top tools 2024

Once again Jane Hart is asking, “What are the most popular digital tools for learning and why?” in the 18th Annual Top Tools for Learning survey. Voting ends on 30 August.

My tools have not changed much since last year. I am not using social bookmarks much any more, so Diigo did not make the list. It’s interesting that social bookmarking was my #3 tool in 2012, and how little I use it now.

WordPress — powers all my websites, as well as much of the entire web

Slack — private community space including the perpetual beta coffee club

Mastodon — my main social network

Inoreader — my RSS feed reader

Zoom — everyone knows Zoom, which I have been using for seven years

Overcast — for podcasts like Jane McConnel’s Imaginize.world

1Password — simplifies my online life and gives me more time for learning

Merlin — learning about birds

Seek — learning about nature

Signal — this secure messaging application is great for confidential conversations