A Lifelong Learner Shares Thoughts About Education
This electronic circuit simulator is highly interactive giving the feeling of playing with real components. It’s very helpful for experimentation and visualization. Best of all, thanks to the power of HTML5, no plug-ins are required! The original implementation, in Java, belongs toPaul Falstad who kindly gave his permission for me to build this port.
This is a very solid and interesting list of Learning Technologies. I took a second and found some alternatives I wasn’t aware of and didn’t use. You might find the same. From EDUCAUSE.
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| TOP 100 TOOLS FOR LEARNING 2012 | |
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| About | Winners & Losers 2012 | Top 100 Tools 2007-2012
Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 – the results of the 6th Annual Learning Tools Survey – as voted for by 582 learning professionals worldwide, and compiled by the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. (Released 1 October 2012) “A learning tool is a tool to create or deliver learning content/solutions for others, or a tool for your own personal or professional learning.”
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| = | 1 | Social network & micro-blogging service | x | x | ||
| = | 2 | YouTube | Video-sharing site | x | x | |
| = | 3 | Google Docs/Drive | Office suite and data storage service | x | x | (x) |
| UP 11 | 4 | Google Search | Web search engine | x | ||
| = | 5 | WordPress | Blogging/website tool | x | x | x |
| = | 6 | Dropbox | File synchronization | x | x | (x) |
| DOWN 3 | 7 | Skype | Text and voice chat tool | x | x | (x) |
| UP 11 | 8 | PowerPoint | Presentation software | x | x | x |
| UP 5 | 9 | Social network | x | x | ||
| UP 1 | 10 | Wikipedia | Collaborative encyclopaedia | x | (x) | |
| DOWN 1 | 11 | Moodle | Course management system | x | (x) | |
| UP 5 | 12 | Evernote | Note-taking tool | x | ||
| DOWN 4 | 13 | Slideshare | Presentation hosting site | x | x | |
| DOWN 7 | 14 | Prezi | Presentation software | x | x | |
| DOWN 3 | 15 | Blogger/Blogspot | Blogging tool | x | x | |
| = | 16 | Google Reader | RSS Reader | x | ||
| UP 9 | 17 | Google+ / Hangouts | Social network/video meetings | x | x | |
| DOWN 5 | 18 | Diigo | Social bookmarking/ annotation tool | x | x | |
| UP 23 | 19 | Word | Word processing software | x | x | x |
| UP 11 | 20 | Yammer | Private social networking engine | (x) | x | x |
| DOWN 11 | 21 | Glogster EDU | Interactive poster tool | x | ||
| = | 22 | Edmodo | Educational social learning network platform | x | ||
| DOWN 2 | 23 | Professional social network | x | x | ||
| UP 9 | 24 | Scoopit | Curation software | x | x | |
| UP 5 | 25 | TED Talks/Ed | Inspirational tools/lessons | x | x | |
| DOWN 8 | 26 | Jing | Screencasting tool | x | x | x |
| DOWN 7 | 27 | Gmail | Web mail | x | (x) | (x) |
| = | 28 | Camtasia | Screencasting tool | x | x | |
| = | 29 | Audacity | Audio recorder/editing tool | x | x | x |
| DOWN 7 | 30 | Wikispaces | Wiki hosting platform | x | x | |
| DOWN 6 | 31 | Voicethread | Digital storytelling platform | x | ||
| UP 27 | 32 | Adobe Connect | Web conferencing software | x | ||
| UP 10 | 33 | Google Sites | Web/wiki hosting platform | x | x | (x) |
| UP 10 | 34 | iPad and apps | Apple tablet and apps | x | x | x |
| UP 10 | 35 | Google Chrome | Web browser | x | ||
| NEW | 36 | Virtual pinboard | x | x | ||
| UP 9 | 37 | Articulate | E-learning authoring software | x | x | |
| = | 38 | Google Maps | Interactive maps | x | x | x |
| DOWN 12 | 39 | Animoto | Video creation software | x | x | |
| DOWN 3 | 40 | Tweetdeck | Social media dashboard | x | ||
| UP 32 | 41 | Hootsuite | Social media dashboard | x | ||
| UP 5 | 42 | Snagit | Screen capture software | x | x | x |
| UP 5 | 43 | Adobe Captivate | E-Learning authoring software | x | x | |
| UP 20 | 44 | Livebinders | Digital organizer | x | x | |
| UP 20 | 45 | SharePoint | Collaboration platform | (x) | x | |
| UP 6 | 46 | Mindmeister | Mindmapping software | x | x | |
| UP 19 | 47 | iTunes and iTunesU | Audio/video player / course distribution platform | x | x | |
| DOWN 24 | 48 | Delicious | Social bookmarking tool | x | x | |
| UP 20 | 49 | Outlook | Email client | x | x | x |
| UP 10 | 50 | Blackboard Collaborate (previously Elluminate) |
Web conferencing software | x | ||
| UP 23 | 51 | SurveyMonkey | Survey software | x | x | x |
| BACK | 52 | Google Scholar | Search engine for scholarly works | x | (x) | |
| BACK | 53 | Adobe Photoshop | Photo editing software | x | x | |
| BACK | 54 | WebEx | Web conferencing software | x | ||
| DOWN 20 | 55 | Google Apps | Branded Google apps | x | x | x |
| UP 18 | 56 | Khan Academy | Video learning platform | x | x | |
| NEW | 57 | Google Translate | Online language translator | x | ||
| UP 24 | 58 | Quizlet | Flashcards & study games | x | ||
| DOWN 3 | 59 | Scribd | Document sharing site | x | x | |
| DOWN 24 | 60 | Flickr | Photo sharing site | x | x | |
| NEW | 61 | Social magazine for iPad etc | x | |||
| NEW | 62 | Bing | Web search engine | x | ||
| DOWN 6 | 63 | Ning | Community platform | x | x | x |
| DOWN 13 | 64 | Screenr | Screencasting tool | x | x | x |
| BACK | 65 | Firefox and addons | Web browser | x | ||
| NEW | 66 | Instapaper | Read it later tool | x | ||
| UP 2 | 67 | Udutu | Collaborative course authoring | x | x | |
| BACK | 68 | MovieMaker | Movie authoring tool | x | x | |
| BACK | 69 | Mindjet (prev Mindmanager) | Mindmapping tool | x | ||
| UP 12 | 70 | Kindle | E-book reader | x | ||
| UP 29 | 71 | OneNote | Note-taking software | x | ||
| DOWN 18 | 72 | Wallwisher (now Padlet) | Online noticeboard | x | ||
| NEW | 73 | Zite | Social magazine for iPad | x | ||
| DOWN 19 | 74 | iPhone and apps | Apple smartphone and apps | x | x | x |
| UP 7 | 75 | Poll Everywhere | Live audience polling | x | x | x |
| UP 14 | 76 | Pocket (prev Read it Later) | Read it later software | x | ||
| DOWN 3 | 77 | Edublogs | Educational blogging platform | x | x | |
| DOWN 29 | 78 | Vimeo | Video sharing site | x | x | |
| DOWN 40 | 79 | Wordle | Word cloud generator | x | x | |
| DOWN 39 | 80 | Symbaloo (and Edu) | Visual bookmarking dashboard | x | x | |
| = | 81 | Excel | Spreadsheet software | x | x | |
| UP 8 | 82 | Paper.li | Curation tool | x | ||
| DOWN 15 | 83 | Lino | Sticky note service | x | x | |
| DOWN 44 | 84 | Voki | Speaking avatars | x | ||
| UP 5 | 85 | Buddypress | Social engine (WordPress plugin) | x | x | |
| DOWN 28 | 86 | eFront | Course/Learning Management System | x | x | |
| DOWN 26 | 87 | OpenOffice | Office software | x | x | |
| DOWN 54 | 88 | PB Works | Wiki software | x | ||
| NEW | 89 | Learnist | Pinning learning sites | x | x | |
| NEW | 90 | MentorMob | Create Learning Playlists | x | x | |
| DOWN 24 | 91 | Mahara | ePortfolio/social networking platform | x | ||
| NEW | 92 | Doodle | Event scheduling | x | x | |
| BACK | 93 | Keynote | Presentation software | x | (x) | |
| DOWN 6 | 94 | Android phones and tablets | Devices using Google mobile operating system | x | x | |
| DOWN 6 | 95 | Blackboard | Course management system | x | ||
| BACK | 96 | Tumblr | Micro-blogging platform | x | ||
| NEW | 97 | Quora | Q&A platform | x | ||
| NEW | 98 | Windows Skydrive | File synchronization | x | ||
| NEW | 99 | Popplet | Online noticeboard | x | x | |
| DOWN 6 | 100 | iMovie | Video creation software | x | x |
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