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Today’s Tool: Prezi
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TAL 006: Come Join Me with Join.me
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Today’s Tool: Join.me
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Comparison Chart of Free(ish) Screen Sharing Programs
| Screen Sharing Program | Description | Cost | Maximum number of attendees | Download for meeting starter? | Download for attendees? | Mobile apps? |
| Adobe Acrobat web conferencing | Web conferencing with screen sharing | Free for up to 3 users$14.99 and up for more users | 20 | No | No | iphone |
| Join.me | Screen sharing with conference call number | FreePaid version for additional features | unlimited | Yes | No | iphone, ipadViewer for Android (soon) |
| Live Look | Screen sharing | $10/credit for one time meeting or $39.99 for unlimited monthly meetings | 15 | No | No | No |
| Mikogo | Web conferencing with screen sharing | Free | 10 | Yes | Yes | No (but can join via website) |
| Teamviewer | Screen sharing with VoIP and file transfer | Free for non-commercial users | 3-15 (depending on plan) | Yes(works well through firewalls) | Yes | iphone, ipad, ipod touchAndroid |
| Skype | Voice over internet (VoIP) program with limited screen sharing option via video call | Free | 2 | Yes | Yes | iphone, ipad, ipod touchAndroidSymbian/ N9000 |
| Windows Live Messenger (XP) (Vista, Windows 7) | Instant messaging with program/ whiteboard sharing option | Free | ? | Yes | Yes | Not for program sharing |
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TAL 005: Dropbox and Cloud Storage
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Today’s Tool: Dropbox
Resources:
- Dropbox blog and Dropbox at Work blog
- Wiki of Dropbox addons
- Some of Robin’s favorite Dropbox addons:
- Upload files to dropbox via email – Use app SendtoDropbox or do-it-yourself as explained in the blog post Upload Files to Your Dropbox Folder by Email
- DropItToMe creates a URL so others can send files to your Dropbox (this is especially useful for large files) Here’s a brief video tour of DropItToMe.
- Use IFTTT to automate links between DropBox and other sharing tools (check out our discussion of IFTTT on the HigherLearningNow podcast, show #29)
- Cubby
- Mailbox app
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TAL 004: Screencasting with Jing!
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Today’s Tool: Jing
Resources:
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Jing Overview video from Jing.
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The Jing website has many tutorials on how to use various aspects of Jing.
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Ideas for Using Jing from Russell Stannard at TeacherTrainingVideos.com (K-12 examples, but still good to get your ideas flowing!)
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Other free tools for screen capturing: screencastle (browser based), screencast-o-matic (browser based), screenr (browser based), camstudio (windows)
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Other free tools for screen shots: greenshot (windows)
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TAL 003: Tell Me A Story – Yakitome
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Today’s Tool: Yakitome
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TAL 002: Yes, we have no bananas: SurveyMonkey
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Today’s Tool: SurveyMonkey
Resources: SurveyMonkey Help Center has several tutorials plus there are many tutorials and resources available via a google search
Chart Comparing Several Free Online Survey Programs
| Questions/ survey | Responses/ survey | Question Types | Reports | Export to spread-sheet | Ads | |
| SurveyMonkey | 10 | 100 | 15 | Yes | Yes | No |
| eSurveyPro | Unlimited | Unlimited | 19 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Google Forms | Unlimited | Unlimited | 7 | No | Yes | No |
| KwikSurveys | Unlimited | Unlimited | 6 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PollDaddy | 10 | 200 | 12 | Yes | No | No |
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