1. File Hosting/File Sharing Tools
Posted by Sue Waters on Thursday, April 24th 2008
File Hosting/Sharing Tools
There are so many file hosting and sharing tools that can help us with our blogging. Here are just
a few that made it into the Top 3 Best Web 2.0 as recommended by my twitter network and our
readers.
Isabelle Jones recommended Scribd because you can upload documents and share them with
others i.e. your communities as well as publish them on blogs. I’ve never heard of Scribd before
so Kevin Gamble explained “it’s like a YouTube for documents”.
Scribd was nominated 64th top tool in the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 list by 155 learning
professionals. I would love to hear more about Scribd if you are using it
Whereas Marlene Manto says she couldn’t do without Box.net because it’s great for storage,
sharing and collaboration. Box.net allows you to upload large documents, photos, spreadsheets,
videos, or zip files to your online space which can then be accessed from anywhere. It means
you can store large files online at Box.net instead of using your blog storage space; all you need
to do is link across to the Box.net storage location.
Here are Marlene’s instructions on how to use Box.net.
What can we truly say about SlideShare? Not only is it an excellent
location to store and share your PowerPoint presentations online but
it’s also a great resource for:
• To discover other people’s presentations and slideshows for
sharing with your readers
• Visiting to learn the art of crafting a presentation; great for
inspiring ideas when creating your own presentations
If you’ve not used SlideShare you definitely need to check it out!
Thanks Dean Groom for including it in your Top 3 Best Web 2.o tools.
SlideShare was nominated 14th top tool in the Top 100 Tools for
Learning 2008 list by 155 learning professionals.
Here is one of my favourite SlideShare’s by Kim Cofino.