Instructional Technology Resources

Courseware | Organize | Social Bookmarking | Store

Courseware and ePortfolio

• Mahara
  Create an electronic portfolio or ePortfolio. The simplest starting point is to consider an ePortfolio as an extension of the paper based-portfolio, bringing with it the obvious benefit of making a portfolio of evidence portable and shareable anywhere that you have Internet access. This site does require a download, and a subscription after the free trial.
   
• Moodle
  Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites.

Organize

• Evernote
  Evernote is to help the world remember everything, communicate effectively and get things done. From saving thoughts and ideas to preserving experiences to working efficiently with others, Evernote’s collection of apps make it easy to stay organized and productive.
   
• Feedly
  Feedly is a tool for gathering, reading, and sharing all the interesting blogs and websites you read on the web. 
   
• Mendeley
  Mendeley is a free reference manager that can help you collect references, organize your citations, and create bibliographies.
   
• Qiqqa
  Qigga is a free research paper management software. You are able to organize, store, tag thousands of documents! The site doesn't allow for duplicate documents and informs you when you upload them. A great resource to help organize and sort important documents to be used anywhere!
   
• Zotero
  Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself. Zotero is the only research tool that automatically senses content, allowing you to add it to your personal library with a single click.

Social Bookmarking

• Delicious
  Delicious helps you find cool stuff and collect it for easy sharing. This is similar to Pinterest, where you can create boards or groups to organize your favorite things on.
   
• Diigo
  Diigo is a branch off from Delicious with just a few added benefits. In Diigo you can add bookmarks and annotations. However you are also unable to add tag bundles or organize the tags as well.
   
• Symbaloo
  Symbaloo is a great site to set as your homepage. It allows you to bookmark and organize up to 60 home pages!

Store

• Dropbox
  Free and simple site to place all your important documents in that are accessible anywhere! This program allows the user to submit papers and email a link to anyone.
   
• Fotoflexer
  This online image editor site lets you store and edit photos online. Easily collaborates with Picnik and Photobucket users.
   
• Google Docs
  Brought to you by Google, this site allows multiple users to edit and save different types of live documents all for free! Share any specific file with anyone who you choose.
   
• Portable Flash Drive
  Allows you to take your favorite software with you. A fully open source and free platform, it works on any portable storage device (USB flash drive, iPod, memory card, portable hard drive, etc.) as well as local storage and cloud storage options.

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