Barry is CIO at Lake Superior College in Duluth, MN in
the US. He makes several presentations each year about
Web 2.0 tools and other free software useful in educational
technology and e-learning. The following is taken from
his email to us:
Barry's Top 10 tools as at 25 January 2008
Zoho Writer - Simply the best online word
processor and integrates well with the rest of the Zoho suite.
- Photo site keeps getting better and better. I have
2,301 photos there and growing every week.
del.icio.us
-
I keep finding more ways to use this productively.
Always a big hit in my workshops.
PBwiki -
I almost stopped using wikis about a year ago, but
PBwiki brought me back with all kinds of new plug-ins
and added functionality, plus it is ad-free for
educators
Picnik -
Very solid photo editing tool with several extra bells
and whistles and one of the best user interfaces on the
web.
Toondoo -
I encourage all educators to add a little creativity to
their courses with comic strip creation - and Toondoo is
the best tool for that.
iMeem - More and more full-length songs are available
all the time. Make a playlist that adds a musical touch
to an online class or just background music when grading
tests
iGoogle -
This is a fantastic start page for Google users. One
click away from Gmail, Google Reader, and thousands of
widgets to choose from.
Blip.tv - YouTube may have more users, but Blip delivers higher
quality for embedding in blog posts and web pages.
Additionally, Barry does more complete write-ups on
his blog. Here is the category:
Top Web Tools
Barry also has a blog site called "Free Web-based
Tools" that he maintains and uses for the many Web
2.0 workshops that he gives:
freewebtools.wordpress.com/
What are your
Top 10 tools for learning? Let us know and help to build the
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008
I also have another doc where I list those that might
make my year-end 2007 list. I expect this list to change
quite a bit still before the end of the year:
