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~ Contact Information ~ The platform may or may not make a Assistant Professor, [email protected] difference. We’ve listed these to the best Dr. Jeremy Wendt Instructional Technology of our knowledge. Tennessee Tech University www.jeremywendt.com Instructor, [email protected] Mr. Jason Beach Instructional Technology Several of the items have free trial Tennessee Tech University www.teachingwithtech.net versions available if you’re not sure you want to buy them... The Good Stuff Topic Very Brief Description www Cost Platform
Refurbished PCs Govt. refurbished PCs computersforlearning.gov Free Windows/Mac/Linux
Wordle Creates a visual cloud of words wordle.net Free Windows/Mac/Linux
Chemistry Review Augmented Reality Chemistry tool sponholtzproductions.com/3d/ Free Windows/Mac/Linux
Storybird Create short, art-inspired stories storybird.com Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Linux
Wallwisher High-tech Post-it alternative wallwisher.com Free Windows/Mac/Linux
iCyte Save, annotate & organize research icyte.com Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Mobile
Slideshare Store,share, and tag presentations slideshare.net Free Windows/Mac/Mobile
VoiceThread Collaborative preso with text & speech voicethread.com Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Mobile
Diigo Social annotation tool diigo.com Free Windows/Mac/Mobile timetoast.com Timetoast Share interactive timelines Free Windows/Mac/Linux
Prezi Non-linear presentation program prezi.com Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Mobile
Livebinders Non-linear presentation program livebinders.com Free Windows/Mac/Linux
Office Solutions
OpenOffice Open source alternative to MS Office openoffice.org Free Windows/Mac/Linux
AbiWord Open source alternative to MS Word abisource.com Free Windows/Linux
Sync.in Online, collaborative word processor sync.in Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Linux
Showme Interactive Learning Community showme.com Free Windows/Mac/Mobile MORE COOL STUFF ON BACK
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Great Google Tools
Google Docs Online, collaborative office suite docs.google.com Free Windows/Mac/Mobile
Sites Create websites sites.google.com Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Linux
Education Glogster Interactive poster creation program edu.Glogster.com Free Windows/Mac/Linux
Xtranormal Free movie creation program xtranormal Free Windows/Mac/Linux
PrintWhatYouLike Easily format websites for printing printwhatyoulike.com Free Windows/Mac/Linux
60 Second Recap Video summaries of books and movies 60secondrecap.com Free Windows/Mac/Mobile
Animoto Creates videos from pictures animoto.com Free Windows/Mac/Mobile
Keepin’ it Short...
fur.ly, ow.ly Mulitple URL “shortener” -very simple fur.ly, ow.ly Free Windows/Mac/Linux
tiny.url URL “shortener” tinyurl.com Free Windows/Mac/Linux
goo.gl Google URL shortener goo.gl Free Windows/Mac/Linux
Vidinotes Make summaries of a video vidinotes.com Free Windows/Mac/Linux
Audacity Audio editor audacity.sourceforge.net Free Windows/Mac/Linux
Posterous Sync all your media in one place posterous.com Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Mobile
AlternativeTo List of alternative apps for any program alternativeto.net Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Linux
Screencast-o-matic Online screencasting tool screencast-o-matic.com Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Linux
Storage In the Clouds
Dropbox File sync programs getdropbox.com Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Mobile
SkyDrive 25 GB free online storage skydrive.live.com Free Windows/Mac/Mobile
Box 5-50 GB free online storage box.net Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Linux
Amazon 5-1000 GB online storage amazon.com/cloud Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Linux
Scribd Document hosting scribd.com Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Mobile
Etherpad Realtime collaborative word processor etherpad.com Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Linux
SurveyMonkey Create and share surveys surveymonkey.com Free/Paid Windows/Mac/Mobile
TeacherTube School friendly alternative to youtube teachertube.com Free Windows/Mac/Linux
SchoolTube School friendly alternative to youtube schooltube.com Free Windows/Mac/Linux
Keepvid Save and download youtube videos keepvid.com Free Windows/Mac/Linux
zamzar Converts files & videos zamzar.com Free Windows/Mac/Linux
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