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Breath Through The Wait

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  Breath Through The Wait The heavy anticipation culminates in a complete surrender, with the oppressive weight of the wait dragging her down. She is a tightly coiled figure, her head hidden, utterly immersed in a flow of deep blues and wounded purples. Around her, the setting has shattered into a jarring, stained-glass mosaic. Shards of burning red and sickly yellow pierce through the waiting room, transforming it into a scene from a fever dream. The wait has transcended a simple social inconvenience, becoming a feeling of spiritual siege. She almost dissolves into the furniture, marked by a particular exhaustion in which all distractions have failed, forcing her into the raw, noisy silence of our own collective minds. The room's colours aren't merely decorative; they resonate like high-pitched emotional frequencies, vibrating against a body of stagnant water. You've succumbed to that awkward in-between space: the momentum of your life has stalled, leaving you with only do...
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Top 100 Tool for Learning 2009

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Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009

This is a list all educators should be aware of.

As at 09 July 2009 136 Learning Professionals have shared their Top 10 Tools

This is the 3rd year learning professionals from all over the world have shared their top 10 tools for learning to help build the annual Top 100 Tools for Learning.

Note, by "learning" we mean both formal and informal learning

This list was used to produce the 25 Tools: A Toolbox 2009
25 Tools: A Toolbox for Learning Professionals 2009
View more presentations from Jane Hart.


Summary of the list:
1 Web browser Firefox | Google Chrome
2 Social bookmarking tool Delicious | diigo
3 Blogging tool Wordpress | Blogger
4 RSS/Feed reader Google Reader | Bloglines
5 Micro- blogging tool Twitter | Tweetdeck
6 Email gMail/Google Mail | Outlook
7 Instant Messaging Skype
8 Personal productivity tool Evernote | Google Calendar
9 Mind mapping Freemind | Bubbl.us
10 Presentation tool PowerPoint£ | Prezi
11 Presentation sharing tool Slideshare | VoiceThread
12 Online office suite Google Docs | Zoho
13 Web conferencing Dimdim | Adobe Connect£
14 Course authoring tool Articulate£ | Lectora
15 Screen capture SnagIt | Jing
16 Demo/Screencasting tool Camtasia | Adobe Captivate£ | Jing
17 Web authoring Dreamweaver | Google Sites
18 Wiki tool PBworks | Wikispaces
19 Image/photo tools flickr | Adobe Photoshop
20 Audio/podcasting tools Audacity | iTunes
21 Video tools YouTube | Flip
22 Personal dashboard iGoogle | Netvibes
23 Course management system Moodle
24 Social networking Ning | LinkedIn | Facebook
25 Integrated social media platform Elgg

Top 10 Tools posted on Youtube

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