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Janet Clarey

Janet Clarey is a Senior Researcher at Brandon Hall Research. She writes about (and researches) learning technology tools and systems, and organizational best practices. Janet blogs here.

Janet's Top 10 Tools as at 24 August 2008

  1. WordPress: I use WordPress for educational blogging and as a personal content management tool.
  2. iGoogle: I use iGoogle to manage my personal learning and work environment. On my home page, I have Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Bookmarks, Google Reader, Google Docs, and of course Search and use each daily.
  3. Skype: I use Skype to IM, video chat, and collaborate with others.
  4. Facebook: I have been using Facebook as my primary social networking tool and aggregator for other web-based services like FriendFeed
  5. Wikispaces: I am using Wikispaces to manage content from multiple facilitators for our upcoming conference.
  6. Ning: I am using Ning as a social network for our upcoming conference. I am using it to mashup and create a Web 2.0 platform that incorporate widgets for Twitter, Google calendar, social tagging links, LinkedIn group, Facebook group, badges, blog, wiki, etc.
  7. MS PowerPoint:: (Still) my primary tool for presenting information at educational workshops both face-to-face and online is PowerPoint
  8. SnagIt: Screen capture tool and photo editor for blogging, wiki, Ning, documents
  9. Twhirl: Microblogging desktop client to collaborate and communicate
  10. Blackberry: For mobile learning and working

Janet's Top 10 Tools as at 14 January 2008

  1. WordPress: I use WordPress for educational blogging and as a personal content management tool.
  2. iGoogle: I use iGoogle to manage my personal learning and work environment. On my home page, I have Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Bookmarks, Google Reader, and Google Docs and use each daily.
  3. Mozilla Firefox: After years of using IE, I recently switched to Firefox. Browsing is efficient which make me more productive.
  4. MS Outlook: The email platform I use for corporate communication.
  5. Skype: I use Skype to IM, video chat, and conference with others.
  6. Facebook: I have been using Facebook as my primary social networking tool.
  7. Wikipedia: A starting point and ending point for most of the things I research.
  8. MS PowerPoint: My primary tool for presenting information at educational workshops both face-to-face and online is PowerPoint
  9. Blackboard: The LMS that Syracuse University uses. This is my “formal” learning environment.
  10. SecondLife: My 3D online virtual environment

Janet's Top 10 Tools as at 23 July 2007

  1. WordPress: Why I like this blogging tool over others: It works and it's easy to use. That's it. If something's not easy to use, I just don't use it.

  2. Google: I like the Google Reader because I can get through a lot of reading quickly and usefully tag blog posts for future use. I like Gmail because it groups my mail and catches a lot of spam. I like Google Mobile (chat, mail, maps, search) because it works well (quick, easy) on my device. I like the search options Google:  offers (Scholar, Images, etc.). I also like Google Talk because it just sits in the background quietly waiting to do its job. Oh, and I like iGoogle and tabs. I also use Alerts to keep me informed about a topic I'm researching or interested in

  3. HTML: Still using it as a tool to make things more readable...10 years later.

  4. SmartFTP:  I like SmartFTP for transferring files from my computer to the server. It's been reliable for a couple of years now

  5. SnagIt: Simple way to capture anything on the screen.

  6. Adobe Acrobat Professional:  I work with a lot of large documents in other formats. I like the Search capability and it's an easy way to read and organize large documents.

  7. Skype: It's cheap and has worked well so far...although this is a relatively new tool for me.

  8. Inspiration: I like this simple tool for brainstorming.

  9. Dreamweaver: I use DW for Web site creation and management

  10. Social networking tools: Explode, Facebook, and LinkedIn have been the most useful social networking tools I've used to date.

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