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Free Applications Hundreds of Apps with Potential to Enhance Professional Development, Technical Assistance, and Dissemination Activities and Results By Larry Edelman [email protected]
Note: This document (v. 11 – 1/1/12) is updated frequently. The most current version and related discussions are posted at: http://exploringtech.wordpress.com/ Please cite as: Edelman, L. (2012). Free Applications: Hundreds of Apps with Potential to Enhance Professional Development, Technical Assistance, and Dissemination Activities and Results, Version 11). Denver, Colorado: author. Retrievable at: http://exploringtech.wordpress.com/
Why should we use technology for PD, TA, and Dissemination? In particular, technology can help us to efficiently, effectively, and creatively: 1. Create content; 2. Share knowledge; and 3. Build and support relationships. We should consider ALL applications that are available to us. This includes applications that are expensive, moderately priced, inexpensive (shareware), and free (freeware). This includes software that we download to our computers and software that runs on the web. Some expensive applications enable us to us to communicate in very unique and effective ways, while the functions of other expensive applications can be easily replicated, or even improved upon, by the use of freeware. Likewise, some free applications are all we need to get the job done, while other free applications have significant limitations or involve the use of paid advertisements that detract from our purposes. I use some relatively expensive applications for tasks such as video editing and authoring online learning modules. But I also use many free applications for things such as document sharing, web conferencing, video conferencing, media transcoding, audio editing, screen capturing, media posting, and building and hosting wikis, blogs, and web sites. Why, in particular, should we explore free applications? • Sometimes, free applications are all that we need. Why purchase or license expensive software when there are free solutions? • The budgets in PD and TA programs are being dramatically reduced. At the same time, there are greater needs to provide more people with more timely information. Free or low- cost applications can help. • PD and TA specialists should try to model and encourage the uses of technologies that are accessible to local providers and programs. Free applications, if they are appropriate for the functions that we use them, fit the bill and can enormously help local programs and providers.
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Why might some companies and individuals offer free applications? • To encourage large numbers of people to use an application that is in development in order to identify and fix the bugs. • To offer an application as a free, “lite” version in which functionality or quality is limited in the hopes that users will want to migrate to an enhanced pay-for version. • To offer a trial version. • To generate revenue through ads or other related plug-ins. • To gain market share before switching to a fee-based arrangement. • To offer a “loss-leader.” • To help change the world for the better by offering widespread open access to useful digital resources. Important things to keep in mind about the applications on the following pages Some free applications are very powerful and will allow you to do just about anything that you need to do. Other free applications produce inferior products or lack important functions compared to commercial software. You’ll need to try them out and judge for yourself what is good enough for your purposes. Some apps are online and require no downloading or installation; others require downloading and installing software. Some applications require registering for an account while others don’t. Some apps use other log-in credentials, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, etc. Not all programs work on all platforms (PC, Mac) or on all operating systems. I aim for universal design and prefer applications that work on both PCs and Macs, but this is not always possible. Applications are continually updated and new software is published all the time; check often for updates. Downloading programs carries the risk of unwanted cookies, malware, or a virus; use virus protection software and update it frequently. Your IT department and help desk specialists are important resources for you. Consult with them on adoption decisions. Encourage them to learn about the applications that you want to use. Show them your appreciation for keeping you and your computer and network running efficiently and safely. Treat them nice. Buy them gifts. If you are denied access to a web-based application or prevented from downloading or installing a key application, write up a business plan. The plan should make a clear and concise case for how the application is: required for your work, safe and secure, effective, cost-effective. If you are denied access, ask for an alternative application. If you are still denied, find out who in your organization can say “yes” and make another appeal. Some software programs may not be secure; when in doubt, consult with an IT specialist before downloading and installing. Some software may create a conflict with your operating system or other software applications; when in doubt, consult with an IT specialist before downloading and installing. There are thousands of useful, free applications that can (and should) be used to enhance our work. The applications on the following pages are only examples…there are many more choices. Try to do a search on your favorite browser for “free [key word] software.”
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I constantly update this list to try to keep it as up-to-date as possible with emerging developments and information. But some of the applications on this list may not exist by the time you explore them or they may now charge a fee. Many apps do more than one thing. For instance, one app might be used for video conferencing, instant messaging, and as a telephone. Rather than trying to list them in multiple categories, I list them under what I feel might be a good primary category. Remember that free apps come and go. Sometimes they are discontinued and sometimes they start to charge for their use. It is wise to have a backup. www.Go2web20.net provides a great data base of thousands of web applications that you can search by type. Please note that I have not tried out all of the applications on the following pages, so no promises are made. I used to try out every app in earlier versions of this document, but there are just too many now. But each application listed has been recommended by at least one valued source. This interesting book, offers an interesting perspective: Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson, Abridged audio files at: http://www.hyperionbooks.com/free/free_downloads.htm or free audiobook at: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-07/mf_freer
One final note: The following pages list applications designed for laptop and desktop computers. there are tens of thousands of applications built for smart phones, pads, and tablets, with hundreds of new ones appearing every week, that are incredibly useful for our work in professional development, technical assistance, and dissemination. Keep on the lookout! For example, here are two iPad apps that enable the creation of mini-tutorials: show me: http://www.showme.com/ Screen Chomp: http://labs.techsmith.com/
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Navigation to Free Tools and Applications (click on category to go directly to it) Aggregating Learning content and course Student information system Animation management systems Task management/to-dos Logo makers Audio (podcast production) Telephone calls, conferencing, and Audio (recording, editing, and Mapping texting sharing) Media players Teleprompter creation Audio file creation and sharing Media hosting and posting Text-to-speech Audio (text-to-speech) Meeting scheduling Timeline creation Avatars (see video animation) Messaging Timers Birthyear event tracking Micro-blog platform Training games Blog creation and hosting Mind mapping/concept mapping URL shortening Bookmarking, researching, Multi-media creation, aggregating, Video (edit, play, encode, convert, knowledge sharing and sharing download) Broadcast on the web Music and sounds (royalty-free) Video aggregator Business planning downloads Video analysis Calculation Music creation Video animation creation Music playlist creation Calendars and scheduling Video annotation Chatroom (audio, video, text) Music sharing Video captioning Clipboard manager News aggregator and visualizer Video conferencing Note taking Co-browsing tools Video downloading Collaborative documents and spaces Office-like tools Video editing Color resources Online course locator Video editing software resource lists Online forms Comic/cartoon/caricature makers Video interactive Computer faxing Online polling Video making from images & music Crossword puzzles (create) Online surveys Video messaging Data cleaning Painting Video platform PDF conversion tools Data visualization Video playing (see media players) Desktop publishing PDF from web page Video screen capture Desktop sharing PDF to text Video storyboarding Photo voice annotation/talking Diagramming (charts, diagrams, Video streaming from smart phones graphs) photos with video Photo editing (see image editing) Digital publishing Video-to-text Digital storytelling resources Poster creation Video transcription platform Drawing Pop-up book creation Video watching without crap Polaroid makers Document sharing VOIP Elearning Templates PowerPoint to flash conversion Web page sharing Email PowerPoint to video conversion Web page snapshots PowerPoint uploading and sharing Email enhancement Web usability and accessibility Email newsletter distribution and Presentation tools Webcast and webinars hosting mailing services Printing web sites Web page clustering/referencing Email reminders Project and event management Web site building and hosting File Conversion Publishing platform Whiteboards File encryption QR code generators Wikipedia annotator File sending, storing, sharing Questions and answers Wiki creation and hosting Flashcard creation Quiz/assessment makers Word cloud creation Fonts Screen sharing Word processing Grammar and spell checking Search Words to time calculator Graphics editing Send, store, and share files YouTube captioning Icons Shareware and freeware downloads YouTube editing and sharing Images and videos Simulations YouTube questions and answer Image/photo editing & manipulation Single digital identity creation page creator Image resizing Slideshows Instant messaging Sound effects Open content sites, p. 34 Invitations Space simulation Free apps lists from others, p. 36 Stop motion movie creation Cool and useful blogs & wikis, p.39
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Note: This version (v.11) of this document includes more than 120 new resources. For users of previous versions, I indicate new entries in RED, so you can easily recognize what’s new.
Aggregating: FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/ Odeo: http://odeo.com/ Netvibes: http://www.netvibes.com/#General Issuu: http://issuu.com/#whatIsIssuu
Animation: Domo: http://domo.goanimate.com/ Disapainted: http://disapainted.com/myanimations.php
Audio (podcast production): Gcast: http://www.gcast.com/ Talkshoe: http://www.talkshoe.com Yodio: http://www.yodio.com Podpress: http://www.podpress.org/
Audio (recording, editing, and sharing): Audacity Cross-Platform Sound Editor: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) Audacity manual: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/index_splash.html LAME MP3 Encoder – Allows you to export Audacity files as MP3 files; available at: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&i=lame-mp3) CallBurner (records Skype calls): http://www.callburner.com/ For managing audio files iTunes works on both Macs and PCs. There are many other software options. I like iTunes: http://www.apple.com/ Instructions for recording, editing, and sharing audio files from Skype, using Callburner and Audacity: http://www.kineo.com/free-tools/audacity-callburner-review-.html Myna: http://www.aviary.com/tools/audio-editor FileLab Audio Editor: https://www.filelab.com/audio-editor WaveSurfer: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wavesurfer/ AudioExpert: http://www.audioexpert.com/
Audio file creation and sharing: Audioboo: http://audioboo.fm/ Yackpack: http://www.yackpack.com/ Voxopop: http://www.voxopop.com/ Postcard.fm: http://postcard.fm/
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Chirbit: http://www.chirbit.com/ Spreaker: http://www.spreaker.com/ Wave Editor: http://www.wave-editor.com/ Qwips: http://qwips.com/
Audio (text-to-speech): ReadTheWords: http://www.readthewords.com/ vozMe (converts text to mp3 files that you can download): http://vozme.com Voicaroo: http://vocaroo.com
Avatars (also see video animation): Digimi: http://www.gizmoz.com/newsite/presite/home.jsp
Birthyear event tracking: Whathappenedinmybirthyear: http://whathappenedinmybirthyear.com/
Blog creation and hosting: Google Blogger: www.blogger.com Class Blogmeister: http://classblogmeister.com/index.php 21Classes: http://www.21classes.com/ Gaggle: https://www.gaggle.net Wordpress: www.Wordpress.com Posterous (post things on the web from your email): http://posterous.com/ Kidblog: http://kidblog.org/home.php Coveritlive: http://www.coveritlive.com/ Iivejournal: http://www.livejournal.com/ Windows Live: http://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=11&ct=1281210185&rver=5.5.4177.0& wp=MBI&wreply=http:%2F%2Fhome.live.com%2F&lc=1033&id=251248&mkt=en-US Vox: http://www.vox.com/ Xanga: http://www.xanga.com/ Tripod: http://www.tripod.lycos.com/ Blog.com: http://blog.com/wp-signup.php?new=int Yahoo! Pulse: http://pulse.yahoo.com/y/landing Blogr: http://www.blogr.com/
Bookmarking, researching, knowledge sharing: Delicious: http://delicious.com/ Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/
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Digg: http://digg.com Furl: http://www.furl.net/ reddit: http://www.reddit.com/ SimplyBox: http://simplybox.com/ Only2clicks: http://www.only2clicks.com/ Middlespot (collect and visually manage your digital content): http://middlespot.com/search.php Sqworl: http://sqworl.com/ Scrible: http://www.scrible.com/
Broadcast on the web: Livestream (create LIVE, scheduled, and on-demand internet television on the web): http://www.livestream.com/
Business Planning: Plancruncher: http://plancruncher.com/ The Startup Toolkit: http://thestartuptoolkit.com/
Calculation: Google calculator: http://www.google.com/webmasters/igoogle/calculator.html#source=coha&ct=1056755011
Calendars and scheduling: MeetingWizard: www.meetingwizard.com Doodle: www.doodle.com/ Genbook: http://www.genbook.com/ Google Calendar: http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/topic.py?topic=14117 Meet-O-Matic: http://www.meetomatic.com/ Timebridge: http://www.timebridge.com Presdo: http://www.presdo.com/ TimeToMeet: http://www.timetomeet.info/ Whenisgood: http://whenisgood.net/ ScheduleOnce: http://www.scheduleonce.com/ Clickbook: http://www.clickbook.net/ Online Meeting And Appointment Schedulers: Comparative Guide And Review Of The Best Collaborative Tools”: http://www.masternewmedia.org/online-meeting-and-appointment- schedulers-comparative-guide/
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Chatroom (audio, video, text): Tinychat: http://tinychat.com/ Chatterous: http://www.chatterous.com
Clipboard manager: Ditto: http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/
Co-browsing tools: Twiddla: http://www.twiddla.com/ ShowDocument: http://www.showdocument.com/ Clavardon: http://www.clavardon.com/ Brosix: http://www.brosix.org/
Collaborative documents and spaces: Chatter: https://www.chatter.com Convore: https://convore.com/ TeamLab: http://www.teamlab.com/ Teambox: https://teambox.com/ Sync.in: http://sync.in/ Twiddla: http://www.twiddla.com/ BuddyPress: http://buddypress.org/ Google docs: http://docs.google.com Adobe Buzzword: http://www.adobe.com/acom/buzzword/ Writeboard: http://www.writeboard.com/ Scriblink: http://www.scriblink.com/ Zoho: http://www.zoho.com/index.html VoiceThread: http://voicethread.com/ Mixed Ink: http://mixedink.com/main.php PBworks: http://pbworks.com/ Wiggio: http://wiggio.com/ Orkut: http://www.orkut.com Wall.fm: http://wall.fm/ Groupsite: http://www.groupsite.com/features Conceptboard: http://conceptboard.com/ Ubidesk: https://www.ubidesk.com/ Huddle: http://www.huddle.com Openmeetings: http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/ Diipo: http://diipo.com/ Edmondo: http://help.edmodo.com
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Adobe.com: https://www.acrobat.com/welcome/en/home.html Qtopia: http://www.qtopia.com/ Amplify.com: http://amplify.com/ Todaysmeet: http://todaysmeet.com/
Color resources: Kuler: http://kuler.adobe.com/ Color Scheme Designer: http://colorschemedesigner.com/ goffgrafix: http://www.goffgrafix.com/pantone-rgb-100.php colorschemer: http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html PHOTOCOPA: http://www.colourlovers.com/photocopa COPASO: http://www.colourlovers.com/copaso/ColorPaletteSoftware seeforyourself: http://www.purveslab.net/seeforyourself/ Color in motion: http://www.mariaclaudiacortes.com/
Comic/cartoon/caricature makers: Toondoo: http://www.toondoo.com/ BitStrips: http://www.bitstrips.com/ ComicStripGenerator: http://www.comicstripgenerator.com/maker.asp Makebeliefs comix: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ Toonlet: http://toonlet.com/ Digibody: http://digibody.com/ Cartoonize.net: http://www.converttocartoon.com/index.php Sopre: http://www.spore2d.com/ Design cmics: http://www.designcomics.org/ The Best Ways To Make Comic Strips Online: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/06/04/the-best-ways-to-make-comic-strips-online/
Computer faxing: Hellofax: https://www.hellofax.com/
Crossword puzzles (create): EclipseCrossword: http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/
Data cleaning: Google-refine: http://code.google.com/p/google-refine/ Data wrangler: http://vis.stanford.edu/wrangler/
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Data visualization: Vidi: http://www.dataviz.org/ Rubyvis: http://rubyvis.rubyforge.org/ Protovis: http://mbostock.github.com/protovis/ DataWrangler: http://vis.stanford.edu/wrangler/ Highcharts: http://highcharts.com/ JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit: http://thejit.org/demos/ Moochart: http://moochart.coneri.se/#demo Style Chart: http://chart.inetsoft.com/ TufteGraph: http://xaviershay.github.com/tufte-graph/
Desktop publishing: Scribus: http://www.scribus.net/
Desktop sharing: Apreta: http://sourceforge.net/projects/apreta/
Diagramming (charts, diagram, graphs): Oomfo: http://oomfo.com/ Cacoo: http://cacoo.com/ Simple Diagrams: http://www.simplediagrams.com/home Creately: http://creately.com/ Gliffy: http://www.gliffy.com/prodcomparison.shtml My.origramy: http://my.origramy.com/index.html?startmeup=1 Lucidchart: https://www.lucidchart.com/ Creately: http://creately.com/
Digital publishing: Issuu: http://issuu.com/signup
Digital storytelling resources: 50+ Web 2.0 Ways To Tell a Story: http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/50+Ways Digital Storytelling in the Curriculum: http://web.mac.com/digistoryteller/DigitalStorytelling/Home.html My Storymaker: http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/storymaker/ Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: http://www.microsoft.com/education/teachers/guides/digital_storytelling.aspx PhotoStory: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx
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Digital Storytelling Resources: http://patricklowenthal.com/?p=337 Creaza: http://www.creazaeducation.com/frontpage
Drawing: Crayola: http://www.crayola.com/coloring_application/index.cfm Draw Island: http://drawisland.com/ Inkscape: http://inkscape.org/ Draw a Stickman: http://www.drawastickman.com/
Document sharing: Tag my doc: http://tagmydoc.com/
Elearning Templates: e-Learning Heroes: http://community.articulate.com/downloads/ FreePSDFiles.net: http://freepsdfiles.net/backgrounds/free-old-papers-set/
Email: Gmail: http://www.gmail.com/ Yahoo! Mail: http://billing.mail.yahoo.com/bm/MailReg Hotmail: http://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=11&ct=1253879194&rver=6.0.5285.0& wp=MBI&wreply=http:%2F%2Fmail.live.com%2Fdefault.aspx&lc=1033&id=64855&mkt=en- us
Email enhancement: Wisestamp: http://www.wisestamp.com/ Scr.IM: http://scr.im/
Email newsletter distribution and mailing services: MailChimp: http://www.mailchimp.com/ ContactPro: http://www.contactpro.com/ Bravenet Mailing List Manager: http://www.bravenet.com/webtools/elist/ Comm100 Newsletter: http://www.comm100.com/emailmarketingnewsletter/ YourMailingListProvider: http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/ iContact: https://www.icontact.com/email-marketing-free-solution
Email Reminders: Kis Reminder: http://www.kisreminder.com/
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Event management: Event Bite: http://www.eventbrite.com
File Conversion: Convert.Files: http://www.convertfiles.com/#faq_section
File encryption: Truecrypt: http://www.truecrypt.org/
File sending, storing, and sharing: Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/ YouSendIt (claims to be HIPAA compliant): http://www.yousendit.com/ AirDropper: http://www.airdropper.com/ SizableSend.com: http://www.sizablesend.com/ MailBigFile.com: http://www.mailbigfile.com/free/ FileDropper: http://www.filedropper.com/ Rapidshare: http://www.rapidshare.com/ SkyDrive: http://skydrive.live.com/ divShare: http://www.divshare.com/ OpenDrive: https://www.opendrive.com/login.php Wuala: http://www.wuala.com/ Store & Share: http://storeandshare.sky.com/base/login.jsp Yuntaa: http://www.yuntaa.com/ AdDrive: http://www.adrive.com/ zSHARE: http://www.zshare.net/ Orbitfiles: http://www.orbitfiles.com/ icloud: http://www.icloud.com/en/ 4shared: http://www.4shared.com/ PipeBytes: http://host02.pipebytes.com/ 2Peer: http://2peer.com/ FilePhile:http://www.filephile.net/ Zapr: http://www.zapr.com/ Otengo: http://www.otengo.com/ FilesOverMiles: http://www.filesovermiles.com/ Skype: http://www.skype.com/ SendThisFile: http://www.sendthisfile.com/ Conexme: http://www.conexme.com/ GigaSize: http://www.gigasize.com/
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Windows Live Mesh 2011: http://explore.live.com/windows-live-mesh?os=other Syncplicity: http://www.syncplicity.com/ Box: http://www.box.net SugarSync: https://www.sugarsync.com/referral?rf=c6g3ccjrtagq2 Just beamit: http://justbeamit.com/ Dropittome: http://www.dropitto.me/ Media Fire: http://www.mediafire.com/ 16 Apps That Make Sharing Large Files A Snap: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/08/16- apps-that-make-sharing-large-files-a-snap/ Note: many of these applications were “discovered in a post prepared by Daniele Bazzano for MasterNewMedia, and first published on December 7th, 2009 as "Send Large Files Of Any Size: Guide To The Best Tools And Services To Transfer Large Files”
Flashcard creation: Quizlet: http://quizlet.com/
Fonts and icons: 70+ Seriously Useful Handwritten Fonts and Inspirational Showcases: http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/design/design/70-seriously-useful-handwritten-fonts-and- inspirational-showcases.html Over 100 Handwritten Fonts: http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/over-100-free- handwritten-fonts/ Free fonts: http://www.dafont.com/ 50 Free Handwritten Fonts for Web Designers and Logo Artists: http://www.instantshift.com/2009/06/08/50-free-handwritten-fonts-for-web-designers-and- logo-artists/ dafont.com: http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=603&page=2 Serif Fonts: http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/serif-fonts/ Vintage and Retro Fonts: http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/vintage-fonts/ Script Fonts: http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/fonts-2/script-fonts/ Font Squirrel: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/
Grammar and spell checker: After the Deadline: http://www.afterthedeadline.com/
Graphics editing: Inkscape: http://inkscape.org/
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Icons: Primo: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/07/200-free-exclusive-vector-icons-primo/ Icon Finder: http://www.iconfinder.com/ Icons, etc.: http://icons.mysitemyway.com/
Images and videos: FreeRangeStock: http://www.freerangestock.com/ Open Stock Photography: http://www.openstockphotography.org/ Fotogenika.net: http://www.fotogenika.net/modifica/igallery.asp Finding Images Online by Paula Berinstein: http://www.berinsteinresearch.com/fiolinks.htm Favorite 10 Free Stock Photo Download Sites by DazzlinDonna: http://www.dazzlindonna.com/blog/2007/07/18/favorite-10-free-stock-photo-download-sites/ How to Find Pictures for Your eLearning: http://engagedtraining.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/how-to-find-pictures-for-your-elearning/ Google Images: http://images.google.com/ OpenPhoto: www.openphoto.net Flickr: www.flickr.com Be sure to use the advanced search and select the "Only search within Creative Commons- licensed content" box before searching. Tag Galaxy (explore Flickr photos via virtual planetary systems): http://taggalaxy.de/ FreePhotoBank: www.freephotosbank.com Unprofound: www.unprofound.com Stock.XCHNG: http://www.sxc.hu History of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/index.html Stockfootageforfree: http://www.stockfootageforfree.com/ Stock Image Sites: http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/1187/6428.aspx Stock Photo and Illustration Sites: http://theelearningcoach.com/resources/stock-photo-sites/ Kozzi: http://www.kozzi.com/
Image/photo editing and manipulation: Blender: http://www.blender.org/ Picasa (from Google): http://picasa.google.com/ GIMP: http://www.gimp.org/ Autostitch: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html Microsoft Photo Story 3 for Windows XP: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx Picnik: http://www.picnik.com/ Aviary (see falcon and Talon): http://aviary.com Pixie: http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php Paint.net: http://www.getpaint.net/
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Poladroid: http://www.poladroid.net/ Adobe® Photoshop® Express: http://www.photoshop.com/tools?wf=editor Splashup: http://www.splashup.com/ Phoenix: http://www.aviary.com/online/image-editor Sumo: http://www.sumopaint.com/home/ Phixr: http://www.phixr.com/ Fotosketcher: http://FotoSketcher.com Textify.it: http://textify.it/
Image resizing DroPic! (for Macs): http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23017&vid=140851 VSO Image Resizer (for PCs): http://www.vso-software.fr/products/image_resizer/ PicResize: http://www.picresize.com/ PictureResizer: http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize
Instant messaging: Meebo: http://www.meebo.com/
Invitations: Evite: http://www.evite.com/
Learning content and course management systems (LCS, LCMS, and CMS): Moodle: http://moodle.org/ Drupal: http://drupal.org/ Joomla: http://www.joomla.org/ ATutor: http://www.atutor.ca/ Dokeos: http://www.dokeos.com/ OLAT: http://www.olat.org/website/en/html/index.html Sakai: http://www.alliedlearningsolutions.com/sakai.html Claroline: http://www.claroline.net/ Nfomedia: http://www.nfomedia.com/ Edu2.0: http://www.edu20.org/ MyiCourse: http://www.myicourse.com/welcome LectureShare: http://www.lectureshare.com/ SchoolRack: http://www.schoolrack.com/ eLearning Community 2.0: http://www.elearningcommunity.com Ecto: http://www.ectolearning.com/Default.aspx 15desks (formerly CollegeBrain): https://www.15desks.com/index.php
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Schoology: https://www.schoology.com/home.php BIGgyan: http://www.getapp.com/biggyan-cloud-elearning-application BrainHoney: http://brainhoney.com/ Novachi: http://www.novachi.com/b/ ILIAS: http://www.ilias.de/docu/
Logo makers: Logotype Maker: http://logotypemaker.com/
Mapping: Batchgeo: http://www.batchgeo.com/
Media players: VLC Media Player: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ QuickTime: http://www.apple.com/ Swiff Player (plays swf files): http://www.globfx.com/products/swfplayer/ FLV Player (plays flv files): http://applian.com/flvplayer/ Windows Media Player: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx?displang=e n&qstechnology=) XBMC: http://xbmc.org/about/
Media hosting and posting: YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ Screencast.com: http://www.techsmith.com/screencast.asp TeacherTube: http://www.teachertube.com/ SchoolTube: http://www.schooltube.com/ Ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/ Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/ Viddler: http://www.viddler.com/ Open Source Movies: http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_movies MetaCafe: http://www.metacafe.com/ Buzdeo: http://www.buzdeo.com/ Bubbleshare: http://www.bubbleshare.com/ Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/ Picasa: http://picasa.google.com/
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Creative Cow: http://www.creativecow.net/ Veoh: http://www.veoh.com/ ImageShack: http://www.imageshack.us/ XS.to: http://xs.to/ YouTube Teachers/Edu: http://www.youtube.com/teachers Lists and comparisons: http://chaos-laboratory.com/2007/08/30/top-31-free-alternatives-to-youtube-video-hosting- sites/ http://www.dvguru.com/2006/04/07/ten-video-sharing-services-compared/ http://www.squidoo.com/videohosting
Meeting scheduling (see calendars and scheduling)
Messaging: Groupme: http://groupme.com/ Kik: http://kik.com/ FastSociety: http://fastsociety.com/ Talker: http://talkerapp.tumblr.com/post/3878402846/talker-goes-free Beluga: http://belugapods.com/
Micro-blog platform (create a free private “Twitter-like” Network) SocialText: http://www.socialtext.com/index.php Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/
Mind mapping/concept mapping: Text2MindMap: http://www.text2mindmap.com/ Mind Meister: http://www.mindmeister.com Mindomo: http://www.mindomo.com/ Bubbl.us: http://www.bubbl.us/ Mind42: http://www.mind42.com/ WiseMapping: http://www.wisemapping.com/ DropMind: http://web.dropmind.com/ MAPMYself: http://www.mapul.com/ Glinkr: http://glinkr.net/ Webspiration: http://www.mywebspiration.com FreeMind: http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Mindmaps: http://drichard.org/mindmaps/
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Multi-media creation, aggregating, and sharing: Capzles: http://www.capzles.com/ VoiceThread: http://voicethread.com/#home
Music and sounds (royalty-free) downloads Jamendo: http://www.jamendo.com/en/ Opsound: http://www.opsound.org/ Soundclick: http://www.soundclick.com/ Incompetech: http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/index.html?feels[]=Bright Free Play Music: http://freeplaymusic.com/licensing/termsofuse.php FindSounds: http://www.findsounds.com/types.html Partners in Rhyme: http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/ Dig.CcMixer: http://dig.ccmixter.org/ Royalty Free Music for eLearning: http://blog.efrontlearning.net/2011/06/royalty-free-music- for-elearning.html
Music creation: Hobnox audio tool: http://www.hobnox.com/audiotool.1046.de.html Audiotool: http://www.audiotool.com/ Aviary/Roc: http://aviary.com/online/music-creator MuseScore: http://musescore.org/ Monkey Machine: http://www.rinki.net/pekka/monkey/ Soundation: http://soundation.com/studio JamStudio: http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm DataDreamer: http://www.datadreamer.com/2daudio/projecttwo.html Virtual Keyboard: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/ Ball Droppings: http://www.balldroppings.com/js/ One Motion: http://www.onemotion.com/flash/drum-machine/ AudioTool: http://www.audiotool.com/app Ear Slap: http://www.earslap.com/projectslab/otomata Button Beats: http://www.buttonbeats.com/tables.html Creating music: http://www.creatingmusic.com/new/sketch/mmm/mmm.html Sound Matrix: http://www.sembeo.com/sound-matrix/
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Music playlist creation: Blip.fm: http://blip.fm/ Imeem: http://www.imeem.com/ Pandora: http://www.pandora.com/ iTunes genius: http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatsnew/ ccMixter: http://ccmixter.org/view/media/home Deezer: http://www.deezer.com Jamendo: http://www.jamendo.com/ Songza: http://www.songza.com/ Grooveshark: http://listen.grooveshark.com/ Finetune: http://www.finetune.com/ Datpiff: http://www.datpiff.com/ Spool: http://spool.fm/ 8tracks: http://8tracks.com/ MixTape.Me: http://mixtape.me/ Playlist.com: http://www.playlist.com/ MixPod: http://www.mixpod.com/ 500 Days of Summer Mixtape: http://www.500daysofsummermixtape.co.uk/ Soundtrack of My Life: http://www.billboard.com/soyl/wizard#/soyl/wizard Parts of this list was extracted from Create Music Playlists, Compilations And Embeddable Music Mixtapes - Guide To Best Online Services" prepared by Robin Good and Daniele Bazzano for MasterNewMedia, and first published on August 17th, 2009.
Music sharing: Spotify: http://www.spotify.com
News aggregator and visualizer: Doodlebuzz: http://www.doodlebuzz.com/ Evri: http://www.evri.com/ 10 x 10: http://www.tenbyten.org/
Note taking: Evernote: http://www.evernote.com GTD Tiddly Wiki: http://nathanbowers.com/gtdtw/ list.it: http://groups.csail.mit.edu/haystack/listit/
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Office-like tools: Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/ Google Apps: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html#utm_medium=et&utm_source=catch_all
Online course locator: Einztein (find free online courses): http://einztein.com/
Online forms: Google Forms: http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=87809
Online polling: Polleverywhere: http://www.polleverywhere.com
Online surveys: A Survey of Survey Tools: http://www.wac.ohio-state.edu/workshops/survey_of_surveys/
Painting: ArtRage 2.5 Starter Edition http://www.artrage.com/ Sumapaint: http://www.sumopaint.com/pro/ Artweaver Free: http://www.artweaver.de/products-en/artweaver-free/
PDF conversion tools: Web2PDF (converts web pages to pdfs): http://www.web2pdfconvert.com/default.aspx CutePDF: http://www.cutepdf.com/ Primo PDF: http://online.primopdf.com/ PDF Online: http://www.pdfonline.com/ Kinati 2 PDF: http://www.k2pdf.com/ PDF Converter: http://www.freepdfconvert.com/ Express PDF: http://www.expresspdf.com/ Neevia PDF: http://convert.neevia.com/ OnlinePDFConverter: http://en.pdf24.org/onlineConverter.html DOC2PDF: http://www.doc2pdf.net/ Print in PDF: http://www.printinpdf.com/ [email protected]: pdf@convert.io/ Google Docs:http://docs.google.com/ Zoho: http://www.zoho.com/ I Love PDF: http://www.ilovepdf.com/
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Many apps taken from: Originally prepared by Daniele Bazzano for MasterNewMedia, and first published on October 12th, 2009 as "Convert To PDF: Guide To The Best Free Online PDF Conversion Tools".
PDF from Web Page: Web2PDF: http://www.web2pdfconvert.com/
PDF to Text: OCR Convert: http://www.ocrconvert.com/
Photo voice annotation/talking photos: Fotobabble: http://www.fotobabble.com/
Photo editing: see Image/photo editing and manipulation
Poster creation: Glogster ( integrates text, images, audio, video): http://www.glogster.com/ Glogster.edu: http://edu.glogster.com/
Pop-up book creation: Zooburst: http://alpha.zooburst.com/
Polaroid makers: Poladroid: http://poladroid.net/
PowerPoint to flash conversion: iSpring: http://www.ispringsolutions.com/products/ispring_free.html JODConverter: http://www.artofsolving.com/opensource/jodconverter Print2Flash: http://print2flash.com/
PowerPoint to video conversion: E.M. Free PowerPoint Video Converter: http://www.effectmatrix.com/PowerPoint-Video- Converter/Free-PowerPoint-Video-Converter.htm Xilisoft PowerPoint to Video Converter: http://www.xilisoft.com/powerpoint-to-video- converter-free.html iSpring: http://www.ispringsolutions.com/products/ispring_free.html Free Acoolsoft PPT2YouTube: http://www.acoolsoft.com/free-powerpoint-to-youtube- overview.html JODConverter: http://www.artofsolving.com/opensource/jodconverter AuthorSTREAM: http://authorstream.com/
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PowerBullet Presenter: http://www.powerbullet.com/ Windows Movie Maker: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net Knovio: http://www.knovio.com/
PowerPoint uploading and sharing SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/ SlideStory: http://www.slidestory.com MyPlick; http://www.myplick.com/ SlideBoom: http://www.slideboom.com/ SlideServe: http://www.slideserve.com/ 280slides: http://280slides.com/ Google Presentation: http://docs.google.com/ Zoho Show: http://show.zoho.com/ PowerShow: http://www.powershow.com/ AuthorStream: http://authorstream.com/ SlideRocket: http://www.sliderocket.com/ Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/
Presentation tools: Prezi: http://prezi.com/ Slide Rocket: http://www.sliderocket.com Voicethread: http://voicethread.com 280 Slides: http://280slides.com/ SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/ Slideboom: http://www.slideboom.com/ Zentation: http://zentation.com Smilebox: http://www.smilebox.com/ One True Media: http://www.onetruemedia.com/ Scrapblog: http://www.scrapblog.com/ Joggle: http://beta.joggle.com/ Museum Box: http://museumbox.e2bn.org/index.php Google Presentations: (docs.google.com) Slidebomb: http://slidebomb.com/sbo_home.php Zipcast (slideshare): http://www.slideshare.net/zipcast projet/: http://projeqt.com/ Reel: http://www.reelapp.com/
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authorSTREAM: http://www.authorstream.com/Register/SignIn/Upload-presentation Photo Peach: http://photopeach.com/ Pics Viewer: http://www.picsviewr.com/ Zoho Show: https://show.zoho.com/login.do Slide Boom: http://www.slideboom.com/ Lorepo: http://www.lorepo.com/
Printing web sites: Printwhatyoulike: http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/
Project and event management: Viewpath: http://www.viewpath.com/
Publishing platform: Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/ Issuu: http://issuu.com
QR code generators: myQR: http://myqr.co/ Kaywa QR generator: http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ QR voice: http://qrvoice.net/?id=w3emy4 (converts text to an audio QR code) Unitag: http://en.unitag.fr/qrcode Jumpscan: http://jumpscan.com/
Questions and answers: Quora: http://www.quora.com/
Quiz/assessment makers: Quizinator: http://www.quizinator.com/ Qedoc: http://www.qedoc.com/ ClassMarker: http://www.classmarker.com/ Hot Potatoes: http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ AliveTek Game Show: http://www.alivetek.com/gameshow.php YacPaca: http://yacapaca.com/ Quix Star: http://quizstar.4teachers.org/ Flubaroo: http://www.flubaroo.com/
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Screensharing: FreeScreenSharing: http://www.freescreensharing.com/index.html Quick Screen Share: http://quickscreenshare.com/ Join.me: https://join.me/
Search (cool and unusual): Wolfram/alpha: http://www.wolframalpha.com/ Boolify: http://www.boolify.org/ Searchcube: http://www.search-cube.com/ Redz: http://redz.com/ Creative Commons: http://search.creativecommons.org/ Google videos: http://www.google.com/videohp Tubair: http://www.tubalr.com/ Quara: http://www.quora.com/ Amazing Fact Generator: http://www.mentalfloss.com/amazingfactgenerator/?p=794#scroll
Shareware and freeware downloads: Snapfiles: http://www.snapfiles.com/ Soundforge: http://sourceforge.net/ Osalt: www.osalt.com/
Simulations: Forio Business Simulations: http://forio.com/simulate.htm
Single digital identity creation: OpenID: http://openid.net/
Slideshows: Photopeach: http://photopeach.com/
Sound Effects GRSites: http://www.grsites.com/archive/sounds/
Space simulation: Celestia: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
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Stopmotion movie creation: Making Stopmotion Movies: http://stopmotionmovies.yolasite.com/ Stopmotion: http://stopmotion.bjoernen.com/
Student information system: OpenSIS: http://opensis.com/
Task management/To-dos: Rememberthemilk: http://www.rememberthemilk.com Producteev: http://www.producteev.com/ Flow: http://getflow.com/ Thingsmac: http://culturedcode.com/things/ Toodledo: http://www.toodledo.com/
Telephone calls, conferencing, and texting: Free conference call: http://www.freeconferencecall.com Rondee: http://www.rondee.com/ Google Voice: www.google.com/voice Goupme: http://groupme.com/
Teleprompter creation: TeleKast: http://telekast.sourceforge.net/
Text-to-speech: ReadTheWords: http://www.readthewords.com/ Text speech: http://www.fromtexttospeech.com/
Timeline creation: Timerime: http://timerime.com
Timers: Countdown app: http://itsalmo.st/ Countdown Timer: http://timerrr.com/ E.gg Timer: http://e.ggtimer.com Classtools countdaown timer: http://classtools.net/education-games-php/timer/ Online Stopwatch: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/ TimeMe: http://www.timeme.com/timer-stopwatch.htm
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Training games: Training Games: http://www.thiagi.com/games.html Free team building games: http://www.businessballs.com/teambuilding.htm
Tutorial creator: Tildee: http://www.tildee.com/about
URL shortening: Moourl: http://moourl.com Tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/ Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/ Fur.ly: http://fur.ly/ Google url shortener: http://goo.gl/?authed=1 Stich.it: http://stich.it/
Video (edit, play, encode, convert, download): MPEG Streamclip: http://www.squared5.com/ Savevid.com: http://www.savevid.com/ Deturl: http://deturl.com/ Media-Convert: http://media-convert.com/ Mediaconverter: www.mediaconverter.org Zamzar: www.zamzar.com Listen to Youtube: www.Listentoyoutube.com FFmpeg: http://www.ffmpeg.org/ HandBrake: http://handbrake.fr/ Super: http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html Cometdocs: http://www.cometdocs.com/ Jaycut: http://jaycut.com/ YouConvertIt: http://www.youconvertit.com/OnlineVideo.aspx MovAvi: http://online.movavi.com/ OnlineVideoConverter: http://onlinevideoconverter.com/ UEncode: http://www.uencode.com/ Quick media Converter: http://www.cocoonsoftware.com/ Kino: http://www.kinodv.org/ Quick Media Converter: http://www.cocoonsoftware.com/ Freemake Video Converter (uses codecs not always recognized by other apps): http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/ Vid.ly: http://m.vid.ly/user/
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Xenra: http://www.xenra.com/ Clip Converter: http://www.clipconverter.cc/ ConvertVideoToAudio: http://www.convertvideotoaudio.com/ VidToMP3: http://www.vidtomp3.com/ Keep Tube: http://keep-tube.com/ Freemake: http://www.freemake.com/ Veengle: http://www.veengle.com/
Video aggregator: Magma: http://mag.ma/
Video analysis: Transana: http://www.transana.org/index.htm
Video animation creation: Memoov: http://memoov.com/ Xtranormal: http://www.xtranormal.com Voki: http://www.voki.com Moviestorm: http://www.moviestorm.co.uk/ Kerpoof: http://www.kerpoof.com/ Dvolver MovieMaker: http://www.dfilm.com/live/mm.html Aniboom: http://www.aniboom.com/shapeshiftermain Digital Films: http://www.digitalfilms.com/index.php SnapFiles: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/jpgvideo.html MonkeyJam: http://www.giantscreamingrobotmonkeys.com/monkeyjam/download.html Instructables: http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy,-Cheap,-Animated-Cartoon-in-10- Minutes/ Muvizu: http://www.muvizu.com/
Video annotation: Ovberstream: http://www.overstream.net/
Video captioning: NCAM (search for cc_player): http://ncam.wgbh.org/about Best practices in online captioning: http://joeclark.org/access/captioning/bpoc/ Magpie: http://webaim.org/techniques/captions/magpie/version2/ Universal Subtitles: http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/
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Video conferencing/video chat rooms: Skype: http://www.skype.com/ Oovoo: http://www.oovoo.com/ Google Video and Chat: http://www.google.com/mail/help/videochat/learnmore.html iChat (mac): http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html AIM: http://www.aim.com/ SightSpeed (Logitech): http://www.sightspeed.com/ Ekiga (PC and Linux): http://ekiga.org/ XMeeting (mac): http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/index.php Open-tok: http://www.tokbox.com/ MyMeetingHub: http://www.mymeetinghub.com/ Caffein: http://www.caffein.tv/ MeBeam: http://www.mebeam.net/ Spreecast: http://www.spreecast.com
Video downloading: YouTube Downloader (PC): http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/ Clone2Go (Mac): http://www.clone2go.com/products/mac-youtube-downloader.php How to Download A Flash Video from YouTube: http://www.thedailybuggle.com/download- flash-video-youtube-dailymotion/ Savevideo.me: http://savevideo.me/
Video editing: iMovie: http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/ Windows Live Movie Maker: http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials-movie-maker- get-started Stroome: http://www.stroome.com/ JayCut: http://jaycut.com/ Pixorial: http://www.pixorial.com/#ho QTCoffee: http://www.3am.pair.com/QTCoffee.html Jahshaka: http://www.jahshaka.com/ Magisto: http://www.magisto.com/ FileLab Video Editor: https://www.filelab.com/video-editor VideoSpin: http://videospin.com/Redesign/ Video Toolbox: http://www.videotoolbox.com/ Wevideo: http://www.wevideo.com/editor YouTube Video Editor: http://www.youtube.com/editor?popart=681928
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Video editing software resource lists: http://tv.isg.si/site/?q=node/873 http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/editingsoftware/a/freevidedit.htm http://jaypeeonline.net/freeware/free-video-editing-software-mac/ http://www.desktop-video-guide.com/top-5-free-video-editing-software-review.html http://fancinematoday.com/2009/04/16/4-free-video-editing-programs-for-mac/
Video interactive: Viewbix: http://www.viewbix.com
Video making from images and music: Animoto: http://animoto.com/#learn-more Flixtime: http://flixtime.com/ Stupeflix Studio: http://www.stupeflix.com/
Video messaging: Viz linbgo: http://www.vizlingo.com/
Video playing and organizing (see media players)
Video platform: Yokto: http://www.yokto.tv/
Video screen capture: Screenr: http://screenr.com/ CamStudio: http://camstudio.org/ Screencast-o-matic: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ Jing: http://www.jingproject.com oRipa Screen Recorder: http://www.ejoystudio.com/oripa-screen-recorder/index.htm Taksi: http://www.menasoft.com/blog/?p=30 CaptureMe: http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/captureme/ FastStone Capture: www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm ScreenToaster: www.screentoaster.com/ Auto Screen Recorder: www.wisdom-soft.com/products/autoscreenrecorder_free.htm GoView: http://goview.com/ uTIPu: http://www.utipu.com/app/ ISU: http://www.vapisoft.com/ISU.htm FreeScreencast: http://freescreencast.com/ Copernicus: http://danicsoft.com/software/copernicus/
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AviScreen Classic: http://www.bobyte.com/AviScreen/index.asp Wink: http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ Debut: http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/ Screenjelly: http://www.screenjelly.com/ Directory of Screen Capture, Screencasting and Software Demo Tools: http://c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/Tools/capture.html
Video storyboarding: StoryBoard Pro: http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/en/storyboardpro
Video streaming: Ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/
Video streaming from smartphones with video: Ustream mobile : http://www.ustream.tv/mobile Thwarp : http://thwapr.com/
Video-to-text: Vidinotes (create notes from a video, including images taken directly from the video, then print or save): http://www.vidinotes.com/
Video transcription platform OpenMeetings.org: http://openmeetings.org
Video watching on the web without the comments and crap Quietube: http://quietube.com/
VOIP : VoIP: http://www.fcc.gov/voip/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VoIP
Web page sharing: Viewista: http://www.viewista.com/ Weblist: http://weblist.me/ Pagetweet: http://pagetweet.com/ Su.pr: http://su.pr/ BridgeURL: http://www.bridgeurl.com/
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Web page snapshots: URLcapt: http://urlcapt.com/
Web usability and accessibility: Usability.gov: http://usability.gov/ Content Inventory Template: http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/essays/archives/000040.php
Webcast and webinars hosting: DimDim: http://www.dimdim.com/ Vyew: http://vyew.com/site/ Fuze: http://www.fuzemeeting.com/ Mikogo: http://www.mikogo.com/ Openmeetings: http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/ Webhuddle: https://www.webhuddle.com/ Yugoma: https://www.yugma.com/ Adobe Connect Now: http://www.adobe.com/acom/connectnow/ Yuuguu: http://www.yuuguu.com/home Elluminate vRoom: http://www.learncentral.org/user/vroomreg Web Conferencing: http://sourceforge.net/projects/webmeeting/
Web page clustering/referencing: Clusters: http://www.clusterurl.com/ FYI: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRmLovmp0ag) Webklipper: http://webklipper.com/
Web site building and hosting: mobiSiteGalore: http://www.mobisitegalore.com Google sites: http://sites.google.com Homemaker: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/People/BDodge/Professional.html KompoZer: http://kompozer.net/ Weebly: http://www.weebly.com/ Webs: http://www.webs.com/ Wix: http://www.wix.com/ Kafafa: http://www.kafafa.com Yola: http://www.yola.com/ Lifeyo: http://www.lifeyo.com/ Rombla: http://www.rombla.com/ Webon: http://webon.angelfire.lycos.com/
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Sidewiki: http://www.google.com/sidewiki/intl/en/index.html NVU: http://net2.com/nvu/ pageOrama: http://www.pageorama.com/ IM-Creator: http://imcreator.com/
Whiteboards: LectureScribe: http://www.cs.clemson.edu/~bcdean/lscribe/ Squareleaf: http://www.squareleaf.net/ AWW: http://www.awwapp.com/ Draw It Live: http://www.drawitlive.com/
Wikipedia annotator: Empedia: http://www.empedia.com/
Wiki creation and hosting: Wetpaint: http://www.wetpaint.com pbwiki: http://www.pbwiki.com/ Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com
Word cloud creation: Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/ Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com Tagul: http://tagul.com/
Word processing: Sync.in: http://sync.in/ FocusWriter: http://gottcode.org/focuswriter/ WriteMonkey (PC): http://writemonkey.com/ Ommwriter (Mac): http://www.ommwriter.com/
Words to Time Calculator Edge Studio Words to Time Calculator: http://www.edgestudio.com/words-to-time-calculator
YouTube captioning: CaptionTube: http://captiontube.appspot.com/ Automatic Captions in YouTube Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTvHIDKLFqc
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YouTube editing and sharing: TubeChop: http://www.tubechop.com/
YouTube questions and answer page creator: Grockit Answers:: https://grockit.com/answers
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Open content sites Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/ Many Books: www.manybooks.net SpinXpress: www.spinxpress.com Merlot: www.merlot.org Academic Earth: http://academicearth.org/ Open Courseware Consortium: www.ocwconsortium.org Stanford Engineering Everywhere: http://see.stanford.edu UC Princeton: http://uc.princeton.edu MIT Opencourseware: http://ocw.mit.edu OpenLearn: www.openlearn.open.ac.uk YouTube Edu: www.youtube.com/edu Ck-12: www.ck12.org/index.html iTunes Podcasts: http://www.apple.com/itunes/features/#podcasts Open Content: http://opencontent.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page HP Learning Center: http://h30187.www3.hp.com/?hplcpsession.id=617e96a9cf356a94296ba4a88111&tab=allCl asses Latitude U Free courses: http://www.latitudeu.com/home.aspx EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative's (ELI's) 7 Things You Should Know About... series provides concise information on emerging learning technologies and related practices: http://www.educause.edu/7Things 20 Free Educational Video Sites: http://blog.curriki.org/2010/07/13/watch-and-learn/ Curriki: Curriki.org Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ World Public Library: http://worldlibrary.net/Collections.htm Scitable: http://www.nature.com/scitable Apple in Education: http://www.apple.com/education/ipodtouch-iphone/ Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: http://free.ed.gov/index.cfm Free Video Lectures: http://freevideolectures.com/ Video Lectures: http://videolectures.net/ Lecturefox: http://lecturefox.com/ Academic Earth: http://academicearth.org/ Open Educational Resources Commons: http://www.oercommons.org/ Open Learning Initiative: http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forinstructors TED: http://www.ted.com/ iTunesU: http://www.apple.com/education/ipodtouch-iphone/ The Open University LearningSpace: http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ wePapers: http://www.wepapers.com/
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Art Project: http://www.googleartproject.com/ MakeuseOf: http://www.makeuseof.com/ Instructables: http://www.instructables.com/ 60+ educational resources to teach yourself anything: http://www.webdistortion.com/2011/10/02/60-educational-resources/ 31 How to Sites Must Check: http://www.technobuzz.net/31-how-to-sites/
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Free applications lists from others (not all apps on these lists are free) Go2Web2.0: http://classic.go2web20.net Diigo in Education (group items tagged free): http://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation/content/tag/free What Are The Best Free Hosted Course Management Systems On The Internet?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1484kDmSkM Free Productivity Resources for Educators: http://www.emergingedtech.com/free- productivity-resources-for-teachers/ 100 Digital Storytelling Tools for Your Digital Selves + Natives, Part 1: http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/tools_technologies/100_digital_storytelling_tools_your _digital_selves_natives_part_1 DRDP's Bookmarks: http://www.delicious.com/drdpf TeachWeb2.0: http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/ Web2.0 Cool Tools for Schools: http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ Most Popular Free Windows Downloads of 2010: http://lifehacker.com/#!5713569/most- popular-free-windows-downloads-of-2010 The best 90 free Windows programs: http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/best-windows- software#video Probably the best single data base of web apps available: www.Go2web20.net EduTecher: http://www.edutecher.net/ IEAR.org Educational Apps Review: http://www.iear.org/ Free Technology for Teachers: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ Simplek12: http://www.simplek12.com/ Softonic: http://en.softonic.com Learning Professionals: http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/ Free Tools: http://www.kineo.com/free-tools.html Free Mac software: http://www.opensourcemac.org/ The Fifty Tools: http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools Tom Kuhlmann’s 9 Free Tools That Help Me Build Better E-Learning: http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/9-free-tools-that-help-me-build-better-e- learning/#comment-5488 The 100 top Web apps for 2008: http://www.webware.com/html/ww/100/2008/winners.html?tag=snav The 100 top Web apps for 2009: http://www.cnet.com/html/ww/100/2009/categories.html?tag=snav Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009: http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/index.html Instructional Tools: http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/Tools/instructional.html For HTML and CSS Editors: http://mfcarter.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/html-and-css-editors/
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Top 19 Mac Apps For Tight Budgets: http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/reviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2 18600003 Smashing Apps: http://www.smashingapps.com/ List of image libraries: http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/12-essential-sites-for- great-free-photos-624818 100 Best Open Source Apps for Educators: http://www.accreditedonlineuniversities.com/100-best-open-source-apps-for-educators/ Free Online PDF Conversion Tools: http://www.masternewmedia.org/convert-to-pdf-guide- to-the-best-free-online-pdf-conversion-tools/ 10 Tools for (20)10: http://c4lpt.co.uk/articles/10tools.html The Learning Coach: http://theelearningcoach.com/reviews/software/free-software- downloads-for-productivity/ Free Web Server Monitoring Tools: Guide To Best Online Services: http://www.masternewmedia.org/free-web-server-monitoring-tools- guide/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Robin- Good-Latest-News+%28Robin+Good%27s+Latest+News%29 Search.twitter.com for: #edtech #edchat #education Larry Ferlazzo’s Best of Series: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/about/my-best-of-series/ 10 eLearning Freebies: http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning_design/elearning-freebies 47 Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/09/47-alternatives-to-using-youtube-in.html 20 Fresh JavaScript Data Visualization Libraries: http://sixrevisions.com/javascript/20-fresh- javascript-data-visualization-libraries/ Favorite Utility Programs: http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/1568/8382.aspx 100 Awesome, Free Web Tools for Elementary Teachers: http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/100-awesome-free-web-tools-for-elementary- teachers/ OpenSource Webinar Software: Updated List of Platforms and Software/Plugins: http://elearnqueen.blogspot.com/2011/05/opensource-webinar-software-updated.html Free apps for teachers: http://kevinhoneycutt.org/ Video, animation, film & webcams: http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams Top 10 Alternatives to YouTube by David Kapuler: http://www.techlearning.com/default.aspx?tabid=67&entryid=572 Online Video Editors: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/03/30/not-the-best-but-a-list-of- online-video-editors/ A – Z Internet Resources for Education: http://www.boxoftricks.net/internet-resouces-for- education/ ICT and Web Tools: ICT & Web Tools: http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools The Best Online Tools For Real-Time Collaboration: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/03/02/the-best-online-tools-for-real-time-collaboration/
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70 Tools 70 Minutes: http://www.slideshare.net/langwitches/70-tools-70- minutes?from=ss_embed Web Tools A to Z: http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/tools_technologies/web_tools_z_and_b Recommended Free Image Sites: http://iconlogic.blogs.com/weblog/2010/08/elearning- mlearning-everything-you-need-to-know-about-graphics-part-iii.html 20+ Little-Known Places To Get Free Premium Stock Images: http://edudemic.com/2011/09/free-premium-stock-images/ Free Technology for Teachers: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
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Cool and Useful Blogs and Wikis 2009 Edublog Award winners: http://edublogawards.com/ Educational Origami: http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/ Tripwire Magazine: http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/ Elearnspace (George Siemens): http://www.elearnspace.org/ eLearning Resources and News (George Siemens): http://www.ymlp172.com/pubarchive_show_message.php?eLearning+483 Master New Media (Robin Good): http://www.masternewmedia.org/ eLearning Technology (Tony Karrer): http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/ Social Media and Learning (Jane Hart): http://janeknight.typepad.com/socialmedia/ eLearningLearning; http://www.elearninglearning.com eLearning Blog/Don't Waste Your Time David Hopkins): http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/ Internet Time Group (Jay Cross): http://internettime.pbworks.com/ IDDBlog.org (IDD Department at DePaul University): http://www.iddblog.org/?p=11 Cathellis13 (Cath Ellis): http://cathellis13.blogspot.com/2009/04/ten-commandments-of- elearning.html Bottom-Line Performance: Lessons on Learning (various): http://www.bottomlineperformance.com/lolblog/ E-Learning Curve Blog (Michael Hanley): http://elearningcurve.blogspot.com/2009/03/m- learning-challenges-to-e-learning.html Virtual Canuck: Teaching and Learning in a Net-Centric World (Terry Anderson): http://terrya.edublogs.org/2009/02/28/edublogers-as-a-network-of-practice/ eLearning techtales with social media in low resource and mobile settings (Ignatia): http://ignatiawebs.blogspot.com/2009/02/mobile-project-update-1-html-mp4-mobile.html Faculty Focus: http://www.facultyfocus.com/newsletters/ Top ELearning Blogs: http://thedailyreviewer.com/top/eLearning Top 99 Workplace eLearning Blogs (Tony Karrer): http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/08/top-99-workplace-elearning-blogs.html Mistakes made in Academic Blogs: http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/web-20/mistakes- made-in-academic-blogs/ Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Blog and Top Reasons Why You Shouldn’t or Won’t Blog http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2006/10/top-ten-reasons-to-blog-and-top-ten.html http://www.elearninglearning.com/free/tools/ Free! Why $0.00 is the Future of Business: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZkeCIW75CU MIT OpenCourseWare: http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ HippoCampus: http://www.hippocampus.org/ Open Course Library: http://www.opencourselibrary.org/
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