Page developed by Anita Hamilton & Merrolee Penman
ONLINE TECHNOLOGY TOOL |
DESCRIPTION |
TOOLS TO TRY |
Blog: Regular |
A website where items are posted on a regular basis with the most recent posts at the top. Usually a blog is about a single topic or theme. |
BloggerWordpress
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Blog: Microblog or TwitterTwitter Hashtags list |
Different from a traditional blog in that its content is typically much smaller, in length. An entry consists of a short sentence fragment, image or video. Microblogging has emerged as an important way to access real-time news or updates on a topic of interest. (Wikipedia, 2010). |
Buzz
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Collaborative Writing |
A virtual space to store documents by one or more people. Facilitates editing and reviewing of a text document by multiple individuals, either in real time or asynchronously. |
Google DocumentsZoho Writer |
Citation Management/Reference management systems |
A tool to help keep track of scholarly related information - both on & off the web - allows you to manage your references and share them with other like minded people. Comment on literature and find similar pieces of scholarly information with a few simple clicks |
CiteulikeMendelayZotero |
Databases: Online Scholarly Databases |
A freely accessible Web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. |
PubmedBMJGoogle Scholar |
Discussion Forums |
Provide the opportunity for those who share a specific occupation, interest or concern to interact with like-minded others. Unlike online chats in which participants communicate synchronously (at the same time), most discussion forums are asynchronous. |
Google GroupsYahoo Groupsphpbb.now |
Personalized Home Pages |
A personalised home page lets you assemble all your favourite widgets, such as note pages, feeds, social networks, email, videos and blogs on one fully customisable page. |
iGooglemyYahoo |
Podcast/Videocast |
A series of audio or video digital-media files that is distributed over the Internet by syndicated download (RSS), through Web feeds, to portable media players and personal computers. |
iTunes
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Photosharing |
The publishing or transfer of a user’s digital photos online, thus enabling the user to share them with others (whether publicly or privately). |
flickrPicasa |
Digital story telling |
Coming soon! |
Coming soon! |
RSS Feeds and Readers |
A tool that gives the user constant updates on information requested (e.g. News). RSS requires a place to store updates, such as on a “Reader” or on a personalized homepage. The advantage of RSS is that the user does not have to remember to check for updates as they are generated automatically. |
Google ReaderMedReaderBloglines |
Social bookmarking |
A tool to bookmark (save) Web URLs in a virtual/online environment rather than on an individual computer. The user’s account can be public, semi-public or private. |
DeliciousPinboard |
Social Networking |
Online communities of people who share interests and activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others |
Bebo Ning (no longer free)ElggWiggio |
Surveys: Online |
An online survey system to deliver surveys, collect and analyze results all through one central system.Excellent tool to collect opinions and information to enhance practice. |
Survey MonkeyZoomerang
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Virtual Worlds |
A virtual world where the user is represented by an “avatar” (a graphical image that represents a person, as on the Internet) and can interact with other avatars in a 3-D virtual environment. |
Second Life (SL)Croquet Project |
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Synchronous Communications |
Enable users to talk in real time using the Internet. Can be audio or audio and video. Can be recorded and replayed using supplemental computer programs |
Google talkiChatSkypeAdobe Connect Pro |
Wiki |
A wiki is an interactive Web page designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content |
PBWorksWikispacesMediaWiki |
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