Bonjour! My name is Sylvia Duckworth and I teach Core French to 8-11 year old students in Toronto, Canada. This is my blog for web-based resources.
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Ultimate Web 2.0 List
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- 12 Seconds - post video updates on the internet. Like Twitter or Facebook but with video. Use it to communicate with your pupils – give them hints and help online, or provide parents with video updates while on a school trip.
- 100 Language Learning Sites
- 22Books - Create book lists and share
- 280 Slides allows you to create PowerPoint-style presentations online. No software to install.
- 30boxes - online calendar
- 3D-pack - online 3D box image maker
- 3D Graphs Online - Great for Algebra and Calculus classes
- 3DVinci - great 3D geometric resource site. Can be use with Sketchup and Geometers Sketchpad
- 43Things - share your list of 43 life goals/priorities
- 5min Life Videopedia is a place to find short video solutions for every practical questions.
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- a9 - search engine
- Academic Earth - video lectures from the world’s top scholars
- Acapela.tv.
- Advanced Survey - create customised subject survey pages, post to blog or have logo on each page
- Adventure Maker - download and install Adventure Maker to make an interactive 3D virtual environment
- AirSet - Online managing of calendars and communication
- Ajax-Write - web-based word processor requires Mozilla Firefox browser
- Ajax translator - translate in an instant, multiple languages
- Alice Alice is a 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience.
- Algebasics - great site for algebra help
- Alibela - Free online language classes
- Altapedia - online color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
- Alpoy - avatar and animator creator from your photos
- Ahead - similar to Prezi in that it is a zooming presentation tool
- Amap - argument map - like a mind map
- America on the Move - historical tours of American history
- Amigo Reader - a reader for ebooks - read and learn with others
- Ancient Egypt - learn about ancient Egypt
- Animoto is a web application that produces professional quality videos from your pictures and music.
- Aniboom - online animation competitions for paid commissions
- Animasher - create your animation
- Arkive - an amazing site for photos or world species
- Artbabble - a new kind of video site dedicated to art and artists. It offers high definition video that features wide ranging content.
- Articulate - e-learning software tools that creates presentations, quizzes, and surveys
- ArtsEdge - great art resources and lessons
- ArtPad - paint online, frame, hang in gallery, share with friends with save & send
- ArtSnacks Network - a network for kids and teachers
- Artsonia - join this student online art museum. Add student art and find excellent works of others
- Ask.com - search engine – see “Ask for Kids” (replaces Jeeves)
- Assign-A-Day Calendar Maker - online calendar for assignments
- Atmosphir - construct and publish online educational games
- Assignment calculator - online assignment schedule calculator
- Audacity - record and edit sounds straight to your computer (you do need a microphone), Great Podcasting tool
- Audiobooks - free audio books for kids
- Audioboo is an audio-blogging site, you can send in updates through the web, phone or its own iPhone app. Perfect for blogging on the move, like on a school-trip, or sharing your class’s opinion about a topic.
- AudioBooksForFree - free audio files for books
- AudioKids - audio books for kids
- AuthorSTREAM allows you to publish and share your PowerPoint presentations. It also allows you to download published presentations as videos.
- Aviary is a suite of web applications which allow you to create, edit and manipulate images. They have also recently launched an audio editing tool called Myna.
- Awesome Library - K-12 maths problems
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- Backpack - project/list organization tool
- Babbel - more free online language courses
- Basecamp - project collaboration tool/communication – share files/schedules, & writeboards free, $$ limited free features
- BibMe - fast and easy bibliography maker
- BeFunky is a website that allows you to apply a variety of fun effects to your own photos or from photo sharing sites.
- Begreennow - carbon and lead calculator.
- Betty Spaghetti - create a cool girl and fashion design
- Beyond - confront the big question and find research about answers.
- Big Huge Labs - create puzzles, movie posters, magazine covers, mosaics, calendars, badges, billboards and more.
- Big Universe - build online children stories
- Biolab - disections for biology and anatomy classes.
- Bit.ly - this is a great little URL shortener - very easy to use
- Bitstrips - comic creator
- BitTorrent - download - share files & bandwidth
- Blabberize.com allows you to animate pictures to make the people, animals or objects in them appear as if they are talking. It only takes three simple steps.
- Block Posters is a web application that allows you to make full size posters from pictures in your computer. Perfect for classroom displays.
- Blogger is a free blogging platform by Google.
- Blog Booker - turn your blog pages into a real book
- Blurb - create/publish your own book
- Book a Lesson - student online tutor management tool
- Bomomo - beautiful online interactive creative drawing program
- Bookboon - free books textbooks and business
- Booklamp - match the reader level with writing sample collection
- Book Glutton - Read online books with others, chat and annotate together.
- BookGoldMine - more books here
- Bookr - create your own fun books using this tool and then they publish it online for you
- Bookrix - download free ebooks, enter free writing contests and much more..
- Booktagger - Create book lists and share
- Bookyards tons of books can be found here
- Book Seer - Find out what to read next
- Box.net is an online file storage and collaboration solution. Share content with your colleagues or students.
- Bubblecomment - upload a video to your website without coding
- Bubbleshare - your photos, your voice, your story - narrated slide show online
- Bubbl.us is a web application for creating mind-maps either on your own or collaborating with others.
- Bubbleply - put a bubble on any video to post anywhere
- BudgetTracker - online budget tracker, money manager
- Build your Wild Self - create a self portrait and learn about the animal parts incorporated into your avatar.
- Build a Jam - create your own music, collaborate and share online
- Buildy - create building floor plans with photo enhancements
- Buzzword is an online word processor for writing reports, proposals, and anything else you need to access online or work on with others.
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- Cacoo - Click on play for instructions, then create a mind map.
- Calameo - publish and share documents with page turning mag style webpages
- Calc 3D - free download ap for Mathematical graph and charting software for geometry and statistics
- Calcr - online calculator
- Calcoolate - web based online cool calculator unit conversion financial currency conversion
- Calibre - e-book management tool that converts multiple file types ie. PDF for iPad
- Calisphere - history events and more
- Camstudio is a free desktop application that allows you to record your computer screen.
- Canvastic - create simple animations on this free canvas
- Capzles is a free web application that allows you to combine your photos, videos, blog posts and mp3s into rich multimedia storylines.
- Carbon Footprint Calculator
- Carbonmade - free online portfolio site - show off your work
- Cartoonster is a website aimed at children with tutorials on how to create animations. Perfect to introduce the concept and possibilities of animation to youngsters.
- Cassiopeia Project - a great collection of Science videos
- Catpin - a sophisticated bubble test generator
- Ccleaner - cleans up all the junk left from deleted applications on your PC
- CCmixer - a community music remixing site.
- Celestia - visit space online in 3 Dimensions
- Cellsea is ideal to quickly add effects to your pictures.
- ChartGizmo - an incredible chart builder for any type of data that can be typed or uploaded to this tool.
- Chartle - Create, embed and share your charts, plots, diagrams and maps online.
- Chart Tool - create great looking charts and graphs with this free tool
- Chatzy - "free private chat service. Fill out the form to create a chat room immediately - only for you and the people you invite!"
- ChemCollective - Carnegie Mellon's online lab simulations for class
- Chinese Course & Flashcards - Learn to speak Chinese in this free environment
- Chizmax - lyrics and video search engine
- Chronology of US Historical Documents
- Citation Maker - bibliography maker APA or MLA
- Circos - great tool for creating infographics - present data within a circle
- CK-12 Books - a great collection of K-12 books
- Classblogmeister - blog designed specific for classroom use
- Classmarker - online testing and quiz app with free features as well as professional options
- Class Notes - free communication tool – syllabus, homework, messageboard, calendar, news, gradebook, etc.
- Class Set-up Tool (Scholastic) - design your class seating chart - interactive
- Classtools.net - allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams.
- Clayanimator - the art/science of creating, editing claymotion animation projects.
- Click2map - new way to build google maps
- Click and Learn - learn the parts of a computer
- Click, speak - reads websites for the improvement of literacy
- Clipclip - cut, copy and paste anything on the web
- Closr.it - zoomable widget for very large images
- CLRN - California Learning Resource Network for text books
- Cmap - collaborative concept mapping
- Comicbrush allows you to create and share a comic using any combination of your own drawings, photos and ready-to-use artwork.
- Comic Creator - Interactive Comic Strip Creator – ReadWriteThink
- Comic Sketch - online comic maker
- Commoncraft is a useful website which explains web products and services in plain English using short, unique and understandable videos
- Community Clips - create videos of your computer desktop
- Community Maps - create community projects in geography & history
- Community Walk - personalised maps.
- Concord Consortium - join for free and gain access to some of the best Math and Science java applets and applications
- ContentGenerator.net provides free flash game makers. Premium content also available.
- Cookstr - online recipe search engine
- Cookthink - what are you craving to cook
- Cooliris - a wonderful graphic search engine for desktop or mobile device
- Coordinates Plane - interactive coordinates plane
- Corkboard - create an online corkboard to collect images, text, video or even music
- Coverdude - free magazine creation services as well as replacement cd, blu ray and xbox, wii and ps3 covers
- Create a Graph - all kinds of graphs can be created – save, share, print
- Creative Commons Search allows you to sieve through massive repositories of media and resources which you are legally free to use and share.
- Crickweb - math for interactive white boards
- Crocodoc - Collaboratively highlight and comment on PDFs, Word documents, images, and more!
- CTC Music Mixer - fun to play with sounds, mixes
- Curriculumbits - online e-learning resources and activities
- Curricular Resources resources for curriculum concepts
- Custom Sign Generator is an image creator that allows you to create free logos, avatars, comics.
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- Dabbleboard is an online whiteboard that will help you visualize, explore and communicate ideas
- DAZ 3D - create incredible looking 3D images and designs
- Delicious is a social book-marking site which allows you to access your book-marks from any computer.
- Delivr - online digital postcards
- Destination Modern Art - Interactive art activities for kids
- Dfilm easily create fun films
- Diaglo - smart talking multimedia for world language studies
- Digital Directors Guild - K-16 exploring digital movie making
- Digication - provides e-Portfolio and Assessment Management Systems for K-12 and Higher Education Institutions.
- Digital History - History Interactive
- DigitalStoryteller - web-based, online tool from University of Virginia
- Diigo allows you to access and share your bookmarks from anywhere.
- Diigo Education - annotate web sites then send to students or colleagues
- Digg - social bookmarking
- Dipity - create embedable media-rich timelines. Great for research and history projects.
- DivShare is a service that allows you to upload, store, manage and then embed any file -including video files- into websites.
- DLESE - Digital Library for Earth's Systems Education.
- DocCop - plagarism and collusion detector that creates reports on areas of concern in a piece of text
- Doink.com is a website that allows you to create and share animations.
- Domo is a school friendly version of Go!Animate (below) in which all inappropriate content is filtered out. Domo allows you and your students to create animations that can be embedded onto blogs, wikis, etc.
- Doodlewall- online or private doodlewall
- Donorschoose - get the books for your classrooms
- Doppelme - free dynamic avatar
- DotSUb is a website that allows you to upload videos and put subtitles on them. Perfect to share foreign language resources or to set translation projects to your students.
- DragONtape - cut and paste multiple youtube videos into one clip
- Dropbox is software that enables file storage, back up, sharing and synchronisation online and across different computers. Premium service with a basic free account.
- Drop.io allows closed groups to collaborate and share files and media, as well as chat in real time. Excellent for group work or projects.
- Dropload - FTP large files – up to 100MB – share with others
- Dropmind - mindmapping Tool, solution for brainstorming, visual and creative thinking.
- Dynamic Periodic Table
- Dvolver - direct, shoot and share your own movie
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- Easybib - create free bibliographies online
- Ebiwrite - tools for translations
- Ebooks - ebooks for free and for fee open and read with Amigo Reader
- E-Board - free trial, 30 days – calendar, iNote, Rich Text editing
- Ecokids - interactive fun for learning ecology
- EconEdLink - tons of economic resources
- Economics - Invest and play the stock market
- Ecto - blog management tool which allows for features driven offline blog prep
- Edicy - super simple and free web building site
- Ediscio - online learn with flashcards
- Edmodo is a micro-blogging service (like Twitter) for teachers and students. Use it with your students to share information, set and collect assignments and much more.
- Edsitement - online humanities and literacy reference
- Edublogs.org based on WordPress.com, Edublogs is a hosted blogging platform designed for education.
- Eduslide - create and deliver your own e-learning
- Educypedia - the educational encyclopedia - tons of topics and interactives.
- Edutagger - K-12 social bookmarking site
- Edutopia - Empowering and connecting teachers, administrators, and parents with innovative solutions and resources to better education.
- Edweb - teacher based blog platform for professional networking
- e-Field Trips - online virtual field trips based around a variety of subject areas and topics
- Elgg.net - online portfolio/learning community, embed files,
- Embedit.in is a service that allows you to upload and embed documents into blogs or other websites quickly and easily.
- Empressr - Add photos, music, video, and audio, and share it publicly or privately in an instant.
- Emusic - free 45 music downloads - half price of itunes
- Enablr - transcribe podcasts
- Englishcafe - great for ESOL learners, a fun site to explore and contribute to
- Englishclub - secondary English resources
- Engrade - Free online gradebook for teachers including a free online grade book, free homework calendar, free student messaging, free attendance, and more
- E-LearningforKids - fun math interactives
- elearnr - open sources podcasting and elearning resources
- ePals - create cultural classroom exchanges with ePals email and blogs
- EPN - Education Podcast Network - educational podcasts
- Epub Books - free epub files to use with epub readers
- Eslvideo - add quzzes to online videos
- eThink.org.uk is an online community supporting education by supplying free blog space.
- etutor graphing calculator - online graphing calculator
- Everytrail - create and embed a map.
- Eyeplorer - a new search engine using facts, concepts and geo-tags connected to the keyword
- Eyespot - mix & share video content – organize random clips – host & share out
- Exploratree - mindmaps and thinking scaffolds for all sorts of activities
- Exponent Battleship
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- Facebook can be used to set up groups and provide your students with updates about your subject or department.
- Face Your Manga - make your own online avatar
- Factbook - a wonderful collection of facts from all over the world
- Fatburgr - nutritional information from fast food restaurants
- Faunapolis - share interesting photos and stories about animals that live in this new kind of jungle we call town, city, or even backyard
- Favicon - icon generator
- FeedBooks - thousands of public domain books for free!
- Feedmyapp - your daily dose of web 2.0 tools
- ffonts - free fonts
- FHSST - Free HS Science and Math Books
- Filezilla is a very useful desktop application that allows you upload content to your web pages or blogs using FTP (File Transfer protocol).
- Filzmail - deposable 24 hr email addresses
- Findingdulcinea - online references, internet librarian
- Findory - set up your own news feeds
- Fitbrains - brain training
- Flashcard Creator
- Flash Card Exchange - flash card exchange library – find what’s already been done or create your own flash cards
- Flatworld Knowledge - website
- Fleck - annotate web pages.
- Flickr is a web service for storing and sharing your digital photographs. It also contains a massive collection of Creative Commons
- Flipbook create fun flipbooks with this tools
- Flock - a social web browser.
- Flowchart - collaborative flowchart online
- Fluxtime more animation fun.
- Fmatlas - create and then embed a map in minutes.
- Foldit - Solve genetic puzzles and help Science research.
- Fontex - hand picked collection of free font downloads
- Foodari -create a personalised cookbook
- Footnote - annotate historical information.
- Footprint Friends - Environmental activities, games and more
- Forumer - forums for free, phpBB Hosting
- Forlater - send reminders to yourself and others
- Forvo - Many of the best translations online, add your own as well.
- Fotobabble enables you to create talking photos in a few clicks by adding a voice to customisable slide-shows.
- Fractured_fairy_tales -
- Freemind is a desktop application for creating mind-maps. Available for Linux, OSX and Windows
- Freebookspot - tons of free books
- Free Federal Resources
- FreePlayMusic - copyright free resources for students’ digital stories
- Free Reading - free open source reading resources, lessons/activities K-3.
- Freerice - learn and provide rice for the hungry
- Frenzoo - create 3D characters
- Frevvo - rich, dynamic forms without writing a single line of code
- Fuel Our Future Now - ignite imagination and innovation with this site,students think about alternate fuel possibilities - interactive
- Fuzzmail -Fuzzmail records the act of writing and lets you send it as an email. Dynamic changes, typoes, pauses and writeovers are captured and communicated.
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- Gamegarage - adventure and skill games
- Gcast - sister site of Garageband.com; Personal broadcasting
- Geni - genealogical tracker, create your family tree and invite relatives to share
- Geocaching - high tech treasure hunt in countries around the world
- Geocommons - explore, create and share intelligent maps and geodata
- GeoGebra - learn geometry with this free online geometry tool.... Similar to Geometers Sketchpad
- Getfreebooks - free books - kobo - read on an ipad or itouch
- Giggle Poetry - write, publish and rate students poetry
- Gimp is an Open Source image manipulation program. A bit like Photoshop, only free! It tackles tasks such as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
- Ginger Spell - automatically corrects mistakes and helps the learner
- Gizmos at Explorelearning
- GlassGiant is a website that allows you to make fun, custom pictures.
- Gliffy is an online application with which you can easily create professional-looking flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans and technical drawings.
- Globusz - free e-books tons for download (other languages too!!)
- Glogster - create online posters, media rich online posters that can be shared online or embeded onto wikis.
- Glypho Collab Book Writing - read/write novels collaboratively
- Gmaps Pedometer - measure walking distance on the map
- Go!Animate is a web application with which you can create animated comic strips and cartoons.
- gOFFICE - Word & limited desktop publishing online
- Gogofrog - 3D website creation for interactive learning experiences
- Google, a comprehensive suite of web-based and desktop applications like Gogle Docs, Google Earth, Blogger, Google Mail and much more
- GoogleAlert - track your interests on the web
- Google Books - great previews and full books to read and embed.
- Google Docs & Spreadsheets - create/collaborate/share - free online word processing/spreadsheet creation tools from Google.
- Google Earth - maps - free download - 3D planet interface
- Google Dictionary
- Google Maps -
- Google News -
- Google Planimeter - measures area using Google maps
- Google Posters - printable poster, better internet searches
- Google Mars
- Google Sketchup - create 3D buildings and drawings
- Google Sky - Check out the universe and stars
- Google Timeline -
- Google Web Page Creator - Google Web Page Creator – create your own web pages quickly & easily
- Google Video - search, upload, and share videos online free
- Gopubmed - bioscience search engine
- Grade Guru - note sharing for students by students
- Graphic Organizer Maker - create customized graphic organizer worksheets
- Graphsy - easy to draw graphs
- Grokker - one search, many sources
- Groupboard - Groupboard lets you set up a multi-user whiteboard and put it onto your web page. Teachers have been using Groupboard for over 10 years for tutoring and distance learning.
- Greenfoot allows you to make graphical representation of objects and simulations.
- Grouprecipes - recipes
- GroupSharp - provides hosted weblists, databases, documents & wikis for groups & businesses.
- GroupTable - This online tool uses groupings to improve document management, project planning and communication. Online tools such as group to-do lists, online file storage, private group chats, discussion.
- Gwap - games with a purpose.
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- Haringkids - web based art tools to create haring style artworks and graphics
- Headmagnet - study and memory assistance site
- Highlightcam - make videos shorter automatically
- Historical Aniversaries - every date and all of the events
- History Channel History events and programs
- HistoryNet - tons of historical information here
- Hitask - HiTask is a free web-based task management tool.
- HP Teacher Experience - e-learning site
- HSI - where History and CSI collide, student solve case studies about historical events. A great tool.
- Homework Station - assignment calendar
- Hot Potatoes - create interactive quizzes, multiple choice questions and crosswords, which can be added to websites. Free for schools.
- Human Being Images - Merriam Webster Dictionary
- Humanities learn about humanities
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- iBloks - create and share music
- Iconspedia - free icons
- Idiomag - your online music magazine
- idPad - free download, collaborative authoring tool for kids
- ifood.tv - indian recipes, videos and cooking tutorials
- I Know That - learning activities and games for primary
- Instructables - instructional photos, step by step or video
- International Children's Digital Library - a global collection of books
- ImageChef is a website that allows you to create custom images by combining text, symbols and photos.
- imcooked - video recipe sharing, become your own celebrity chef.
- IMMEX -. Create a interactive science classroom for students to interact
- Infomotions - collections of online book resources
- Innertoob - interactive podcasting
- Inspirationking - a quality web design gallery, get inspiration or submit your own design
- Instapaper allows you to easily save web pages for reading later, when you have time, so you don’t just forget about them or skim through.
- Instacalc - online shared calculator
- Instacomment - comments box for your posts, wiki, webpage or blog
- Interactives - maths, science, history and arts
- Interactive Periodic Table
- Interactive Scoring - for writing samples use with you kids
- Interactive Simulations - primary grade games or simulations.
- iOutliner - create online outline for projects
- IPPEX - Internet Plasma Physics Education Experiences
- iRows - online spreadsheet
- iSendr is an on demand file sharing and transfer system, facilitating the sending of large files between people.
- isketch - multiplayer online games like pictionary
- iSpeech - converts any text on the Web into clear natural sounding audio free. Take your reading on the go
- iSpott - a mobile scavenger hunt game played with mobile cameras
- Issuu - great online publishing tool, simply upload pdf of any document and publish online
- iTALC is a free and powerful didactical tool for teachers. It lets you view and control other computers in your network in several ways:
- iTunes whether you run a Mac or a PC, whether you have an iPod or not. This programme from Apple allows you to manage your music
- iWrite - a wonderful website for students to learn how to write effectively.
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- Jacuba - free online spellchecker
- Jamendo A European podsafe music site. Download royalty-free, Creative Commons music in all major european languages.
- Jamglue is a web based application for recording and mixing tracks. Like Audacity or Garageband but online.
- Jamstudio create you own original music
- Jaycut is like having Movie Maker or iMovie in your browser. No software to install, all movie editing is done online.
- Java Physics Simulations serious physics applets
- JClic is a desktop application that creates interactive exercises and multimedia educational activities (using Java) fro your website or VLE.
- Jing is a free desktop application that allows you to capture your desktop as you work. Excellent for creating video tutorials.
- Jirox - a web button generator
- Joomla - the dynamic portal engine and content management system that enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications.
- JotSpot - take one set of notes live in a collaborative meeting, see changes as they happen
- Jotspotlive (JotNotes) - take one set of notes live in a collaborative meeting, everyone types on the same web page
- Jumpcut - video editing online - SuperBowl 2008 commercial with user-generated videos was run on this site
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- Karaokeparty - sing online and earn high points. Great for music classes.
- Karma Exchange - do something nice today, a social networking experiment based on the giving and receiving of good will in the form of tokens
- Kartoo - search returns visual map.
- Keep Toolkit - Knowledge Media Laboratory resources using multimedia representation as teaching tool.
- Kerpoof allows children to draw, tell stories and create cartoons and animations. Very popular now part of the Disney family of companies.
- KickYoutube is a web application that converts YouTube videos to any format. Simply type in the word kick after the www. in the YouTube url.
- KitchenMonki -
- Kompozer is an Open Source desktop HTML editor and web authoring application.
- Kozoru - question & answer search system.
- Krunch (xfutureblog.com) - compress & uncompress files online
- Ksolo - Karaoke for the internet
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- Lab Meeting- scientists conducting and sharing research. Join, share, submit, and learn. Advanced concepts and topics
- Lab Out Loud - Science podcasts by Science teachers and professionals
- Languages Online Australia game makers from Dept Ed of Victoria, Australia. Also contains a wealth of ready-made interactive exercises.
- Laphotocabine - photobooth old style photos
- Learners.tv - free science videos for difficult concepts
- LegSim - legislative simulations.
- Lesson Planner Discovery.com - Discovery School – create & store lesson plans online.
- LessonPlanner - NCRTEC online lesson plan template
- Letterfu - one page fold & mail letter template
- Letterpop - desktop publishing with templates
- Library 2.0 - 100 free online library resources
- Library of Congress
- Library of Virtual Manipulatives - interactive maths concepts
- Librivox - audio and mp3 files for books
- Lingro allows you to view any foreign website through its browser, allowing you to click on any word on the screen to find out its meaning
- Lingus.tv Beginner, intermediate and advanced level videos for the learner of Spanish. Comes with transcript, translations and grammar
- Lingt is a web application that allows you to create and edit language assignments incorporating voice, video, images, and text.
- Links for Teachers - website
- List of More Resources - A list of resources here
- Listio - is a site that allows you to check out new and vote for your favorite web 20 apps and services.
- Lit2Go - mp3 audio book files for download.
- Literature-Map - map genres and authors
- Livebinders - organize your resources in an online three ring binder
- Livebook - create a community written online book.
- LiveMarks - live del.icio.us feed - watch live updates, then go exploring
- Livemocha - learn a new language socially
- Logicly - Learn about logic gates and basic computer architecture with a simple drag-and-drop user interface.
- Logoease - free online logo maker
- Logosauce - host a design competition and receive logo concepts from numerous designers
- LoudlLit - get audio files for many classiscs at this website.
- Lulu - be your own publish – publish a book, CD, or DVD in minutes
- Lyricsmode - find lyrics to your favourite song
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- Magnetic Poetry -Play More - kids to learn to make poems and recognize words
- Magmypic - make mag covers with your own pictures - very cool results
- Magtoo - magnify your photos on your blog or website - magtoo your world
- Mahara create electronic portfolios, weblogs, and social networking systems, among other things. Set up an personal learning environment.
- Make Beliefs Comix allows you to create comic strips online.
- Manybooks - a huge range of books can be found here
- Map Builder - tag locations and create your own custom map
- Mapme - create collaborative maps of any location and share it in Google Maps.
- Mapskip - allows you to share stories and photos about the places that are important in your life
- Maps of War - get real information and locations about any War
- Masher is an online video editor that allows user to create videos using their own uploaded material or its own library of resources.
- MATLAB - Interactive tools for interactive exploration, design, and problem solving.
- Math247- 500 mathcasts or quick videos and demos for math problems. Join to add your own.
- Math Glossary - K-8 vocab demonstrated
- Math Forum
- Mathsonline - great maths explanations and practice for high school
- Math Playground fun games for all
- Math Tool Chest - fun math interactives for any kid
- MathTV - Interactive math games and simulations for problem solving
- Mathway - step by step math problem solver
- MathVids - wow, a great site for math videos about tough Math concepts
- Mediafire.com - podcast hosting
- Mediamax - free storage for video file
- MediaWiki - install and maintain an infinite number of wikis. Because it requires server-side installation, you may find it less complicated to get your school to install it for you.
- Medmotion - learning interactively
- Meegenius - a great resource for classic books for young readers.
- Meez - create 3D avatars
- Memorari - reminder service
- MemoWare - download just about anything!
- Microdocs - a science site for ecological sustainability - Standford U.
- Microsoft's Calculator Plus - wow a virtual higher level calculator
- Mightyquiz - online quiz for testing language skills and definitions
- Mikogo - screen sharing tool - a free desktop sharing tool for hosting online meetings and distant learning -10 participants simultaneously.
- Mikons - where people communicate through visual symbols, logos, icons, or avatars to tell a story
- Milkit - mobile learning kit
- Mimoa - my modern architecture
- Mind360 - have fun with a brain workout program and keep your mind alive.
- Mind42 - interesting toolsets related to other web 2.0 resources; collaborative mapping tool, add images, notes, 'todo' list
- Mindomo is a web application for creating and sharing mind-maps.
- Mindmeister is another web application that allows you to create collaborative mind-maps.
- Miro - Download - watch free internet video channels and play any video file
- MIT World - videos for learning by MIT
- Mixbook -create a free ebooks.
- Mob5 - create a mobile homepage
- Moneytrackin’ - accounting, budgets
- Moodle - Moodle – Open Source course management system/online learning community software - download
- Moodstream - music and images
- MoonEdit - free download; multi-user collaborative text editor.
- Mosaickr - create mosaics from Flickr images
- Moshi Monsters - online game where you can adopt your very own pet monster. Each one has a lively, unique personality that develops the more you play.
- Mouse Mischief class can connect to your computer/interactive whiteboard using their mice, integrated into PowerPoint insert questions, polls, and drawing activity slides into your lessons.
- Mr. Picassohead - create and share your own face designs
- Museum Box the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box.
- Mutapic - picture/logo generator
- Muveemix - create movies with audio
- My Award Maker is a web service for creating your own awards to hand out to your students. Awards are printable, in .pdf format.
- Myebook - get your graphic comic, novelette or magazine published online for free.
- Myexperiment - find, use and share scientific workflows.
- My Heritage - genealogical tracker
- Myna is an online audio recording and editing tool which is really impressive and intuitive. See also Aviary, above.
- Myplick is a free service that lets you share and embed presentations online. Formats supported are powerpoint, pdf, and openoffice odp.
- My Portaportal - A web based bookmarking utility that lets you store links to your favorite websites online.
- myprojectpages.com - build curriculum activities online – inquiry-based learning wizards
- Myschoolog - an online web-based application to organize your school life easily. You can easily organize everything about your school
- Mystickies - allows you to place little yellow squares of digital paper anywhere and everywhere you feel like in the whole wide web.
- Mytimelines - interactive timelines - dates, events and images
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- NanoHub - online simulations for nanotechnology.
- National Gallery of Art - Create original works of art with these interactive tools
- Nayio - create your own music videos
- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
- NEOK12 - videos about Maths, Eng, Science and HSIE
- NewsIsFree - personal portal -
- New Zealand Math Resources - math overload
- Nicenet - Internet Classroom Assistant – create an online course site
- Ning allows you to create private social networks. Use it to communicate and share resources with your colleagues and students.
- Nobel Prize Games - great site for games in all areas
- Noodle Tools - develop search strategies and cite information correctly
- Nota - Use photos, videos, and content you can create brainstorms, presentations, and enjoy an interactive chat with more than 50 friends."
- Notecentric - shared note taking, keeps your notes organized and readily available online.
- Notemesh - users in the same class can collaboratively create a definitive source for lecture notes
- NoteStar - create online research notes & organize
- Now Do This - Simplify your day by putting up a schedule of activities for the day. After the task is accomplished, have a student come and click "done" and it moves on to the next task at hand.
- NOVA - Interactive archives
- NSF Multimedia Gallery - search/download various Science videos, images, and audio
- Numbernut - games for interactive white boards
- Number Cruncher
- NumSum - online spreadsheet
- Nuvvo - on demand learning, create online course (free or $$)
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- Oamos - an excellent alternative visual search engine
- Obamiconme - upload a photo or image and turn it into a Shepherd Fairley poster
- Odiogo - voice enable your content by transforming your text entries into podcasts.
- Offtype - create online hand drawn pictures, save and share.
- Off The Map - create backyard paradise scenes
- Ology - online resources from American Museum of Natural History
- OneTrueMedia.com produces slide shows from templates with your own photos and music which you can then post online.
- Online Certificate Maker – templates for printing games, activities
- Online Dictionary - website
- Online Etch-A-Sketch too much fun
- Online Free Ebooks - some different reading materials
- Online Photo Tool is a website that allows you to edit and save your images, screenshots and photos online.
- Online Science Dictionary - search scientific terms
- On This Day events from dates in history
- Open Office is an office suite complete with draw, database, spreadsheet, presentation and word-precessing tools.
- Openzine - online publishing of magazine style documents
- Ourmedia - Store video, audio and other files you created.
- Our Story - Collaborative Timeline With Pictures - save stories, photos, and videos on a collaborative timeline, export Widget code
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- Paint.NET - image and photo editing desktop application for Windows. An intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.
- PALS - Performance Assessment Links in Science
- Pandora - personalised music player
- Pageflakes - your personalized startpage to the Web
- Paper Rater - grade your paper instantly
- PatternTap - find suitable pattern for your website
- PBS - American Colonial History Interactive
- PBWorks (previously known as PBWiki) allows you to create wikis for your classes. Its education edition focuses on safety and collaboration.
- PDFCreator turns anything into a PDF file… anything. Very good if you want to create hand-outs or lesson notes quickly and easily.
- PDF Genie - find pdf reports / books with this new PDF search engine
- Pedometer - measure distances
- Pencil - download and create pencil drawings draw online
- Pencil Animation - Download Only
- Penzu - online journal site use for both teachers and students
- Periodic Table of Videos - interactive PT created by Univ. Nottingham.
- Persuasive, - Interactive Writing Workshops
- Persuasion Map - Helps students map out a persuasive argument
- Phrasr - visually illustrate a sentence using flickr images, one word one picture
- PhET - Physics Education Technology online simulations for difficult concepts.
- Phixr is an online photo editor.
- Photoxpress - free stock photos for web design, brochures/illustrations
- Photojojo - subscribe to photo newsletter for great tips
- PhotoPeach is a slide show maker simple enough for young children to use independently. It easily allows you to add text to slides for added impact.
- Photoshop Tutorials - great tutorials
- Photobucket - image and video hosting
- Photopeach - create themed stories using photos and text, leave comments for other users
- PhotoRem - Image hosting site;unlimited storage and uploads
- Photoshow.com - upload some pics, add some music, create a quick & easy photovideo online.
- Photo Story 3 makes film clips of your photo slide shows to which you can add commentary, soundtrack and transition effects.
- PhotoSynth allows you to take photos of the same scene and automatically stitch them together into one big interactive 3D viewing experience.
- Photovisi is a web application that turns your pictures into a collage which you can then download free Great to illustrate story telling or just for decoration!
- Phreetings - create and then send postcard and greetings
- Physics Simulations - Simulations for all types of physics topics.
- Pianopedia - piano resources
- Picaboo - create online picture albums
- Picartia - create an online mosaic
- PicLits is a creative writing site that matches images with carefully selected keywords, creating a final product that captures the essence, story, and meaning of the picture.
- PicTaps - draw a cartoon character and animate them instantly
- Pictaculous - create a colour palette from your picture
- Picturing America - a comprehensive collection of art throughout the decades of America. Interactive.
- Picture Trail - spinning cube photo display
- Picnik.com is a powerful and easy to use photo editing web application. Think Photoshop on-line and without the hefty price tag.
- PicSlice - Pictures tools : creates slices of picture, it can also crop it, you can resize picture too
- Picture2Life is a web service that allows you to edit, collage and animate pictures online.
- Pikikids - comic creator
- Pikistrips - Turn your photos into a comic strip online and free, and lots of fun.
- Pimpampum is a collection of web applications that allow you to work with Flickr photographs and turn them into books, comics and more…
- Pinkmonkey - book notes, study guides and chapter summaries
- Pipes - re-purpose online content, a feed aggregator
- Piratepad allows you to collaborate online. See also Titanpad, below.
- Pixer is another online photo editor.
- Pixlr - edit pictures easily
- Pixorial allows you to upload, edit and organise video files.
- Pixton is an online comic creator with an education section, allowing the creation of safe sharing environments.
- PlagiarismDetect - Check for Plagiarism for free
- Planimeter - measure areas on a map
- Playityet - listen to or play from the online collection of guitar tab music
- Plotbot - collaborative script writing
- Podcast People - online Podcast studio
- Podifier - an application that automates the creation of an RSS feed, the enclosing of one or more MP3 file
- Podomatic is a podcast publishing service. Upload your audio or video files and they do the rest! Free for the first 500MB
- Poetry.org - poetry, poems and more from the American Poet Society
- Poetry Zone - create and share poetry online
- Polldaddy is a web service that enables you to create online surveys and polls.
- Polleverywhere - create and collate polls and voting via mobile devices
- Popplet - an app for the web, where you can collect, curate and share your ideas, inspirations, and projects.
- Posterous is perhaps the easiest and most intuitive of all blogging platforms. Simply email updates and Posterous does all the rest!
- Postcard Creator - create an interactive timeline - ReadWriteThink
- Power Calc
- Powertoy Graphing Calc
- Prealoader is a web based photo editor that claims to be the best way to upload and optimize photos to Flickr.
- Prezentit - free online resource for creating and sharing presentations
- Prezi is a web application that allows you to create stunning visual presentations. Think PowerPoint meets mind map.
- Primary Calculator
- Primary Music - fun interactive games
- PrimoPDF - free PDF converter
- Printing Press - create brochures, newspaper, booklet, flyer with this easy template from ReadWriteThink
- Privnote - Share a confidential note via a web link that will self-destruct after it is read by your intended recipient.
- Professor Garfield - Comics_lab - write assemble and print your own comics.
- ProjectBasedLearning - create rubrics/checklists for PBL projects
- Project Gutenberg - Books to read and share online.
- Psykopaint - paint your own photos
- Puzzle-maker - create puzzles for any subject
- Purdue Writing Lab - Secondary
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- Qlubb - the easiest way to communicate and share with other families in your child's classroom.
- Qtrax - advertiser funded music downloads
- Questionform - a web application for creating, publishing and analysing online surveys and forms that can also be embedded
- QuickTV - interactive video
- Quizlet allows you to create and share flaschcards. Great to help your students revise material or for you to create resources for the Interactive Whiteboard.
- Quia - Create and then share interactive lessons, puzzles, games or books as well as Maths resources.
- QuizStar - online quiz generator.
- Quotesdaddy - large online archive of famous quotes
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- Rallypoint - online collaboration tool
- Random Activity Generator allows you to generate a creative classroom activity, homework or task instantly.
- Raptr - gaming portal
- Read It Later - App to download - Save your information for reading later - integrated into many popular applications and platforms you may already use.
- Read the Words - text to speech
- Read Write Think - learn to write and more
- RealPlayer 11 is a desktop media player that also allows you to download .flv video content. In practical terms this means that you can download video from YouTube, TeacherTube or any other such video sharing site at the click of a button for later viewing off-line.
- Read Print - online books for the reading
- Recallplus - online study software to improve information retention
- Redorbit - science resources and news
- Remember the Milk - manage tasks & receive reminders (email, SMS, IM)
- Rememble - a 'washing line' for your digital bits and pieces. Thread together texts, photos, videos, sounds, scribbles, scans, notes, tweets... so they're not drifting in a digital wasteland.
- Research - Interactive Writing Workshops
- Response-O-Matic - Need to create a form or survey? Create your forms in standard html. Then have your form call Response-O-Matic.
- RockYou - create slideshows with your photobucket images!
- Rootein - Define habits and track progress as you go along; get daily reminders
- RSS Calendar - share your calendar with others
- RSS - A Quick Start Guide for Educators
- RubiStar - online rubric generator for PBL
- Rubric Builder - create effective assessment rubrics and share them over the web
- Rule The Stars - create your very own constellation and share it!
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- Save Skelly a game generator - create interactive assessments which can be uploaded to a website or stored in your computer as a .swf file.
- ScanR - scan with your phoneout a scanner
- Scrapblog - online s crapbook editor
- Science Central - tons of Science interactives and simulations
- Science Net Links - interactive links for integration of science and technology K-12
- SciLink - find contact and share with scientists.
- Scriblink - your online whiteboard for collaboration
- Scitable - collaborative learning space
- Scivee.tv - Awesome Science Videos for Science by Scientists.
- Scholastic - Read a Book and share a book review of it online
- Schoolcircuit - connecting schools, students and parents
- Science Animations - tons of science animations, simulations and more!!
- Science Buddies - great resources for any k-12 Science Fair needs
- Scienceray - articles about a wide range of science topics.
- Sciencestage - Create a free account, upload audio, video, documents that you want to share. Create groups to share content with. Science Up Close - Grades 1-6 interactive science sites
- Scilab - a software package for numerical computations providing a open computing environment for engineering and scientific applications.
- Screencast-O-Matic - free screencast creator online, post to your own blog or wikispace
- Screenjelly - screencasting tool
- Screen Toaster - free online screen recorder - Capture videos of onscreen action in one click, record screen casts, tutorials, demos.
- Sclipo If you have something to teach the rest of us, you post it here. Alternatively, go and learn something new.
- Scootle - a learning platform that allows tutorial and online lessons.
- Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art — and share your creations on the web.
- Scrapblog - share your digital scrapbooks with your friends, family, and the world
- Screenr is a screencast tool for Twitter that allows you to easily record your screen and share it with your followers.
- Screentoaster - screen recorder that allows you to capture and share what goes on in your computer screen. Perfect to record how to videos
- Scribd is a document sharing service that allows you to store and share almost any document format for easy viewing online.
- Scribus desktop publishing application that allows you to create professional documents and page lay-outs and then exports them into PDF format.
- Scribble Maps - create overlays on Google Maps - annotate and more
- Scribblescreen - Mac download that create overlays on any screen on the internet - annotate with your students
- Scriptovia - effective learning through collaboration
- Seeqpod allows you search music and other media and then produce customised, embeddable music players from your selections.
- Seesmic is a video blogging service which allows its users to post and share video updates. Similar to 12 Seconds (above).
- Sendraw - sentence diagramming application
- Sendsteps - SMS vote during powerpoint presentations
- SETI - a free program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data
- Shape Collage - a photo collage maker. Automatically create picture collages in a variety of shapes with just a few mouse clicks
- Sharendipity - create and share social games online
- ShareTabs is a simple and efficient way to share links with pupils/students or colleagues. Send one single personalised url containing all your links conveniently displayed in tabs.
- Shelfari - Create book lists and share
- Shidonni - a virtual world for young children to play games and interact online
- Showbeyond - presentation editor
- Show Document - collaborative annotations for documents as simple as 1,2,3
- ShowWorld - a new global perspective compare populations, energy, products, technology and more... watch the globe change
- Shwup - build video slideshows with your photos adding cool effects and then embed them or download
- SimplyBox allows you to capture and share the web with groups of students. Students can also use simply box to research and store the information they find on a given topic.
- Songsterr - sing and play guitar online
- Simple Math Games
- SketchUp is a desktop application from Google that allows teachers or students to create and share stunning 3D models easily and intuitively.
- Sketchcast - create presentations with a sketch
- Simple Science - simple examples of many science concepts
- Sketch Swap - online sketch board
- Skobee - online planning/scheduling tool
- Skrbl - online whiteboard p2p site
- Skype - voice over IP – telephone through the computer
- Slatebox allows you to create collaborative mind-map style idea visualisations. Perfect for embedding into a website or view on the interactive whiteboard.
- Slideshare allows you to upload and share your PowerPoint presentations. Presentations can then be embedded into blogs or wikis.
- Sliderocket - create stunning looking powerpoint style presentations, viewed or shared online
- Slideroll - create presentations from stills
- Smithsonian's American History - a ton of great resources, search by topic and even time period
- Snipurl - snip your long URLS to make them easier to remember
- Solar Storm Watch - help scientists with this solar phenomena! It's a must see.
- SmashMash.tv animate pictures and photographs, like Blabberize
- Smilebox is a website where you can create e-cards, scrapbooks, slideshows and photo albums from digital photographs.
- Snapfish - photosharing
- Snipshot is a web based picture editing application.
- Soapbx - create free public presentations online
- Songbird is a free and open-source customizable music player. Think of it as an open source iTunes.
- Songsterr - sing and play the guitar online
- Solvr - shared problem solving.
- Soople - search engine - easy 'expert' search
- Soundsnap - share free sound effects and loops
- Sorting-algorithms Animations - algorithms explained
- Spaaze - visual organiser -videos, notes, bookmarks
- SpaceVidcast at Ustream - live streams and video feeds from NASA and Voyager
- SpaceVidcast Site
- Spanishpod - lessons for learning spanish
- Speaking of History - 8th grade American History teacher uses blog as support for his podcasts.
- Speedymarks - visual bookmarks
- Speedtile - save and organise bookmarks is a visual way.
- Spelling City - create new spelling lists, interactive reviews and games
- Spellmaster - download/create online flash vocabulary training aids
- Spezify - collage based search engine that gives you images, quotes and videos
- Spin and Spell - online interactive site for spelling practice
- Spiffytext - online logo maker
- SpinVox - voice into text makers of Dragon Dictation
- Spreeder - improve your reading fluency or speed easy and fun.
- Springdoo - video email online made easy – no attachments
- SplashCast is a web based service that allows you to create and edit video channels.
- Splashup create pictures and edit photos online, just like Adobe Photoshop.
- Speedcrunch - high precision freeware desktop calculator
- Spicy Nodes - entice visitors to explore and savor the experience of visiting your site.
- Spool.fm - web based music player
- Spurl - online social bookmarking service & search engine
- Squidoo - popular free site for creating single webpages on your interests and recommendations, even earn money for charity or yourself.
- Stanford Solar Center - Learn about the sun in an interactive web site
- Stixy allows you to share and collaborate on flexible, web-based bulletin boards. Users can create tasks, files, photos, notes, and bookmarks
- Storybird helps you or your pupils to create short, visual, digital stories which can then be shared and embedded into blogs and wikis.
- Storyjumper - create and publish your own children’s books
- Story Online - Listen to actors read your favorite books
- Storyofmylife - genealogical tracker
- StoryNory - audio files for stories
- Storyline Online - Screen Actors guild actors read books to you
- Stripgenerator is a simple, yet effective and intuitive cartoon strip generator.
- Study-hq- use study time more effectiviely
- Stuffable - online show and tell
- Stupeflix.com is a web service that allows you to create videos by combining image and audio. A very easy way to get into video podcasting.
- Sudokular - online sodoku
- Sumo Paint is a professional image editing and painting software in your browser.
- Supercook - onlines recipes
- SuperGlu - piecing your web content together in one place
- Survey Builder - build online interactive surveys, timelines, polls, etc.
- Survey Monkey is a web service that enables you to create online surveys and polls.
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- Ta-da List Maker - make lists & get stuff done!
- Tabblo - online photo sharing templates
- TagGalaxy is a web application that allows you to search Flickr tags and displays the results in a stunning visual way. Perfect to introduce topics on the IWB or to get discussions going.
- Tagul is similar to Wordle. Both create customisable word or tag clouds, the difference is that Tagul’s clouds are embeddable into other websites such as blogs or wikis.
- Tagxedo like Wordle but allows for greater customisation of the final images, including a large variety of colour schemes and the ability to change the shape of the could.
- Talkr - online tool reads blogs aloud, converting them to podcasts.
- Tastyplanner - share recipes
- Tastespotting - food
- Teachers' Domain - multimedia resources for the classroom
- Teacher's Report Assistant - free download – write professional assessment reports
- Teacher Tools Generators - a variety of teacher tool generators from The Canadian Teacher
- TeacherTube. Name says it all: like YouTube but for educational purposes.
- TeachDigital - Wesley Fryer's web 2.0 wiki
- Technorati - search the blogosphere
- TechTechBoom - a student Science learning network created by students.
- Techtrekers - great resource for tons of math interactives
- Terraclues - interactive scavenger hunts with google maps
- Textorizer allows you to turn a logo (web app) or a picture (free desktop app) into text by substituting colours with the text you supply.
- The Education Podcast Network - look for K-12 produced podcasts
- The Free Library - over 4 million free periodicals and books
- The Futures Channel - real world videos for learning various concepts
- The Journey North - Migratory Animals - interactive science studies about animals that migrate.
- Thesixtyone - a music adventure
- The successbox Living Project - learning to de stress
- The Writing Site - (Five Types of Writing) - Collins Writing Program
- The Why Files - the Science behind the news. videos and animations
- Think Free Office Suite Online - create MS Office compatible docs, spreadsheets presentations free online – 1 GB file storage
- Thinkport - Maths and other great interactive higher order thinking games
- Thumbstacks - Put your presentations on line to view with any web browser.
- Tikatok- create a free ebooks
- Timeglider is an web application that allows you to create visual time lines of events. Perfect for History, but useful for any subject exploring a sequence of events.
- Timeline Creator - ReadWriteThink Interactive Timeline
- Timerime - interactive timeline creator, can include graphics and video
- Timetoast also allows you to create interactive time lines, which can be shared anywhere on the web.
- Tinychat allows you to create private video conferences. You can have up to twelve people in a room with HQ video, protected by passwords and moderators, share your desktop with them,
- Tinyurl - turn a ugly big web address into a short memorable one
- Tinyshowcase - a print shop making small artworks cheaply
- Titanpad is based on Etherpad and does exactly the same thing. It allows multiple users to collaborate on a document simultaneously.
- Tizmos - create thunmnails of websites to guided searches and cut down on random web time
- TED is a collection of inspired talks from the world’s greates thinkers and doers.
- Tersus - visual programming app via flow diagrams
- Speech Accent Archive - sets of speech samples from around the world
- Today's Meet - create a live stream for a backchannel in the classroom, comments, questions, feedback
- Toluna - create polls and vote for free
- Tonematrix - create music by clicking on squares in a grid, beautifully crafted and lots of fun
- Toodled- An easy to use, online to-do list. Get organized, stay motivated, and be more productive.
- Toondoo is a web application that allows you to create your own comic characters and comic strips.
- Track This Now - track any event around the world and read the varied perspectives on the top.
- Trailfire - use trails as a guide for what is important on the web
- TrackStar - online interface that helps teachers organize and annotate Web sites into lessons (hotlist).
- Tricki - maths blog
- Tubechop allows you to cut and edit YouTube videos so that you can concentrate on the interesting bits or remove offending scenes.
- Tumblr is a blogging platform that allows you to post text, photos, links, music, and videos, from your browser, phone, desktop or email.
- Tutpup has lots of fun games to reinforce numeracy and literacy
- TuxPaint - download and install a free fun drawing application
- Twiducate is a Twitter-like (see below) micro-blogging service for schools.
- Twitter is a micro-blogging service. Join the ever growing network of teachers and educators sharing their experiences and practice
- Twitxr - share photos to multiple social networking sites
- TypeIt.org is a website that allows you type in text requiring foreign accented characters in a variety of languages
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- Ubuntu is an Open Source, Linux-based operating system. It contains all the applications you need – a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.
- Udemy allows you to create online courses. You can upload presentations, videos, host live classroom sessions and write blog posts. And it’s free.
- UDL Editions by CAST - read and listen to some famous publications adapted for students with learning needs
- UEN 4-6 Online interactive games - website
- UNdata - a world of info from the United Nations
- UStreamTV.com - create your own Internet broadcast tv show in minutes with a camera and an Internet connection
- Ututti - online music teacher grades and records
- UUorld - explain the world in maps
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- Vadlo - two biologists trying to make it easier to search the web for biology topics in 5 categories - Protocols, Online Tools, Seminars, Databases and Software
- Vastpark - design and construct your own 3D virtual world.
- VectorMagic converts images to vector images, this basically means that it allows you to scale an image without making blurry or pixelated, retaining its crispness.
- Verbalearn - Study for your SAT, GRE, ACT or general vocabulary
- Videoegg - share videos on the web.
- Viddler - Want to promote your brand. It's simple. You can add your logo to the player, change the colors to fit your own color scheme
- Vidipedia - video encyclopedia anyone can edit.
- Vimeo - a simple and elegant video sharing service.
- Virtual Experiments - resources of simulations and virtual experiments
- Virtual Legos - Play with Lego online
- Virtual Volcano - an interactive tool that allows you to set the conditions of the eruption
- Visible Body - interactive human body and descriptions
- Visuwords - online graphical dictionary and thesaurus to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts
- Visual Thesaurus - find & visualize synonyms, 30 day free trial from ThinkMap, then $ subscription.
- Vivisimo/ Velocity5 - categorized, clustered search returns
- Vorby - online movie quotes
- Vocaroo is a web service for sending voice messages across the internet.
- Voiceonthego - email and SMS by voice
- Voicethread is a web application that allows you to collaborate online by sharing media and comments. The perfect tool for whole class projects.
- Vocabgrabber - can be quite powerful for learning vocab
- Voki.com is a web application that produces animated characters to which you can add your voice (or anybody else’s).
- VolunteerSpot - Coordinate parents and volunteers the fast, easy way with this online management system.
- voo2do - track/organize/prioritize tasks & projects
- Vozme - Enter text in the box and it will create an mp3 file for you to download.
- Voxopop is essentially a message board/forum system that uses voice recordings instead of text. You can set up a private talkgroup that will be hidden from the public – ideal for classrooms!
- Vside - music virtual world
- Vuvox enables you to create personal, collaborative slideshows or presentations using your own digital media – including video, photos, music and text
- Vunky Search - photoshop tutorial
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- Wallwisher is an online notice board maker where either just you or a group of people can post messages. Ideal for a personal to-do list or group discussion and collaboration on a given topic.
- Warning Sign Generator - make your own warning signs
- Waxxi - interactive podcasts
- Webs - create a free web site
- Weebly - create free web sites or blogs
- Web Canvas - collaborative online drawing canvas
- Webfam - schools, students and families connected
- WebNotes - annotate any website and share it via email or links
- Webooks - create and publish free online books
- Webspiration - online mindmapping tool that allows allows you to convert mindmap to essay outline
- Wetpaint allows you can create websites that mix all the best features of wikis, blogs, forums and social networks into a rich, user-generated space.
- Website Polls - create a embed a poll
- Widgetbox - download widgets straight to your wiki
- WikiBooks - free, open-content textbooks that you can edit
- WikiCommons - everything 'media'
- Wikipedia - Metawiki Search Engine
- Wiki Resources from Teach With Tech Blog - The official website for the 'Teach with Tech' podcast, presented by the Indiana University School of Education
- WikiSpecies - open, free directory of species
- WikiSource - The Free Library - Wiki Source – The Free Library – is an online collection of free content source texts built by its contributors.
- Wikispaces provide wikis free of charge to educators. Its simplicity and the ability to easily set up multiple accounts are its greatest strengths.
- Wiktionary - Wiktionary – free, collaborative multilingual dictionary resource
- WikiTour BusStop - starting point for Wiki newcomers
- WikiQuotes - quotes from notable people & creative works in every language
- Wikiville - worldwide community portal – share about your town/neighborhood and read about others
- Wisdomap - attach notes, videos, pictures, links and files to your mindmaps
- WISE - create an interactive web based science inquiry environment.
- Wisemapping - online mind mapping tool
- WiZiQ is a free web-based platform to teach and learn live, online. Teachers and students can use WiZiQ’s virtual classroom, create and share online educational content and tests.
- Wordle allows users to create customisable word clouds from any given texts or web address and it’s an excellent tool for text analysis.
- Word2Word - free online world language lessons
- Wordia - the authorative online textual dictionary, where you bring words to life through video
- Word Central - awesome online games and dictionary
- Word Magnets - will take a piece of text and break it into individual magnets which can be moved around the screen, resized, removed, colour coded, grouped
- Wordnik - digital dictionary, thesuarus and provided with samples sentences to illustrate use
- WordPress.com is a hosted blogging platform and content management system. As it hosted, you don’t need to find your own web space, WordPress supplies it for you.
- WordPress.org is a self-hosted version of the above. It’s highly customisable but you need your own web space and basic knowledge of html coding.
- Wordsift - allows you to visualise all possible connections of a particular word.
- Wordslike - Find similar words, synonyms and thesaurus
- World Atlas - interactive atlas Write a Business Letter.
- WorldSTAT - statistics for just about anything at all.
- World Wide Panorama - panoramic photos or tours from all over the world
- Wridea - create pages & categories to manage your projects & ideas
- Writeboard - online whiteboard for sharing, Writeboard – online whiteboard for sharing, collaborating
- Writewith - a collaborative writing app, enabling you to easily flow through the steps of writing, editing, and publishing with a group
- Writemaps - web site map planner
- Writely - web word processor
- Writing Exemplars - search for writing samples to use with you kids
- Writing Fix - a great website for interactive writing prompts and more
- Writing is Fun - interactive writing site for various writing genres.
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- Xmind is an Open Source mind mapping desktop application.
- Xpeditions - National Geographics interactive activities, lessons, resources
- Xtranormal is a web application that allows you to produce short films with virtual characters and a text to speech facility.
- xtimeline - create free online timeline generators.
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- Yacapaca allows you to create quizzes, test, surveys and e-portfolios. It’s an online Virtual learning Environment.
- Viygo - create free online timeline generators.
- Youconvertit.com allows you to covert file formats to any other file format, download videos from sites such as YouTube and make unit conversions as well!
- Yourgmap - Publish your map here or embed it into your website.
- YouTube EDU is a huge collection of educational videos supplied by college and universities.
- YouWild - help raise awareness about our vanishing wildlife. Visitors to the site can morph themselves -- or a friend, family member or pet -- into an imperiled animal of their choice
- Yoyogames - make your own games with the game maker
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- Zamzar Convert file format to any other file format and download YouTube videos.
- Zexer - free online address book
- Zimmer Twins is a fun website that allows children to create animated cartoons. The resulting movie can be saved on the site, although, sadly, it cannot be embedded elsewhere.
- Ziizoo - free online tutoring from Harvard tutors
- Zoho is a comprehensive suite of web based applications that allow you to create, share and store your files online. It has a word processor, a spreadsheet maker, a presentation tool, a wiki editor, an e-mail client and much more…
- Zoho notebook - Keep track of changes not only at the book or page level but also at the object level
- ZohoWriter - create, edit & share online documents from anywhere
- ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that is designed to let anyone easily create their own customized 3D pop-up books.
- Zotero - search, add, cite, while you research on the internet Firefox ad-on.
In order to put together this list of the 101 best web 2.0 tools for teachers, I spent a month doing research and looked at around 2,000 different tools. It’s not like some of those other 101 lists that waste your time by repeating websites and including irrelevant things. This is legit.
I chose to include each site based on several factors:
a) Functionality (i.e. did it work?) b) Ease of use c) Applications in education (could a teacher actually use it for something?)
d) Compatibility with popular educational technology and digital teaching materials
In no particular order:1. Poll Everywhere
An inexpensive and quick alternative for clicker response systems. Create your first poll in 30 seconds without having to sign up. Your students simply text their answer to a predetermined number and, voila! Poll Everywhere is free if your class size is less than 40 students.2. Animoto Use Animoto to easily create presentations and videos with your own images and music, or choose from a library of stock files. Teachers can apply for a free Animoto Plus account.
3. Edmodo Edmodo is a social network that you set up for your class. It looks like, feels like and smells like Facebook; however, it employs many safety precautions that keep students on task. Students cannot have private chats with each other, invite anyone to the class group or make private posts. It’s great because you can use it as a resource to answer questions and stay connected with your students outside of school.
4. Edublogs With Edublogs, you can create and manage your own teacher blog as well as student blogs. You can customize designs and include videos, images and podcasts. Best of all, it’s safe and secure.
5. Wikispaces With a free option for K-12 teachers, Wikispaces is a great tool for making custom webpages that your students can edit together. You can manage privacy settings, create student accounts without email addresses, embed media and even customize the design of your Wiki pages.
6. Photobucket Photobucket is a popular website that can be used to store and share your images and videos for free. It’s a handy tool for transferring files between your home and work computer.
7. Gizmoz Animate a picture of yourself with Gizmoz’s avatar creation studio. Your students will get a kick out of it!
8. Screencast Screencast is another media storage website. With a free account, you get 2GB of storage and 2GB of bandwidth a month. You keep the rights to everything you upload and you can determine the privacy settings for each file. From there, Screencast makes it easy to share and embed your media. Screencast also works seamlessly with TechSmith’s screen recording Camtasia software.
9. Celly Celly is a free group text messaging program for schools with no user limit. It’s easy to start a group chat and create a class poll using text messages. Curators filter the messages before they are sent to the group. This keeps students on-topic and deters cyberbullying.
10. VoiceThread VoiceThread’s group conversations are stored and shared in one place, from anywhere in the world. It allows you to create multimedia slideshows with images, videos and documents. Others can view the slides and then leave text, audio or video comments.
11. Twitter Many teachers create a class Twitter account and use it as a way for students to contact them with questions about homework, due dates, and exams. It’s a quick alternative to writing out an entire email and most students have Twitter apps on their phones.
12. Dropbox Dropbox isn’t specific to teachers, but it’s a very handy tool. I’ve spoken with many teachers who use it with their students to share documents, turn in homework, etc. If you haven’t already given Dropbox a try, I’m telling you, it’s worthwhile. It’ll make your life so much easier.
13. Flickr Like Photobucket, Flickr is another free image hosting service that allows you to access your files from any computer with an internet connection.
14. WordPress WordPress is a blogging platform that allows you a lot of versatility in the kind of content you can offer. Create a class blog where you post links to helpful readings and give updates on assignments. It’s free to sign up and start a blog.
15. Prezi Prezi is a really neat cloud-based presentation program that allows you to zoom in and out. If you don’t mind your slides being public, you can sign up for a free account with 100MB of storage.
16. Google Docs Create, share and collaboratively edit documents using a Google account. Google Docs is especially useful for group projects where students are working together on an assignment. Ask your students to provide you with access to their Google Doc while they’re working on it so that you can give them real-time feedback on their progress.
17. Google Earth Google Earth is a nifty tool that is being used by educators around the world. It puts the planet’s geographic information at your fingertips and can be utilized in a variety of educational activities. There’s even a helpful Google Earth for Educators Community where you can go for new ideas or to share some of your own.
18. YouTube With millions of YouTube videos, there’s bound to be something that’s relatable to your lesson. There are step-by-step tutorials, news clips, editorials, short documentaries and more. Recently, YouTube launched an education-specific version of the website called YouTube for Teachers.
19. Google Calendar Google Calendar is great for planning lessons, exams and keeping track of assignment due dates. It’s fast, intuitive, and only requires a Google account. It also has the ability to sync with some smart phones.
20. Evernote Evernote is cool because it is available across several platforms like Mac, Windows, iPhone and iPad. It allows you to take notes that are accessible from any of the computers, phones or tablets that you use.
21. Vimeo Vimeo is kind of like YouTube in that it is a place for you to easily upload any kind of video you create—even high definition. A free account gives you access to 500MB worth of storage each week that you can use for a variety of things like customizing your website or blog.
22. IMDb Use IMDb, the internet movie database, to see if there are any movies that are relevant to the topic you’re teaching. If you find one, you can also check the rating to make sure it’s appropriate for your classroom.
23. Teaching Channel This website is a little bit like YouTube because you can watch streaming videos. However, it’s very different because each video shares teaching ideas and methods that can be implemented in a classroom.
24. Testmoz Use Testmoz to automatically generate free online tests using four different question types. You and your students don’t need to register, and you can build a fully functional test in about a minute.
25. Screencast-O-Matic Screencast-O-Matic is an online screen recorder with a one-click recording feature. You can use it from your browser on either a Windows or Mac computer. You can video up to 15 minutes in length for free.
26. WeVideo WeVideo is an online video editing program that you can use collaboratively with others. It is easy to add effects, music and narration to a personal or group project. WeVideo also takes the hassle out of sharing by providing options for popular social media sites.
27. Quizlet As one of the largest and most popular flashcard creation websites around, Quizlet allows students and teachers to customize their own “sets” of flashcards. You can manage access to the flashcards you create and share them with your students.
28. Dipity With Dipity, you can find, create and embed interactive timelines. The best part is that you can add photos to customize the look of each timeline. This website is especially useful for providing your students with a visual representation of a sequence of events. It’s great for history and English teachers.
29. Yugma Yugma instantly shares your desktop with a single student for free. Use it for providing extra afterschool help to struggling students.
30. Fold3 This website is an online collection of historical military records. There are millions of images and documents that can be searched and annotated with additional information. Everything is categorized by war which makes it easy to fit into a history lesson plan.
31. Gliffy Gliffy is one of my favorite web 2.0 tools. You can use it to create attractive and professional graphic organizers like Venn diagrams and flow charts. Unfortunately, to receive full access to their services, you have to pay for it. However, you can sign up for a free 30 day trial.
32. Iconfinder For the tech-savvy teachers out there, Iconfinder is a cool place to download free icons for your customized website or blog. Some of the icons can even be used on worksheets and in PowerPoint presentations.
33. SlideShare SlideShare is one of the most popular ways to upload and share PowerPoint presentations and other documents. Again, this is a great tool for transferring documents between your home and school computer without having to carry around a flash drive.
34. Quora Although not specific to teachers, Quora is basically a wealth of the world’s information. The gist of it is that if you have a question, say about a topic in your homework, you log in and post it. There, people who follow that topic will answer. I’ve met teachers who give the website out for high-level classes like physics and chemistry. It’s a great way for students to get a nudge in the right direction on a project or difficult assignment.
35. Penzu Penzu is home to what is probably the most realistic imitation of lined paper on the internet. This nifty online journal is accessible from any computer with the internet, so it’s great for writing prompts and class notes.
36. Make Beliefs Comix Create your own comic strip for free. You can write in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Latin. After you’re done creating, you can print your customized comic or email it to yourself.
37. Forvo Forvo is the world’s largest pronunciation dictionary. It’s very valuable for foreign language teachers because you can look up any word and hear it pronounced by an authentic native speaker.
38. Dictionary.com Use Dictionary.com as a quick reference for words that your students don’t know. Often times it’s a lot faster than whipping out a conventional dictionary because you can simply type the word into the search engine.
39. Wallwisher Wallwisher is basically an online message board where you post “Sticky Notes.” You can make one for yourself to help you remember important events and dates, or create one for your class. You can even choose to approve each sticky note before it is created so that you can monitor what’s being said.
40. Google Talk An instant messaging program that only requires a Google account. The nice part about it is that many students are likely to have a Google account so they can always reach you when they have questions about homework.
41. Google Sites Google Sites is a free and easy way to create and share webpages and wikis.
42. Gmail Gmail is one of the most versatile free email programs out there. It’s really easy to use and you can access it from any computer with an internet connection. Most smartphones also have an app that allows you to check your email while you’re on the go. This is really great if you give your students your email address.
43. TeacherTube TeacherTube is exactly what it sounds like—YouTube for teachers. A colleague of mine introduced me to TeacherTube last year and it’s been a favorite ever since. The design of the website is getting a little outdated (it’s reminiscent of past versions of YouTube), but there are many educational videos to choose from. Plus, students love it because a) they’re watching videos, and b) it reminds them of where they find clips of ceiling cat.
44. Dabbleboard Dabbleboard is an online whiteboard drawing interface that allows you to collaborate and share your work with an unlimited number of users.
45. Podomatic Create and upload your own podcast or find a variety of free podcasts on Podomatic.
46. Diigo Use Diigo to highlight text and images on webpages that you’ve found and then access them at a later date from your Diigo account. You can also create sticky notes if you need to write additional comments. When you return to the website, all of the annotations you made are still there.
47. Zamzar Another one of my favorite websites, Zamzar is a free online file conversion service. It’s super easy to use and all you have to do is upload your file and enter in an email for the converted file to be sent to.
48. Scribd Scribd is a web 2.0 document sharing site where you can upload, store and embed various types of files. It’s another popular option for moving files between your home and school computer.
49. BibMe BibMe might be the easiest way to create a works cited page. You can search for a book, article, website or film and it automatically generates the information for you. You can also enter in the information yourself if you have it on hand.
50. MediaFire MediaFire is a free file and image hosting website. It is nice because you can upload and download your documents from any computer with an internet connection and only you have access to them.
51. Google Bookmarks Keep track of websites that you’ve visited and add searchable notes to them.
52. Create-a-Graph Use Create-a-Graph to make attractive graphs for free. Choose from bar, line, area, pie and simple XY coordinate graphs.
53. Remember the Milk Remember the Milk is a free online to-do list and task manager. It’s cool because you can use it from a number of different platforms including Gmail, Twitter, iPad, iPhone, Android, and more.
54. ClassMarker ClassMarker is an online quiz and test creation website. As an educator, you get 100 free tests taken (and graded!) per month.
55. Bubbl.us Use Bubbl.us to create colorful online mind maps. It’s great for class discussions and brainstorming sessions.
56. Meebo Messenger In my opinon, Meebo Messenger is the best instant messaging application there is. You don’t have to download any kind of software—all you have to do is sign up for an account. With Meebo, you can chat with students on different instant messaging platforms without having to download or use that specific platform yourself.
57. Blabberize Blabberize is a fun web 2.0 tool that allows you to upload a picture (of a person or animal), select its mouth, and make it talk by adding an audio file. Like Gizmoz, your students are sure to get a kick out of it!
58. Primary Pad PrimaryPad is an online word processor that allows students and teachers to work together in real-time.
59. EasyBib Use EasyBib to automatically generate works cited and bibliography information for academic papers using MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian citation styles. Easybib is a student favorite.
60. Crocodoc Crocodoc is very useful for reviewing and marking up student papers and assignments. You can upload and display documents in your browser without Flash or any plugins and then use the Crocodoc tools to write comments, edit and highlight.
61. Sharendipity Customize, create and share your own educational games with Sharendipity. You don’t need any programming skills to get started. Just choose one of several game templates or start from scratch.
62. TypeIt TypeIt is handy for foreign language teachers and students. Use it to easily type accents and diacritics online without a language-specific keyboard. TypeIt is nice because you can move back and forth between Microsoft Word with cut and paste.
63. TubeChop If you want to show a YouTube video in class that isn’t entirely appropriate or relevant, use Tubechop to cut out all of the excess and only keep what you want to show.
64. Mindomo Mindomo is another online mind mapping tool. It’s neat because you can collaborate in real-time with others and share/embed what you’ve created. You get three free mind maps.
65. 4shared Enjoy 10GB of free file storage at 4shared. Since everything is stored in the cloud, you can access it from any computer with an internet connection.
66. bitly If you tend to provide your students with a lot of links to online readings, activities, etc., you should look into using bitly’s link shortening service so you aren’t sending your kids super long URLs. You can even track how many times each link has been clicked to get an idea of how many students actually followed your instructions.
67. Creative Commons Search Easily find images and files that can be freely used for worksheets, presentations and more with the Creative Commons Search. Every once and a while you’ll come across something that isn’t licensed for use; however, the majority of results can be shared and edited.
68. Certificate Street Formerly MyAwardMaker, Certificate Street is a great place to find awards for your students. Select the award template you want from the list of categories. Then download it, fill it out and print! Premium templates without a watermark are available for a small fee.
69. youconvertit youconvertit is a good online conversion website that allows you to convert and send files up to 100MB. You also enjoy 200MB of free storage.
70. Block Posters Upload a large image to Block Posters and create any size wall poster you want for free! This website is great for decorating your classroom if you’ve got high-quality digital photographs or art files.
71. AuthorSTREAM AuthorSTREAM is another one of many websites that allow you to upload a PowerPoint presentation and access it from any computer with an internet connection. It’s nice because you can select the privacy settings you want for your PowerPoint.
72. Screenr Screenr is one of the best instant screencast tools available. It’s free and you can record on your PC or Mac, play it anywhere—even on your iPhone—and there’s nothing to download (as long as you have JAVA installed on your computer).
73. SurveyMonkey Create and publish your own online survey or quiz in minutes. You can make 10-question surveys with 100 respondents for free. It’s super easy to use and you don’t have to download anything.
74. Tricider Tricider is great for online brainstorming and voting and can be used to gather feedback from your students on class projects and awards. You can even embed and share your topic which makes it easy to get responses.
75. Tagxedo Tagxedo is an awesome word cloud creation tool. You can turn customized text, websites, blogs, twitter accounts and more into stunning designs based on the frequency of words found in the medium. There are numerous designs and color schemes to choose from that can be saved to your computer or shared.
76. dotSUB dotSUB is especially useful for foreign language teachers. Use it to watch videos with subtitles in the target language, or upload your own video and create your own subtitles.
77. Khan Academy With over 2,600 videos ranging from arithmetic to history, Khan Academy is a great tool for reviewing a subject that you’ve already taught. Also, the website is just beginning to post practice exercises for additional reinforcement.
78. SchoolTube SchoolTube is a moderated video sharing website for K-12 students and teachers. Find videos on everything from anime to zoology. The design of the website is more modern than TeacherTube, which a lot of students appreciate.
79. Wikipedia While some argue that Wikipedia isn’t the most academic place to go for information, it’s a fantastic reference for quick facts and getting on the right track. A lot of teachers have their students use it as a foundation for a project and ask them to use other sources when citing material.
80. Appolicious If you have a BYOD (bring your own device) policy at your school, you can use Appolicious to find a mobile app that fits your lesson plans. It gives you a description of each app, how much it costs, a screenshot and user reviews. There’s even a section that is specific to education so you don’t have to browse through irrelevant apps.
81. Engrade Engrade has thousands of members who utilize its free grade book, messaging, homework calendar, quizzes, attendance tracker and more. It’s one of my favorite web 2.0 tools.
82. Cramberry Use Cramberry to create, study and share your flashcards online. You can download the Cramberry app on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to access your flashcards on-the-go. It’s nice because it analyzes your progress and shows you cards that you need to focus on.
83. Writeboard Writeboard allows you to create sharable, web-based text documents that let you save and view every version of your content. It can be used as an individual or collaboratively which makes it perfect for group assignments.
84. Teacher Planet Teacher Planet has hundreds of downloadable templates for lesson plans, rubrics and more.
85. Convert pdf to word This nifty website allows you to turn static PDF pages into editable Microsoft Word documents.
86. Online Stopwatch Online Stopwatch is a web-based stopwatch that is easy to display on an interactive whiteboard and can count up or down. Use it for timed exams, essays, and standardized tests.
87. Hootsuite If you use social media to communicate with your students about homework assignment due dates, projects, etc., then you should give Hootsuite a try. Use it to schedule message reminders ahead of time so that you don’t risk forgetting, too.
88. Microsoft Worldwide Telescope Microsoft Worldwide Telescope allows your computer to act as a virtual telescope by bringing together images from the most advanced telescopes around the world. It’s great for science teachers who are doing a lesson on Astronomy, or even English and History teachers who are discussing ancient Greek and Roman gods.
89. Poll Daddy With a free account, you can create online surveys and quizzes with up to 10 questions. However, you only get 200 responses a month, so it’s not something you can use every day. Your students can respond via your website, email, Facebook, iPad and Twitter. Also, the free account comes with some basic reports so that you can quickly see how well your class understands the topic.
90. Zoomerang Use Zoomerang to create an unlimited number of online surveys and polls that can be answered via email, Facebook, Twitter or your website. Quizzes with up to 10 questions and 100 responses are free.
91. Disapainted Animate basic web-based paint drawings with Disapainted. It’s a cool way to give life to a simple concept and, since it’s online, it’s even easier to project onto your interactive whiteboard.
92. Grammarly Share Grammarly with your students because it’s a user friendly way to improve a paper. Simply copy and paste text into the box and click “check text.” Within 30 seconds, it provides a detailed analysis that includes 150 different grammar rules, plagiarism, word choice and more. The only downside is that Grammarly is a premium service; however, you can sign up for a free sevenday trial.
93. Live Binders Live Binders is a cool online storage and organization tool. You can use it to create tabs for your important documents.
94. Cueprompter A lot of students have a hard time giving class presentations, but Cueprompter helps to relieve some of the nerves. Copy and paste your script into the box and it displays just like a real teleprompter. Plus, it’s free to use.
95. Twiddla Twiddla is a web-conferencing service that is great for helping students out after school. You can mark up graphics and websites, use it to brainstorm and more. It even has a few other nifty features that are free, including voice chat.
96. YouSendIt YouSendIt is an online service that allows you to upload and send large files via email. Use it to send documents to colleagues.
97. Socrative This web 2.0 tool uses cell phones and/or laptops to gather feedback from students. You can post as many questions as you’d like, which is nice if you have several classes.
98. Memplai Create videos in collaboration with your social network. The online video editing tools are useful if you don’t already have video editing software on your computer.
99. Wordle Create beautiful word clouds from text that you provide. Like Tagxedo, it gives prominence to words that appear most frequently. You can save, print and share your creation.
100. Zotero Zotero is a neat tool that helps you collect, organize, cite and share research that you have done. You can add PDFs, images, audio and video files, snapshots of web pages and more. It indexes the full-text content of your library, allowing you to quickly find what you’re looking for.
101. GoEd Online
So, I’ll end the list with a shameless bit of self-promotion. Cut me some slack, I spent a lot of time on this post! There’s no other website in the world where teachers can rent streaming educational videos or download eBooks, PowerPoint presentations and interactive games all in one place. Do me a favor and check it out.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! You made it to the end of 101 Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers You Should Know About. Thanks for taking an hour to read it! I hope you discovered some useful websites that you didn’t already know about.Let me know if there are any other web 2.0 teaching tools that you recommend in the comments.
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All the Web 2.0 Tools you'll ever need in one blog post!
by Jim FordeI am web geek, and not just because I own a Foursquare t-shirt that I bought at a discount after my 1000th check in. The real reason I know I am a web geek is because I LOVE discovering cool web 2.0 tools that can enhance my classroom! I am about to share with you my not so secret sources for teacher Web 2.0 excitment! ...and that's not all! Actually, it is, but I think you will enjoy discovering all of the new tools that these web sources will present. I guarantee that you will find something new that will amaze you as you explore. So get ready to dive into these web 2.0 treasure troves!
1) Cool Tools for Schools Wiki- http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
This amazing Wiki presents scores of web 2.0 web tools that can enhance you work with kids. The cool thing is that they are organized by the jobs they do. For example, the left menu organizes links in categories like presentation tools, video tools or slideshow tools. It is really easy to get straight to a resource that can transform a lesson!
2) 100 Web 2.0 Tools Every Teacher Should Know About
http://edudemic.com/2012/05/best-web-tools-slides/This web site organizes 100 Web 2.0 tools in rank order. I really like the way it opens up by sharing the 5 top sites, 5 most surprising and 5 little known. For example, have you heard of Mahala, Knol or Lino? Me neither. Let's get our geek on and find out what they do!
3) Here are 101 site to troll! http://www.goedonline.com/101-web-tools-for-teachers
This list lists sites in order again but is really a hit parade. I know MANY of the listed sites but am always surprised when I encounter one new gem. I think this is worth perusing as you seek the Web 2.0 site of your dreams.
4) The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators
http://issuu.com/richardbyrne/docs/super_book_of_web_tools_for_educators/1Here is a free on-line book chock full of web resources to explore by educational category. If it's free, it's for me. I hope this one is for you too.
5) EdTEch Tool Box Ultimate Web 2.0 list
http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/p/web-20-tools_04.htmlThis alphabetic list is almost ridiculous in length. Talk about one stop shopping! Have at it.
I hope that this post puts a few new arrows in your quiver. At the very least you can blow your peers away in the staff room with your absolute command of the Web 2.0 edu-verse! Happy Surfing!
Jim :-)
About Jim
Jim Forde is a science and technology teacher at Scofield Magnet MS in Stamford, CT. He is a past teacher of the year and an educational technology enthusiast. You can reach Jim at jforde@ci.stamford.ct.us
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Twitter hashtags
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Some great educators to follow
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Why educators should be using Twitter, video.
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Click here for a blogpost by a French teacher about why she likes Twitter.
Blogpost: Those who can, Tweet
Click here for a great blogpost on "Why Twitter can make you happy".
Click here for a blogpost called: "Why Every Teacher Should Join Twitter".
Click here for an awesome blogpost called: "If you were on Twitter".
Click here for a blogpost called "Nine great reasons why teachers should be on Twitter".
Click here for a blogpost called "Twitter Evolving Into Professional-Development Tool".
Click here for a great blogpost called "10 Reasons Teachers should give Twitter a go".
Click here for a blogpost called "13 ways Twitter improves education".General Twitter resources
Click here for a very informative blog post on how to use Twitter.Click here and here for Prezi videos on Twitter for teachers.
Click here for "Mom, this is how Twitter works".
Click here for Twitter abbreviations.
http://twitcam.livestream.com/ Stream live video from your webcam to Twitter!
Click here for Shelley Terrell's very complete Twitter page.
Click here for 7 Twitter commands you need to know
Click here for a great Prezi called "Twitter as a Professional Learning Tool"
Click here for a great infographic on "The Who, Why and How of Twitter".
Click here for a wonderful Livebinder on Twitter for Educators with TONS of information from Steven Anderson (@web20classroom).
Click here for "Top 10 Twitter Turn-offs", or, how to be a good Twitterer.
Click here for "The Ultimate Twitter Guidebook For Teachers".
Click here for a document called "How to present with Twitter (and other backchannels).
http://klout.com/ Find out your "Klout" (ie. internet influence)
Click here for a wonderful presentation called "What do teachers do on Twitter?"
Click here for another presentation by the same teacher.
Click here for a wonderful blogpost called "10 Life Lessons We Can Learn On Twitter".
http://twitter.com/#!/NASA/astronauts-in-space-now Follow astronauts in space!
Click here for a blogpost called "4 ways to share videos on Twitter".
Click here for cool Twitter symbols to add to your tweets.
http://twittonary.com/ A dictionary of Twitter terms.
Click here for a pdf file of a fantastic paper called "Tweeting for Teachers: How can social media support teacher professional development?"
http://stories.twitter.com/ Some fascinating stories here.
http://www.twitrbackgrounds.com/ is where you can get some really cool backgrounds for your page.
Click here for @NMHS_Principal 's awesome Twitter resources Pinterest board.Twitter chats
Click here to find out how to take part in a Twitter Chat.Click here for the Twitter chat schedule.
Click here for information on Twitterchats.
Click here for a terrific article called: "12 Most Twitterific Reasons to Participate in Tweet Chats"
Click here for a video explaining how to participate in a Twitter chat.Twitter in the class
Click here for a blogpost about how a school is using Twitter.
Follow @frenchwithmissH to see how she tweets with her students! http://twitter.com/#!/frenchwithmissH
Click here for a CNN article on Twitter in class.
Click here for a great Wiki on "Backchanneling in the class."
Click here to read an amazing blogpost about tweeting in a Kindergarten class (yes, Kindergarten!)
Click here for a great Prezi about using Twitter with your students.
Click here for an article on "Why Social Media Tools Have a Place in the Classroom".
Click here for Twitter 101 for students.
Click here for a great blogpost about using Twitter with a gr. 6 class.Click here for a guide to using Twitter in grades K-3Click here to read about 100 ways to use Twitter in the class.Click here for lots of Twitter info for teachers + Twitter apps
Click here for a PP on 30+ creative ways to use Twitter in the class.
Click here for an article on how teachers can use Twitter to communicate with parents.
Click here for "100 INSPIRING WAYS TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM".
Click here to read some good advice about setting up class accounts for Twitter.
Click here to see a Wiki of a teacher who is using Twitter to make global connections with his students.
Click here to read about a teacher using Twitter with his classes.
http://todaysmeet.com/ is a site similar to Twitter but for schools.
http://twiducate.com/ is another site for student Twittering.
Click here for some more ideas of how to use Twitter in the class.
Click here for a blogpost about tweeting with elementary students.
Click here and here for some great ideas about how to use Twitter in the class.
Click here for a blogpost called "10 top uses of Twitter for education"
Click here for a blogpost about how one French teacher plans on using Twitter with her students.
Click here for a blogpost called "28 Creative Ideas for Teaching with Twitter".
Click here for a blogpost by Steve Wheeler called "Teaching with Twitter".
Click here for a great blogpost called"A Plan to Twitter with Students: Step-by-Step" for 2nd language teachers.
Click here for a blogpost on Twitter for grades K-8.
Click here to read about "5 ways to use Twitter in the classroom".
Click here for a blogpost called: "10 top uses of Twitter with students".
Click here for an article on using Twitter in the Foreign Language class.
Click here for some rules for students using Twitter.
Click here for an article called "Engaging students with Twitter".
http://twittclasses.posterous.com/ is a website to find classes to tweet with in French.
Click here for a blogpost called "60 Inspiring Examples of Twitter in the Classroom"
Click here for a great blogpost on how to use Twitter in class.
Twitter apps
Click here for list of Twitter apps (scroll down).
Very cool Twitter app
Click here for a video on adding a Twitter widget to your blog.
Click here for 100 Tips, Apps, and Resources for Teachers on Twitter
http://twittercounter.com/ and http://twittergrader.com/ How to get your Twitter stats.
Click here for a Twitter app to help you figure out who you should recommend for Friday Follow.
Click here for a cool way to visualize tweets.
Click here and here to read about the top 100 Twitter tools for teachers.
Click here and here for Twitter buttons to add to your blog or website and click here for flash buttons.
Click here for a video on how to use "Tweetdeck", a must to organize tweets.
Twister: Fake Twitter for school
Click here for 100 awesome Twitter resources for teachers.
Click here for "4 Tools to Explore Tweets and Personality-type".
Click here to find out how addicted you are to Twitter.
http://thetwitcleaner.com/ Clean up your tweeps.
http://www.tweeteffect.com/
Cool app to see which of your tweets caused you to gain or lose followers.
Click here for a cool app that shows who you have been interacting with most for the past 7 days on Twitter (type your name where it says "Try your own search term".
http://paper.li/ Create your own on-line newspaper with your tweets. Click here for a video.
http://www.twinslator.com/connect.php Tweet in different languages.
http://www.twocation.com/ Find out where most of your followers live.http://visual.ly/twitter is a cool way to make a personal infographic about you and your tweets.
Click here for a great LiveBinder on Creative Twitter Tools by Ana Cristina Pratas.
http://manageflitter.com/unfollow Find out who's not following you back.
http://vizify.com/tweetsheet View your tweets and RT's in an infographic. Very cool!
http://tweepsmap.com/ Find out where your followers are from.
Twitter Tips
Click here and here for "How to make a Twitter Follow list".
Click here for "How to make a Twitter Follow list on Tweetdeck".
Click here to read about how to create and use Twitter lists.
Communication centers, computers, laptops, mobile phones and tablets have all been spoken about at one point or another as technologies with promising applications for education.
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Examples of Learning Literacy with Technology
- Enternet 99 projects were created by educators who spent one week developing a classroom activity to propel students into the world-wide learning network. Several of these projects focus on language arts topics and many are formatted like webquests.
- Miss Rumphius Award Winners Website is home to The Miss Rumphius Award which presented by members of the RTEACHER mailing list (listserv) to educators who develop and share exceptional Internet resources for literacy and learning. It honors teachers who make our world a more beautiful place, like the title character in the book Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney.
- New Jersey Digital Highway provides an online portal for educators, students, and parents.
- Rhode Island Teachers and Technology provides a collection of over 2000 curriculum units and collaborative projects created by former RITTI participants. Databases are searchable by content area and grade level.
- San Diego Schools Prodevelopment Page Triton and Patterns Projects includes professional development resources as well as an assortment of project examples created by teachers, administrators and support staff for use in the literacy curriculum.
- SCORE Literature Cyberguides designed by California teachers to match standards and literature based lessons with technology integrated opportunities for learning.
- The Graphic Organizer features reviews and ideas using tools like Kidspiration and Inspiration and includes a great index of graphic organizers.
- Thematic Literature Units for Primary Grades is an excellent model of top-quality unit and theme plans for how to integrate good literature with software and Internet links. Includes specific title recommendations and suggested instructional tips and ideas for each unit.
- Thematic Units for Grades K-2 and lots for Grades 3-5; from the Elementary Tools 2000 project in Okaloosa School District in Floriday. this is a great resource for over 200 ideas and student work samples.
- Title III Technology Literacy Challenge Grant from Verona New York provides a wealth of integrated lesson plans.
See also Students Applying Literacy section for each grade level range here at The Literacy Web.
Websites devoted to Integrating Technology
- 4Teachers.org features many interactive learning and design tools for teachers and lots of ideas and examples for integrating technology.
- Apple Learning Interchange Resources includes curriculum materials, technology how-tos, information for parents and families and more.
- Bell South Education Gateway for Integrating Technology
- Computer Learning Foundation is an international nonprofit educational foundation, dedicated to improving the quality of education and preparation of youth for the workplace through the use of technology. It provides articles and many other resources.
- Curriculum Resource Guide for Integrating Computers into the Curriculum is an expanding collection of project compilation which originated from a graduate class in educational computing. Projects are grouped by elementary, middle and high school ideas.
- Educational Technology for Engaged Learning and for Literacy from Jamie McKenzie's From Now On is one of the premier websites for keeping educators abreast of important issues around technology use and integration that promotes student learning.
- Education and Computer Connection Newsletter features information for educators, parents and students who use technology and the Internet to enhance learning.
- EducatorsKonnect includes links to many interesting projects and learning based websites for students like Today, Hoorah and Enternet '99.
- Kathy Schrock's Homepage links to her Guide for Educators which is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth
- Integrating Literacy and Technology into the Curriculum is the International Reading Association's (IRA) 2001 position statement on this issue.
- Internet4Classrooms helps teachers make effective use of the Internet with resources like "daily web doses", links for K-12 teachers, and on-line practice modules with many software applications.
- Literacy in the Information Age includes a virtual library of search results from Open Directory
- Literacy and Technology Resources from Joyce Hinkson
- Planning a Telecollaborative Project outlines tips and strategies from educators with experience in telecollaboration.
- Search results from Awesome Library includes lesson plans, news, papers, and projects integrating technology.
- Surfing the Net with Kids is hosted by Barbara Feldman, a syndicated newspaper columnist who updates this site weekly with Internet links, a weekly newsletter, software recommendations, site reviews and tons more! Don't miss this one!
- Technology and Learning Research Reports is a one stop place for accessing many reports and many other related websites devoted to technology and learning.
- TELUS Learning Connection: An Educational Internet Alliance from Alberta, Canada includes Judi Harris' Telecollaborative Projects and much more. This is a huge site! You can also access Judi Harris' Virtual Architecture for more information.
- Using Technology in the Classroom: Constructivist Strategies and Paths is a wonderful exploratory website that summarizes the ways that classroom teachers have adopted the theoretical perspectives of constructivism and integrated them into their classroom learning opportunities.
- Ways to Integrate Technology in Your Classrooms from Choong L. How in Connecticut. This site includes information about CAPT (standardized test) Thematic Units.
- What are Webquests? is a short but very helpful information page that links to the major websites about webquests. You can also visit each grade level cluster here at The Literacy Web to see particular examples at each grade.
See also Professional Development Resources for Literacy and Technology here at The Literacy Web.
This page last updated May, 2007.
Many teachers view Facebook as a digital monster, poised to steal their privacy and set them up for ethical breaches with their students. Facebook's consultant for education offers concrete tips -- how to set your privacy restrictions, where to click to get 'help' -- for using the social media tool, and provides some suggestions for using it safely in teaching.
My Favorite Resources for Educators and Students
Jan 3
I've recently posted lists of the most popular posts for past weeks and for the life of this blog, but I thought I'd post a list of my favorite resources too. Click the links for more detailed information and discussion about each resource.
1. EVERNOTE - Evernote is my favorite, and most used resource. I have all of my lesson plans, resources, web clippings, lesson schedule, meeting notes, misc. notes, task lists, reference materials and much more on here. I can access my notes anywhere and can even share notes with others.
2. CLOUD FILE STORAGE/SYNC - without apps like Dropbox and Sugarsync I'd be in trouble. All of my files are backed up on these systems and I can access my files from any web browser and from my smartphone. No need to carry flash drives or worry about a computer crash destroying my files and I can even share folders with others.
3. RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS - Trackclass, Dweeber, Google, Evernote and more are great resources for students to use to get organized, stay on schedule, and collaborate on school projects.
4. GOOGLE for EDUCATORS - I use tons of resources from Google, from Gmail, Calendar, Blogger, Sites, iGoogle to Google+, Search, and more. The resources are excellent quality, extremely useful, and free.
5. GOOGLE + - I love Google+. It is cleaner and lacks the messy apps and games of Facebook, but allows you to have more in depth posts and conversations than Twitter. It's great for education, especially the hangouts feature.
6. DISCOVERY EDUCATION - The Discovery Educator Network, DE Streaming Videos, and over 25 free resources for Educators. There is so much here to help educators in so many ways.
And here's an article I wrote detailing all of the resources I use on a daily basis.
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/technology-i-use-everyday-as-educator.html?m=0
What are your favorite resources? How do you use them in your job and daily life?
Cross posted atEducational Technology Guy and viaTwitter.
David Andrade is a Physics Teacher and Educational Technology Specialist in Connecticut. He is the author of theEducational Technology Guy blog, where he reviews free educational technology resources for teachers, discusses ways to use technology to improve teaching and learning, and discusses other issues in education.
He is also a professional development trainer and presenter at conferences, helping educators learn new and innovative ways to educate students. He is also a Discovery Education STAR Educator and member of the CT DEN Leadership Council.Disclaimer: The information shared here is strictly that of the author and does not reflect the opinions or endorsement of his employer.
Aims & Scope
Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology. It aims to raise the profile of research in learning technology, encouraging research that informs good practice and contributes to the development of policy. The journal publishes papers concerning the use of technology in learning and teaching in all sectors of education, as well as in industry. Read more.Potential subjects for submission:
- technology use in learning and teaching
- impact of technologies on the efficiency and
effectiveness of provision
- innovations in the area of learning technology
- theory and practice of technology-enhanced
learning across cultures and nationalities
- staff and learner competencies, roles and skills
- theoretical debate the relationships between
learning, teaching and technology
- policy and strategy at institutional, regional, sectoral, national and international levelsWe accept a range of submission types:
- papers on development and testing of learning technologies
- case studies of innovative practice
- critiques of policy or research surveys
- large-scale or longitudinal studies - empirical experiments
- critical reviews of the literatureWHY PUBLISH WITH Research in Learning Technology?
Open Access – Research in Learning Technology is free from all access barriers, allowing for the widest possible dissemination of your work.Easy online submission – simply click on the 'SUBMIT AN ARTICLE' link above, register yourself as an author, submit your article and follow its progression.
Supplementary material – you may add data sets, protocols, videos, interactive files, etc. to your article - at no cost.
Retain copyright – you are free to disseminate your work, make unlimited copies, and deposit it in any repository.
Personal service – Research in Learning Technology is published by a small yet global Open Access scholarly publisher dedicated to giving you excellent service.
Post-publication statistics – you can continue to login to the website after publication and check the number of full-text views your paper is receiving.
Comply with archiving policies – you can deposit any version of your manuscript in any required repository or archive, or post it to your personal or institutional website.
Have your work available in print – Research in Learning Technology is available online and in print, with copies of each issue lodged systematically with the UK Copyright Libraries.
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This morning as I was browsing my favorite fly fishing message board, Fly Fishing in Maine, I came across a video from Arkive featuring an Osprey catching fish. That video prompted me to explore more of Arkive's content.Arkive's main feature is the extensive collection of videos and images of plants and animals. The videos and images are cataloged according to animal, plant, eco-region, and geo-political region. You can navigate the galleries by selecting one of the broad categories then choosing a subject within that broad category. For example, choose the Antarctica eco-region and then you can explore all of the images and videos about plants and animals found in that eco-region. Videos on Arkive can be downloaded to for your classroom use.
Arkive offers a dozen online games for kids. The games collection is a mix of quiz games and problem solving games. One of the games that I tried out is Animal Survival that required me to keep a Sand Lizard alive by correctly answering questions about Sand Lizards' daily lives.
Applications for Education
Arkive has a nice collection of free lesson plans based upon the images, videos, and games found on Arkive. The lesson plans include PowerPoint files, instruction sheets, and links to online resources as needed. The lesson plans are arranged according to student age from 5 to 18. The bulk of the free lesson plans are targeted for 7 to 14 year old students. Here's a sample of some of the topics covered in the free lesson plans: classification, adaptation, and observation.
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AllMyNotes Organizer is a free program to capture all of your thoughts, ideas, and inspirations, into a single file. Supports Skins, Alarms, file access can be restricted by password, multilingual. Allows import and export from/to .trf, .html, and .txt files.
ATnotes is a free program which creates notes on the desktop. It lives in the system tray, takes very few resources, and supports a lot of languages.
Converber is a unit converter. It is a powerful software utility that will help make easy conversions between 1173 various units of measure in 32 categories. Converber converts everything from length and force to flow and temperature.
Convert is a free and easy to use unit conversion program that will convert the most popular units of distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, power, density, pressure, energy and many others, including the ability to create custom conversions.
Doc Convertor is simple and fast way to export your source code or documents into various file formats. You will be able to quickly and easily export (10+ formats supported) and print your text-based documents, convert them to PDF, Excel, images and more.
OpenOfficeis a multi platform and multi lingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. Another OpenOffice.org distribution with more features and possibly more community support, along with direct support by Novell, is Go-OO. IBM distributes an entirely Java-based version of OpenOffice.org, for which they have resurrected the old product name Lotus Symphony.
LibreOffice is a free software office suite developed by The Document Foundation that is compatible with other major office suites and available on a variety of platforms. Its developers' goal is to produce a vendor-independent office suite with ODF support and without any copyright assignment requirements.
Sunbird is a cross-platform calendar application, built upon Mozilla Toolkit. Our goal is to bring Mozilla-style ease-of-use to your calendar, without tying you to a particular storage solution.
AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks.
Adobe Reader allows you to securely view, print, search, sign, verify, and collaborate on PDF documents, online as well as offline, from your home or office.
PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDFs easily from nearly any application. With the PDFCreator Printer driver you turn any program into a PDF-machine.
AutoHotkey unleashes the full potential of your keyboard, joystick, and mouse. For example, in addition to the typical Control, Alt, and Shift modifiers, you can use the Windows key and the Capslock key as modifiers. In fact, you can make any key or mouse button act as a modifier.
AutoIt is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other languages, as for example VBScript and SendKeys.
Office Menu-2003 for Office-2007 is a free addin to have the old classic menu back via the Addins TAB in Office-2007 but for all the new features you have to use the Ribbon.
OpenGoo is an Open Source Web Office. It is a LAMP server application that provides tools for task management and sharing of all kinds of information such as documents, contacts, e-mail and calendars.
Uniсat allows you to create catalogs of almost anything - books, videotapes, CD-ROMs, music CD, documents, histories of diseases in hospitals, pedigree and so on with detailed descriptions - everything depends on your imagination!CD/DVD
CDBurner XP Pro is a free CD/DVD burning solution. With it you can burn CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R/RW DVD-R/RW discs. It supports most IDE, USB, Firewire and SCSI drives.
DVD Shrink is software to backup DVD discs. You can use this software in conjunction with DVD burning software of your choice, to make a backup copy of any DVD video disc.
ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blue-ray burning application. It can perform a great variety of tasks : read a disc to an image file, create an image file from files on your computer, or network, or directly to a disc, write an image file to a disc, check a disc is 100% readable.
Nero CD-DVD Speed is a program for testing optical drives and media and is part of Nero Toolkit.
Codecs
AC3Filter is a high quality free audio decoder and processor filter. It allows media players to playback movies with AC3 and DTS audio tracks. Also it can process any audio track, much of processing options allows to adjust the sound in almost any way. It is possible to upmix any audio source to 6 channels.
GSpot - codec information. It establishes what video codecs (audio and video) are required to play an AVI file, determines whether these codecs are installed on your system, and isolates problems associated with these codecs.
K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codecs are required to encode and/or decode (play) audio and video. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play 99% of all the movies that you download from the internet.
QT Lite is a lightweight version of QuickTime. It contains all the essential components and nothing more. This is an excellent replacement. It needs less disk space, has no background processes, has the ability to download HD trailers.
QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install QuickTime Player from Apple. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages. The very user-friendly installation is fully customizable, which means that you can install only those components that you want. QuickTime Alternative Lite is QuickTime Alternative without Media Player Classic.
System Utilities
Logon Controller to control background screen of login screen of Windows Vista and Windows 7.
allSnap is a small system tray app that makes all top level windows automatically align like they do in programs such as Winamp or Photoshop.
Ant Movie Catalog is a free program made to manage your collection of movies DVD, CD (VideoCD, DivX, etc.) and tapes.
Atomic Clock Sync a tool to synchronize your clock. Atomic clock servers are operated by many governments and some large organizations. These atomic clock servers can be contacted to synchronize a local time with the server's time. This is vital for applications like Banking or Airport Traffic Control, but is useful for our own computers as well.
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. It contains no Spyware or Adware.
CodySafe a free portable applications menu and launcher system. Manages portable drive, applications, documents, multimedia and pictures. Detects and prevents virus infection. Menu tool operates PortableApps Framework (PAF) and non-PAF applications. Best experiense with Wndows Vista and Windows 7.
Chaos MD5 is a free MD5 generator for Windows. Input any file into this free program and it will generate a MD5 checksum for that file. That simply means it generates a unique signature for each and every file.
Citrus Alarm Clock is a software alarm clock. You can set as many different alarms as you'd like. It uses your existing media player. MP3, WMA, and any other media types are supported as long as you have the right media player installed. It is easy to use and free.
Dexpot turns your monitor into up to 20. It creates and manages virtual desktops and enables you to work far more efficiently and comfortably with many simultaneously opened windows on Windows 95/98/ME and NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista.
Disclib is a CD collection organizer program. It may be used as a catalogue of CDs. After creating the catalogue, disclib stores file and folder names and tree, allows user to categorize folders and files, and allows searching all the files from the collection CDs without need to place them in CD reader.
DriveImage XML is an easy to use and reliable program for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives. The program allows you to backup logical drives and partitions to image files, browse these images, view and extract files, restore these images to the same or a different drive, copy directly from drive to drive.
Eraser is an advanced security tool for Windows, which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.
FineRecovery is a free utility to restore deleted files from hard disk. It uses a fast engine to quicky scan your PC for deleted files and get the files back to life.
Freeraser is a free utility to securely delete files and folders from hard disk by overwriting content of file by andom data. Tree levels of destruction (Fast, Forced and Ultimate) are available.
HashTab is a Windows shell extension which adds a tab called "File Hashes" to the Windows Explorer file properties. The tab contains the MD5, SHA1 and CRC-32 file hashes. These are common hashes that are used to verify the integrity and authenticity of files. Many download sites list the MD5 hash along with the download link. The HashTab makes it very simple for Windows users to check these hashes on any file on the system without using external tools.Icons From File is a tool for extracting icons or icon arrays from files (EXE, DLL, OCX, etc.) with ability to scan folders to search for EXE, DLL and OCX files, which contain icons.
Launchy is a free windows utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes.
MozBackup is a simple utility for creating backups of Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite and Netscape profiles.
Net Profiles eliminates the need to manually reconfigure your network settings when you move your desktop/laptop computer to another location. Once a profile is created, Net Profiles can configure your IP settings, proxy settings, mapped drives, default printer, wallpaper, and screen resolution with a click of a button; as well as run any number of user-defined applications upon activation of a profile.
PC Decrapifier is a program designed to remove or uninstall a specific list unwanted software in an unattended fashion. It can be used to clean off most of the annoying software that is typically shipped with newer PCs.
ReNamer is a very powerful and flexible file renaming tool, which offers all the standard renaming procedures, including prefixes, suffixes, replacements, case changes, as well as removing contents of brackets, adding number sequences, changing file extensions, etc. For advanced users, there is a PascalScript rule, which let users program their very own renaming rule. Program allows you to combine multiple renaming actions as a rule set, applying each action in a logical sequence, which can be saved, loaded, and managed within the program.
ResourceHacker is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP operating systems.
Revealer Keylogger Free Edition is a free monitoring tool that logs everything that is typed on your computer. It records every keystroke even passwords behind asterisks and conversations in common instant messengers.
StrokeIt is an advanced mouse gesture recognition engine and command processor. Mouse gestures are simple symbols that you "draw" on your screen using your mouse. When you perform a mouse gesture that StrokeIt can recognize, it will perform the "action" associated with that gesture.
Subtitle Workshop is an efficient and convenient freeware subtitle editing tool. It makes subtitle creating/editing/converting tasks almost a pleasure, the amicable and intuitive interface mixes easy to access menus and must have features with advanced functions and a remarkable speed and stability, drastically reducing subtitle editing time. It includes spell check function and an advanced video preview feature which will ease the task even more.
SyncBack is a multi-award winning freeware program that helps you easily backup and synchronize your files.
Sysinternals Tools contain various system tools, such as file and disk utilities, networking utilities, process, security utilities, system information.
TaskSwitchXP is an advanced task management utility that picks up where the standard Windows Alt+Tab switcher leaves off. It provides the same functionality, and adds visual styles to the dialog and also enhances it by displaying thumbnail preview of the application that will be switched to.
Undelete Plus is a completely free Software, which doesn't contain adware, spyware, there's no registration, popups. It recovers deleted files from NTFS/NTFS5, FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 volumes, restores deleted files on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2003, Windows Vista.
Unlocker - a free lightweight program which is used for deleting the files.
Weather Watcher automatically retrieves the current conditions, hourly forecast, daily forecast, detailed forecast, severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service (US only), and weather maps for over 77,000 cities world-wide.
WinIPConfig is a replacement for the command line tools "ipconfig.exe" and "route.exe". This version also includes the "netstat.exe" tool. Win IP Configuration Manager shows you the IP settings of the installed network interfaces. IP addresses obtained by DHCP can be renewed by Win IP Config. Routes can easily be added, removed, changed or made persistent by this tool.
xp-AntiSpy is a little utility that lets you disable some built-in update and authentication 'features' in WindowsXP.
XP SysPad is a Windows system monitoring utility that allows easy access to Windows system information and Windows system utilities, such as the individual control panel applets, as well as putting the “hidden” applications in Windows at your fingertips.
Sublight is simple and easy to use freeware utility for downloading subtitles. It features auto subtitle find feature, manual searching, uploading new subtitles, auto updates, ... See "Sublight application demo" for quick intro.
Archive
7-Zip is open source software. You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip. But you can make a donation to support further development of 7-Zip.
IZArc is the ultimate freeware archive utility supporting many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO.
TugZIP is a powerful award-winning freeware archiving utility for Windows that provides support for a wide range of compressed, encoded and disc-image files, as well as very powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.
Universal Extractor is a program that extracts files from any type of archive, whether it's a simple zip file, an installation program, or even a Windows Installer (.msi) package.
PeaZip is a cross-platform file and archive manager. Features volume spanning, compression, authenticated encryption. Supports 7Z, 7-Zip sfx, ACE, ARJ, BZ2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, GZ, ISO, JAR, LHA/LZH, NSIS, OOo, PAQ/LPAQ, PEA, QUAD, RAR, RPM, split, TAR, Z, ZIP.
UI Enhancements
AveDesk is a tool that enables desklets on your desktop: desklets are small graphically pleasing mini-applications that are useful and fun to use. A desklet can be anything, a small sticky note, a weather foresight, a calculator, etc.
LClock is a Win32(64bit too now) Longhorn systray clock program.
MacSound a sound volume control in Mac OS X Style.
RocketDock is a smoothly animated, alpha blended application launcher. It provides a nice clean interface to drop shortcuts on for easy access and organization. With each item completely customizable there is no end to what you can add and launch from the dock.
Taskbar Shuffle - rearranges the programs on the taskbar by dragging.
Y’z Dock is a program launcher like the dock in MacOS X.
Y’z Shadow adds a shadow effect to the windows in pursuit of the "beauty of a shadow". It makes it possible to select one type of shadow effect in the active window and a different one in the inactive window. The user can also choose to have transparent menus. There is also the option of selecting the degree of transparency in the menus.
Y’z Toolbar - change the toolbar icons in Explorer and Internet Explorer
Visual Task Tips - thumbnail preview image for each task in the taskbar.
Icons and Folders
Badges the program that allows placing handy emblems upon familiar Windows icons.
Folderico allows to change icons of the chosen folder to any chosen by you. And even at connection of a hard disk to other computer of an icon will remain such what they were made by you.
Folder Markeris a tool to mark your folders.
Folder2MyPC - add favourite locations to My Computer.
Microsoft TweakUI - system settings.
Vize - Basic is a GUI enhancer for Windows Vista. It replaces most of the non-Vista icons, animations and bitmaps that Microsoft is still overlooking.
IcoFX is a free icon editor that supports Windows Vista icons also. It can extract icons from exe and dll files. Can convert images to icons. It can do also batch processing.
Shell PacksBricoPacks - shell packs that make your XP look like Vista while staying fully compatible with Windows XP.
ShellPacks shell packs that change your Windows XP look.
Tango Shell Patcher is a graphical wizard designed to make simple the process of modifying your system files with resources developed and inspired by the Tango Desktop Project.
Vista Transformation Pack brings to your desktop the look of Microsoft's future operating system, Windows Vista.
Hardware monitoring/Benchmarking
Central Brain Identifier is the solution, designed for AMD processor identification. This software recognizes more than 50 various models of the AMD processors and includes over 400 OPN numbers. It reports all the technical information and technical features you need on your processor, such as processor core name, core revision, nominal processor frequency, date of announce, OPN number, etc.
CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system.
GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.
CrystalCPUID is a CPU utility software.
Memtest86 is a comprehensive, stand-alone memory diagnostic.
SiSoft Sandra is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.
SpeedFan is a freeware program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips.
3Dmark 06 is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D feature tests.
Aquamark allows PC users to easily benchmark their current and next-generation PCs by measuring and comparing the performance of the systems.
rthdribl is a real-time high dynamic range image-based lighting demo.
Fraps - 3D benchmark, it is a universal Windows application that can be used with all games using DirectX or OpenGL technology.
SuperPI It takes this program 3 days with Pentium 90MHz, 40MB main memory and 340MB available storage, to calculate 33.55 million digits.
CPU Rightmark - cpu overclock.
Core Temp is a compact, no fuss, small footprint program to monitor CPU temperature.
ATiTool is an overclocking utility designed for ATI and NVIDIA video cards.
ATI Tray Tools is a Full Featured Radeon Tweaker that can be found in the windows tray which then allows instant access to options and settings.
aTuner is an easy-to-use tweak-tool for GeForce-, Quadro- and Radeon-graphiccards
RivaTuner is a complete powerful tweaking environment, providing you everything you may need to tune NVIDIA GPU based display adapters.
Nokia Monitor Test is a collection of test that can be used to check CRT monitor performance. The application contains test patterns for Geometry, Convergence, Resolution, Moiré, Brightness, Contrast, Focus, Readability, Color and Screen Regulation.
UDPixel helps to locate and fix LCD screens dead pixels.
Education
KidZui is a fun, intuitive, easy-to-use kids’ browser and kid-safe social network with over a million games, websites, pictures, and videos. Kids can connect with their friends on KidZui, express their feelings and opinions, and share cool stuff they find online. It’s a fun, safe, and engaging internet experience that rewards curiosity and builds independence.
Celestia free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. Celestia runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Medexam.net a free educational program for medical students and doctors. Medexam.net runs on Windows.
Dia is a gtk+ based diagram creation program released under the GPL license. It can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, and many other diagrams. It is also possible to add support for new shapes by writing simple XML files, using a subset of SVG to draw the shape.
Google Earth gives you a wealth of imagery, and geographic and astronomical information.
NASA World Wind is a graphically rich 3D virtual globe for use on desktop computers running Windows. It combines NASA imagery generated from satellites that have produced Blue Marble, Landsat 7, SRTM, MODIS and more.
SpeQ Mathematics is a small, extensive mathematics program with a simple, intuitive interface. All calculations are entered in a sheet. In there you can freely add, edit and execute all calculations. You can define variables and functions, and plot graphs of your functions. You can save your calculations for later re-use.
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
Servers
EFTP, based on the RFC 959 standard of FTP, it incorporates RSA encryption and Blowfish encryption to achieve fast and secure transfers of data over any TCP/IP network, including The Internet.
rndware psyBNC Server A version of psyBNC, a popular IRC bouncer/proxy with modifications. Ported to Windows.
FileZilla the free FTP solution. Both a client and a server are available. FileZilla is open source software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Windows Ident Server A free, stable IDENT server that can be used on IRC (psyBNC, mIRC) or FTP servers as an authentication method.
Navigation
OkMap is an interactive software which allows you to work on your computer screen with digital maps that you have either bought or scanned. OkMap can also import vectorial data from the most common formats and DEM data relevant to height informations. Through these maps, OkMap lets you organize paths by creating waypoints, routes and tracks on your computer monitor, and upload this data to your GPS. To make it easier, OkMap provides you also with autorouting and geocoding functions. Data collected by your GPS can be downloaded on your computer, stored and displayed on the maps. They can also be used to create different types of statistics. By connecting a GPS to your laptop, you can plot your position on maps in real-time. If you are connected to the network you can constantly send your position to a remote computer, or receive the position of your companions on your computer and display the related tracks on maps in real time. OkMap can also interface Google Maps and Google Earth. With Google Maps you can get portions of maps immediately available in OkMap. With Google Earth you can view your paths and your maps also in 3D.
Pace & Place is a platform-independent application for managing and visualizing GPS and sports training data. It empowers the user to track training events and combine them with geographic data (e.g. GPS device records). Map, waypoint and track visualizations and associations with taken photos are frequent use cases as well.
Miscellaneous
FreeMind is a mind-mapping software written in Java. The operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of Mind Manager because of one-click "fold / unfold" and "follow link" operations.
iDailyDiary is a simple page-for-a-day diary. Providing a simple interface that immediately gets you started taking daily notes, creating a journal, putting your thoughts into writing and much more. iDailyDiary provides a "richtext" editor and the ability to insert graphics, URL's and Hypertext links.
nLite is a tool for permanent Windows components removal and pre-installation Windows configuration. After removal there is an option to make bootable image ready for burning on CD or testing in virtual machines.
Pivot Stickfigure Animator makes it easy to create stick-figure animations. You can build your own stick figures and load your own backgrounds. The animations can be saved as animated gifs to be used on web pages.
Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout.
Winkis a tutorial and presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users.
ZScreen is a free open-source screen capture program that allows for region/window/full-screen screenshots. It can FTP screenshots and put the URL in your clipboard in a single keystroke. It supports automatic custom naming conventions with variables. It can also interface with image editing software.
Mikogo is a free desktop sharing tool where you can invite up to 10 participants to join a screen sharing web conference in real time and in true color quality. Mikogo is quick and easy to use. Simply start a meeting with a couple of mouse clicks, receive a unique Meeting ID, and your meeting participants can then join the desktop sharing session using the ID. There are no configurations or changes to network and firewall settings. There are absolutely no costs involved.
jSnake is the name of a video game, but of thing he treats? A half idea (if not all) is had, analyzing the title, that is composed from j + Snake; do you eliminate the "j", that stays you? Exact! Snake, if you have surely had a Nokia among the hands you have tried it. This is a version for PC, available free for operating systems: Windows, MAC, Linux and Solaris.
NorthScale offers a new solution for Memcached Software called Membase, which is supported on most platforms. Organizations using Membase can deploy a cloud-friendly data layer that expands dynamically as application needs change, delivering performance exceeding that of any other NoSQL solution.
Popppr is a free, lightweight image/photo-based Feed Reader--puts content onto user's desktop; new feeds can be added via URL drag&drop
Desktop Virtualization
Virtual PC allows you to maintain the compatibility of legacy and custom applications during migration to new operating systems and increases the efficiency of support, development, and training staffs.
VirtualBox is a powerful x86 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use; it is the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), and runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris hosts.
VMware Server will allow you to begin enjoying the benefits of server virtualization for free; it installs like an application on any existing server (or desktop) hardware and partitions a physical PC into multiple virtual machines. You can even use it to create virtual machines to use with VMware Player.
VMware Player is a free desktop virtualization software application that makes it easy to run any virtual machine created by VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Server or VMware ESX, as well as Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines or Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machines on your Windows or Linux PC.
Graphics
Picasa is free photo editing and organizing software from Google.
Blender is an open source 3d modeling and animation package.
The Gimp is a free "Photoshop" replacement.
Inkscape is an open source vector drawing package similar to Illustrator and FreeHand.
Programming
Tcl/Tk A powerful scripting language that makes programming fun and easy.
Microsoft Visual Studio Express Editions are free versions of the products of Microsoft Visual Studio - includes free versions of Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual C#, Visual Web Developer, Microsoft SQL Server, and Visual J#.
FreeBASIC is a free BASIC compiler.
WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2.0 is a pre-integrated, lightweight Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5 application server built on Apache Geronimo technology. Available at no charge.
DB2 Express-C 9 is a no-charge version of DB2 Express 9 data server. DB2 Express-C offers the same core data server features as DB2 Express Edition and provides a solid base to build and deploy applications developed using C/C++, Java, .NET, PHP, and other programming languages.
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software is a trial version of Rational Application Developer that helps developers quickly design, develop, analyze, test, profile, and deploy high-quality Web, SOA, Java, J2EE, and portal applications.
Alice is a free teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first experience in using object-oriented programming.
LunaRCP is an open source project providing very useful plug-ins to ease the development of Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) applications. It covers a broad range of RCP topics, e.g. application startup, file operations, jobs API, SWT/JFace, database integration using Hibernate, etc. LunaRCP is hosted on SourceForge.net.
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