Janet Clarey‘s Top Ten Tools 2007

TOP 10 TOOLS 2007 &2008
Janet Clarey

Janet Clarey is a Senior Researcher at Brandon HallResearch. She writes about (and researches) learningtechnology tools and systems, and organizational bestpractices. Janet blogshere.
Janet‘s Top 10 Tools as at 14 January 2008
WordPress: I use WordPress for educational blogging and as a personal content management tool.
iGoogle: I use iGoogle to manage my personal learning and work environment. On my home page, I have Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Bookmarks, Google Reader, and Google Docs and use each daily.
Mozilla Firefox: After years of using IE, I recently switched to Firefox. Browsing is efficient which make me more productive.
MS Outlook: The email platform I use for corporate communication.
Skype: I use Skype to IM, video chat, and conference with others.
Facebook: I have been using Facebook as my primary social networking tool.
Wikipedia: A starting point and ending point for most of the things I research.
MS PowerPoint: My primary tool for presenting information at educational workshops both face-to-face and online is PowerPoint
Blackboard: The LMS that Syracuse University uses. This is my “formal” learning environment.
SecondLife: My 3D online virtual environment
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Janet‘s Top 10 Tools as at 23 July 2007
WordPress: Why I like this blogging tool over others: It works and it‘s easy to use. That‘s it. If something‘s not easy to use, I just don‘t use it.
Google: I like theGoogle Reader because I can get through a lot of reading quickly and usefully tag blog posts for future use. I likeGmail because it groups my mail and catches a lot of spam. I likeGoogle Mobile (chat, mail, maps, search) because it works well (quick, easy) on my device. I like the search optionsGoogle:  offers (Scholar, Images, etc.). I also likeGoogle Talk because it just sits in the background quietly waiting to do its job. Oh, and I likeiGoogle and tabs. I also useAlerts to keep me informed about a topic I‘m researching or interested in
HTML: Still using it as a tool to make things more readable...10 years later.
 
SmartFTP:  I like SmartFTP for transferring files from my computer to the server. It‘s been reliable for a couple of years now
 
SnagIt: Simple way to capture anything on the screen.
 
Adobe Acrobat Professional:  I work with a lot of large documents in other formats. I like the Search capability and it‘s an easy way to read and organize large documents.
 
Skype: It‘s cheap and has worked well so far...although this is a relatively new tool for me.
 
Inspiration: I like this simple tool for brainstorming.
 
Dreamweaver: I use DW for Web site creation and management
 
Social networking tools:Explode,Facebook, andLinkedIn have been the most useful social networking tools I‘ve used to date.