I am a Special Education Teacher at a small private special purpose school in Hinckley, Maine.  I co-teach high school U.S. History and English classes and teach 2 Fundamental English classes.  I have used technology for many years (Vic 20), but have only recently really attempted to integrate it into the classroom. 

Harold's Top 10 Tools as at 12 October 2009

This year Harold has shared his Top 10 list in a blog posting at his My Thoughts blog.  Read the posting for the full detail; the tools are listed below

1. Twitter

2. MS Office

3. Firefox

4. Blogger

5. Nitro PDF Professional

6. Scribefire

7. Google Reader

8. iGoogle

9. Google Apps

10. Google Search

Harold's Top 10 Tools as at 25 February 2008

1. Microsoft One Note 2007 – Simply an amazing program that I have only been using since January and wish that I had been using for the last 5 years.  I am reducing my paper use tremendously .

2. Firefox – Simple to use, very customizable and free

3. Inspiration – Mind mapping software

4.  Microsoft Word 2007 – Still the standard and much improved with the new ribbon interface

5.  Microsoft Outlook 2007 – Improved many of the bugs from 2003 and it is required at work

6.  Zoho Office – Lots of applications and I can access stuff from anywhere and any computer

7. Windows Live Writer – Love how I can put my blog together in a WYSIWYG style, I use it to write all of my blogs.

8. Google Reader – Use it everyday to look at my feeds

9.  Igoogle – My internet start page, and what most of my students use as their start page

10. Adobe Reader – There might be others that leave a smaller footprint or are quicker, but it still the standard

As you can see I am still pretty Microsoft centric, I have tried many of the online versions i.e. Slideshare, Google: Docs, Notebook , Flickr, Open Office, Buzzword, Foxit etc. and have decided to use what works best for me, regardless of who produces it and right now Microsoft consistently meets my needs better than others out there