Browsing Archive: August, 2011

ShoutOmatic: Audible Shout-Outs: Stop Typing, Start Shouting!

Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, August 26, 2011, In : Communication

The ShoutOmatic platform lets Practitioners, Learners and other Stakeholders record short messages ("shouts") straight from their desktops and smartphones, and have them instantly delivered to others.
These short "shouts" can be used in so many different ways, within the learning environment,in a more personalised way than faceless emails, texts, tweets etc.

"Shouts" are particularly suitable for educational use since they all come with their very own QR codes; providing alternative communicat...
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Twijector

Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, August 25, 2011, In : Communication

Twitter is normally used to update statuses and share activity updates with friends. Twijector allows Twitter users to hold text conferences.

Twijector is a free to use web service providing a wall that can gather public tweets with a particular hashtag.

Choose a custom hashtag and ask your colleagues/learners/stakeholders to tweet with it. The wall will then show all the public tweets containing that unique hashtag. Options provided by the application include blocking certain users and using ...
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DROPitTOme - Securely receive files from anyone to your Dropbox

Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, August 25, 2011, In : Assessment

Ever wish you could easily receive big files from anyone?
Now you can - together with Dropbox you can setup an unique upload address with password protection for FREE. DROPitTOme is your one stop solution when email is just not enough.

DROPitTOme is a free service that works with Drop Box to allow learners to upload files to your Drop Box account without giving them access to the contents of your Drop Box account.

Ideal for WBL/ACL learners, Learning providers without VLEs etc.

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Students Love Technology

Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, August 25, 2011, In : Infographic

While it's no secret that learners are addicted to technology, the specifics of their gadget usage have never been studied scientifically - until now.

Are learning providers using New and Emerging Technologies (uNET)?

Visit http://www.onlineeducation.net/students-love-tech to take a look.

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Pollowers - Twitter polls

Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, August 25, 2011, In : Polls/Surveys

Pollowers: Poll your followers. A tweet is a poll. Twitter polls.

Needs some planning to ensure that the poll is posted when followers are likely to respond. Practitioners could find it useful to use with learners and/or at events etc.

Visit http://www.pollowers.com/ to find out more and/or to try it out.

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Wunderlist | Task Management At Its Best

Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, August 25, 2011, In : Project Management

"Organize your life with Wunderlist, a free and easy-to-use Task Manager"...

Wunderlist is a simple task manager that works on the web or on a user’s PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Android phone. A users list follows them and stays synced across all their devices, and they can even share their to-do list with the Wunderlist via URL or Twitter. Ideal for "Team Collaboration"

Find out more by visiting http://www.wunderlist.com/account.

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John Dalziel

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I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.

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Browsing Archive: August, 2011

ShoutOmatic: Audible Shout-Outs: Stop Typing, Start Shouting!

Twijector

DROPitTOme - Securely receive files from anyone to your Dropbox

Students Love Technology

Pollowers - Twitter polls

Wunderlist | Task Management At Its Best

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