Diigo and Audacity

In my UDL class, I recently learned about diigo, a "social annotation" tool which allows you to highlight, clip and post sticky notes on web sites! Furthermore, you can choose to share these notes (highlights, clips, and sticky notes) or keep them private.

I find diigo practical because it saves me time from having to stir my memory by re-reading an entire bookmarked website. Instead of printing pages from a website and highlighting various parts, I can save paper and space from my files by highlighting a portion and placing a virtual sticky note with my thoughts and even share them online with a friend. You can learn more about this online tool at www.diigo.com

Another tool that I highly recommend is Audacity. Yes, do not let the
name fool you, this software allows you to record sound. You can
even edit sound you recorded! After experimenting with it last night,
I used it today to record a lecture and it worked (-:

If your professor is not using a microphone in a large lecture hall or if he/she does not speak loudly, definitely sit close to the professor (i.e. in the front row) when using audacity or attach a microphone to your computer. Thanks to Audacity, I can go back and listen to a lecture and add any information I might not have jotted down in my notes! You can download it for freee at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/