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25 Tools
every Learning Professional should have in their Toolbox - and all for FREE!

This 2009 version of the 25 Tools resource
will be available after the next round of
voting for the Top 100 Tools for Learning.

In March 2008 over 200 learning professionals worldwide contributed their Top 10 Tools for Learning.  From this we compiled Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 list.  These tools are the most popular free tools in 25 tool categories.  They are a mix of personal productivity tools (for managing personal learning) as well as authoring tools (for creating learning solutions). Many of them are Web 2.0 tools that promote a social, collaborative, sharing approach to learning.

25 Tools
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25 Tools Information and Mini Tutorials

Here you can find out more about the Tools: The Info pages link to pages where you can find more general info about the tools and why learning professionals selected them as one of their Top 10 Tools.  Tutorials (where available) are part of the Introduction to Social Learning online resource. 

    Info Pages Tutorials
1 Firefox Firefox Browse the web effectively - with Firefox
2 Delicious Delicious Store and share bookmarks online - with Delicious
3 Google Reader Google Reader Subscribe to blogs and news feeds - using Google Reader
4 gMail gMail Use webmail effectively - with gMail
5 Skype Skype Use IM and voice calls over the Internet - with Skype and Yugma
19 Yugma Yugma
6 Google Calendar Google Calendar Share your calendar online - with Google Calendar
7 Google Docs Google Docs Set up an online document, spreadsheet or presentation -  using Google Docs
8 iGoogle iGoogle Keep track of resources on a personalised dashboard - using iGoogle
9 Slideshare Slideshare 1: Discover and comment on presentations online - on Slideshare 
2: Share your own presentations - with Slideshare
3: Share a narrated presentation online - with Audacity and Slideshare
10 Flickr flickr 1: Discover and comment on photos online - on Flickr
2: Share your own photos  - with Flickr
11 Voicethread Voicethread Set up a collaborative presentation - using Voicethread
12 Wordpress Wordpress Write a blog - using WordPress
13 Audacity Audacity Create and share a podcast - with Audacity
14 YouTube YouTube 1: Discover and watch videos online - on YouTube and other sites
2: Create and share a video online - using YouTube
15 Jing Jing Create and share screenshots and screencasts online - using Jing
17 Polldaddy Polldaddy Create and share an online poll - using Polldaddy
18 Nvu Nvu Not available
16 PBWi PBwiki
20 Ustream Ustream Set up a live broadcast - using Ustream
21 Ning Ning 1: Join a social network - on Ning
2: Create a social network - using Ning
22 Freemind Freemind not available
23 eXe eXe Create a formal online learning space - using Moodle
24 Moodle Moodle
25 Twitter Twitter Micro-blog - using Twitter

Poll
Which is your favourite of the 25 Tools?

25 Tools Community
Join the Community and discuss these tools with
over 400 learning professionals from around the world.


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Reviews of the 25 Tools resource

"Jane Hart is a great eLearning professional because she pins down what is important and distributes it to anyone who is interested". Ignatia, 17 June 2008

Seb Schmoller reviews the 25 Tools PD resource in his Fortnightly Mailing, 13 April 2008

AlphaPlus Centre blog in Toronto Canada reviews the 25 Tools PD resource, 13 April 2008

"I highly recommend going to the site and working through the activities for any of the tools you are unfamiliar with  .." Computer Science Teachers Association, the Advocate, April 2008

"25 Tools Professional Development Programme "is one of many produced by Jane Hart. Its an interesting compilation of 'free' tools' , many of which you are probably aware of. It's a resource that's being constantly updated. Well worth exploring and getting to grips with some of these useful tools. One of the nice things about the site is that it provides you with some simple tasks so you can get an idea of what each tool does."  E-Learning Watch, 1 April 2008

Jenny Lucas writes about the 25 Tools Professional Development opportunity in her blog, Lucacept, 31 March 2008

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