25 Tools for Learning professionals - The browser
Posted on November 18, 2008
Filed under EmergingTechnologies, Learning 2.0
25 Tools
every Learning Professional should have in their Toolbox - and all for FREE!
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/25Tools/index.html
On this page is an easy overview of the tools and what they do. I like this site a lot because it’s geared to people like you and me, who need exposure, access and training in a variety of contexts and modalities.
First on her list is Firefox–arguable the best browser available. Browsers are a basic web tool. I think of mine as my web dashboard. All the other tools I use and the tasks I accomplish are enabled through my browser, technically and practically. For example, I could not possible interact in all the social spaces I do, without letting Firefox save all my passwords. And using browser tabs (instead of new windows) let’s me more easily multitask and manage multiple frames of reference I work in. Having typically 4-8 applications open at a time, managing my desktop is made a bit easier when I’ve got one browser window open, with multiple tabs.
The functionality of your browser can be extended with plugins, little applications you add into it. I use a plugin for Google notebook. It lets me easily clip text and media out of the web and into a web-based notebook.
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