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=Our Favorite Tools of the Trade=


 * Dale's Favorites**


 * **Mineful** - Questionnaire software, Online Forms, and Analysis -- an analytical engine designed to help business make better decisions. Collaborations tools to collect, integrate, analyze and share marketing knowledge with colleagues. This is another tool to simulate the business environment.
 * **[|PopFeedback]**- It is a web application that provides you with the tools to create short one-question surveys that show up on the bottom right hand corner of your website. Since the surveys that are created are so short the response is likely to be much higher than for longer surveys. Often, a response of 15% is considered good for surveys and this application is likely to have a better response because they may not feel like surveys to the observer. I can see this being used in the learning process to receive more immediate feedback from students so that we instructors can be more responsive and able to respond quicker to the learning styles of our students. I.e. more adaptable.
 * **Teambox** - Collaboration Software --share messages, tasks and pages online. I teach a variety of business classes and collaboration is the way business operates today. This tool is one method that could be employed in the "class environment" to simulate business collaboration tools. Although most businesses have their own structure, as does MSTC and Lakeland, however, the business world is far less structured and this tool can be used to enable students to reach beyond the established protocol to develop their own collaboration styles.
 * **Survs** - Collaborative Online Survey Tool, Web Survey Software -- again, another tool to build, deploy and analyze surveys.


 * Jessica's Favorites**
 * **Google Docs** - Before even beginning to research the tool **__Google Docs__** came to mind. It is not as technologically advanced as some of the other tools but I used it a lot in my grad classes. It allows Multiple users to edit one document and can be very useful for group projects. This may be a good resource for those students hesitant to use new technologies because it is so easy.
 * **My Game** - allows you to create games online. It may seem childish but sometimes adding a little fun to the class can make it more enjoyable.
 * **Survs** is used for creating online surveys. I see not only using it for myself to gather information from students but also having them use it to gather information themselves.


 * Wendy's Favorites**
 * **PreZentit** - This is an online resource where you can create and share presentations. By creating your presentation online, it is available from any computer any time. This would be helpful to use if you travel a lot and work from remote locations.
 * **Planbookedu-** This is an online tool for creating your lesson plans. Again, these plans would be avalaible anywhere, anytime via the web.
 * **SimpleDiagrams** - This is an easy tool to use to create diagrams and express your ideas. Allows you to create simple designs, which is good for me! When the sofware to design processes is too complicated, I would tend not to use it.
 * Jeremy's Favorities**
 * **WiZiQ** also looks like a good tool as well. It looks like a lot adobe connect, but with a few more features. You are able to network, collaborate, record sessions, and more.
 * **GradeGuru** This site almost seems like a facebook for learning in a way. Students can share papers for review, collaborate, and share study materials. There also seems to capacity for networking for future job purposes. This seems to be more of a student tool.
 * **Twiducate** - seems like an interesting tool for communicating with students in a more secure environment. Makes sense to me; sometimes you just want to send out note and you don't need an entire e-mail.
 * Bills' Favorites**
 * **Flisti** - can be used for online polls. I would see the use of polls being used in two ways. First, they would be a great way to include humor in a class. Second, they could be used in a more serious way. Online polls could be used for students to vote, in a confidential way, regarding subject matter questions.
 * **Join Me **- It is a screen sharing site. I could envision myself as teacher, or students as a study group, working on an Excel problem via the shared screen.
 * **Group Table **- Here students could form a study group.


 * Glynn's Favorites**
 * **Blogs -** If you journal, you will enjoy blogging. You may be amazed that there are people out there who really want to read what you have to say!
 * **Wikis -** www.wikispaces.com is easy to use. In fact, this wiki was created on Wikispaces.
 * **YouTube -** sign up for an account and upload your own videos as well as explore the millions of videos that others have shared. There are an amazing amount of quality resources in You Tube.
 * **Adobe Connect -** contact Lea Ann if you need an account set up.
 * Terry's Favorites (For a little comic relief!)**
 * **Unhearit -** You know those songs you can't get out of your head. ..
 * **Fflick -** writing skills and critical evaluation can be taught as students write movie reviews that are published for the world to see. Publishing writing is a great motivation for top quality work from students.
 * **PartyPlannr -** Teach students organizational skills by planning a party
 * **PartyPlannr -** Teach students organizational skills by planning a party