Cammy is the Manager of Instructional Design at
InVision Learning in Westborough, Massachusetts.Cammy blogs at
Learning Visions.
Cammy's Top 10 Tools as at 31 January
2008
iGoogle My starting point for
just about every online activity. My google page has
links to my favorite Google tools, including Google
Reader, Gmail, Google Notebook.
BloggerIt's part of the Google brand, but
it merits its own line item. Blogger is what I started
with, so I feel sort of stuck with it. It does the job.
Adobe Flash
I don't
actually develop a thing with Flash myself, but our
designers and programmers do some fabulous stuff with
it! As an instructional designer, I feel like I can
design just about anything and these really smart people
can do something with it in Flash.
PowerPoint
Yes, there's lots of groaning about PowerPoint.
But I like to use it as a simple wireframe tool. I can't
program to save my life, but I can create a course flow
mockup using PowerPoint that gets my ideas across to
those who can make it look really good.
MediaWiki Wiki love. And I've only been using it
for my own project documentation. Haven't even gotten
into the collaborative aspect.
Bugtracker by FogBugz We've been using this bug
tracking software in-house. It's inexpensive, easy to
use, customizable, and sends email notifications when
bugs come in and when they get resolved.
Paper Call me old school, but I still like
to take notes with pen and paper. I carry a composition
book around with me most of the time to record meeting
notes, brainstorm, jot down other peoples' great ideas,
and doodle.
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Cammy's Top 10 Tools as at 26 July 2007
The Google Brand
iGoogle
My starting
point for just
about every
online activity.
Google Reader
All the
news I need to
know about
e-Learning in
one place.
Google Alerts
A nice adjunct
to Google
Reader; I'm
always
discovering
something new
via my
"instructional
design" alert.
Firefox I made the
switch from IE 6 a few months ago and I love it.
Although I think my love affair is mostly with the
Tab feature, which IE has as well.
BloggerIt's part of
the Google brand, but it merits its own line item.
Blogger is what I started with, so I feel sort of
stuck with it. It does the job.
Adobe Flash
I don't
actually develop a thing
with Flash myself, but
our designers and
programmers do some
fabulous stuff with it!
As an instructional
designer, I feel like I
can design just about
anything and these
really smart people can
do something with it in
Flash.
PowerPoint Yes, there's lots
of groaning about PowerPoint. But I like to use it
as a simple wireframe tool. I can't program to save
my life, but I can create a course flow mockup using
PowerPoint that gets my ideas across to those who
can make it look really good.
MediaWiki Wiki love.
And I've only been using it for my own project
documentation. Haven't even gotten into the
collaborative aspect.
Facebook It's only been
a few weeks, but Facebook has given me a whole new
warm and fuzzy feeling. I got a cupcake for my
birthday! What could be better than that?
Bugtracker by FogBugz
We've been using this bug tracking software in-house
for the last few months. It's inexpensive, easy to
use, customizable, and sends email notifications
when bugs come in and when they get resolved.
Paper
Call me old school, but I
still like to take notes with pen and paper. I carry
a composition book around with me most of the time
to record meeting notes, brainstorm, jot down other
peoples' great ideas, and doodle.