DE Tools of the Trade : utilities

SNAGGY: Post Screenshots On The Web

Anonymous — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:00:40 GMT

Greetings, SNAGGY is a free web service which will post a screen shot, taken on a local computer to the web. Teaching online can be a very frustrating experience. Problems which take just minutes to solve in a “Face to Face” environment can require hours...(read more)

PASTELINK.ME: An Easy Way To Share Digital Files

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:00:27 GMT

Greetings, PASTELINK.ME is an easy to use method for sharing files with someone on the Web. Being a successful online teacher (or technology using teacher, for that matter) means having a “Plan B” ready when “Plan A” doesn’t work and believe me, that...(read more)

CRUXBOT: Web Page Summarizer

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:00:04 GMT

Greetings, CRUXBOT is a free service which will parse a web page article or report down to a couple of paragraphs. The web is a marvelous source of information — too marvelous in most cases. While finding information is no longer a problem, reading through...(read more)

SNIPPLIST: Info Clipping Service

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:56:18 GMT

Greetings, SNIPPLIST is an online service for clipping, displaying and sharing web content. I have another web app — SNIPPLIST — which I just don’t get. Perhaps, you do. If so, please leave a comment. The app is a kind of web clipping service. Users can...(read more)

DUPLICHECKER: Free Online Plagiarism Checker

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:00:41 GMT

Greetings, DUPLICHECKER is a free, online plagiarism checker. Of all the links and resources posted on this web site, the plagiarism checkers are the most popular. I’m not sure whether to be happy about that or sad. I suppose anything which draws users...(read more)

PDFMAKER: Online PDF Creation Tool

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:56:57 GMT

Greetings, PDFMAKER is a free, online, PDF Creation Tool. Every once in a while I come across an app which makes me scratch my head and wonder, “Why?” Why did someone or some group bother to create an app for which there is no apparent need or want? While...(read more)

BUNDLENUT: Bundle Many Links In One URL

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:00:53 GMT

Greetings, BUNDLENUT allows the user to bundle several web links into one URL. I don’t know if Twitter was the rational behind today’s app — BUNDLENUT — but I can’t think of any other reason for it’s creation. Twitter’s 140 character limit severely hinders...(read more)

SCREENLEAP: Simple. Free Screen Scaring

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:00:28 GMT

Greetings, SCREENLEAP is a simple to use, free, screen sharing service. Working with students at a distance, over the Internet can be a challenge at the best of times. One of the most frustrating aspects involves trying to explain a simple concept or...(read more)

SMART-IP.NET: Internet Information Utility

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:00:04 GMT

Greetings, SMART-IP.NET is and Internet utility capable of determining all sorts of information about an Internet connection. Time for an actual DE Tool for a change. Today’s offering is called SMART-IP.NET. It’s an online service that provides all sorts...(read more)

CONVERTICO: A Favicon/Icon Creator

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:00:53 GMT

Greetings CONVERTICO is a free, online utility that will convert a graphic or clipart image image to an icon or favicon. Have you every wondered where the small symbols in from of a URL or web address come from? They are called “Favicons” and they are...(read more)

ALEXA: What’s Hot On The Web.

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:22:38 GMT

Greetings, ALEXA is a web site that keeps track of what’s hot or trending on the web. Call today’s offering my “silly Saturday” contribution. The site is ALEXA and it claims to track those web pages which are “hot” or most popular. The list is update...(read more)

CCLEANER: Cache Cleaning Utility

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:00:08 GMT

Greetings, CCLEANER is a free, downloadable utility program for cleaning caches, histories and other files. Today’s offering, CCLEANER is a free, downloadable utility that has been popular with the Windows community for many years. Recently it was adapted...(read more)

YOUTUBEMP3: A Tool For Converting YouTube Video to MP3 Audio.

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:00:07 GMT

Greetings, YOUTUBEMP3 is an online tool which will convert music video files to downloadable MP3 audio files. I’ll admit, right up front that I’m not sure where the legalities of this app lie or what the copyright implications are for converting and downloading...(read more)

PAGEFLIP-FLAP: FlipBook Creation Tool.

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:00:36 GMT

Greetings, PAGEFLIP-FLAP is a free web tool for converting content in PDF, Word, JPG and many other formats into an animated “flip book” format. Flip books are those animated volumes whose pages seem to turn or flip virtually — the digital equivalent...(read more)

WEBSITE PULSE: Blocked In China Check

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:00:55 GMT

Greetings, WEBSITE PULSE is a site offering many web services such as checking if a site is blocked in China. A well stocked DE Toolbox means having a tool for every occasion even the ones that may be unimaginable, such as whether a site is blocked in...(read more)