Drupal:
My online life is centered around a
Drupal installation. It is my blogging
platform, as well as the content management
system which houses my important online
artifacts.
Del.icio.us: While there are many fine
online social bookmarking sites available,
del.icio.us is still my favorite because
of the extensive network. At EdTechTalk.com,
we use
del.icio.us to aggregate educational
technology links bookmarked within our
community of educators - see
del.icio.us/edtechtalk where we
have over 3,100 bookmarked web sites. The
links that are shared each week within the
network form the content for our live
EdTechWeekly web cast.
Flickr: I upload or link to Flickr
photos several times a week. Beyond using
Flickr to house traditional photos, I also
use it to store presentation slides saved as
.jpeg files. Flickr makes interfacing with
other slideshow applications, such as
VoiceThread, a snap.
Firefox: Firefox is more than a great
browser. It is also my online desktop loaded
with invaluable add-ons, such as ScribeFire
for blogging and Zotero for research
citations.
Skype: Skype does more than just
facilitate voice and video conversations. It
also is my primary "chat" client.
Twitter: While I have a love / hate
relationship with Twitter, it has become an
important means of staying current with the
latest news and resources in education and
technology. I now follow Twitter closer than
blogs.
Google Docs: I can't image going back to
the days of e-mailing draft documents within
a group. Google Docs is the application I
use when I need to collaborate on any
writing project with a group.
Audacity: Audacity is still the best
application I have found for simple
recording and editing of audio. It just
works.
Ustream: At EdTechTalk, we have been
using Ustream.tv to stream live web cast for
several months now. The possibilities of
both live and on-demand audio and video
presentations are tremendous.
Yugma: Yugma is an excellent screen
sharing application. At EdTechTalk, we have
used Yugma many times to facilitate live
interactive web casts. Combined with Skype,
it provides a great free online presentation
option.
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