Over the past several weeks I have "discovered" many web utilities that have made my life 100x easier. I have listed, linked to and described these various utilities below in hopes that someone else will find them as useful as I have!
Blogger
I prefer Livejournal for personal journaling, but Blogger seems to have the layout of a more "professional" style blog. I am still learning my way around it, but so far it seems excellent. Jason Toal, the Experience Designer for Educational Support and Innovation at the LIDC sent me an AMAZING chart that you can use to choose the best blogging service for you. It can be found here.
eSnips
I use eSnips to upload my many PDF files so that I can access them from anywhere: work, home, etc. It gives you 1 Gig of free space and has an easy upload tool you can download so that you can upload many files at once.
ThinkFree
This site blows me away... It is an ONLINE WORD PROCESSOR! So if you are the kind of person that always forgets to send yourself your files (if you are working from multiple work stations) or if you find yourself fussing around with file conversion (between MAC and PC) or you just don't want to pay for a word processor, this is for YOU. I love it because I can upload my word documents (and excel files if I wanted to!) and I can post them online for storage or to share with others. It also works directly in conjunction with Blogger so you can easily post files in your blog.
RefWorks
This site has saved my life many times. I HATE typing out bibliographies, so now instead of typing them out myself, I simply store my resources in RefWorks. This program stores your references, sorts your references and- you won't believe this- MAKES YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHIES FOR YOU! It's like a dream come true.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
PDFs
I have uploaded my PDF collection to the following URL.
http://www.esnips.com/web/lidcart
The files are all freely distributed types, I didn't have to pay to access any of them, so I am assuming for now it's ok to store them here publicly :)
http://www.esnips.com/web/lidcart
The files are all freely distributed types, I didn't have to pay to access any of them, so I am assuming for now it's ok to store them here publicly :)
Refworks Bibliography
These are some of my favorite articles I have stumbled upon in the last few weeks. Most of them are freely distributed, but I am not sure it's legit (according to copyright law) to provide copies of the uploaded articles myself. At any rate, I will soon post links to many of these in PDF form for people who may be interested in reading them. This list is a collection of resources that focus primarily on Knowledge Translation and Critical Thinking.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Critical Thinking Activities
Over the past several weeks I have had the opportunity to absolutely scour the web for everything related to Critical Thinking. Through my searches I have come to find several very interesting links that I believe would be useful or interesting to just about everyone.
Battlefield God
This "game" may have a religious overtone, but it's really about examining how you think.
Skeptical Quizzes
These quizzes are both fun and interesting.
Project Implicit
An amazing research project that you can try your hand at. This project helps you "determine" your hidden prejudices.
Confirmation Bias Activity
This interactive website helps explain and identify Confirmation Bias.
Battlefield God
This "game" may have a religious overtone, but it's really about examining how you think.
Skeptical Quizzes
These quizzes are both fun and interesting.
Project Implicit
An amazing research project that you can try your hand at. This project helps you "determine" your hidden prejudices.
Confirmation Bias Activity
This interactive website helps explain and identify Confirmation Bias.
Confirmation Bias Lesson/Game
This is a very rough draft that will take several more revisions before I am happy with it I am sure. This is the third draft, and I am guessing it will be two or three more until it's complete. It can be viewed or downloaded from the following URL:
We have also created an online tool that will allow for people to play this game on the internet. The rough version of this game can be played by going to the following URL. I encourage people to play it and provide feedback so that we can improve it :)
Critical Thinking Draft Two
This is the second draft of my Critical Thinking document that I am producing for the LIDC. It can be viewed or downloaded from the following URL:
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