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Etherpad brings real-time collaboration to documents

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:14:22 +0100

Etherpad brings real-time collaboration to documents:

While Google Wave developers are polishing their product for launch Etherpad have slipped in with one bit that will certainly cause quite a stir - the document screen where you and others can…

Polls are getting really interesting

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:50:21 +0100

Polls are getting really interesting:

Polleverywhere have come up with a great new way to get people to participate in your presentation. Here’s an example. It will be pretty empty to start with but add your comments, suggestions or…

Here and there

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:53:49 +0100

Here and there:

Nice example of the internet at work. I received a request from someone who wanted to add some comments and links to the webtools wiki the other day. Checking the credentials of the person making the…

Live Mesh and I'm lazy

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:11:07 +0100

Live Mesh and I'm lazy:

England. Summer. Working outside with a laptop isn’t too bad when the sky’s grey. At least I get some fresh air. It was one of those jobs that I’d been putting off for ages, well, actually hoping…

17 new additions to the web tools site!

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:18:37 +0100

17 new additions to the web tools site!:

Quite a few changes to the webtools site today. The main one is a nice simple rating system for some of the tools in each category. Thanks to ZohoPolls for making that so easy.

I’m particularly…

Google Chrome OS

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:17:36 +0100

Google Chrome OS:

Well-written article on what I think will be big changes in the way we use applications and our computers.

http://zenhabits.net/2009/07/what-google-chrome-os-means-for-computing/

Well…

E-fair 2009

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:05:03 +0100

E-fair 2009:

Copyright - nice on-line guide

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:18:38 +0100

Just found this via Twitter friends - looks excellent.

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/tutorials/copyright/

Trying out Zoho Polls

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:23:14 +0100

Trying out Zoho Polls:

Just discovered Zoho Polls. I’ve been telling everyone about Zoho’s other particularly useful tools - Forms for web design use and Project for project management - but I hadn’t appreciated that…

The millionth word in the English language . . .

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:11:04 +0100

The millionth word in the English language . . .:

… is Web 2.0!! Brilliant!
http://bit.ly/ahu3Q

Wave Hello

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:10:48 +0100

Wave Hello:

This is going to change everything. The video’s long but well worth watching.

Why I'll take a year's break from moodle

Tue, 26 May 2009 22:20:07 +0100

Why I'll take a year's break from moodle:

Moodle 2.0 is coming along well according to Martin Dougiamas’s presentation and I particularly like the proposed integration with Google Docs (see slide 27). Unfortunately, all the good work looks…

Any colour you like as long as it's #002f7e

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:32:29 +0100

Any colour you like as long as it's #002f7e:

If you need an image with a particular colour whether for a web page or just to hand on your colour-co-ordinated wall then this site is the place to go. It may sound a bit odd but you’ll be there…

Live Mesh: it works, and works well

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:06:33 +0000

Live Mesh: it works, and works well:

I am very enthusiastic about Microsoft’s LiveMesh. It has proved itself genuinely useful twice this week.

Once was with photos. I had taken loads in the snow and downloaded them onto my…

How did I miss Live Mesh?

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:01:47 +0000

How did I miss Live Mesh?:

I can’t believe I missed this. Microsoft’s Live Mesh will allow you to do all sorts of things like synchronise computer and laptop files, get remote access to a home computer when out and about or at…

More web tools updates

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:48:33 +0000

More web tools updates:

There’s a host of new additions to the web tools site. Here’s a quick list - there’ll be more information on the updates page of the site or with the individual entries.

Office: drop.io and…

with a bit of luck it’ll keep snowing all night and I can...

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:25:51 +0000

with a bit of luck it’ll keep snowing all night and I can try out some web tools

Another few for January 2009!

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:22:00 +0000

And they keep on coming … it’s been a good month for new discoveries.

Animoto and PhotoSynth will do wonderful things with your images and, in the former case, your music tracks too (or use one of theirs). If you’re think about presenting something with substantial image content, give them a whirl.

Zoto is somewhere to store photos. Ok, I know, Flickr does that but this hasn’t that annoying restriction on just three groups or the monthly file upload limit.

Something you can do with Flickr, though, is search for images that display certain colours - a cool way to find images for design purposes that Tim Rawe showed me in Ipswich, of all places.

drop.io - there are several free file-sharing places around now, like box.net and e-snips. This is another and delightfully simple to use with no registration or anything. Very good and possibly the fastest way to share any type of media other than tossing it across the desk.

Webtools site update: Jan 09

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:34:00 +0000

Quite a few new additions - and some potential gems too!

Jing and Camtasia will help you present whatever you may have on-screen to others in a very smart way - see them in the Images section.

Shelfari, Timeline, Quizlet, Poll Everywhere and TeacherTube have been added to the Research section.

Glogster features in the Web design section and Twitter finally gets in, via the More section. I suppose I should add Facebook too as there is an excellent Page tool there where you can publish information about a topic, add links, images etc and utilise all of Facebook’s established collaboration tools to share your work with others. Although, like Twitter, the emphasis may be on social networking, quite a few educational and pure information pages are in evidence now. In fact, writing that convinced me that I really should add Facebook, so I did.

Webtools site update

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:17:39 +0000

A few changes. I’ve added stars to indicate roughly the feedback I’ve had on most tools. If they haven’t got any that probably means no-one’s used them yet or haven’t been impressed if they have. Surprisingly, almost all of the links still work and I’ve fixed a couple that didn’t. Some have bitten the dust. Thumbstacks I’m sad to see go. Well it hasn’t quite gone but as I can’t access the site I guess it has disappeared and will soon be deleting th entry. Tuggle seems to have been taken over by some very religious people and isn’t really suitable any more. Impatica now want payment so farewell to them. In the Planning section, ChatCreator and LGTNet have ceased to exist. In Web design, Google Page Creator is still there but it’s only available to those with accounts already. With Google Sites now up and running and much better, I should think Gpages will slowly go.

Additions are PDF Creator in Office. It’s not a web tool as such but is so useful if all you want is a PDF version of a document. The DrawLoop and Scribd alternatives are super but PDF Creator beats them for simple tasks.

In Planning, there are two new mind-mapping tools: XMind and VUE - the former very colourful and inviting the latter rather academic-looking but it has had good reports elsewhere.

In Media I’ll be adding Picnic shortly which does a good job for those needing quick image adjustments on-line.

In Web Design, look out for Academia.edu which is the place to register your interests, activities and research links as a tutor. It has a very well designed page and adding information and links to your own area is straightforward. For some, it may be their main ‘home page’. The other big addition is the wonderful Lefora with their free forum creation application. Run your own Facebook site! It should be an excellent way to get students and/or colleagues to share things, maybe even work together as the younger ones will find the interface and structure familiar.