E-Learning Toolkit #35: Challenge | Recap
In a recent workshop someone asked a question about my favorite tools and resources. I replied that I would pull some forum conversations together ...
Published 11 years ago
Version 1.0
Blog Post
So what is in my Superhero toolbox...
http://office.live.com
The new free online version of Microsoft office. So much better than Google docs. I mostly use Word as I've got a paid version of MS office 2010 but it the ease of use of the new online office, connected to my Microsoft OneDrive really makes it easy to create, edit, store, print and share my documents when and wherever I need.
http://www.dropbox.com
What can I say, my professional life is in my dropbox. My software, my administration,sSource files. It's all safely tucked away in my dropbox. My computer can crash a gazillion times (as windows machines do) all I need to do is install my dropbox client, leave on my pc for the night and I'm good to go!
http://www.bufferapp.com
Social media/marketing tool that allows me to buffer my tweets, linkedin and other social media posts in a way that I can go online post and retweet whatever I deem valuable and it automatically spreads the messages at optimal time intervals over the various media. Brilliant!
http://pinterest.com
Design inspiration finder... Just type in some keywords that relate to your course topic and the most beautiful images, infographics etc. will appear.
http://www.iconfinder.com
Search for a gazillion icons and icon themes. There's even a 'license free' button. Super easy!
http://www.dafont.com
Need a new font for your project. Find it at DaFont. The advanced search feature let's you filter for license free fonts.
http://www.pixlr.com/editor
Super easy Photoshoplike online image editor. When I'm not using powerpoint to edit images and don't have photoshop handy this is where I go.
http://colorschemedesigner.com/
Brilliant online tool to get some cool and complementary color schemes
https://creativemarket.com/ | http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/category/freebies/
Designer websites that offer freebies. You can get amazing stuff for free. Just download it and store it for whenever that project comes along that needs just that. I especially love backgrounds and UI examples.
https://heroes-prod.articulate.com
How can we miss this one... The tutorials, the forums, the blogs, the downloads, the freebees from fellow Articulators... I would not be where I am today without this amazing community
http://www.google.com for everything else :)
http://office.live.com
The new free online version of Microsoft office. So much better than Google docs. I mostly use Word as I've got a paid version of MS office 2010 but it the ease of use of the new online office, connected to my Microsoft OneDrive really makes it easy to create, edit, store, print and share my documents when and wherever I need.
http://www.dropbox.com
What can I say, my professional life is in my dropbox. My software, my administration,sSource files. It's all safely tucked away in my dropbox. My computer can crash a gazillion times (as windows machines do) all I need to do is install my dropbox client, leave on my pc for the night and I'm good to go!
http://www.bufferapp.com
Social media/marketing tool that allows me to buffer my tweets, linkedin and other social media posts in a way that I can go online post and retweet whatever I deem valuable and it automatically spreads the messages at optimal time intervals over the various media. Brilliant!
http://pinterest.com
Design inspiration finder... Just type in some keywords that relate to your course topic and the most beautiful images, infographics etc. will appear.
http://www.iconfinder.com
Search for a gazillion icons and icon themes. There's even a 'license free' button. Super easy!
http://www.dafont.com
Need a new font for your project. Find it at DaFont. The advanced search feature let's you filter for license free fonts.
http://www.pixlr.com/editor
Super easy Photoshoplike online image editor. When I'm not using powerpoint to edit images and don't have photoshop handy this is where I go.
http://colorschemedesigner.com/
Brilliant online tool to get some cool and complementary color schemes
https://creativemarket.com/ | http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/category/freebies/
Designer websites that offer freebies. You can get amazing stuff for free. Just download it and store it for whenever that project comes along that needs just that. I especially love backgrounds and UI examples.
https://heroes-prod.articulate.com
How can we miss this one... The tutorials, the forums, the blogs, the downloads, the freebees from fellow Articulators... I would not be where I am today without this amazing community
http://www.google.com for everything else :)