Picks of the Week 2008
A complete listing of Martin and Sallie’s Picks of the Week from 2008 WELSTech episodes:
Accessibility
- Blind Cool Tech podcast – www.blindcooltech.com
- Dragon Naturally Speaking – www.nuance.com
- iGoogle gadget for YouTube political video captioning
- Text-to-Speech programs
Audio/Video
- Audacity – audacity.sourceforge.net
- Audio books and more – www.audible.com
- Capture and share images and screen videos – www.jingproject.com
- View the WELSTech site tour created with Jing
- Online video conversion – www.vixy.net
- Pandora Internet radio – www.pandora.com
- Microsoft Photo Story
- Podcast to your wiki – www.gcast.com
Bible Resources
- BibleGateway
- www.biblegateway.com
- Add a BibleGateway search box to your web site – www.biblegateway.com/usage
- BiblePlaces.com photo library
- Laridian Bible software for mobile digital devices – www.laridian.com
- Online Bible collaboration – www.youversion.com
- The Bible Experience – full cast audio
- Visualizing the Bible image
Communication
- E-mail, calendar & task list solution – Thunderbird & Lightning
- Organize Outlook – www.xobni.com
- Provider for Google Calendar
Education
- 37 Interesting Ways to use Your Interactive Whiteboard by Tom Barrett – link courtesy of José Picardo at boxoftricks.net
- Academic year calendars
- Create an avatar – www.voki.com
- Doodle 4 Google – www.google.com/doodle4google
- Edublogawards – www.edublogawards.com
- Fact Monster – www.factmonster.com
- Geocaching – www.geocaching.com
- Infotech with Mr. Losik – mrlosik.blogspot.com
- The Periodic Table of Videos – www.periodicvideos.com
- Scratch – scratch.mit.edu
- Teacher resources for Election 2008 – www.pbs.org/teachers/vote2008
- Teaching 21st Century Skills
- Understanding fair use in education
- Voice Thread – www.voicethread.com
- Wacky Wonderful Web sites (WWWs) – www.stjohnsse.com/wwws
Graphics
- Kuler by Adobe – kuler.adobe.com
- NASA Image gallery – www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery
- PhotoShop Express – www.photoshop.com/express
- Martin’s sample photos – Spring in New Mexico
- Picnik – www.picnik.com
- SnagIt – www.techsmith.com
Hardware
- Belkin WiFi Phone
- HP 2133 Mini-Note PC
- Manage multiple computers with one keyboard and mouse using Synergy
- ScanSnap – Fujitsu S510
- Skype phone – Philips VOIP841
- USB-based speaker phone from ClearOne – CHAT 50
- Web Cams
- Logitech QuickCam Pro – for notebooks
- Logitech QuickCam Fusion – for desktops
Internet Telephone
- GOOG-411 – www.google.com/goog411
- Jott – www.jott.com
- Record Skype
- eCamm for Mac
- PowerGrammo for PC
- Skype – www.skype.com
- Transcribe voice mail – PhoneTag.com
- Use your phone to e-mail messages – a free Jott replacement – www.reqall.com
Networks
- OpenDNS – www.opendns.com
Office Tools
- Drop for your faxing needs – www.drop.io
- The Fifth Element – ssuite5element.webs.com/thefifthelement.htm
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Microsoft Word Mail Merge – Online training for Word 2003
- Mindjet MindManager 8 upgrade - Free trial download
- Open Office 3.0 - www.openoffice.org
- Zoho Office Suite – www.zoho.com
Online Training
- Common Craft blog – www.commoncraft.com
- Language lessons with a social twist – www.livemocha.com
- Lynda.com online training – www.lynda.com
- Microsoft Online Training – office.microsoft.com/en-us/training
- Software quick reference cards from Custom Guide – www.customguide.com/quick_references.htm
- TED Videos – www.ted.com
Print and PDF Tools
- CutePDF – www.cutepdf.com
- Install a new print driver for selectable printing from your desktop – PrintGreener.com
- Select parts of web page(s) for printing – PrintWhatYouLike.com
Productivity
- Delicious Library 2 for Mac- www.delicious-monster.com
- Dvorak keyboard – www.dvzine.org
- Google Calendar – calendar.google.com
- Google Desktop – desktop.google.com
RSS
- Google Reader – reader.google.com
- RSS Forward – www.rssfwd.com
Utilities
- ActiveWords – www.activewords.com
- Balsamiq Mockups
- Clipdiary – www.softvoile.com/clipdiary
- Gizmo’s Support Alert Newsletter
- Gmail account storage space
- Google Safe Search preferences
- Mail Catch- www.mailcatch.com
- Online file conversion – YouConvertIt.com
- Online timer – www.online-stopwatch.com
- Password generator – www.supergenpass.com
- Password Safe – passwordsafe.sourceforge.net
- Real-time web site analytics – www.woopra.com
- Remote desktop control – www.logmein.com
- Send large files easily – www.yousendit.com
- SyncBack – www.2brightsparks.com/syncback
- Sync notes across computers and mobile phones – www.evernote.com
- Sync Toy 2 Beta
- Sync your password management files across platforms
- PC – Password Safe
- Mac – Password Gorilla (reads Password Safe)
- Sync via Live Mesh
- Windows Live SkyDrive – 25 Gb of “in the cloud” online storage
- Learn more
- Make SkyDrive a virtual drive on your computer with Gladinet.com
- Windows Notepad text editor – Start > All Programs > Accessories
- Alternatives – Lifehacker.com survey
- Text editors for the Mac
Web 2.0
- 25 Tools – from Jane Hart, creator of Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day
- Build a personalized home page – Pageflakes.com
- Build images for your wiki menu – glogger.mobi
- Create a flash-based scrapbook for your church or school web site – ScrapBlog.com
- Delicious – del.icio.us
- Live Mesh – www.mesh.com
- PC application launcher with a Mac feel – RocketDock.com
- Online drawing tool – www.dabbleboard.com
- Open Source Alternatives- www.osalt.com
- Plaxo – www.plaxo.com
- SearchMe.com and SearchMe.com/lite - visual search engine
- Check out the WELSTech Episode 043 Stack
- Stumble Upon – www.stumbleupon.com
- The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives
