I'm a
training and development
professional with 20+
(ouch!) years of
experience in
instructional design,
instructor
certification, and
training management. I
recently joined Shriners
Hospital for Children in
Portland, Oregon, as
Manager of Education and
Development. I was the
second person in my
state to achieve the
designation of Certified
Professional in Learning
and Performance (CPLP)
through the American
Society for Training and
Development (ASTD). You
can read my blog and
browse my online
portfolio at
www.shari-ward.com.
Shari's Top 10 Tools as at
30 March 2008
iGoogle -
I have built a dashboard on iGoogle, bringing together
all of my favorite web search tools in one place. It is
my home page, which allows me to quickly and easily
access widgets such as one for look-ups on
Dictionary.com, another that monitors and pulls in new
posts from my favorite blogs (like Jane's E-Learning
Pick of the Day!), as well as news headlines. It helps
me with my daily learning.
WordPress
- I have learned so much about myself and others through
blogging, and WordPress makes it easy to do.
WikiSpaces
- I have built a space that I use as my "electronic
filing cabinet" for samples of work I have done. I've
also built a space that I use for my online portfolio so
that others can learn about the quality and scope of my
work.
Scribd -
Alllows me to upload documents and then share them in a
unique electronic format that presents like a book,
where you can click to "turn" the pages. I love it!
htm2pdf - I just recently became aware of this
website that takes web pages and converts them to PDFs.
I'm sure it will come in handy!
MyLiveSignature - I saw this mentioned in one of
your postings and I use it all the time in my blog to
give it some pizazz. Thank you!
Jott -
Michele Martin turned me on to this great service. I
always leave voice mails for myself as reminders, but
then when I get home I have to listen to the message and
write it down. Jott takes my message and sends me an
email, nice and neat. Fantastic!
All Area Codes - It may sound silly but there are
many times I see an area code and have no idea where it
is. This site has a numeric listing that makes finding
the code a snap.
Ning - I am
attracted to the concept of social learning and belong
to a few social networks. I think it's a great way to
learn from others and share one's expertise.
Snag-It! -
This is one groovy little graphics program. I use it all
the time in creating training materials, and have even
used it to record a self-study training video for a
system application (creates an avi file).
What are your
Top 10 Tools for learning? Let us know and help us to build
the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008
