Archive for the 'online tools' Category
PBWiki has just announced improvements to their user interface. They’re inviting people to test the beta. http://pbwiki.com/content/pbwiki-beta
The thing that caught my attention was this bit about improving PBwiki’s wysiwyg editor:
“When we launched our Point-and-Click editor a year ago, we noticed a quick upsurge in our usage. The easier it is to edit, the more people [...]
I’m a bit disappointed. Jotspot was great. Google’s replacement for it, Google Sites, is not so hot. Here’s why I think so.
Jotspot was more than a wiki. It was a platform on which developers could build applications. For example, the Jotspot site we use has a blog, an app called a ‘bug reporter’, a discussion [...]
Creative Commons now has a site devoted to learning licences.
“Our mission is to minimize barriers to sharing and reuse of educational materials — legal barriers, technical barriers, and social barriers.”
click for — ccLearn
Webware has just revealed the results of their Webware 100 public poll on the best Web2.0 sites/online applications.
There were more than 5,000 nominations for sites to be included in this awards program, which Webware’s editors pruned to a list of 250 finalists. Users then voted on those finalists - there were 489,467 votes cast. click [...]
There are a few places where you can set up a kind of homepage for yourself, with all the stuff you like in one place. For free. Here are four for you to try out.
click for Pageflakes
click for Netvibes
click for MyYahoo
click for iGoogle
Very handy: all your bookmarks are open, on one page, and show your [...]
Dress up your favourite celebrities online. Good fun for kids, I reckon.
Could be useful in class for learners to discuss celebs, clothes, accessories, etc…
It’s not free if you want to save your stylings, but you don’t need to pay to play with it, which should be good enough for a quick classroom activity.
If you get [...]
Nice video from the folks at CommonCraft to help remove the fear, uncertainty and doubt about wikis.
Edit your photos in your browser using the Snipshot website. Not quite Photoshop, but pretty good for free.
click for Snipshot
A very useful rss feed reader. It’s free. It’s online. And it’ll work on your mobile phone (if you’ve got a browser and web access on your mobile).
click for Google Reader
