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Learning Tools Directory 2010
Now completely overhauled, updated and reorganised into 12 categories of tools
for formal, personal, group and organisational learning

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INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS
LIVE TOOLS
DOCUMENT & PRESENTATION TOOLS
BLOGGING, WEB & WIKI TOOLS
IMAGE, AUDIO & VIDEO TOOLS
COMMUNICATION TOOLS
MICRO-BLOGGING TOOLS
& TWITTER APPS
MORE COLLABORATION TOOLS
SOCIAL NETWORKING & COLLABORATION SPACES
PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
BROWSERS, PLAYERS & READERS
MOBILE TOOLS

Top Tools for Learning
Here are the Top 100 Tools lists for the last 3 years compiled from the Top 10 Tools lists of learning professionals worldwide

2009

2008  |  2007

Top 10 Tools Lists of Learning Professionals worldwide

Top 10 Tools Lists 2009

Alpha list of contributors 2007-2009


25 Tools
 
Key tools every learning professional
should have in their toolbox
2009 version
2008 version

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LEARNING TOOLS DIRECTORY 2010
Microblogging Tools

TOOLS: A-Q  |  Tools R - Z

These tools are for real-time updating (140 characters at a time) as well as a range of Twitter apps.

Key:
M=Public micro-blogging/backchannel tools
P=Private micro-blogging tools
 T=useful Twitter apps/clients
= a Top 100 Tool, click on the star for more info

A M P T
2tweet
Tweet multiple photos & videos directly from your email
Free, Hosted
    x
Add Tweets
add your latest tweets to your blog or website using a small piece of JavaScript code.
Free, Add code
    x
AlmostAt
Following people at real-world events in real-time
Free, Hosted
x    
AskOnTwitter
A simple application that collects all tweets with the phrase 'Does Anyone Know' in it and displays them on these pages, for everyone to see - and to answer!
Free, Hosted
    x
B M P T
BackNoise
lets you create conversations on the fly, in meetings, watching TV, during class, on the train, anywhere and anytime
Free, Hosted
x    
BeTwittered
iGoogle Twitter gadget. Refreshes every 3 minutes, and you can post updates without ever leaving your Google home page
Free, Hosted
    x
bingtweets
see deeper, real-time information about the hottest topics on Twitter by fusing Bing search results with the latest tweets
Free, Hosted
    x
BirdHouse
A notepad for Twitter. iPhone Twitter app
Free, Download
    x
brizzly
a reader that works with Twitter and Facebook
Free, Hosted
    x
C M P T
Chir.ps
Your voice and sounds on Twitter
Free, Hosted
    x
Cirip
Micro-blogging platform
Free, Hosted
x    
Colour Lovers
Customise your Twitter page
Free, Hosted
    x
ConvoMonitor
a dashboard view that allows you to track your brand on Twitter. You also can track Twitter conversations about any topic, word, phrase, idea, or person
Free, Hosted
    x
coTweet
a platform that helps companies reach and engage customers using Twitter.
Free, Hosted
    x
E M P T
EasyTweets
Promote your business and monitor your brands
£, Free Trial, Hosted
    x
Echofon
For Firefox - keep up with Twitter from within your browser; For Mac - native OS X Twitter app; For iPhone - superfast, easy to use
Free, Download
    x
Edmodo
a private social platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments.
Free, Hosted
  x  
F M P T
Facebook Twitter application
Do you use Facebook? Add your Twitter account so that it updates what you are doing in Facebook, and use Twitter from within Facebook
Free, Hosted
    x
Feed Tweeter
a little service that allows you to link Twitter and Plurk to your other activities.
Free, Hosted
    x
FileSocial
Allows you to share any file through your Twitter account.
Free, Hosted
    x
FileTwit
upload and tweet about your files for free
Free, Hosted
    x
flick.to.twit
post a photo to Flickr and announce it on Twitter right away
Free, Hosted
    x
Flokio
Start your own micro-blogging group
Free, Hosted
x x  
follow for a day
Follow a random twitter user for one day, then switch to the next. And the best part? We'll do all the work for you!
Free, Hosted
    x
Followformation
Tool for twitter users who want to follow the top people in the areas of their interest
Free, Hosted
    x
G M P T
Geotweeting
It adds maps to tweets, with optional photos, notes, star ratings and a choice of map icons to share
Free, Hosted
    x
GroupTweet
turns a standard Twitter account into a group communication hub where members can post updates to everyone in the group using direct messages
Free, Hosted
    x
H M P T
hashtags.org
real-time tracking of Twitter hashtags
Free, Hosted
    x
HootSuite
client to manage multiple Twitter profiles, pre-schedule tweets, and measure your success.  Web and iPhone app
Free, Hosted/Donwload
    x
I M P T
identi.ca
Public micro-blogging service
Free, Hosted
x    
img.ly
the social photo sharing service
Free, Hosted
    x
J M P T
Jaiku
Create your activity stream
Free, Hosted
x    
Jajah Call
Make calls by using Twitter
Free, Hosted
    x
Jisko
it's a webpage that allows you to publish whatever you're doing at any moment in a message of only 140 characters
Free, Hosted
x    
Jively
Social media and news platform to share and tag what’s happening around you as it happens
Free, Hosted
x    
Jotabl
Your Twitter shoutbox
Free, Hosted
    x
Just Tweet It
Find other Tweeters just like you
Free, Hosted
    x
LazyTweet
Use Twitter to ask a question
Free, Hosted
    x
Listorious
find the best Twitter lists
Free, Hosted
    x
M M P T
Magpie
platform enables advertisers to create relevant, controlled and individualized sponsored conversations in a mutually beneficial partnership between advertisers and twitterers.
Free, Hosted
    x
microblogr
instantly connect and collaborate with your friends along with discovering new ones
Free, Hosted
x    
Monitter
It's a twitter monitor, it lets you "monitter" the twitter world for a set of 3 keywords and watch what people are saying
Free, Hosted
    x
MyTweetSpace
customise and brand your Twitter space
Free, Hosted
    x
O M P T
Obayoo
helps you connect and share with your colleagues you work with everyday
Free, Hosted
  x  
OutTwit
Twitter add-in for MS Outlook
Free, Download
    x
P M P T
PageTweet
Spread your message
Free, Hosted
    x
Plerb
Start your own micro-blog and join the discussion
Free, Hosted
x    
Plurk
A social journal for your life
Free, Hosted
x    
Poll Everywhere
Ask your audience for their opinion, and display their tweets directly in your PowerPoint slides
Free/£, Download/Hosted
    x
Power Twitter
Add-on for Firefox, adds extra features to Twitter
Free, Download
    x
Presently
award-winning micro-blogging platform that keeps your company connected in real-time.
Free, Hosted/Download
  x  

Tools R - Z

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