With all the distracting apps, games, social sharing sites, and chat features, it’s amazing that online learners get their work done! If your favorites bar looks like a word scramble then it’s time to clean house, and restock with links to new web tools to help with your studies.
Not sure where to start? I’ve included a great list of resources below to get you going.
- Paper.li – Find out what’s going on in your industry by turning Tweets, Facebook status updates, Google+ stories, and other web content into your own personal online newspaper.
- Wallwisher – Do you have something to share? Announce it! Build your own announcement wall, share it with your friends, brainstorm, plan events, make lists, and learn something!
- Screencast-O-Matic – Record a demo for class, or make your own how-to video using this great web tool.
- Storybird – Get wordy and creative with this art-inspired website. It turns art into a story. A great detour to take when you have writer’s block for class.
- OneNote – Combine all your ideas and notes into one area with those cloud-based note collector.
- Mahara – Don’t wait until you’ve graduated to create a portfolio of your work. This portfolio software is a great way to share your achievements, and network.
- TED – Get inspired. Before you hit your class overload threshold try watching a few of these inspirational videos by experts in science, technology, and trailblazers in the world today.
By J. Mason
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