Friday, April 2, 2010

Keeping Up - April's Big Question





April's Big Question from Learning Circuits is "How to Keep up?" This is in reference the immense and rapidly expanding technology tools.

It is tough to stay on top of all the emerging tools. However, being involved in an e-learning community is a big help. For me it is a blog community and following many experts on Twitter. Not only am I often made aware of new tools, but also get opinions, tips, and examples of their use. You can never keep up with it all, but access to many experts who are also finding and sharing the lastest tech tools make it much less daunting.

Many of the blogs I follow are part of the eLearningLearning community. So, I browsed "Tools" by keyword on  eLearningLearning. Here are the results and the level of exposure to technology tools this community provides:

























































































































































































































































































































































































































































Twitter (2482)Social Network (1999)Wiki (1610)
LMS (1346)Podcaster (1239)Facebook (1176)
Flash (980)PowerPoint (922)YouTube (843)
RSS (814)LinkedIn (798)Second Life (687)
iPhone (602)Director (584)Moodle (550)
PDF (521)Captivate (515)Wikipedia (502)
HTML (367)Mac (359)Camera (352)
iPod (342)Slideshare (292)SCORM (291)
Delicious (261)Camtasia (255)Calendar (254)
Blackboard (231)Ning (229)LCMS (223)
MySpace (216)Firefox (214)SharePoint (203)
Skype (199)iTunes (193)Adobe Captivate (192)
VLE (183)Technorati (148)Juice (138)
Microphone (138)Photoshop (134)Google Wave (128)
Google Docs (124)WebEx (123)Elluminate (100)
Jing (100)Dreamweaver (82)Audacity (82)
VOIP (80)Lectora (76)Friendfeed (75)
Adobe Connect (74)Articulate Presenter (74)Flash Player (73)
Blog Tool (62)Pipes (60)CD-ROM (57)
Drupal (54)Adobe Presenter (48)iPad (46)
ActionScript (46)Lotus (46)Diigo (43)
MediaWiki (42)Google Calendar (41)Authorware (41)
Quicktime (40)Flash Video (39)Learn.com (39)
Vodcaster (37)Wink (37)DimDim (37)
Quizmaker (37)Raptivity (37)Evernote (36)
PBwiki (36)Centra (35)OpenOffice (35)
Jive (32)WizIQ (31)SocialText (31)
VoiceThread (28)eXe (28)Google Scholar (28)
OnDemand (28)Ustream (27)Webct (27)
Zoho (25)Joomla (25)Udutu (25)
MySQL (24)Articulate Engage (24)Blogging Software (24)
Blog Software (24)Wetpaint (24)Podium (23)
Toolbook (23)Google Buzz (20)Cornerstone OnDemand(20)
Clipart (20)Wimba (20)Unison (19)
SlideRocket (17)ScreenToaster (16)Xing (16)
iTunesU (15)Connectbeam (15)Propaganda (14)
One Note (14)Jive Software (14)Yugma (13)
OneNote (13)Seesmic (12)Firefly (12)
Lithium (12)TalkShoe (11)Flashform (11)
Qarbon (11)Lotus Connections (11)Cooliris (10)
RapideL (10)SkillPort (10)DHTML (9)
Knowledgeware (9)Assima (9)Apple Keynote (9)
IntraLearn (9)LearnCenter (9)KnowledgeHub (8)
CollectiveX (8)Odeo (7)Swish (7)
KickApps (7)Xerte (6)Wondershare (6)
Prospero (6)MindTouch (6)Moveable Type (6)
Scuttle (6)LearnHub (5)Articulate Online (5)
NetDimension (5)Knowledge Planet (5)Dokeos (5)
Learningware (5)PowerCONVERTER (5)Microsoft Producer (5)
ReadyGo (5)Vuepoint (5)Respondus (5)
ViewCentral (5)CourseMill (5)iCohere (5)
PodPress (4)Odiogo (4)Miro (4)
Xerceo (4)ooVoo (4)Elicitus (4)
Xstream (4)GeoMetrix (4)TopClass (4)
Twiki (4)YAKiToMe (3)Wimpy (3)
Gcast (3)Proform (3)Docebo (3)
CourseLab (3)SimWriter (3)STT Trainer (3)
Impatica (3)GeoMaestro (3)HiveLive (3)
Dogear (3)BEA Pathways (3)Sclipo (2)
LearnFlex (2)ziePOD (2)Widget Podcast (2)
RSS Radio (2)Hipcast (2)Feed2Podcast (2)
BlogAmp (2)RapidShare (2)Atutor (2)
iVocalize (2)KnowledgePresenter (2)ViewletBuilder (2)
SoftSim (2)RapidBuilder (2)SCATE (2)
Learnframe (2)TotalLMS (2)WBT Manager (2)
ResultsOnDemand (2)Bea Pages (2)Apache Roller (2)
WildVoice (1)WebPod Studio (1)Tool Factory Podcasting(1)
Talkr (1)slapcast (1)ReadtheWords.com (1)
ProfCast (1)PodshowCreator (1)podOmatic (1)
PodNova (1)Podlinez (1)Podifier (1)
Podesk (1)Podcast Ready (1)Podcast Blaster (1)
Podbean (1)Podango (1)Podadmin (1)
OdeoStudio (1)Nimiq (1)myPodder (1)
Mixcraft (1)Mirpod player (1)Ksan Player (1)
iRadeo (1)iPodder (1)HuffDuffer (1)
Fonpods (1)ePodcast Producer (1)ePodcast Creator (1)
Easypodcast (1)ClickCaster (1)CastRoller (1)
Castblaster (1)BoxPopuli (1)blubrry (1)
BlogTalkRadio (1)BadApple (1)Audio Bay (1)
Audio Acrobat (1)1pixelout (1)Gabcast (1)
NetExam (1)Phasient (1)SimBuilder (1)
SAPTutor (1)ViewletACE (1)HyperSnap (1)
TurboDemo (1)SimCorder (1)InfoPak (1)
KnowledgeSolutions (1)InstallShield (1)Datango (1)
iMediaCONVERT (1)PresenterOne (1)Oracle iLearning (1)
Microsoft eLearning (1)Google Info (1)WSSsearch (1)
del.irio.us (1)

That is a lot of tools this blogging community has discussed and introduced to its readers. I also like to make occasional visits to Google Labs and Adobe Labs to "keep up" with the tech tools they are working on and to test drive any beta versions available. When I do find interesting tools I will keep track of them using my Delicious account. Tagged either under Development Toolsor Cloud. When it comes to free cloud apps, I also share them on my blog's Free Cloud Apps page.

It is tough to stay on top of all the great stuff being offered out there, but the blogs and social media certainly help.


1 comment:

  1. Great use of the eLearning Learning site! And that's a lot of tools - and it's not a complete list.

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