Jane’s list

Jane Hart once again asked for my top ten learning tools. Jane’s Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies is probably the most visited learning site on the web.*

My current selections, compared to a years ago and half a year ago, may show that I’m set in my ways. Firefox remains on top. Wordpress, Skype, and Ning are perennial favorites.

It’s wild that the hundreds of people who  responded to Jane’s request for their ten favorite tools come up web, web, web, web: Del.icio.us. Firefox, Google Reader, Skype, Google Search, Wordpress, PowerPoint, Blogger, Audacity, Google Docs. (I imagine PowerPoint is there in its role as the poor man’s authoring system for web-based content.)

Does anyone remember Authorware, ToolBook, Director, IconAuthor, Designer’s Edge, and ReadyGo? All gone.

Jane’s 25 Tools Community would be an interesting place for a user-created Consumer Reports of learning tools.

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*Google “Jay Cross.” After my own sites,  Jane’s list of my favorite tools is on top.