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Top 10 Free Tools You can Integrate into Blackboard or WebCT
June 20, 2007 11:00 am at the Canadian E-Learning Conference and on July 10, 2007 at the Blackboard World 07 Conference
Presenters: Rod Corbett (
403-440-6220
), Mount Royal College, and Andrew Reil (403-440-7002), Mount Royal College
There are many free and easy to use learning tools available online and many of them can be integrated into your Blackboard or WebCT courses without even bothering your IT support staff, legally. This session will introduce you to the top ten tools that you can use to enhance learning in your courses. They include tools for creating audio and multimedia presentations, audio conferencing, note taking, wikis, blogs, RSS readers and more.
These are all tools that you can integrate into your courses without IT support.
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Tool |
Description |
Website |
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1. Google Docs Presentations with YackPack WalkieTalkie Widgit |
Live or Recorded Slide Show Presentations with Audio |
with yackpack.com |
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2. Google Notebook |
Quickly copy and cite web content. Share your results. |
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| 3. Wetpaint | A group wiki and discussion tool | wetpaint.com or wikispaces.com |
| 4. Blogger | Use blogs for learning journals, portfolios or group presentations | blogger.com |
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5. Audacity |
Record and edit mp3’s (voice or other) |
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6. Wink |
Screen cam with voice commentary, exports to web movie |
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7. Google RSS Reader |
Links to news of your choice, changes daily automatically. |
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| 8. Google Video and YouTube | Embed videos into your content pages | video.google.ca and youtube.com or teachertube.com |
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9. Google Docs and Spreadsheets |
Create, edit and share word docs and spreadsheets and the web. |
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10. Delicious |
Store and share your favorite websites. |
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| 11. Google Calendar | Share and colaborate a course calendars | www.google.com/calendar |
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12. Google Page Creator |
Easy creation and management of a website. Students too. |
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13. Picasa |
Make and store your own pictures. Students too. |
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14. Hot Potatoes |
Create online learning tools. |
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| 15. ThumbStacks.com | Create and Share presentations online | thumbstacks.com |
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16. Zamzar |
Convert many types of files into other formats (i.e. Word to PDF and PDF to Word) |
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| 17. Google Groups | Large and small group tools and spaces | groups.google.com |
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18. Bubble.us |
Create collaborative concept maps online |
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| 19. Facebook | Community building | facebook.com |
| 20. My Space | Show your work | myspace.com |
Access this document online at www2.mtroyal.ca/~rcorbett
