I've been in education,
training, and instructional design for 20 years. I have
taught in public and private school systems around the
United States and in Germany. Currently, I an an
instructional designer and developer primarily creating
leadership development programs in West Chester,
Pennsylvania. I design and develop multimedia learning
applications as well as design, develop, and deliver
classroom experiences
Janice's Top 10 Tools as at
16 March 2008
Flash - I love this
tool because it's flexible. Yeah, it's not easy to learn but
once you learn action script, you never want to go back to
restrictive "template" type tools. It makes interactive,
non-linear eLearning cool.
Facebook - When
training people around the globe, building social
connections between learners is critical. Facebook helps
learners put a face with a name and learn personal fact
about other learners.
Delicious - I
personally use this tool to keep up with what other people
in the field are doing. There's so much information out
there on the internet that it's overwhelming to find the
really useful stuff. Being about to find other people who
are passionate about the same things I am and being able to
look at their list of links is priceless!
iGoogle - This is
a personal learning environment favorite of mine simply
because I can organize my favorites on my home page.
Google Sticky Notes - I love this because I can collect
web notes and type out my ideas in one place and access my
list from all computers.
iPod - I can create
podcasts that people can download and learn from. I also
love that audio books can be played on my iPod
iTunes - easy to
use, tons of stuff to download and learn from - books,
podcasts, video
Ning - I use this to
create social spaces for my learners
VoiceThread -
I love the collaboration feature of this tool. It's great
for digitalstories and even greater because participants can
comment on each other's stuff...with audio!
Wordpress
-
Blogs are great
for learning from others, reflection, story sharing,
facilitating connections among people, philosophizing, and
much more!
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