I'm passionate about Moodle and using web
2.0 tools to inspire and motivate students. I manage several
geography websites and run a personal blog
www.moodleblog.org about my experiences with Moodle.
Mary's Top 10 Tools as at 5 August 2008
Moodle:
the most popular, the most customizable, the most community
driven VLE in existence
Wordpress having dabbled in Dreamweaver and other
programs I find the ease of use anywhere and the huge choice
of free beautiful templates is dragging me more and more
away from conventional web design.
Opera
web browser its faster than the others and I love the
speed dial facility in the latest version
Irfanview free quick and easy way to
create or edit images in a hurry
Twitter putting aside the bacon sandwich banalities it
has proven to be a great connector of like minded colleagues
world wide
Adobe Captivate expensive but the best of the paid
bunch I feel, though Winks a good free alternative.
Audacity who needs anything more complex or pricey?
Googledocs work from home; collaborate and chat at the
same time!
Hotpotatoes as basic or as complex as you
want to make it; a wonderful tool for engaging students and
saving yourself time marking!
Notepad does what it says simple way to edit files,
keep reminders and generally be unpretentiously useful
