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iPhone Apps

jutecht — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:02:00 CST

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
New York Times		instant news	free
Twitteriffic		access to Twitter and PLN	free
Lose It		great site for health or PE class	free
Whiteboard: Collaborative Drawing	http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301962306&mt=8	Allows 2 iPod Touches/iPhones to connect to each other.	free
Art Lite	http://blog.ads-sg.com/art-lite/	Features 5 major artists, detailed background history, and a gallery of their work	free
50 iPhone Apps for Education	http://www.utechtips.com/50-educational-apps-for-the-ipod-touch/	A great blog post by Keri-Lee on 50 iPhone/iPod Touch apps to use in education!	free

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Screen Capture Windows

roymaynard — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:49:10 CST

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
Screen hunter	http://www.wisdom-soft.com/sh/index.htm	Easy to use, networks well	Free
CamStudio	http://camstudio.org/	Small file for download - works similar to Camtasia.	Free
Jing	http://www.jingproject.com/	Captures images and videos of screen. Can annotate on top and either save or embed into other sites	free
MWSnap	http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html	Screen capture utility that works as an alternative to Snagit	Free
ScreenJot	http://www.screenjot.com	Screen capture program that is quick and fast. Can capture the entire screen, a particular window or a part of the screen. Makes sharing of images easy.	Free to try
Screen Grab Pro	http://www.traction-software.co.uk/	Screen Grab Pro Is a freeware screen capture tool. It features One click grab of any screen for ease of use, Timer operation, Current window selection list and more. Screen Grab Pro copies a bitmap to clipboard ready for pasting in your favorite Picture Editor.	Free

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Web Based Software

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:27:58 CST

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
Zoho Suite	http://www.zoho.com	Web-enabled office tools, plus many more. Single sign-on with new features added all the time. No download unless you want to work with your documents off-line.	Free
Poll Everywhere	http://www.polleverywhere.com	Enables free polling using wither a cell phone (txt msg) of a web browser. Results displayed instantly on web page or on PPT slide. Up to 30 answers per question is free.	Free
Slideshare	http://www.slideshare.net/	Easily put your PowerPoint slide shows on the web with or without narration. Embed in any webpage. Can have a large or small player.	Free
Seeqpod	http://www.seeqpod.com/	Create playlists of music, embed in webpage (blog, etc.). Great for finding similar music.	Free
Global Scholar for students	http://www.globalscholar.com/	Find a tutor any subject any level K to college.	Rate set by tutor.
Global Scholar for Schools	http://www.globalscholar.com/tutoring-tools/school-districts.aspx	Everything you will ever need to map curriculum, organize your year, link content and assessment to standards, monitor achievements, create online discussions, communicate with parents and so on.	Different for each school or district depending on need.
ProProf Quiz School	http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/	Create tests, training, recruitment, assessments, trivia or just plain fun quizzes.	Free
UMapper	http://www.umapper.com/	UMapper is a visual, universal, Web-based map authoring application that makes it easier than ever to create maps.	Free
Mind Meister	http://www.mindmeister.com/	Web-based mind mapping tool MindMeister offers a simple interface to create mind maps collaboratively.	Free
Quenchmark	http://quenchmark.com/	Quenchmark is the new social networking tool for opinion polls, surveys, and data validation.	Free
Pageflakes	http://quenchmark.com/	Social personalized homepage - a way to read, see, discover and share your favorite topics on the web.	Free
Study Stack	http://www.studystack.com/	Create, study and play with data online as flashcards, hangman game, crossword puzzle, matching, word search, or word scramble.	Free
Qrowd	http://www.qrowd.com/	Qrowd is a start page, where all the structured data now available on the web can be mashed together and displayed in customizable widgets.	Free
Toondoo	http://www.toondoo.com/	Create and share cartoons.	Free
Voice Thread	http://ed.voicethread.com/#home	A collaborative space with video, voice and text commenting.	Free
Flashcard Exchange	http://www.flashcardexchange.com/	Create, study, share, exchange and subscribe flashcard sets.	Free
Visible Body	http://www.visiblebody.com/	Complete, fully interactive, 3-D human anatomy model (opens only in IE on Windows now, but soon available for Firefox & Mac	Free
Picnik	http://www.picnik.com/	Effective online photo editing software. Extensive set of tools with free version, even more with Premium	Free or $25/yr
Dabbleboard	http://www.dabbleboard.com/	Collaborative whiteboard that even cleans up your freehand drawing	Free
Kaltura	http://corp.kaltura.com/	Open source video platform: allows for online collaboration of video projects with video, stills and music. Offers embed feed to allow you to place on other pages. A further explanation is here.	Free
Go2Web2.0	http://www.go2web20.net/	Loads and loads of online and web2.0 based apps here, a few are downloads and/or plug-ins but the majority are step right in online and go...
Doodle	http://www.doodle.com/	Easy to create online poll, or schedule an event.	Free
Google Docs	Google Docs Home	Create documents, spreadsheets and presentations online. Share, Collaborate and store your documents safely. Control who can see your documents.	Free
CNet Downloads	Cnet Downloads	Lots of free software tools that you can download.	Free
WORDLE	WORDLE	Access some basic bookmarks relating to WORDLE at the Diigo WORDLE group. a tool for making word clouds from any text inserted at this website. You can save any WORDLE you create in the Gallery. You can edit a screenshot, as a .jpg, and edit for use in lessons, wiki or blogs.	Free

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BubbleTimer http://bubbletimer.comTrack your time and projects you are working on easily.

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Educational Linux

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:20:43 CST

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
Edubuntu	http://edubuntu.org/Download	Entire operating system -built for K12learningenvironments	$0.00
K12 Linux Terminal Server Project!	http://k12ltsp.org/contents.html	A thin client model operating system for k12 learning environments	$0.00 for download $10.00 for mail order CDs
Skolelinux (Debian-Edu)	http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu http://www.slx.no/	All of the above, plus your complete school network infrastructure, including central server for users and homes (incl. win and mac users), printers, backup, monitoring, local web server......	100% free software (dfsg)

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Photo Windows

socalangel — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:04:18 CDT

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
Flickr Toys	http://bighugelabs.com	Integrate digital photography across the curricula with simple yet powerful tools.	FREE!
IrfanView	http://www.irfanview.net/	IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista.	FREE!
Picasa	http://picasa.google.com/	Excellent photo organiser and editor; simple to use so students can jump straight in.	FREE
Cooliris	http://www.cooliris.com/product/	Browse photos and videos from the Web or your desktop. Effortlessly scroll an infinite "3D Wall" of your content without having to click page to page, whether you'e on Facebook, Google Images, YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, Kodak Gallery, or any supported site. Or channel surf the latest news, TV episodes, movies, and music videos all from within Cooliris.	FREE

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Misc Apple

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:08:34 CDT

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
Google Notifier	http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/notifier_mac.html	It regularly checks Gmail and Google Calendar for unread emails and events without having to launch a web browser. It embeds seamlessly onto the OS. More useful than it sounds.	free
Zotero	http://www.zotero.org/	A Firefox extension that is like EndNote for collecting references, making bibliographies, etc. Easier and more useful than EndNote, and FREE!	free

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Educational Windows

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:27:19 CDT

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
Kidspiration	http://www.inspiration.com/productinfo/kidspiration/index.cfm		30 day free trial
Google Earth	http://earth.google.com/		free
Math Calculators	CoolMath Graphing Calc Graphcalc Downloadable Calculators	Coolmath's Online Graphing Calculator. GraphCalc is an open source and GPLed computer program that runs in Microsoft Windows and Linux that provides the functionality of a graphing calculator. Several different calculators for Linux and Windows that you can download and run on your PC.	Free Free Free
EPEE Software for Teachers	www.ED-MAN.com	EPEE allows you to create a curriculum for each subject and grade, then export and post it as an .epi file to a shared file folder. Any teacher with access can now import the entire curriculum with a click. Once they have it they can add or delete as needed.	Free Trial

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Mapping Windows

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:17:33 CDT

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
Inspiration	www.inspiration.com	Mindmapping software for brainstorming, organizing ideas.	Free 30 day trial
Stellarium	http://stellarium.sourceforge.net/	Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D.	Free
EPEE Software for Teachers	www.ED-MAN.com	Currriculum Management - Allows Schools or Districts to be their own Curriculum Provider	Free Trial

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Firefox Add-ons

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:43:57 CDT

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
Unplug	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2254	Quickly allows you to isolate and link media from a web page. Great for adding advertising free links from Podomatic etc	Free
CLiCk,Speak	http://clickspeak.clcworld.net/	Toolbar offering text-to-speech buttons that allow any page open in Firefox to be read aloud.	Free
Answers.com	http://www.answers.com/main/firefox_plugins.jsp	Alt-click on any word on a page open in Firefox and get the pronunciation and a definition	Free
Awesome Highlighter	http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/user/welcome/	Annotate and highlight web pages for studying and/or sharing	Free
Accessibar	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4242	Toolbar that makes web pages accessible for people with low vision	Free
Cooliris	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5579	View images in 3-D. Use 3-D wall to facilitate searching and viewing.	Free
IE Tab	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419	Sites designed to open only in Internet Explorer can be opened in a Firefox tab	Free
Adblock Plus	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865	Blocks most ads- faster loading, less distraction	Free
Zotero	http://www.zotero.org/	Allows students to manage and cite online sources easily	Free
FireFTP	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/684	FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.	Free
ScribeFire BlogEditor	ScribeFire	ScribeFire is a full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog.	Free
OutWit Images	OutWit Images	Use OutWit Images in web image searches, drag and drop the thumbnails into an online collection basket that saves the full-resolution images they represent. Make automatic slide shows of your image searches.	Free
OutWit Docs	OutWit Docs	OutWit Docs lets you gather multiple documents in various formats on the Web. Save journal articles and reports by dragging and dropping them to your hard drive for later, more convenient review.	Free
Wordle	Wordle - Create Word Art	Wordle allows you to create word clouds from text that you provide. You can tweak the font, color, and layout. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. No registration necessary.	Free
Xmarks	http://www.xmarks.com/	Install Xmarks on each computer you use, and it seamlessly integrates with your web browser and keeps your bookmarks in sync.	Free

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FTP Windows

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:54:32 CDT

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
Dropio.com	http:/www.drop.io	share files, hidden drop site for students to turn in papers without being able to see others. Many other uses.	free 100MB

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Screen Capture Apple

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:43:04 CDT

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
Screen Flow	http://www.flip4mac.com/screenflow.htm	A great screen capturing software for use in making training videos for staff. Works with 10.5 only.	$99
Screenshot Plus	http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/business/screenshotplus.html	An easy addition to the dashboard that allows good quality captures.	free
iSHowU	http://store.shinywhitebox.com/home/home.html	Records anything on your screen, instantly — both audio, and video.	$20
Skitch	http://myskitch.com/	Records screenshots, edit and upload to Skitch website ready for embedding.	free
Snapz Pro X	http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/	Records anything on your screen, saving it as a QuickTime® movie or screenshot.	$29-69
Jing	http://www.jingproject.com/	Take screen shots, make screencasts of portion of screen that you select	Free

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Photo Linux

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:58:54 CDT

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
The Gimp	http://www.gimp.org/	The standard "photoshop" replacement for linux distros also available for win and mac
TuxPaint	http://www.tuxpaint.org/	really more of a draw program than a photo editor but it does double duty, great for younger students
Picassa for linux	http://picasa.google.com/linux/	still in beta -limited editing functions but good forcataloging, and building web albums
F-Spot	http://f-spot.org/	Similar to Picasa, good for cataloging, uploading to different web services, creating self-hosted galleries.
OutWit Images	OutWit Images	Browse through hundreds of online photos at the drag of your mouse. Drag and drop the thumbnails you like to save the full-resolution pictures to your hard drive.	Free

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Video Windows

ursulaa — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:14:13 CDT

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
Windows Movie Maker	http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx	Effective and easy to use digital video editor (comes pre-installed on most Windows systems)	Free
Photo Story 3	http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx	Versatile and wizard driven program for creating animated slideshows/videos from still images. Available audio narration and music tracks.	Free

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Office Suites Linux

seantm — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:16:02 CDT

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Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
OpenOffice.org	http://www.openoffice.org/	the current king of open source office tools and a whole lot more -see the draw and math tools	$.0.00
IBM/Lotus Symphony	various flavors	Office suite replacement in beta butpromising -consider the source!	$.0.00
KDE Office Suite	http://koffice.kde.org/	for KDE fans	$.0.00
AbiWord	http://www.abisource.com/	Available since 2001 Abi Word is a reliable word processor for the L/Unix OS	$0.00

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Misc Windows

robinoz — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:14:02 CDT

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
PDFill PDF Tools	CNet downloads	Create PDF files without Adobe. Insert, Edit, Fill and Create PDF form fields. PDF Draw, Comment, Annotation; Edit and Save PDF files.	Free
Sumo Paint	.:Sumo Pain 1.1.	Sumo Paint is a free editing, imaging software that allows you to create, edit and comment images online with powerful tools and layer support.	Free
YouTube Downloader	CNet downloads	It's software that allows you to download videos from YouTube and many others and convert them to other video formats.	Free

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Home

jutecht — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:36:11 CDT

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Mapping Software

jutecht — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:25:35 CDT

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
Mindomo	http://www.mindomo.com/	Mindomo is a versatile Web-based mind mapping tool, delivering the capabilities of desktop mind mapping software in a Web browser - with no complex software to install or maintain.	Free
Webspiration	http://mywebspiration.com/	Whether working individually or collaboratively, Webspiration is the new online visual thinking tool. With integrated diagram and outline views you can think visually, structure your work effectively and express your ideas in the ways that communicate best.	Free, Public Beta
bubbl.us	http://www.bubbl.us/index	Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online.	Free

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Format Converters

jutecht — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:25:17 CDT

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
Zamzar	http://www.zamzar.com/	Have you ever wanted to convert files without the need to download software ?	Free
FreeRIP	http://www.freerip.com/	FreeRIP is also an audio file and MP3 converter and it can convert audio files from one of the named formats to another.	Free
Media Converter	http://www.mediaconverter.org/	Convert video files from various portals (i.e., youtube, veoh) or upload from your hard drive. Supports various protocols (i.e., http, ftp, rtsp), Has a Firefox Add-on.	Free

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Productivity Windows

socalangel — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:53:06 CDT

Name of Software	Link to download/website	Application to Educators/Education	Price
Google SketchUp	http://sketchup.google.com/ Project Spectrum	Excellent 3D modeling software with support for educational applications Google Sketchup Tutorial for use with students on the Autism Spectrum	Free
Moodle	Moodle	Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites.	Free

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