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Nuvvo is a public eLearning portal, that allows users to take and create online courses. The main feature is the course marketplace, where courses are bought/sold. Many of the courses are free, with others costing a few dollars. Might be a way to earn a few bucks creating courses, or buff up on specific topics by taking free courses.
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Tailoring your resume to the position you are after is a great idea. As is getting it critiqued by others. Keeping up with they resumes, and sharing them with others can be a pain. Hard drives crash, viruses attack, and files get lost. All of these things make an online resume builder sound great, and this is where emurse steps in. Emurse allows you to create and organize your resumes online. After your resume is complete, you can then track the status of your submissions. As an added bonus, emurse allows you to create a personal page that can be distributed to potential employers. Overall, emurse is a pretty slick way to create, organize, and share your resume, and anything that makes job hunting easier is always a welcome tool.
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Google Docs is great for written documents and spreadsheets, but what about the rest of the office suite? Enter Empressr, a web based presentation application. With an interface somewhat similar to PowerPoint, Empressr is a Flash application for the creation and sharing of slide-based presentations. The interface is clean and makes it very easily to add images, text, Flash, charts, and other elements to a slide. Changing the layout of a slide is as easy as clicking the element and dragging. Multiple templates are included as well. Overall a pretty slick presentation application at a good price (Free!) with the added benefit of being web-based
Empressr
Doing a google search on a topic is the go-to method for finding information on the web. But what if you want more specific, or directed answers? WikiAnswers and Yahoo! Answers are great tools for finding the answer you are looking for. With both sites, you post your question and the users of the site submit answers. Select the best one and you’re all set.
The one down side to this system is the wait. Depending on your question, an answer may arrive very quickly, or take quite awhile. While this is a pain if you are in a hurry, the quality of the answers given usually offsets the wait.
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Amiko allows you to create an online resume. Basically, Amiko hosts an online version of your resume on their server and provides a link for you to post to online job sites like monster.com. Some of the more notable features are the ability to re-arrange your resume by simply clicking and dragging on items, unlimited photo gallery, and really simple editing of content. Amiko looks like a pretty slick tool for those embarking on their job search adventure.
Amiko
TutorLinker is an online marketplace for tutors. A user can find a tutor based on geography, subject matter, or pricing. The site has a pretty slick Google maps mashup that allows you to see where tutors are located.
As of right now, there is not a wide distribution of tutors, but as the site grows this will change. Right now the search is limited to location, which is somewhat limiting as well.
All in all, a pretty slick idea. Hopefully the site will take off, and more regions will benefit.
Selling your textbooks online is a great way to avoid getting ripped off by your university book store. Another great thing about selling books online is the opportunity to sell back books the bookstore won’t even take back. Not all professors change books at the same time, so you have a greater chance of selling your books online once a new edition comes out. There are a number of sites providing textbook selling, but the two most popular are amazon.com and half.com.
The key to selling your textbooks online is the ISBN. Using the ISBN of your book ensures that the proper edition is listed. The slick thing about using your ISBN with half.com and amazon.com is that the whole process is automated. Just type in your ISBN and a listing is created for you with a picture of the book and description.
The shipping fees are somewhat steep, but you are able to reach a much broader audience and get more than the $5 the bookstore will give you.
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Half
mynoteIT is an online note taking tool for students. A student can log on and take notes on whatever they wish. As with most online text tools, notes can be shared with others, allowing for easy collaboration. One can also easily search through notes for relevant information. mynoteIT also includes a to-do list and calendar.
One really slick feature is the ability to set up ‘class groups.’ As the name implies, these are intended to allow students in the same class to associate with one another. This is great for those wanting to share notes and ideas with classmates.
While the site is pretty slick, it faces the same problems many online note/text/calendar tools face. The majority of students don’t have a laptop with them to take notes during class. More technical majors, such as Computer Science may see a large portion of students taking notes on a computer, but they are still in the minority. As laptops become more prevalent in class, tools like this may take off, but for now they are going to have limited reach.
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GPA calculations are a necessary evil for most students. The University of Wisconsin has an easy to use tool for calculating that magic number. Simply enter in your letter grades and the number of hours associated with them, then calculate to your heart’s content. This tool is also great for those “what is this class going to do to my GPA?” situations.
GPA Calculator
Engtech offers up five tips for accessing your blocked Gmail. Great for getting to Gmail while at work or school. Tips include trying a different web address, utilizing POP mail, and using Google Desktop.
Using a cell phone web browser is another sure-fire, if somewhat cumbersome way of getting to Gmail if no other options are available.
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