In this episode I review three online collaboration tools and offer suggestions for inexpensive and fun activities that students on a budget can enjoy to relax.
Resources mentioned in the podcast (and some that weren’t):
Drop.io – An online collaboration and file sharing tool
Your comments, questions, and suggestions are always welcome!
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In this episode I talk about how to use Wikipedia and personal wikis in your education. Our sponsor cause this week is an effort by a 13-year-old entrepreneur to help sick children enjoy their Winter holidays. I end with a follow-up to last week’s episode. Please leave comments or give me a call and leave a voice mail if you have questions, suggestions, or comments about the podcast.
Resources mentioned in the podcast (and some that weren’t):
Luminotes is a WYSIWYG personal wiki notebook for organizing your notes and ideas. It’s designed for note taking and note keeping without the hassle of learning special markup codes. You simply start typing.
Wikispaces is built to work anywhere, anytime. All you need is a web browser and an Internet connection. Members can create pages and spaces without undue restrictions or rules. Guests can edit pages without creating an account. Wiki pages are fully internationalized, so you can contribute content in any language you like.
PBWiki – A safe, secure place to collaborate. PBworks lets you monitor changes to your workspace by email and RSS – and reverse any changes instantly.
PDF Creator – PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program.Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application.
Your comments, questions, and suggestions are always welcome!
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*CHANGE NOTE: I’m still working out the format of the show notes. The transcript of this episode previously shown in this blog post was moved into a PDF (see link below). No text was changed in the transcript. The links from the transcript are posted below.
This is the inaugral episode of Student Tech. I discuss using Open Office instead of Microsoft Office and an inexpensive way to improve your public speaking skills.
Your comments, questions, and suggestions are always welcome!
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