Creating QR codes is not difficult, especially if practitioners/learners/stakeholders are using an application like QRals.

QRals is a new (and free) web tool allowing practitioners, learners and other stakeholders (with minimal technical skills) to have as many QR codes generated and used as they could possibly need.

Users are able to enter different content including text, links, email address, MeCards, Bizcards, SMS etc. They can also select the colours to be used, and the actual size of the...
Continue reading ...

Popplet is an online Brainstorming/Blueskying tool...

A popplet is a big virtual pinboard that users can “popples” (boxes) onto.

A popple is container that holds...

• text;
• photos; and other interesting things such as
• a Google Map; and/or
  
• YouTube video.
  

Users can also upload media from their desktop to their board.

Popplet also offers a browser bookmarklet that users can use to add content from other webpages to their Popplet pages. An iPad app is also avail...

Continue reading ...

Annotated Links lets users enter links (URLs), one per line, and a sticky note with instructions, questions, annotations etc.

Clicking the Submit button creates a URL that can then be posted via social networks, email, VLEs etc.

Again this has a lot of potential within teaching and learning.

Try it out at http://linkstore.ru/al/.

Continue reading ...

Ontext, a Russian online tool, is intended to provide a communication channel for rapid publication of textual materials onto the Web.

Why use Ontext?

• Publish text to the Web quickly;
  

• To overcome the limitation of Twitter and other similar communication channels;
  

• Save text on the Web by hiding it with a password;

• Run a simple text blog/reflection journal with an RSS-channel;

• Get access to stored data from anywhere on the Internet or via a mobile phone

To use Ontext...

Continue reading ...

Just over a month ago my Dad had a fall and broke his hip. What has that to do with you? Well he used Morse Code to communicate with ‘next door’ to call for help (I bet they wondered what the annoying banging was). If, like my Dad, you have a thing for Morse Code, Qbit Labs’ Morse Code Translator is free Morse Code software online that can help users quench their thirst without having to spend too much of your time trying to learn the code.

Go enter the text that you want to hear (or...

Continue reading ...