Friday's Five Geeky Tech Things

In the spirit of Web 2.0, I have decided to compile a list of five geeky tech items on occasional Fridays. The Friday Five is manageable list of five tech related items that allows me to get some interesting things out for folks to try. My goal is to find things that make life on the web easier and more enjoyable. The items on each list may be compiled thematically, or they may just be a hodgepodge of unrelated items. Here's the first one:

The Friday Five
(look em all up online here!)

1. Jing: Screencapture software for Windows and Mac that allows you to take a picture of whatever is on your desktop and save it to your computer. Jing also allows for the creation of screencasts (think mini movies) where you "film" whatever is happening on your screen (voice is included, too). Easy to use and fun.

2. Sharetabs: What a cool website, and perfect for educators. Sharetabs basically allows you to collect all of the links you want to collect in one convenient link. As their site says, "Add a list of links to the form below and submit it to get a single link to them all, conveniently displayed in tabs. Great for sharing in Email, IM, Twitter, or SMS." In fact, the link to all of these five items can be found at http://www.sharetabs.com/?friday_five_april_24. Great resource for teachers!

3. Geeky Science Papers you Need to Read: maybe a bit geeky, but interesting and free for the hardcore web folks or wannabes (no, I'm not thinking about myself, but if the shoe fits, right?)

4. 25 Places to Find Awesome Stock Photos, Free and Cheap: Want to include professional grade photos in your presentations or class materials? Worried about copyright or illegal use of intellectual property? Just want to find some cool photos? Here's the place to do it. Most sites are free, but some are inexpensive, and most allow their photos to be used in educational or non-commercial settings.

5. The Web in Numbers: Interesting Read about the rise of social media on Mashable. If you were ever interested in just how big Facebook, Twitter, and other sites are truly getting, then this is the site for you.


Enjoy!