Cool Tools For Schools

http://www.cooltoolsforschools.wikispacescom/

This is a website that provides useful links in various aspects in studying.

For example, if you require a website that would help organise and present data in a presentation for a school assessment, you simply click on the 'Presentations' tab and a list of websites that help you do this comes up.

In the same way there are tabs and links to organising photos, getting collaborative work done, writing tasks online, drawing, audio, image etc.

Etherpad

Etherpad is possibly the simplest online tool that can be used to do collaborative work online.

It does not require a created account (username and password) but rather works by sharing a URL after having created a 'pad' on a 'Public Pad'.

Etherpad uses real-time processing to get work done instantaneously. Work is updated every half a second.

Google Reader

Google Reader helps you find and keep track of interesting stuff on the web. you can subscribe to your favorite websites, see what your friends are sharing and keep up with what's popular. New content comes to your Google Reader so you don't have to visit individual sites.

Delicious

Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source.

With Delicious you can:

-Bookmarks any site on the internet, and get to it from anywhere

-Share your bookmarks and get bookmarks in return

-Discover and explore the most useful bookmarks on the internet

Skydrive & iGoogle

Skydrive works a little like Google Docs, except you save folders online and access anywhere so long as internet is available.

In preparation for organisation of notes in Year 11, I have created folders for every subject under the categories ' Study Notes' and 'Assessments'

iGoogle

iGoogle is a useful customizable online homepage that grants access to a search engine and various other gadgets that can help organise your life. 'Gadgets' appear as boxes on the homepage and vary in what they can be used for. Eg. weather forecast, news, comic strip etc.

Tabs can be added to the homepage that organise categories under where certain gadgets and information go.

For example, I have created a 'Schools' tab that has useful tools to help in homework and assignments on an online-basis. The gadgets I have added here are To-Do List, Scientific Calculator, Dictionary, Sticky Note, Word of the Day. Another gadget I have added is a 'google bookmarks' app that lets me save links to various other sites like SkyDrive and Outlook.

Google Wave

What is a wave?

A wave is equal parts document and conversation.
People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps and more.

Web 2.0

Using Google Docs, it is possible to create and save documents online.



The types of documents available on Google Docs. are:

• Word Processor


• Presentation


• Spreadsheet


• Form - can be used to create a survey

Outlook has a link to SkyDrive
SkyDrive lets you create folders and tthereby subfolders to organise and store files.

This is useful in sorting out various files in student subjects.

Being able to store data online allows one to access these folders anywhere and anytime.

Outlook could also be used to send and receive e-mails.

My outloook id is:
rochelledesilva@mcauleywestmead.catholic.edu.au