My name is Susan
Bentley and I am the eLibrarian at Toorak
College in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia. I administer the library
catalogue, manage the library website, look after our
commercial database subscriptions and access points,
research emerging technologies and try to keep up with
developments in ebooks and Web 2.0.I have just begun to write
a new blog at
suesbent.wordpress.com
Susan's Top 10 Tools as at 31 March
2008
RSS aggregator. It
doesn’t matter what software you use.
Google Reader
is my preferred aggregator now. Reading RSS feeds is the
number one tool for learning new information from the
world wide web.
Blogging software To add
your own voice to the chorus and make network friends
blogging offers great support.
WordPress is
my favourite.
Del.icio.us
Bookmarking your favourite websites can be done
regardless of whether you are using your own pc or not.
The tags only need to make sense to you for future
reference.
SlideShare
allows you to upload and share your own PowerPoint
presentations.
Flickr This is
a great image tool for sharing photos and looking at the
great photos created by other people. It is a great
source of creative inspiration.
LibraryThing
Make a book shelf of your books at home, or better still
make a book shelf of your favourite books. Then have
hours of fun cross-referencing the tags to find new
titles from similar lists from other readers. Write a
review.
PBWiki Creating
wikis for collaborative projects has enormous potential
across many topics and applications. The plugins on
offer make this a dynamic and relevant tool for 21st
century learning.
Google Maps
and Google
Earth are irresistible tools for navigating around
this wonderful (small) planet. I can think of no better
way to learn geography online.
YouTube Video
footage is the media of choice and YouTube is the place
to go online. The ability to embed videos into other
webpages is a huge bonus for teaching and learning.
Wikipedia is
a great place to start for encyclopaedic research and
although it is still imperative that the information is
double-checked, the links and discussion forums are
great food for thought.
What are your
Top 10 tools for learning? Let us know and help to build the
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008
