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Web Tools for Class or Project Team Use
Scheduling
| Doodle Scheduling | www.doodle.com | easy to use, helpful for oganizing group meetings |
| Google Calendar | www.google.com/calendar | easy to use |
Communication
| Adobe Connect Pro | www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/ | set up is a bit difficult if you are not familiar with web cams; setup is tricky, audio issues, slows down with many participants |
| Skype | www.skype.com | setup minimal, less than 30 minutes; Great for synchronizing remote persons. |
| dimdim | www.dimdim.com | echo requires a conference call-in number |
Web Site Development
| Google Sites | www.google.com/sites | easy to use |
| Smartsite | (example of type of website development tool universities might
offer - for UC Davis only) smartsite.ucdavis.edu |
very quick and easy for to set up project sites; facilitate communication and the sharing of information among team members |
Project Management/Document Sharing
| bmeplanet | www.bmeplanet.com | share ideas, manage projects, social networking for BME |
| Wiggio | www.wiggio.com | Except the TRIZ all require limited learning curve and no set-up. For TRIZ you need a TRIZ background and you need to pay for the software. |
| BasecampHQ | www.basecamphq.com | |
| Google Docs | www.google.com/docs | It was clunky, slow, prone to freezing and of questionable security. |
| Sharepoint | sharepoint.microsoft.com | easy to set up; teams can systematically save and categorize materials (documents). Permits inter-team communication; No challenges or problems occurred during our use that could not be resolved within a few minutes. The only improvement to the program would be to allow files to be dragged into folders rather than deleting and reuploading a document if the user wants to |
Teaching Tools
| ebiodesign.org | www.ebiodesign.org | online companion to Biodesign: The Process of Innovating Medical Technologies textbook |
| The Craft of Scientific Presentations | www.writing.engr.psu.edu/csp.html | online book |
| TRIZ information from halliburton | www.halliburtonassociates.com/ | education consultants offer tips on TRIZ on their site |
| netlogo | ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/ | simple online tool for teaching about a number of simple systems which show complex behavior; software can be run over the web; easy to use graphical user interface |
| John Pezzullo's stat page | statpages.org/ | statistics, useful for testing and data analysis; easy to use, very comprehensive and useful |
| INVENTAMINS | www.halliburtonassociates.com/ | interesting excercises for inventors |
| Cmap | cmap.ihmc.us/conceptmap.html | concept maps; easy to learn |
| Surveymonkey | www.surveymonkey.com | anonymous online surveys; useful for acquiring user needs data |
Video Resources
| eClips | eclips.cornell.edu/ | entrepreneurship videos for use in teaching presentations |
| Educators Corner | ecorner.stanford.edu/ | entrepreneurship videos for use in teaching presentations |