Tools

• SOFTWARE (downloads)

   

  • CROSS-PLATFORM 
    
  • Audacity
   
  • Fonts:
    • FontFace
    • FontScape
    • SimplyTheBest
     
  • hugin - panorama photo stitcher [via NCS-Tech]
   
  • Jing Project - video conferencing
   
  • VLC media player
   
  • MACINTOSH
   

  • Transcriva - digital transcription [Contributed by courosa on twitter]

     

  • WINDOWS

     

    • AudioFlash - FREE audio streaming software
     
    • CamStudio - FREE, open source screen recording & streaming video software
     
    • Express Scribe - digital transcription playback [Contributed by ehelfant on twitter]
          
    • Freecoder - browser-based audio recording
     
    • HTTrack - backup websites to your computer
     
    • Picasa
      
    • TinyGraphs - open source Excel add-in, which creates sparklines, mini column graphs, & area graphs from a row of data

       

       

• WEB 2.0

   

  • A N I M O T O - create videos
    
  • Asterpix Interactive Video - create interactive videos (using hotspots)

     

  • blip.tv - podcasting & videoblogging
   
  • Blogger - publish your own blog
   
  • buzzword - collaborative word processor from Adobe
   
  • ChatMaker.NET - create your own chatroom
   
  • circaVie - create & share timelines
   
  • Class Blogmeiser - blogging tool designed specfically for classroom use
   
  • comiqs - create your own comics
   
  • CuePrompter - teleprompter/autocue service
   
  • del.icio.us - social bookmarking tool
   
  • diigo - another social bookmarking tool
   
  • dimdim - host a web meeting
     
  • DoppelMe - create your own avatar
   
  • Eyejot - create & send video meesages
   
  • Firedoodle - using this Firefox extension, convert the web to a whiteboard 

   

  • flauntR - photo editor with thousands of one-click effects
   
  • flickr - upload & share your photos, as well as search others' photos
    • photophlow - forum to discuss flickr photo setsf
   
  • gabcast - record podcasts via phone
   
  • generator - generate a variety of images for fun
   
  • Google Tools:
    • Documents
    • Groups
    • Reader - RSS reader

     

  • Kerpoof - create animate stories
   
  • kwout - quote parts of web sites as images
        

   

  • LetterPop - pefect tool for designing a classroom newsletter
   
  • MeBeam - video chat
   
  • Mixbook - create online books
      
  • MobyPicture - snap pictures with cell & easily distribute to blog, social networks, etc.  [contributed by timlauer on twitter]

     

  • Mogulus - video production; broadcast your own TV shows 

   

  • Nourish - send blog posts via e-mail  [contributed by scmorgan on twitter]
   
  • pageflakes - create custom start pages
   
  • Panraven - storytelling
   
  • pbwiki - create a wiki
    • pbwiki for educators (ad free)

       

  • PikiStrips - create comic strips using your photos
   
  • PollDaddy - conduct online polls and surveys
   
  • Portrait Illustration Maker - design an avatar, or character icon to represent your online identify
      
  • Project // DRAW
   
  • ROXER - simple web page creator
   
  • shelfari - catalog your classroom library or professional reference collection
   
  • skrbl - easy to share, online whiteboard
   
  • SlideShare - share your PowerPoint presentations
    
  • Splashup - image editing 

   

  • TalkShoe
       
  • Thinkature - real-time collaboration
   
  • TiltViewer - view/browse flickr images in a 3D space
   
  • tinymap - easily & quickly create maps to share
   
  • tinyurl - shorten lengthy web addresses (URLs) to share
   
  • toonlet - create comics for your blog
   
  • twitter
    • Getting Started with Twitter - screencast tutorial by lizbdavis
    • MultiTweet
    • tweetscan
    • Twitter Tools - plugin creates an integration between your WordPress blog & your Twitter account
    • TwitterVision - uses Google Maps to display what Twitter users are up to & where they’re Twitting from
     
  • vimeo - secure video sharing
   
  • Viygo - timeline tool with ability to incorporate events from RSS feeds, twitter, & more

     

  • VoiceThread
    • ed.VoiceThread
    
  • vozMe - text to speech (MP3)
   
  • vyew - web-based collaboration; online meeting service; video chat

     

  • weebly - easily create a web page
   
  • Wetpaint - another wiki tool
   
  • wikispaces - yet another wiki tool
   
  • wizlite - collaborative web page highlighting
   
  • Zamzar - online file conversion