In
2008 I took up the post
of Head of Library &
Information Services at
St Joseph's College,
Hunters Hill in Sydney
Australia. I'm a keen
user of Web 2.0 tools,
which supplement my
daily use of ICT to
work, laugh and play
online. I am passionate
in my search to discover
how best to work in a
multimodal environment
with my students, so
that they can experience
a creative and
productive edge to their
learning in an online
world - their world and
their future. I have
been blogging at
Heyjude since
2006, and continue to be
excited by emerging
technologies, innovation
with Web 2.0, and what
this all means for
schools and school
libraries. I also have
the pleasure of
regularly being able to
work as a learning
technology consultant on
diverse projects.
Judy's Top 10 Tools as at
30 March 2008
Firefox - my
favourite browser for a long time now, and so trustworthy
across platforms.
Wordpress -
though I have used many others, this remains my favourite
blogging platform.
Del.ici.ous -
how did we survive without social bookmarking? I use this
every day, and love the ease with which I can share
information with people in my network.
Flickr - another
tool I can't live without. The ability to store, share and
edit my images on Flickr makes it a core tool and essential
for all my work.
Wikispaces -
The collaborative function of wikispaces remains vital.
Though it is not the 'prettiest' wiki tool, it's so enmeshed
in K-12 education that I can't function without it, whether
for the Horizon Project, or for small class projects -
wikispaces is there in so many places.
Twitter - has
become my fastest and most essential micro-blogging
communication tool.
Second Life -
networking in the metaverse has never been so good. This is
an essential tool for learning for me and is becoming an
important tool for learning for my students too.
Bloglines - my
trusty Feed Reader - where would I be without it? The
original and still with me after all this time, making it a
favourite still.
SnagIt - with all
the Web 2.0 tools around, I still enjoy using SnagIT to do a
whole host of jobs for me. I load Snagit onto every single
machine I own.
MS Word - Under
everything I do are the many word documents that I write.
Never think of using anything else - so it makes it a
favourite, even if by default.What are your
Top 10 Tools for learning?
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the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008
