Fun, Fantastic, FREE Tools!
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Bibliography and Research Tools

BibMe: Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian - Free
www.bibme.org/
The fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills. It's the easiest way to build a works cited page.
Citation Machine
citationmachine.net/
Citation Machine is an interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties.
OttoBib - Free Automatic Easy Bibliography Generator. Fast! MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian
ottobib.com/

KnightCite Citation Service
www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/
 Calvin College site; MLA format.
Redefine the dictionary - wordia
wordia.com/
Zotero: The Next-Generation Research Tool
www.zotero.org/
Collect, manage and cite your research sources.
Blog Hosting and Blog Aggregators

21Classes – Free Classroom and Education Blogs - Home
21classes.com/
 Easy to set up and use; create a virtual classroom and blog portal. Secure, reviewing capabilities of entries.
WordPress › Blog Tool and Weblog Platform
wordpress.org/
 state-of-the-art publishing platform; you can download to local server or publish to site.
Edublogs - education blogs » Get free education blogs at Edublogs
edublogs.org/
 largest education commmunity on the internet; powered by WordPress. Safe, secure, supported and free of any advertising.
Blogger
Google's blogging toolset; very easy to use. You can approve comments before posting.

Penzu
http://penzu.com/
Online journal - suitable for all ages

Landmarks Class Blogmeister
classblogmeister.com/
Class Blogmeister is one of several blogging engines that have been developed specifically for classroom use. You are welcome to explore the writings of teachers and students alike.  You will need a school code from the author, David Warlick.  To get a school code, e-mail to: david@landmark-project.com

 Great Aggregator.
Netvibes (20)
www.netvibes.com/
 Collect your RSS Feeds on a single web page you set up easily. 
Pageflakes - Get it Together
www.pageflakes.com/

Get a page with all the things you like.
It's quick, easy, fun and FREE!

Weebly - Create a free website and a free blog
www.weebly.com/
  • Create a website & blog
  • Switch designs on the fly
  • Drag and drop interface
  • Buy a new domain instantly, or
  • Host your existing domain for free
Bookmarking and Tagging Tools

del.icio.us
del.icio.us/
 Largest bookmarks and tags sharing site.
Diigo - Web Highlighter and Sticky Notes, Social Bookmarking and Annotation, Social Information
www.diigo.com/index
Don't just bookmark; highlight the web, add notes, too!
Furl | Your Favorite Bookmarked URLs, Fast. Furl.it!
furl.net/
 
MyBookmarks.com - Access your bookmarks online anytime, anywhere
mybookmarks.com/
 
Trailfire
trailfire.com/

portaportal home
portaportal.com/
Portaportal is a web based bookmarking utility that lets you store links to your favorite websites online. Now your bookmarks are no longer limited to any one machine.
Cell Phone Tools

Text Message (SMS) Polls and Voting, Audience Response System | Poll Everywhere
www.polleverywhere.com/
 Poll Everywhere!
Conferencing Tools

Skype official website – free download and free calls and internet calls
skype.com/
 VOIP conferencing calls from your computer, free to others on Skype.
YackPack - Simply Connected
www.yackpack.com/
 Connect throughout the day; private groups; good sound quality.
TalkShoe Community Call Voice Chat Group Calling Teleconference Calling
www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/main.jsp?pushNav=1&c...
 Voice, group calling, teleconferencing.
Simple, Small, Secure - WebHuddle
www.webhuddle.com/
Let WebHuddle host your meeting for you.
Create your own broadcast; videoconference with others.
Free Video Chat and Video Conferencing from ooVoo
www.oovoo.com/

ooVoo is the next evolution in online communication — a remarkably easy way to have a face-to-face video chat with friends, family or colleagues, no matter where they are in the world.

ooVoo Video Chat is remarkably easy to use: easy to download, easy to install, and best of all:
it's FREE!

Conversion Tools

Zamzar - Free online file conversion
zamzar.com/
 Zamzar supports conversion between a wide variety of different file formats.
Media Convert - free and on line - convert and split sound, ringtones, images, docs - MP3 WMV 3GP
media-convert.com/

Media Converter - the fastest free online audio and video converter
www.mediaconverter.org/
 
vixy.net : Online FLV Converter : Download online videos direct to PC / iPod / PSP. It's free!
vixy.net/

iSpring Converter | Converter PowerPoint to Flash Converter
www.ispringsolutions.com/products/ispring_converte...
 For PC only - converts powerpoint files to Flash.
KeepVid: Download and save any video from Youtube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, iFilm and more!
keepvid.com/

Online Conversion - Convert just about anything to anything else
www.onlineconversion.com/
Convert just about anything to anything else.
Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions.
Mapping and Organizing Tools

MindMeister - think together
www.mindmeister.com/
 Collaborative online mind mapping.
Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary and thesaurus
www.visuwords.com/

Jog The Web
jogtheweb.com/#
Try this to organize a virtual field trip!
CmapTools - Home Page Cmap.html
cmap.ihmc.us/
 Shareable mind mapping tools to construct, navigate, share and criticize knowledge models represented as Concept Maps.
bubbl.us | Home
bubbl.us/edit.php
 Shareable online mind-mapping tools.
Gliffy.com
www.gliffy.com/
 Draw and Share diagrams online.
Mindomo - Web-based mind mapping software
www.mindomo.com/
 Mind mapping software.
Timetoast Timelines | Create timelines, share them on the web.
www.timetoast.com/
Easily create timelines.
To do list, simple, easy, fast, sharable: Ta-da List
www.tadalist.com/
Ta-da List is the web's easiest to-do list tool. Make lists for yourself or share them with others. It couldn't be simpler.
DontForgetTheMilk.com - Your free shopping/grocery list
www.dontforgetthemilk.com/
Easily create, manage and maintain your own shopping/grocery list(s).
Office Sharing Tools

Free from Adobe; use Buzzword to share documents, ConnectNow to collaborate and share desktops.  Great Tools found here!
 
 Online graphing tool; easy for kids.
Online Spreadsheets - EditGrid
www.editgrid.com/site/


  • Spreadsheet. With majority of Excel features, EditGrid allows you to start working easily.
  • Online. With sharing, collaboration & publishing features, EditGrid serves a big set of use cases better than Excel.
  • Data. Connected to live data sources, EditGrid delivers data on demand.
Online Office, Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation, CRM and more
www.zoho.com/
 Zoho - work online.
Welcome to Numbler
numbler.com/

Welcome to Numbler, the web based spreadsheet that enables instantaneous collaboration with anyone on your project team. With Numbler multiple users can work with a spreadsheet, view changes in real time, and discuss changes.

ThinkFree Online beta
thinkfree.com/common/main.tfo
 Free online alternative to Microsoft Office.

  • Create, edit and upload quickly
    Import your existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, or create new ones from scratch.
  • Access and edit from anywhere
    All you need is a Web browser. Your documents are stored securely online.

  • Share changes in real time
    Invite people to your documents and make changes together, at the same time.


Collaborative writing software online with Writeboard. Write, share, revise, compare.
www.writeboard.com/

Writeboard is perfect for...

Authors, journalists, PR folks, editors, and publishers
Bloggers or freelance/independent writers
Letter writers, songwriters, poets, comedians, creatives
Students, professors, and groups collaborating on a paper

...and plenty more! Writeboard is great for personal and business use.

For MAC: Try TextWrangler - allows you to do multiple edits at the same time - throughout multiple files at the same time.
Windows Live FolderShare beta
www.foldershare.com/welcome.aspx
Keep your latest files with you, no matter which computer you're using.
CutePDF - Create PDF for free, Free PDF Utilities, Edit PDF easily;.
www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
CutePDF Writer (formerly CutePDF Printer) is the free version of commercial PDF creation software. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a "printer subsystem". This enables virtually any Windows applications (must be able to print) to create professional quality PDF documents - with just a push of a button!
Yugma : Free Web Conferencing, Online Meetings, Web Collaboration Service, Free Desktop Sharing,
www.yugma.com/
 Instant desktop sharing; collaboration; virtual meetings and presentations.
Scribblar - simple, effective, online collaboration
www.scribblar.com/
Collaborate on projects; real-time multi-user whiteboard, image upload and sharing, live audio communications.
SlideShare (share powerpoint presentations online, slideshows, slide shows, download presentations,
www.slideshare.net/
share powerpoint online.
SlideRocket - The Best Online Presentation Software.
www.sliderocket.com/
Make great presentations online.
authorSTREAM Present and Share PowerPoint Online
www.authorstream.com/
 Upload, share PowerPoint Presentations; embed in blogs and networks; send to iPod or
Other Tools

Free teleprompter/autocue service. Cueprompter - The online prompter.
cueprompter.com/

CuePrompter is a free teleprompter/autocue service. Your browser works like a teleprompter -no extra software needed.

Mapwing - Create Virtual Tours for Free
www.mapwing.com/create.php
SpeedCrunch - fast and usable calculator
www.speedcrunch.org/en_US/index.html
 
www.lulu.com/en/?gclid=CMi8md2H3pUCFQZeswod7kzdDA
www.lulu.com/en/?gclid=CMi8md2H3pUCFQZeswod7kzdDA
Publish your own books!
Home - Microsoft Popfly
www.popfly.com/Home.aspx
  Popfly is the fun and easy way to build and share mashups, gadgets, and Web pages. It’s made up of online visual tools for building Web pages and mashups and a social network where you can host, share, rate, comment and even remix creations from other Popfly users.
Geni - Genealogy - Free Family Tree
www.geni.com/
 Create a shareable family tree.
OurStory.com - Capture your stories, save them permanently.
ourstory.com/
 Save stories, photos, and videos on a collaborative timeline.
Sketchcast.com
sketchcast.com/
 record a sketch with or without voice, get an embed code.
SurveyMonkey.com - Powerful tool for creating web surveys. Online survey software made easy!
www.surveymonkey.com/
create professional online surveys quickly and easily.
Creat your own cartoom by lubre - ToonDoo - The Cartoon Strip Creator - Create, Publish, Share,
www.toondoo.com/ViewBook.toon?bookid=27311
 'ToonDo' - learn how to create your cartoon; easy and great fun. 
Kerpoof® Home
www.kerpoof.com/
build cartoon characters; compose a story; create a movie! It's like KidPix but FREE for educators!
Voki Home
www.voki.com/
 Make a talking avatar and get an embed code.
Blabberize.com! - Blabberize Your Pictures
blabberize.com/
 Make a picture - or a graphic - talk.
Jing Project: Visual conversation starts here. Mac or Windows.
jingproject.com/
The concept of Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere.
Screencast.com
www.screencast.com/
Share video, share anything.
Documents, images, presentations and more.
For the academic and business professional. (free trial; then there is a small monthly charge)
Cozi™ - Free family calendar, shopping and grocery lists, messaging, and photo screen saver
www.cozi.com/
 Family Shared Calendars, Shopping Lists, other.
Create online quizzes free quiz maker - ClassMarker online testing
www.classmarker.com/
ccMixter - Welcome to ccMixter
ccmixter.org/
ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want. You CAN use this for videos and podcasting.
podsafe music network
music.podshow.com/
community music site - when cited correctly, most of these music pieces can be used free by students.
Official Seal Generator
www.says-it.com/seal/circle.php
 Create your own seal or emblem, complete with motto, and save to use anywyere.
4Teachers : Main Page
4teachers.org/
 4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars.

New web 2.0 tools appear each day. Many of these tools were not originally intended for classroom use, but they can be powerful learning tools for today’s techno-savvy students and their more adventurous teachers. These sites appear (and frequently disappear) very quickly, launched by creative techno-geeks out there in the world.
Many of these sites require a higher-than-average set of teacher tech skills or extra monitoring to assure student “safety.” TeachersFirst Edge features these "tools on the edge,” and offers ideas for using them safely and effectively as yet another approach to teaching. This is the world your students already know. Try teaching in their vernacular.
If you are feeling adventurous -- or want to see many teachers will be doing in a year or three -- try some of these tools.

Skitch.com + Skitch = fast and fun screen capture and image sharing.
skitch.com/

TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a Tiny URL
tinyurl.com/
By entering in a URL in the text field below, we will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires.
 Simply Box

http://simplybox.com/
SimplyBox is a free service to Capture, Share, and Organize ANYTHING you find on the web

My Studiyo
http://www.mystudiyo.com/

MyStudiyo offers a rich solution for creating online quizzes. Make quizzes in just minutes and embed them in any website

Shmoop wants to make you a better lover (of literature, history, poetry and writing). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time.

Our mission: To make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age.

Photo Editing and Sharing

PhotoWorks: Custom Photo Books, Photo Cards, Digital Prints, Photo Calendars, Photo Mugs &
www.photoworks.com/index.jsp;jsessionid=8DCF217111...
 
 Upload your photos from Flickr with a click, create photo books
MagMyPic - Upload your Picture
www.magmypic.com/upload
 
 choose any magazine cover presented and post someone's picture on it. no editing .

Picasa is a free software download from Google that helps you:

  • Locate and organize all the photos on your computer.
  • Edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks.
  • Share your photos with others through email, prints, and on the web: it’s fast, easy and free.
Scrapblog // Create a world for your pictures.
www.scrapblog.com/
 combine photos, videos, audio and text to create stunning multimedia scrapbooks.
fd's Flickr Toys: Do fun stuff with your photos
www.bighugelabs.com/flickr/
 Big HUGE Labs. Great tools to use with your Flickr photos.
Welcome to Flickr!
www.flickr.com/
 Worldwide photo sharing.
a powerful editing tool and photo manager.
FotoFlexer - The world's most advanced online photo editor
fotoflexer.com/
Advanced online image editing.
Picnik - edit photos the easy way, online in your browser
www.picnik.com/

Photo editing made fun

Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames.

Online image / photo editor pixlr free
pixlr.com/
Pixlr is a free online image editor.
VoiceThread - Group conversations around images, docs and videos
voicethread.com/#home
 Create, comment and share images, docs, videos.
BubbleShare - Easy Photo Sharing - Create a Slideshow and add to your MySpace Profile or Blog
www.bubbleshare.com/

Create a free account and upload photos to share with friends, family, or the world. Unlimited storage means you’ll never run out of space to keep hundreds, even thousands, of your favorite pictures.

Add fun clipart, audio captions, video captions to your albums. Perfectly frame your photos with over 20 themes. Print stunning photo books, calendars and more!

Funky Ways to Express Yourself
www.befunky.com/
  Turn your photos into digital paintings, cartoons; make an avatar of yourself.
A N I M O T O
animoto.com/
 Make an automatic video out of your photos; welcome to the 'end of slideshows.'
Mixbook | Create Amazing Books With Your Friends!
www.mixbook.com/
 Create beautiful photo books - can even do this in partnership with others.
 Capture memories, tell stories, travel through time. Combine videos, photos, blogs and mp3s into multimedia storylines. This is great!
Podcast Hosting and Creation

Gcast. Make your voice heard.
www.gcast.com/?nr=1&&s=345584421
Your own audio broadcast, where you can easily record voice messages, mix in your favorite music, and share it all for the world to hear.
Record by phone with Gabcast.com
gabcast.com/index.php?a=info&b=overview
Gabcast.com is a podcasting and audioblogging platform that offers an easy way to create and distribute audio content. Most people will use a touch-tone telephone to make their recordings but we also provide worldwide access to the service through VoIP.
Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder
audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
PodcastPeople – Your online podcasting studio™
podcastpeople.com/
 Publish text, audio and video to a customized podcasting show.
Podbean - Free Podcast Hosting, Searching and Subscription, Audio Video Blog Hosting
podbean.com/

Podbean.com is an easy and powerful way to start podcasting

  • Easy to publish your podcast in 3 steps. No tech to learn.
Talkr -- Letting blogs speak for themselves
talkr.com/
 Converts text-only blogs into PodCasts.
Create text-to-speech podcast from RSS feed with Odiogo for iPod, MP3 player and mobile phone
odiogo.com/
It transforms news sites and blog posts into high fidelity, near human quality audio files ready to download and play anywhere, anytime, on any device.
Social Networks

Classroom 2.0
www.classroom20.com/
Welcome to Classroom20.com, the social networking site for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education.
Plurk is a social journal for your life
www.plurk.com/
Tired of your existing Social Networks? Share your life easily with friends, family and fans.
Welcome to TeachStrong.org, an online Professional Learning Community for educators interested in becoming stronger teachers through the use of digital technologies.
Free Social Network for Kids, Teachers & Parents - imbee - imbee.com
www.imbee.com/
 Controlled social network for kids, teachers and parents. This site really does check you out first to verify identity!
 imbee is a parent approved, teacher endorsed social networking site appropriate for kids and 'tweens.
Global SchoolNet: Home
www.globalschoolnet.org/index.cfm
Global SchoolNet's mission is to support 21st century learning. We engage teachers and students in meaningful project learning exchanges with people around the world to develop literacy and communication skills, foster teamwork and collaboration, encourage workforce preparedness and create multi-cultural understanding. We prepare youth for full participation as productive and effective citizens in an increasing global economy.
TakingITGlobal - About TIGed
www.takingitglobal.org/tiged/about.html
 TIGed allows teachers to harness the power of the TakingITGlobal community in a way that fits their needs as educators. Using TIGed, you can give your students access to global perspectives on global issues, new options for expressing their creativity, and an interactive resource to help better engage them in their education -- all in an environment that you control.
WiZiQ Online Teaching, E-Learning and Live E-tutoring for Education
www.wiziq.com/
Use WiZiQ's virtual classroom equipped with live audio-video communication, chat, content sharing, and session recording
capabilities.
Meet other teachers and students interested
in same subjects and topics as you are, make connection with them and communicate either via e-mail or through WiZiQ's virtual classroom.
Share PowerPoint presentations
with your students, teachers and friends
in a Youtube-like format. You can find content created by other members or upload your own to build your content library.
Twitter: What are you doing?
twitter.com/
 Social networking and microblogging service utilising instant messaging.
 
Welcome to Facebook! | Facebook
www.facebook.com/

LiveJournal.com - Start a Free Blog / Journal Today
www.livejournal.com/

www.bebo.com
www.bebo.com/
 
Find a Friend - High School Military College Class Reunions
classmates.com/

Friendster - Home
www.friendster.com/
Video Editing and Sharing

 For teachers and for students. Host videos; find videos; enter great contests for students!
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
youtube.com/
TeacherTube - Teach the World | Teacher Videos | Lesson Plan Videos | Student Video Lessons | Online
teachertube.com/
 Teachers share videos and links to useful videos on other sites for teaching and learning.
DNATube.com Scientific Video Site
www.dnatube.com/
Dnatube encourages scientists to upload videos of their studies, lectures and seminars.
by xtranormal
www.xtranormal.com/
If you can type, you can make movies. Text-to-Movie
celtx - #1 choice for media pre-production.
www.celtx.com/overview.html
Celtx is the world's first all-in-one media pre-production software. It has everything you need to take your story from concept to production. Celtx replaces 'paper, pen & binder' pre-production with a digital approach that's more complete, simpler to work with, and easier to share....
Vimeo, Video Sharing For You
vimeo.com/
 
Joost - Free online TV - Comedy, cartoons, sports, music and more - Download today
www.joost.com/

WebPage Creation and Hosting

SnapPages™ takes online website creation to a whole new level. Now anyone can create and manage a professional quality website with drag-and-drop simplicity. Not only is it fun and easy, with SnapPages you'll end up with a great looking website that you can be proud of.
Free Website & Hosting
www.synthasite.com/

Build A Free Website - The Quick & Easy Website Builder that Requires NO Technical Skills

Free websites - free website hosting, free website templates, free web publishing - Webon
www.webon.com/
Webon.  Create dynamic, stylish, and ad-free pages.

Publish & host your site for free.
Upgrade and get your own domain and other benefits.

Wiki Hosting

Wiki - Free Website - Wetpaint
www.wetpaint.com/
 Free wiki websites; very easy to use and control!
Welcome to Wikispaces - Free Wikis for Everyone
www.wikispaces.com/
 
 
Free wiki | Business - Education - Personal | PBwiki.com
pbwiki.com/
 PB Wiki - quick and easy to use4.
PmWiki | PmWiki / PmWiki
www.pmwiki.org/
 
Welcome to Google Sites
sites.google.com/
Google Sites, a new offering from Google Apps, makes creating a team site as easy as editing a document. Use Google Sites to centralize all types of information -- from videos to presentations -- and share your site with just a few people, your entire organization, or the world.
Wiki - Free Wiki Websites - Wetpaint
www.wetpaint.com/
 Wetpaint powers free wiki websites that are available to anyone and easy to use. In fact, that’s one of the many things that sets Wetpaint apart from other wikis on the web. Creating a Wetpaint wiki is as simple as 1-2-3, so anyone can start a free wiki website they can then share with their family, friends, and the friends they haven’t even met...yet
Main Page - Citizendium
en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page
Help us create the world's most trusted encyclopedia and knowledge base.
The general public and experts collaborate, using their real names. A new knowledge society.
The content on this page is provided by a Google Notebook user, and Google assumes no responsibility for this content.