Conclusion

I have really enjoyed this course. I have used lots of different tools, discovered quite a number new tools and practised using them. I can see many of them will be useful in my working life and some of them useful in my working day.

I like the similarity of web2 tools that make them quite easy to navigate your way around.

Thanks for a great time!

#22 & 23 Ebooks & Audio books

Great resource to have in the class, students could download and listen to them on their laptops/ipods and then silent read them. Also great for an online class, still not quite the same using a 'real' book, but I would get used to this.

# 21 Youtube - teacher tube

This was fun! I enjoyed embedding it and I find it has just the biggest array of videos which we often use in our PD sessions, they get the message across in a much easier way than a PowerPoint or a lecture.

I love this video....

# 20 Podcasts

I have always thought that itunes had a lot more to offer than simply listening to music on my ipod. I had heard of podcasts and thought this was such a great idea, I could think of how education institutes could use them to deliver lectures, classes, instructions and then we can all 'learn on the run'. It makes it possible to be able use our time more wisely.

# 18 Wikis

It was some time ago that I first met wikis, possibly my first foray into web 2 tools. I have certainly come a long way since then. I used one as a tool for a collaborative class activity we did. It was a great idea in theory, the capabilities of the wiki are fabulous. The kids can set up pages as they like and they can edit each others work and run a discussion behind the scenes.

# 17 Delicious

I find this rather a useful site. I have bookmarked, tagged and shared my way round Delicious. I like the way that I can access my bookmarks from anywhere, they are just safely stored there waiting for me.

# 15 & 16 RSS feeds

Well I even know what it means now! It was surprisingly easy to install google reader and get it busy tracking my favourite sites. I was so impressed with how simple it all was. Now I just have to find the time to read it all....