THE AUSTRALIA SERIES - Favourite Web Tools

Earlier this evening, I listened to the recording of a webinar hosted by Anne Mirtschin, a teacher in Australia.  The web conference was called: eT@lking: Trending Online Tools.  There were only a handful of participants, which gave an informal tone to the meeting.   The "audience" consisted of teachers who each had interesting notions about the web tools you see below. 

The discussion revolved around the participants’ favourite web tools.  Each participant was asked to write a “top 5” list of their favourite sites and other participants asked about the tools they were unfamiliar with.

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Below is a list of a few of the tools that were mentioned:

• Infographics: images, infographics
• Scoopit: similar to Glogster?
• www.makeuseof.com
• Diigo: online bookmarking tool
• Spicynodes: mind mapping tool
• Evernote
• Simplenote: similar to Evernote
• Rockmelt: browser
• Mightybell: social media tool
• Picnic: photo editing tool
• Wordpress: web site or blog creation tool
• Posterous: similar to Evernote and Simplenote
• Webspiration: online version of Inspiration (mind mapping)
• Show Me App: tutoring site/tool 

 

This is a link to a site containing other web tools:

http://c4lpt.co.uk/top-100-tools-for-learning-2011/

In essence, the Internet offers a myriad of tools for personal use or classroom use.  Many of these tools are similar to others we learned about during the semester.  Many of these sites are fun to navigate and I am happy to know they exist, however I guess that at one point, it becomes a question of personal preference.