(From the Today's Digital Tools for Enhancing Future Learning, ODCE 2008 presentation. Click here to download a Word document of all these tools and more! For more information, contact Carrie Rathsack - carrier@bgsu.edu)

Productivity Tools

BELOW each site, list how or why YOU use the tool (what works for you?) -- click on the EasyEdit button above.
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Productivity Software – word processing, spreadsheet, presentation software (& more)

• Google Docs – http://docs.google.com
• Zoho – http://www.zoho.com
• Open Office (PC/Mac) – http://www.openoffice.org
• NeoOffice (Mac) – http://www.neooffice.org

Firefox – Web browser that works well on Mac/PC; safer than MS Internet Explorer; tabbed browsing, & many add-ons
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox

Rubistar – create or find a rubric for many different types of assignments
http://rubistar.4teachers.org

Jott – Phone reminders to self or others; use for voice to text/email
http://www.jott.com

Pando – send large files up to 1GB via email or IM
http://www.pando.com

MediaFire – upload and share files up to 100MB; unlimited storage
http://www.mediafire.com/

Zamzar – convert files to different format (most but .swf)
http://www.zamzar.com

MP3tunes – access your music from any computer
http://www.mp3tunes.com

Meeting Wizard – find common meeting times with automatic reminder & personalized messages
http://www.meetingwizard.com/

LibriVox – free audiobooks from the public domain; volunteer to read/create more
http://librivox.org/

Zotero – a Firefox extension to collect, manage, and cite your research sources
http://www.zotero.org/

Kayak – search 140+ travel sites for best prices
http://www.kayak.com

Not quite free, but worth a second thought:

Inspiration (Mac/PC) – concept mapping, graphic organizers & outlines; great starter templates
Free 30 day trial (per computer);~$50-70
http://www.inspiration.com

Comic Life (Mac & PC) – create comic-like pages that can be exported as .jpg, .html, etc.; integrates with iPhoto
Free 30 day trial; ~$30
http://plasq.com/comiclife

Voice Candy (Mac only) – create audio clips/files w/ 1-click record; save to desktop, Mail attachment, iTunes, etc.; integrates with iMovie, GarageBand, etc.
Free 15 day trial; ~$12
http://www.potionfactory.com/voicecandy/

Participant Suggestions:
NOTE: These are tools that participants suggested. Some of these are NOT free.
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Doppler
Magnolia
Wink
Gimp
Atomic Learning
StudyMate
Raptivity
Yugma.com
Groupworld
Breeze
Pipes