Resource Center

GENERAL REFERENCE

Center for Learning and Performance Technologies
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/index.html - Tools Directory

http://c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/ - Top 100 Learning Tools for 2009

HEAL
www.healcentral.org - Medical image sharing 

Horizon Report 2009
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2009/

Mac Video Tutorials
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/

MedEdPORTAL
http://www.aamc.org/mededportal - peer-reviewed publication service and repository for medical and oral health teaching materials, assessment tools, and faculty development resources

Microsoft Online Office Resources
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/default.aspx - free
self-paced training courses for Office programs

Web. 2.0 Technology Tools
http://mzweb20.comfypage.com/
http://digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com/
http://digitalteachingtools.wikispaces.com/
http://couros.wikispaces.com/tools

WikiTestPrep
http://www.wikitestprep.org/
- a free QBank for the USMLE®
Step 1 & Step 2 Exams founded by students at the Mount Sinai School of
Medicine

GENERAL TOOLS

Audio Editing
Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Blogging
Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start
WordPress http://wordpress.org/

Chat
Skype http://www.skype.com/
Tokbox http://www.tokbox.com/

Collaborative
Scribblar www.scribblar.com/ - interactive white board
VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/ - a way to talk about and share
your images, docs, and videos

Concept Mapping
Bubbl http://bubbl.us/
Draw Anywhere http://www.drawanywhere.com/
myWebspiration http://mywebspiration.com/
Text 2 Mind Map http://www.text2mindmap.com/
Wordle http://www.wordle.net/

Conversion
iSpring http://www.ispringsolutions.com/ - powerpoint to flash

Copyright
Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/

ePortfolios
Epsilen http://www.epsilen.com/LandingSite/Home.aspx
VisualCV www.visualcv.com/

Google
Google Docs http://docs.google.com/
Google Docs Surveys http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2008/02/11/google-docs-survey-tool/
Google Groups http://groups.google.com/
Google Sites http://sites.google.com/
Google Translate http://translate.google.com/

Meeting Scheduler
Doodle http://www.doodle.com/
Meeting Wizard http://www.meetingwizard.com/

Micro-Blogging
Jaiku http://www.jaiku.com/
Ping.fm http://ping.fm/
Plurk http://www.plurk.com/
Twitter http://twitter.com/

Other
Glogster http://www.glogster.com/ - postering
TinyURL http://tinyurl.com/

Photos (Sharing)
FlickR www.flickr.com

Polling
Poll Everywhere http://www.polleverywhere.com/

PowerPoint Presentations (Sharing)
SlideBoom www.slideboom.com/
SlideShare www.slideshare.net/
Vuvox www.vuvox.com/ - create interactive slideshows and presentations

Search Engines
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/100-alternative-search-engines-you-should-know/

Simulation
SimMan 3G http://www.laerdal.com/document.asp?docID=33199898
Simulation in Healthcare www.simulationinhealthcare.com/
Society for Simulation in Healthcare www.ssih.org/

Social Bookmarking
delicious http://delicious.com/
Diigo http://www.diigo.com/

Social News
Digg www.digg.com - community editorial site

Social Networking
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/

Surveys
SurveyMonkey http://www.surveymonkey.com/

Tutorials (Screen Capture)
Jing http://www.jingproject.com/ - a good tool for creating online
tutorials - Snap a picture of your screen. Record video of onscreen
action. Share instantly over the web, IM, email. Jing is free software
that adds visuals to your online conversations. Instead of typing at
people, show them what you're talking about...pronto.
Screentoaster www.screentoaster.com/

Video
OpenCast http://www.opencastproject.org/ - open source video streaming

Virtual Worlds
SecondLife http://secondlife.com/

Web Conferencing
DimDim http://www.dimdim.com/
Elluminate http://www.elluminate.com/
Yugma www.yugma.com/

Web Pages
PageFlakes http://www.pageflakes.com/  - personal web portal
Roxer http://www.roxer.com/ - click & drag to create a web page
Wufoo http://wufoo.com/ - HTML form builder

Wikis
PBWiki http://pbwiki.com/
Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/