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**Resource List for Change**

 * Learning Tools and Systems to Support Collaborative E-Learning**

//Avatars (Virtual characters) Links to tools that can be used for the production of specialist interactive and intelligent content in the form of virtual assistants, mentors etc.

Blogging tools Links to a number of tools that will help us to create blogs, mobile blogs, audio blogs/podcasts and video blogs/vblogs.

e-Book tools Links to tools that are useful for reading as well as creating e-books for our pc’s or mobile devices.

Forms, survey and polling tools links to a selection of tools for creating online forms and surveys.

Graphics and animation tools and links to a variety of tools that can be used for the production of graphics, animation, pictures and for photo editing. Image galleries and sound effects libraries and links to number of places where we can find clipart, photos, animation and sound files to use in e-learning solutions.

Interactivity tools and links to tools for interactive e-Learning.

Podcasting tools for reading and creating podcasts.

Presentation (and streaming presentation) tools with Links to variety of tools that can be used for the production of online presentations.

RSS tools and links to a number of tools that will help us create and read RSS feeds. o (More on RSS feeds: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format) )

Simulation/Demonstration/Screencasting tools Links to simulation and demonstration tools for creating e-learning solutions.

Testing, quizzing and gameshow tools and links to a range of dedicated tools that are useful for the production of online tests, quizzes and games.

Video tools and links to video tools - eg. video to Flash converter tools, webcam as well as video blogging tools.

Web page authoring tools and links to some general web authoring and site management tools, including hosted websites.

Webcasting and streaming media tools and links to webcasting tools and software to create live, interactive web events as well as on demand streamed audio and video.//

Above is a list of shareware and web 2.0 tools that we will utilize to communicate and collaboratively learn and share our knowledge as a learning community. In order to develop a budget that may support a small staff whose purpose is to manage, maintain, compile and make the data and knowledge we gather accessible, we may implement a membership fee. The above list still requires budget development for those tools that are not free via the Internet. The below considered membership fee may be implemented to support future learning community initiatives.

With a member base of 50K at a minimum of $15.00 per year membership we would then have an annual budget of $750,000.00

Interim budget:

Annual Convention and Luncheon at $25.00 per person for approximately 100 people:

= $2,500.00

Software Purchase: Microsoft Project

= $ 999.95 __ Total Interim Budget: $3,499.95