eTools

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eTools - the fun part! You'll find these same links on the elearning Activities page - they're on this page too because they all direct you to some excellent eTools!

@http://webconf.det.nsw.edu.au/aboutsel/ (Captivate/video overview of Social e-Learning Site)

@http://socialelearning.flexiblelearning.net.au/index.htm (Social e-Learning Site)

@http://sipresource.flexiblelearning.net.au/sip_resouces/sip/index.htm (Social Interaction Packs)

@http://designing.flexiblelearning.net.au/gallery/index.htm (Designing eLearning, AFLF)

Here's where you get to share your ideas about eTools and learn more about what's available....(use the rating scale 1 - 5 where 1 = not useful at all; 3 = kinda useful; 5 = top eTools site) [] includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. || 4 You could create an assessment tool using this site to vary assessments and the students would perhaps find these activities interesting and diverse. Also they could be used to check a students learning. Des' comment - I keep hearing how good this tool is but have never used it. I think I might have to give it a go. || @http://sipresource.flexiblelearning.net.au/sip_resouces/sip/index.htm look under technologies for social engagement...'photo blogging' link a tool which allows users to upload photos and images, can incorporate images from mobile phones. || this would be a great tool for our students in hairdressing ( also appropriate for other areas) as we use electonic portfolio creation, where students photgraph their work, either on or off the job and hand in samples for assessment...the photo blog would allow them to evaluate their own and others work and enhance the creative process through a sharing of ideas...also we have a lot of visual /kinesthetic learners. || @http://tryit.adobe.com/au/captivate5/?sdid=EQFXO& Multi-purpose software that allows screen recording, quizzing, slide video creation, integration with Microsoft PowerPoint and more... || I love this tool even only after a very brief look - it is easy to use, the video tutorials are useful, and as a single tool it does so much!. I plan to use this tool a lot and I give it a **5** star rating. I know you have to purchase it but I feel for me it is worth it. I like the screen recording so you can simulate exactly how to do something and the students can replay it as often as they need to to "get it". I also feel the integration with Microsoft PowerPoint fills the space that Presenter offers ( I cannot use it on my mac but can use Captivate). I can integrate video and photos into it and lastly I can use it for assessment with the quizzing feature. Comment from Des - I agree Helen and it publishes as nice little standalone .swf files that you can upload into Moodle || [] Delicious is a social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. Des' comment - I LOVE Delicious! My D site's huge! It's so much better than keeping all your sites in your favourites on your computer which you can only access when you're on that particular computer. Delicious goes with you all around the world! || Rating: 4 This would make a great tool for group work (that should be a cohort) where collaborative research is required. It would allow group learners to share web sites and access similar websites from other mainstream delicious users. It is this sharing over the web which makes it so powerful. This tool has great learning potential as well as social potential. Simone, Hot Potatoes sounds great - have you tried Quandary from the same people at Half-Baked Software Inc? || How to and links for designing e potfolios for student assessment and work sample collections || 5 star rating as it has links to further development, tips and design ideas. For someone just starting out it would be very useful || //**Second Life**// is an online [|virtual world] developed by [|Linden Lab] which was launched on June 23, 2003. A number of free [|client programs] called Viewers[|[][|1][|]][|[][|2][|]] enable Second Life users, called [|Residents], to interact with each other through [|avatars]. Residents can explore the world (known as the grid), meet other residents, socialize, participate in individual and group activities, and create and trade [|virtual property] and services with one another. //Second Life// is intended for people aged 13 and over,[|[][|3][|]] and as of 2011 has more than 20 million registered user accounts. [//[|citation needed]//] || 4 - 5 Just watching the trailer at this link you can see the enormous possibilities for teaching and learning in the interactive environment. Set up a world to - manage business/commerce/agriculture; teach history; environmental studies; use of technology; communication (strange I know considering this is online environment). / interaction; design. A great opportunity for student interaction and teachers can be involved in monitoring as well as interacting....then there's the plain ordinary fun bits like "learning to fly" || [|www.jocadiagrid.com.au] [] Jocadia grid is an online platform for a virtual classroom participation. it is an interactive tourism world for students to visit. Quizess and set task are uploaded via sloodle. || I have used this platform for delivery I have found it very good and engaging for the students who participated. || [] Mindflash can be used to upload PowerPoint, Word, PDF or video files. It transforms your files into online courses. Your animations, audio voiceovers, and formatting are preserved. You can monitor and manage the course, including tracking results, all from the mindflash platform || Rating 4 I have only just strated looking into elearning resource banks and the posibilities are endless. I like mindflash, because you can use resources that you have already created to convert them into online courses ||
 * **Your name** || **Name, link & descriptor of eTool** || **Rating & how it can be used in online learning to enhance the learning experience (ie: is it 'just for fun' or does it actually affect learning somehow)** ||
 * Simone || Hot Potatoes
 * Alicia || Photo blogging
 * Helen || Adobe Captivate
 * Steve || Delicious
 * Melinda || e portfolios []
 * Judy || Survey Monkey [] Allows surveys to be created and data can be collected via weblink, email etc. || 4 star rating as Suryvey Monkey could be used for such things as course evaluations, quizzes, self assessments and obtaining feedback from students, There are 15 types of questions, such as mulitiple choice already set up and the format of these questions can be changed. ||
 * Sharon || Virtual Worlds such as "Second Life" []
 * Ann || [|www.reactiongrid.com.au]
 * Cara || Mindflash