Digital Research Tools (DiRT)

Although this site is primarily focused on tools related to research, it contains a vast collection of links to tools which are extremely useful for the classroom.

Here is a list of the categories included.  Each category contains many useful links.

• Authoring
• Blogging
• Brainstorming
• ...

For example, to manipulate an image, Splashup is a suberb alternative for the likes of Photoshop; or for a 'A Beginner's Guide to Mind Mapping Meetings', click here.


Here are the rest of the categories:

• Citation Management
• Collaborative Authoring
• Collection Building
• Communication Tools
• Comparison Tools
• Data Collection
• Data Mining
• Data Visualization
• Find Research Materials
• Image Editing
• Linguistic Tools
• Mapping
• Mashups
• Mobile Devices
• Networking
• Notetaking
• Organize Research Materials
• Qualitative Data Analysis
• Screencasts
• Social Bookmarking
• Statistical analysis
• Staying Current with Research
• Text Analysis
• Transcription
• Utilities
• Visual Search Tools
• Writing Tools