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TOP TOOLS
TOP 10 TOOLS 2007
Lisa Valentine
Lisa is an
elearning adviser in the North West of England with a
particular remit for inclusion and accessibility. Lisa
taught for many years in Specialist Colleges for young
people with learning and other difficulties. Lisa blogs
at
CottonKnickersForAfrica.
Lisa's Top 10 Tools as at 6 August 2007
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Firefox and
Thunderbird
simply for ease of
use – does what it
says on the tin
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WordPress
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easy to use and
gives you loads of background information about your site.
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Wikispaces
- couldn’t
manage without this – use it for collaborative working with
colleagues in two different time zone 20 hours apart – so
versatile and I’m learning more about its use all the time
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StatCounter
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superb stat provider for your site.
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Wikipedia
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even with the
inaccuracies, it’s an easy first place to go for basics
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Skype -
what is there to
say
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Netvibes -
just
realised how much I need this when working away from my own
laptop. I was lost without my feed reader so needed an
online one.
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Facebook
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isn’t everyone on
this now.
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Jaiku -
great micro blogging site which can import feeds from your
contacts
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MindManager
and
Bubbl.us -
useful for
ordering thoughts, ideas and projects – bubbl.us is fantastic for collaborative
work
What are your
Top 10 tools - for
your own personal working and learning
and/or
creating, delivering or supporting others' learning?
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