Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day

Some more tools added to the Directory last week

Here are 5 more tools added to the Directory of Learning Tools last week:

1. My Timelines - Cut and paste timelines for your blog
   Added to: Interactivity tools

2. Powerset - Tools for searching Wikipedia that use conversational phrasing instead of keywords
   Added to (Re)search tools

3. WebKut - AIR application that allows you to capture web pages, or parts of them in a very simple way
   Added to: Screen capture, screencasting and software demo tools

4. Sophie - Software for writing and reading rich media documents in a networked environment.
   Added to: Web authoring tools (and HTML editors)

5. Flipping Book (Joomla! component) - An extension for the Joomla CMS platform. The component has a variety of settings to allow the virtually unlimited personalization of your books.
   Added to: E-Book tools

More in last week's Bulletin

How did you get started with social media

Karyn Romeis is exploring the impact of the use of social media on the professional practice of learning professionals, for her MA dissertation.  She'd like some input - and would like to hear:

How did you get started with social media?
What was your introduction, and how did the journey unfold?
What difference has it made in your professional practice?

Find out how you can help in her recent blog posting on her blog Karyn's Erratic Learning Journey

Omnisio

Omnisio lets you select clips from videos you find on YouTube and other video sites, and easily post them on your profile page or blog. Even better, you and your friends can add comments directly in the video!

With Omnisio you make and share your own shows by assembling clips from different videos.

Do you have a video and some powerpoint slides that go with it? With Omnisio you can show them both side-by-side - synchronized - and give your viewers a rich and interactive experience! Great for conferences, lectures and corporate training.

Omnisio

Supercool School

Florence Meichel told me about this Facebook app:

"Supercool School makes online learning social by democratizing the learning process and empowering everyone to demand, create and participate in live and interactive online classes. Learn whatever you want, when you want, how you want and with whom you want - get infinite learning powerz with Supercool School "

Supercool School

WorldWide Telescope

The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe

Want to see the same images that scientists at NASA use for their research or perform your own research with those images? Or do you want to see the Earth from the same perspective that astronauts see as they descend to Earth? How about taking a 5 minute break and viewing a panorama of a different city? Install WWT and start your explorations.

WorldWide Telescope