Posts Tagged ‘technology’

Top 100 Learning Tools 2011 – something for everyone…

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 by maria

This annual list of learning tools compiled by the inimitable Jane Hart is my absolute favourite list !!  It is definitely worth scrolling slowly through this list.

This year I was gratified to find that I knew about so many tools on the list.But, as always, I found some new ones – here are a couple that look like they could be very interesting to use in adult literacy programs. Check out Storybird – a great little tool to create art-inspired stories – they can be custom printed – could make a very good group project.  Take a look  at Yammer - it is used by organizations to create private social networks where colleagues can work together and with clients… as I looked at it I wondered if this could be a good tool for agencies with multiple sites? There’s a free basic version  and the paid version ( good for up to 100 users) looks  quite – definitely worth investigating.


Need Tech help? Help yourself with Tech-Ease…

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 by maria

Tech-Ease is a nifty little site  (it covers Windows and Mac) that is just full of great information to help us all solve our tech problems on the fly… it’s written in very plain English – no jargon – and is directed at  ”non-techie” teachers who want to make best use of technology in their practice, and want practical, easy to understand information and answers to common tech problems.

I find it very useful –  I know that for myself  that sometimes when I run into a problem – when something “just won’t work” – I get a bit flustered because I don’t even know  where to start –  I don’t have enough information to formulate the right questions!!  That’s where I have found Tech-Ease so helpful – I get enough information to help me figure out the problem or figure out that I need to get some tech help.

As I was reviewing the site today I realized that it could also be a good source for instructors in planning lessons in digital technology – for example in the section on Windows Files and Sharing you could use the information to create lessons on saving files, naming files, re-naming files, copying files, creating shortcuts, deleting files and much more….

Check it out…


25 worst passwords of 2011

Thursday, November 24th, 2011 by maria

This list of the  25 worst passwords of 2011 has been floating around the internet for the past couple of day. But, i couldn’t resist sharing it, just in case you missed it.

I think my two favourites from the list are “letmein” and “abc123″ pretty amazing eh?

You will find links to some great  tips for creating strong passwords right alongside this list and you can find even more great tips in our recent  post Powerful Passwords