Links for 2-17-08 to 2-24-08

Tools, Web 2.0, Websites

This is my eighth week posting my links. It’s been a good exercise for me, not only because I’m keeping track of what I’m doing, but because I’ve also started blogging a lot more, and I like that. As I look over this week’s links, I realize that these posts are more the cool tools that I’m looking at, but that’s just fine.  See this week after the jump.

Here is what I found interesting this week, first from my del.icio.us account:

• e-Learning Reloaded: Top 50 Web 2.0 Tools for Info Junkies, Researchers & Students | OEDb I think I generally do a good job keeping up with what all the new tools out there are, but this list has some I’ve never heard of. It’s also designed well and separated out into categories like “learning,” “search tools,” “communication” and more.
• What We Can Learn About Instructional Design from Post-it™ Notes - The Rapid eLearning Blog Tom Kuhlmann runs the Rapid eLearning Blog, and here has a very interesting post on how sometimes we, as instructional designers, sometimes don’t get to what’s really important in our instruction. Great read, and a great blog!
• Getting Things Done Zone on OfficeZealot.com I’m always trying to be more productive, and this page is chock full of ideas . . .
• More than 100 Free Places to Learn Online - and Counting | Mission to Learn HUGE LIST of free places to learn online, and I’m talking everything from bartending to massages to theology. Cool stuff.

From my Google Reader:

• GOM Player from Alvin’s Educational Technology Blog A new media player I haven’t heard of yet, but looks interesting. I’m not necessarily a big fan of Windows Media Player, and I find that iTunes is what I use, but this one looks worth a try.
• Kids Explain Podcasting from Podcasting News The tagline reads, “6th graders talk about what podcasting is and how podcasting builds on English/Language Arts skills.”
• Just One More Book!! Children’s book Review Podcasts from EdTechPost Kids reviewing books via podcasts.
• View PDF Documents in Your Browser at PdfMeNot.com [PDFs] from Lifehacker VERY COOL tool that converts your .pdf files so they can be embedded in your page rather than have to open in an outside application.
• You and Your Money in 30 Free eBooks from Dumb Little Man - Tips for Life A link to eBooks on everything from estate planning, to how to buy life insurance to warnings about identity theft.
• The Savvy Teacher’s Digital Tool Box: Screen Capture Programs from EdTech Gold Rush Alix Peshette reviews screen capture programs.
• Writing learning objectives for the right audience from MindLeaders: Fueling the Learning Revolution Interesting post wondering if learning objectives are worth the effort.
• GabMail from Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day Free video e-mail. Thanks, Jane!
• 25 Wikipedia Alternatives for Online Students from The Online Universities Weblog Do I really need to annotate that?
• 12 Screencasting Tools For Creating Video Tutorials Divided into free and commercial categories.
• Make Low-Res Videos Less Blocky with FixMyMovie [Video] from Lifehacker This product is free, and I need to try it.
• Wakerupper from Inspiring Iris Set up telephone reminders via the web.
• Audiko helps you to create Ringtones in a Snap! from GO2WEB20 Blog Now if I can just get a phone I can add ringtones to.
• Qik, Wix and Start4all.com from Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day I’m most interested in Wix, which allows you to create Flash content for the web.
• “Successful blogging…” from Blogging IT and EDucation Cool tool that looks at the title of your blog post, compares it to Digg, and tells you how successful of a title it should be in attracting interest.

dr.curry @ February 26, 2008