The OITP announced the release of two new online copyright education tools: the Fair Use Evaluator and the Exceptions for Instructors eTool. These great new resources–developed by Copyright Committee member Michael Brewer–add to OITP’s repertoire of copyright tools, including the Public Domain Slider and the Section 108 Spinner.
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15 Minutes a Day: Omeka & Other Tools from The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University
Omeka is a web platform for publishing collections and exhibitions online. Designed for cultural institutions, enthusiasts, and educators, Omeka is easy to install and modify and facilitates community-building around collections and exhibits. Omeka is free and open source. Learn more.The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) is partnering with the Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) to develop Omeka as a next-generation online display platform for museums, historical societies, scholars, collectors, educators, and more.
Since 1994, the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University has used digital media and computer technology to democratize history—to incorporate multiple voices, reach diverse audiences, and encourage popular participation in presenting and preserving the past.
CHnM sponsors more than two dozen digital history projects and offers free tools and resources for historians.
Tools
Zotero
The next-generation research tool that makes it easy to gather, organize, annotate, search, and cite materials you find online and off.
Omeka
“Omeka” is a Swahili word meaning “to display” or “to lay out for discussion.” Omeka is a free, easy to use, open source, and standards-based platform for online display of museum and other historical materials in a Web 2.0 environment.
ScholarPress
ScholarPress is a developing hub for educational WordPress plugins – bridging the gap between technology and pedagogy.
Syllabus Finder
Find and compare syllabi from thousands of universities and colleges on any topic.
Web Scrapbook
Store all kinds of media items—URLs, images, text, and movies—and collaborate with others with the CHNM online scrapbook.
Survey Builder
A tool that builds online surveys, especially applicable to oral histories.
Poll Builder
Build customizable polls and include them on your web site for free.
Scribe
A notetaking application designed with historians in mind.
Tools Center
Browse a collaborative Wiki resource spanning any and all tools that might be applicable to the practice of online history.
CHNM Labs
See what’s brewing in the CHNM Labs. View upcoming tools and programs to help you collect, and interpret history in new an imaginative ways. Current projects include H-Bot, Site Builder, Timeline Builder, and WordPress Courseware.
15 Minutes a Day: Take a Peek at the Top 100 Tools for Learning – Spring 2008
The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies has released the new Top Tools for 2008! The new list is in two parts: Personal Tools and Producer Tools. For the full article visit: http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/toolbox2008.html
TOP 100 TOOLS FOR LEARNING – SPRING 2008
By Type of ToolPersonal Tools
Web browsers Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera
RSS readers Google Reader | Bloglines
Players and other readers iTunes | Adobe Reader
Email Tools Gmail | Outlook | Yahoo Mail | Thunderbird
Personal start pages iGoogle | Netvibes | Pageflakes
Social bookmarking del.icio.us | diigo | Furl | Stumbleupon
Social networks Facebook | LinkedIn
Instant messengers Skype
(Re)search Tools Google Search | Wikipedia | Google Scholar
Productivity Tools (online) Google Calendar | Google Maps |
Productivity Tools (desktop) Filezilla | Google Desktop | OmniOutliner | Portable apps | Tiddlywiki | OneNoteProducer Tools
Document and Spreadsheet Tools Google Docs | Word | Zoho | Excel | OpenOffice | Scribd
PDF tools OpenOffice | CutePDF Writer
Presentation Tools PowerPoint | Slideshare | Articulate | Keynote | Adobe Presenter
Blogging Tools WordPress | Blogger | TypePad | Edublogs
Microblogging tools twitter | tumblr
RSS feed tools FeedBlitz
Podcasting Tools Audacity | Garageband | Gcast
File hosting tools Slideshare | flickr | YouTube | Scribd
Wiki Tools Wikispaces | PB Wiki | MediaWiki | Wetpaint | Tiddlywiki
Mindmapping Tools MindManager | FreeMind | Bubbl.us
Web Authoring Tools Nvu | Dreamweaver
HTML/Text editor Notepad
Graphics, image and photo Tools flickr | Adobe Photoshop | Paint.NET | iPhoto
Course authoring Tools Articulate | eXe | Lectora
Interactivity Tools Flash | Polldaddy | Survey Monkey
Course/Learning Management systems Moodle | Blackboard
Screencapture / screencasting Tools Captivate | SnagIt | Jing | Camtasia | Wink | Skitch
Web Meeting Tools Adobe Connect | Elluminate | Yugma
Social networking Tools Ning
Content management Systems Joomla
Collaborative tools VoiceThread | Basecamp
Virtual world Tools SecondLife
Specialist educational tools Geogebra
15 Minutes a Day: TOP 100 TOOLS FOR LEARNING 2007
Trying to make sense of all the new tools available to use in the classroom? Do all the new Web 2.0 applications sound like a foreign language?
The Learning Toolbox categories the TOP 100 TOOLS FOR LEARNING (selected by 109 LEARNING PROFESSIONALS) by type of tool The Learning Toolbox consists of two parts:
1 – Personal Tools: tools to access and view content as well as communicate with
others (for your own personal learning/working)2 – Producer Tools: tools to develop and deliver content and other learning solutions (for yourself and others)
The Recommendations are the highest ranked tools in The Top 100 Tools list in each category. Other suggestions are other tools that appear in the Top 100 Tools and Extra 50 Tools list in the same category.
See also
- REVIEWS of Top 10/100
Tools activity- ANALYSIS OF TOP 100
TOOLS LIST – our preliminary analysis of the list- SUMMARY INFORMATION AS
A FREE PDF – your own personal copy- 10 MOST VISITED TOOLS PAGES
– what tools are people finding interesting