Although this tool probably doesn’t have a classroom use, it’s outstanding for helping to keep your life in order. TripIt allows you to organize all your travel information in one place. You can add flight information, hotel reservations, rental car, activities, meetings, notes, maps, and whatever else you have. You can type all this information in directly, or best of all- forward your confirmation emails from hotels, airlines, etc. and TripIt will fill in all the information. Continue reading
Excel has long been the “go to” guy for creating graphs and charts and there is no doubt that the Microsoft application is king of spreadsheets. But for students who need a quick chart to display on a website such as a blog or wiki, you just can’t beat the simplicity of Chart Gizmo! And yes, of course, it’s free.
The site allows you to create all kinds of charts and graphs in various formats such as an embedded static image, a live page that can be linked to, or my personal favorite, the embedded flash chart like this one:
And another example…
With just a little knowledge of javascript, you can even collect data on your site dynamically to display in your chart (now that is pretty nerdy, but you may just find a great use for it)! Like I said, it’s free, but it does require registration! Enjoy!
