There were quite a few "online productivity tools" to explore! There were a few that interested me, and one that I plan to incorporate next year with students.
I signed up for an account on Rememeber the Milk. Perhaps it will help me stay organized and keep track of tasks better. In addition, 30 boxes was interesting and I can see its tremendous potential. I signed up and started entering events. I like the features it offers, like linking to flikr and your area for local weather. Repeating events, coordinating with others...it seems like it will be veey useful one I can fully set it up.
The site I will use professionally is Proprofs.com, to generate flashcards. I explored several of the sets already created and then created a set of 25 flashcards for our recent Genetics unit. The website could also be shared with students and they could make their own flashcard sets. Benefits are that it is a common middle school review method for some quizzes and it would eliminate using note cards. Students will like it better than the traditional method. I see no dangers in this tool. One danger in general would be becoming too dependent on these online tools.
You are right on the money here. Web 2.0 isn't about using everything you are exposed to. It's about being willing to be exposed to everything so that you can pick, choose and adapt the tools to your specific needs.
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I am glad to hear that you found some tools that you like. My wife told me of a tool called MeetUp that allows people to set up meetings and invite the public. If you have a discussion group on celiac disease that meets at a regular time you can post it on the site. People searching for that type of meeting can find out where you meet and attend. It is nothing that works for me, but it is perfect for my wife's line of work.
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