On 1 October I released the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 list , and in my introductory analysis I said. Yammer  (on the 2010 list at #20) might be a possibility. 3 -  Google Docs/Drive. But there’s lots more you can do with Google Docs too. 4 -  Google Search. 1 -  Twitter. 2 -  YouTube. MORE >>

Step 1: View the Google Doc version using this URL: [link]. Recently a group of students in the  Foundations of Communities of Practice workshop  completed a Word-Doc version of Chapter 10.  Log in to Google Docs. John Smith likes to work on his vacation, it seems. I’ll let him explain! See Step 1.). MORE >>

At the core, when I look at what a team needs, it's a pretty simple list: Real-time Voice Screen Sharing Document Editing (sometimes) Asynchronous Share / collaborate on documents, web pages Discussion Notification Of course, I'm simplifying by leaving out things like video chat, recording, etc. as well as knowing about tools and methods. MORE >>

Suddenly we had Google, then in the last ten years Facebook,Twitter, BBM, MSN Messenger, Wikipedia, YouTube, iTunes, Nintendo, Playstation,Xbox. Search and rescue Google aren’tkidding when they state their mission is to organize the world's information andmake it universally accessible and useful. Let me elaborate…. MORE >>

This is the 5th year I have been building a Top 100 Tools for Learning list (based on the Top 10 Tools contributions of learning professionals worldwide), so I thought it would be interesting to compare my choices in the first year I ran the activity in 2007, with my choices today. Well I’ve already mentioned four of them: Google Reader. MORE >>