Jane's Pick of the Day

Twitoaster

My list of 3rd party Twitter applications grows every day, at the time of writing this post, there are 134 entries.

I have just added Twitoaster:

Twitoaster is a twitter application client threading your conversations like on a message board / forum.

Twitoaster

MyAwardMaker

Everyone loves certificates and awards!

My AwardMaker is a free, quick and easy site to print out certificates for all types of activities: sports, school, business, etc

My Award Maker

Stumpedia

Luis Pereira , the founder and CEO of Stumpedia, emailed to tell me about this new search engine.

Stumpedia is a social search engine that relies on human participation to index, organise and review the world wide web.

Stumpedia

[For 55 other re-search tools, visit this page of the Directory of Learning Tools}

IngBoo

Erin of Ingboo wrote to tell me about IngBoo which is being formally launched today:

"IngBoo is a new, free, easy-to-use Web utility that lets you quickly find and monitor information that’s most important to you. IngBoo allows you to track your concert ticket purchase on Craigslist, the best deal on your next laptop, eBay auctions, personalized job searches, RSS feeds, Twitter updates, YouTube videos as well as local news, weather, traffic, sports scores and more. Delivering this information in a single, clutter-free, constantly refreshed “IngBoo list,” the utility ensures you are always receiving the timeliest updates. Additionally, IngBoo is optimized for mobile devices (such as the iPhone, BlackBerry and G1), enabling immediate access to your information on the go."

IngBoo

Some of my bookmarks this week ..

Here are a few of the resources I bookmarked this week:

• Sarah Perez reported in ReadWriteWeb that The Technology Generation Gap at Work is Oh So Wide
  
• The Times Educational Supplement (TES) had a piece on Twitter and other social networks:  Chirping about Twitter
• Laurel Papworth, in Social Network Strategy,  produced an interesting List of 40 Social Media Staff Guidelines
  

Oh, and if you missed it, the togetherLearn new site is online.  Who or what is togetherLearn? togetherLearn is Jay Cross, Clark Quinn, Harold Jarche and myself.

The future of e-learning is social learning

I've been producing a number of short, introductory presentations for clients and other purposes (like conference presentations) on social learning in organisations.  This first one covers: What is Social Learning?  Social Learning platforms, and the role of Social Learning Professionals.

{This presentation is currently being showcased on Slideshare's Education page]

Parts 2 and 3 will be available very shortly ...

vlingo

I saw an interesting tweet from @philipgreen this morning, that said: I'm speaking my tweets in to my mobile phone still got nothing to say but at least I didn't have to type it -composed with vlingo

So I investigated further, to find that ...

Vlingo is a voice-powered user interface that unlocks access to mobile phone wireless data services. vlingo for iPhone™ and vlingo for BlackBerry smartphones allows users to speak into their device and have many popular applications carry out their respective functions. This includes dialing your phone, sending an email or SMS, creating and saving a memo or task, opening a web browser and performing a web search, composing a social-networking status message and more.

Take a look at www.vlingo.com/

How to make e-learning work!

Today, I'm speaking at the CIPD Conference in London.  The session is How to make e-learning work.  Here are the slides I am using. I hope I can keep it to 25 minutes; I have a lot to say!

How To Make E Learning Work

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2 mind mapping tools

Here are 2 mind mapping tools that have just been submitted to the Directory of Learning Tools and added to the 30 tools already on the Mind Mapping and Brainstorming Tools page:

Seavus DropMind

Both a desktop application and a web-based versions

• With Desktop Seavus DropMind™ you can get a complete at-a-glance representation of ideas, concepts or plans in a simple fusion of words and pictures. Stimulate your imagination and the logical way of thinking in creative mind maps.
• Generate your presentations directly in Web Seavus DropMind™ application. Present your mind map in an original way with only one click. Add value to your work and create quick, creative and stylish presentations.

Seavus DropMind

Personal Brain 5

Simply type in your ideas. Drag and drop files and web pages. Any idea can be linked to anything else. Using your digital Brain is like cruising through a Web of your thinking. See new relationships. Discover connections. Go from the big picture of everything to a specific detail in seconds

Personal Brain 5

Oneeko

Oneeko has just been submitted to the Directory of Learning Tools.  Here are its main features:

Oneeko is the most intuitive screen sharing platform one can find:

• Two click approach to screen sharing.
• No download for the guest, Oneeko runs in Flash 9+
• Share your screen with up to 8 guests at one time
• Fully integrated with Skype
• Featuring Oneeko's unique sharing area, allowing you to control what you share
• Full web cam support (host and guest)
• Unique "See-What-They-See" feature
• And a lot more

Free download and get free trial of Pro version for 15 days

Oneeko

[83 more web conferencing and screen sharing tools in the Tools Directory]