle?.

To create uToodle I used the program Camtasia Studio 6. I believe that this program is ideal for creating interesting educational screencasts.

4. Was it difficult to create uToodle?.

In principle there is no. First, it was necessary to choose an interesting topic, and then decide on the list of features that I wanted to tell, but what was on the process of creating the most uToodle with several adjustments during the editing.

5. You wrote in the title, it's Part One. Do you plan to create lessons for the future?.

The fact is that initially I wanted to describe the transfer function is much more. However, found that three- minute video will be the best option for the perception of the viewer. So I decided to break into pieces uToodle. In the future I'm going to finish uToodle of transfers, as well as create new classes of services Google Patents, News Google, Google Alerts and other. I want as many people know that Google is more than just search. Also, I want to show how to implement an effective search using the Google search engine. That's why I started blogging http://stalex7. blogspot. com /, on technology Google.

6. What advice can you give a beginner?.

Search Google and interesting opportunities to share them with people through the uToodle;).

Thank you, Alex!.

Those who want to participate in the creation of uToodle, can read the rules. here.

Good luck!.