Tuesday, January 30, 2007

More Browser Based Software Tools

We've highlighted many Web 2.0 tools this past year such as YackPack, Flickr, Google Spreadsheets & Docs, and del.ici.ous for class resources, but here are some more worth checking out.

These tools can be used with very young students as well as college students. And since they’re browser based and free they’re available from any computer, any time.

So, if students begin their work in class or in the campus computer lab, they can access it from any computer later- whether at home or at the local java joes. With this generation- Think Mobile

Desktop Publishing & Spreadsheets
->
gOffice

Spreadsheets, Word Processing, Presenting, Sketching and more…
->Ajax13

Photo Manager
->PXN8

Instant Messengers
->Campfire
->Gabbly

Music Players
->Jinzora

Video Tools
->Jumpcut
->Vimeo

You just might find some new tools to add to your teaching toolkit and some you want to share with your students.

2 comments:

Derek Baird said...

Good suggestions there Mac! I also added some suggestions for video tools.

Jumpcut is a free, web-based video remix and sharing community. Students can start a project at school and then finish it at home!

There's also a Jumpcut group for teachers to share age appropriate video and student projects. Here's the link:

http://jumpcut.com/groups/detail?g_id=A093642069FB11DB90FB266C9A2E700D

Anonymous said...

Maybe it's just my browser but the links wouldn't work. I'm using Safari so that could be a problem.
Good ideas. For Mac's I also like Desktoptwo.com as an alternative online desktop.

Kelly