        Write or Die website (use the link on the side menu to get to the free web version of Write or Die) OmmWriter is Robin’s other favorite distraction-free writing tool We talked about distraction-free writing and several tools in HLN#20 2012 Horizon Report   Will you use Write or Die to […]

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HLN 40: Kill Your Writing Procrastination with Write or Die

  ClassParrot Celly Remind101 (iphone app)       How can you use group texting to support your learning or the learning of others? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

HLN 43 Group texting!

        Livebinders website   How can you use Livebinder to support your learning or the learning of others? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

HLN 42 Create, Collaborate, and Share with LiveBinders

        Animoto website   How can you use Animoto to support your learning or the learning of others? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

HLN 41: Lights, Camera, Animoto!

  FollowUpThen website and video demo     What do you think–how will you use Followupthen? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

HLN 39: Remember to follow up with FollowUpThen!

        MIT OpenCourseWare Turns 10 MIT OCW MIT OCW app in iTunes OpenStudy OCW Scholar Open Education Week (was Mar 5-10) Creative Commons The Power of Open Open Culture (“the best free cultural & educational media on the web”) MERLOT (we talked about MERLOT on show #4 )   How can you […]

HLN 38: MIT’s Open Courseware

        Creaza mindmapping, video-editing, sound-editing story creation suite Acid Planet – online community of individual digital musicians and videographers and includes weekly free audio loops   How can you use Creaza and digital storytelling to support and enhance learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or […]

HLN 37: Tell me a (digital) story

      Some backchannel platforms: Chatzy Tiny Chat Backchan.nl: website and best practices from Backchan.nl Todays Meet Other backchannel resources: 7 Things You Should Know About Backchannel Communications, pdf  (Educause) Using the Backchannel in Your Classroom (Technology for You and Classroom blog) Backchannel Best Practices (ASTD Learning Circuits) Building a Better Backchannel (ProfHacker) Social […]

HLN 36: Create a Second Learning Stream with Backchanneling

  SalesForce ChatterYammer A comparison of the free versions of Chatter and Yammer Set-up Yammer for a small group (similarly can be done with Chatter) Yammer & Chatter and Getting into Hot Water   How can you use Yammer or Chatter to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this […]

HLN 35: Create a Private Social Network with Yammer and Chatter

        WeVideo – web-based, collaborative video editor AnyVideoConverter website (we also discussed it on the podcast in show #9 )   How can you use WeVideo to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe […]

HLN 34: Collaborative Cloud-Based Video Editing with WeVideo

Google Takeout- save some or all of your Google data into a downloadable archive InSync – create an InSync folder on your computer and it will create an automatic two-way sync with your Google docs Google Data Liberation Front   How will you use Google Takeout or InSync to help your productivity or to support […]

HLN 33: Easily Get Google Data from the Cloud to Your Computer

      GroupTweet home page   How will you use GroupTweet to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, RSS or email.

HLN 32: Have a group? GroupTweet!

        Google docs home page                       How might you use Google docs sharing to make it easier for small groups to collaborate? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to […]

HLN 31: LMS + Google Docs = Shared Doc for Small Groups

VoiceThread home page VoiceThread digital library with examples of educational uses Wiki for VoiceThread users Information for planning a VoiceThread Wiki with links to ideas and samples Penn State VoiceThread webpage (with links to additional resources)   How do you use voicethread to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to […]

HLN 30: Share comments verbally with VoiceThread

      ifttt homepage (pronounced like “lift” without the “L”, stands for “if this then that)   How might you use ifttt yourself or to support learning? Leave us a comment and let us know! Listen to this podcast (or right-click link and “save target as” to download mp3) Subscribe to this podcast via […]

HLN 29: Let IFTTT take care of your tasks for you!

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