Free Resources from the Net for EVERY Learner

One size does NOT fit all when it comes to learning; and this is true for every aspect of learning.  That’s why I am delighted by the constantly expanding collection of available Web 2.0 learning tools.  Thanks to the Demo Girl team for sharing yet another terrific tool for recording, organizing, and sharing information.

Loose Stitch is a user-friendly outlining tool that can be used in many ways to support learning.  An individual can use it to record and organize researched information.  Or, it can be used to help keep track of scheduled events or assigned tasks on a project.  As well, Loose Stitch offers convenient ways of sharing  recorded information.  It has been designed to be used collaboratively by a group of people working together on the same project.

I especially appreciate the ease with which Loose Stitch outlines can be embedded in wikis or blogs.  When an outline is changed, the changes are automatically reflected in embedded versions of the outline.  Of course, each outline can also be shared via its  unique URL.

By selecting text in an outline, I found I was able to use CLiCk,Speak’s text-to-speech to have outlines read aloud in Firefox.

Registration is not required to use the fully functional free version of Loose Stitch, but a “Pro” version is available with additional features.

Please take a look at the helpful screencast put together by Maureen at  DemoGirl.com, and think of ways that Loose Stitch might be used to support learning in your context.  (For enhanced viewing, view in full screen mode and select HD for high definition.)