I use dropbox and like the fact that I can create shared folders for different classes. Students can access my files and then drop their own into the folder as well. To get more than the 2GB of storage, simply invite others to join by referring…
Oct 7, 2011
I am using Adobe Captivate 5.5 to develop a 15-week college-level course. So far, everything is going well.
I have been experimenting with Adobe ConnectNow to conduct online meeting and training for groups of three people. Once you go over 3 people then you would have to sign up for a paid account. This is a good tool and can be used to practice and to…
Feb 23, 2010
I just created a new blog using WordPress that I plan to use for online training. Now, II'm looking for a plug-in to handle subscriptions.
I am a parttime professor at a local college in Toronto and I have used BLOGs in my classroom. In addition, I also use a program called Notebook (Circus Ponies at http://www.circusponies.com/) to post notes online. The nice thing is, I can insert…
HI Nick -- there's a great online event this weekend called Educon 2.2 and I think I recall some math workshops there. Here's my link to that conference (from another website (this one started in BC) called CEET: http://elgg.openschool.bc.ca/mod/groups/topicposts.php?topic=3909&group_guid=1623. PS -- welcome to Canadians Mashup.
The good thing about Microsoft Office Live is that it is compatible with Microsoft Office software and file formats. This is good if students need to conform to the Microsoft standard. All you need is to create a gmail e-mail address and you can log into both Office Live and Windows live. In Windows Live look for the free online storage. It's called SkyDrive and students like using it instead of carrying memory sticks with them. At least they can't lose their SkyDrive....
Thanks a lot for your answer.Personally, I haven't used Office Live (nor did I know it could be used as an online tool, to be honest), but am quite fond of Google Docs...especially Spreadsheets.