TOP 10 TOOLS 2007 & 2008
Mike Taylor

Mike is a learning development consultant for American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio.

Mike's Top 10 Tools as at 1 October 2009

Mike has updated his list on his blog in this posting but here's a summary of the tools:

1. Google Reader

2. Twitter

3. PowerPoint

4. Articulate

5. SnagIt

6. PB Works

7. Delicious

8. Picnik.com

9. WordPress

10. Firefox

Mike's Top 10 Tools as at 15 March 2008

1. Google Reader
2. Twitter
3. Delicious
4. Ning
5. YouTube
6. Audacity
7. Articulate
8. PowerPoint
9. SnagIt
10. Picnik.com

Mike's Top 10 Tools as at 9 February 2008

1. Firefox
2. Google Reader
3. del.icio.us
4. Wordpress
5. PowerPoint
6. Articulate
7. Wikispaces
8. Audacity
9. Google Search
10. SlideShare

Mike's Top 10 Tools as at 21 August 2007

1. Firefox - I practically live in Firefox. With all the great plug-ins I can interact with several of the other items on my Top 10 list such as Delicious, WordPress, Picnik and Google

2. Google Reader, Google Search, iGoogle and Google Notebook - An integrated set of online tools for research, documents, notes, and a start page.

3. del.icio.us - All my bookmarks with notes from one location accessible from anywhere

4. picnik - Great for image/photo editing and capturing browser screens; integrates directly with Firefox, flickr, Picasa Web Albums

5. Wordpress - Super easy publishing

6. Wikispaces - Notes, research and collaboration that is easily done "on the fly"

7. Articulate: Presenter & QuizMaker (also Engage) - Excellent elearning tools that allow SMEs to work in PowerPoint and developers to quickly produce high quality online learning content

8. Audacity - Easy to use, free audio editor

9. Captivate - Flash presentations, screencasts, and learning content made easy.

10. PowerPoint - Basic tool for generating online content. Most of my PowerPoints end up being converted to Flash, etc via Articulate