I am the Lead
Community Manager for
LearnHub, an Education 2.0 company based out of
Toronto, Ontario. I have been diligently growing what is
now a populated, active social learning community full
of great members and topical communities. Working with
online communities is undoubtedly one of the most
rewarding careers. I have the pleasure of working with
amazing people from all over the world, helping them
develop some of the most engaging content found on the
internet. Who wouldn't love that? No doubt that is why
online communities are so popular!
Before arriving on the LearnHub scene, I was the
Community Manager for Habbo Hotel, a virtual hotel for
teenagers.
Adam's Top 10 Tools as at
20 March 2008
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LearnHub
- I am
deeply involved in a number of educational communities
within LearnHub: Photography 101, Education 2.0,
Geography, Canadian History, and Creative Writing. I
often find myself sharing my own knowledge through
lesson articles, uploading videos, creating tests, as
well as interacting with tons of other members
interested in the same topics as me. I have access to a
bunch of member created content that has already made me
a much smarter person!
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Wikipedia -
If I ever need a quick quip of information on - anything
really - I can search Wiki and get exactly what I need.
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Firefox - If I
am using Windows or OS X, I always use Firefox. It's
stable and has a great number of useful add-ons.
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Camtasia Studio
- A video screen capture program that allows me to make
great quality educational videos in very few steps.
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iTunes - For
all my music needs! I'm listening to my music right now
in fact.
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Adobe Photoshop - I've been using Photoshop since
version 4.0. It is no doubt the best image
editing/creation program out there.
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Thunderbird - A solid e-mail program that I've never
had any problems with. Like Firefox, it has a ton of
great add-ons.
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Edublogs - Everyday I find more and more great blogs
on Education. There are so many amazing people connected
to this.
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flickr
- No doubt the best image hosting and
community site out there. Fast, reliable, and easy to
use.
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Google Docs - The best way to share and
cooperatively edit documents with other people. It's
solid and has no formatting issues when copying and
pasting from outside sources.