If it’s Free, It’s For ME!

Recently Added:

Added 11-6-09

Added 11-2-09
Animation Tool: http://goanimate.com/

Added 10-20-09
e-Book on M-Learning: http://ro.uow.edu.au/newtech/

Added 10-22-09
Powerpoint and twitter audience engagement: http://www.sapweb20.com/blog/powerpoint-twitter-tools/
Poll your audience: www.polleverywhere.com
Aviary Audio Editing Software & More: http://aviary.com/flash/aviary/index.aspx?tid=6&Myna# or http://aviary.com
Screengrab: Screen Capture ad-in for Firefox: www.screengrab.org
Firefox Ad-ins: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10367
Photo Editing Tool: www.picnik.com
Citation and Research Tool: www.zotero.org
Convert your Powerpoint to Flash: www.ispringsolutions.com
Mypodcast: www.mypodcast.com
Media Converter: www.mediaconverter.org

Added 10-23-09
Live Stream: www.livestream.com

Ongoing List:

Rubrics & Quality Assessment Information:
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
http://www.uen.org/rubric/
http://www.rubrics4teachers.com/
http://landmark-project.com/rubric_builder/index.php
http://kb.blackboard.com/download/attachments/25374365/2009_Blackboard_Exemplary_Course_Program_Rubric_final.doc
http://www.humboldt.edu/~aof/aof.htm

Blackboard Exemplary Course Program:
http://communities.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_287_1

More Tools:
http://www.rpi.edu/coursedevelopers/InstructionalTools/IT_index.htm

Net Meeting / Screen Sharing:
Yugma www.yugma.com
Windows Live www.windowslive.com
DimDim: www.dimdim.com
Elluminate: www.elluminate.com (3 for free)
Adobe Connect: http://www.adobe.com/acom/connectnow/

Collaboration: Personal Learning Networks
What are you doing? www.twitter.com
Google Docs: www.google.com
Windows Live: www.windowslive.com (Sky drive)
Wiggio: www.wiggio.com/

Powerpoint Slide Sharing:
http://www.slideshare.net/
http://www.authorstream.com

Animation tool:
Go Animate http://goanimate.com/

Convert Powerpoint to Flash:
www.ispringsolutions.com

SOUND Editing Software:
Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Myna: www.aviary.com
Mypodcast: www.mypodcast.com

Information for ALL disciplines.
http://www.free.ed.gov/

Video / Screen recording software:
http://www.jingproject.com/
Jing: http://www.jingproject.com/
Blueberry: http://www.bbsoftware.co.uk/BBFlashBack_FreePlayer.aspx
Wink: http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
ScreenToaster: –http://www.screentoaster.com/
Faststone: http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm
CamStudio: http://camstudio.org/
Auto Screen Recorder: http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/autoscreenrecorder_free.htm
Screenr: http://screenr.com/ (Developed by the people from Articulate!)
Screengrab: www.screengrab.org

Convert Videos to any format including Converting Youtube Videos:
www.mediaconverter.org

Free Development Software:
http://www.udutu.com/

Flicker:
www.flickr.com

Course Capture Software (Free to Educational Institutions)
Panopto (www.panopto.com)
Recorded Webinar Demo

Stream your class:
www.ustream.tv
www.mebeam.com
www.stickam.com
www.livestream.com

Live Class Polling:
http://www.polleverywhere.com/
http://www.sapweb20.com/blog/powerpoint-twitter-tools/

Information on Free Media:
Cogdogroo

Citation and Research Tools:
www.zotero.org

100+ places to learn online for FREE:
Mission to Learn

http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/
Free courses for anyone!

e-Book on M-Learning:
http://ro.uow.edu.au/newtech/

Image editing and animation tool:
http://a.viary.com/home
http://www.voki.com/
www.picnik.com

Voice Thread:
http://www.utterli.com/ – Great site to use for posting daily video logs or incorporating video discussion boards.

Student and Teacher Resources:

MERLOT: (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning & Online Teaching)
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

Classroom 2.0:
http://www.classroom20.com/
This is an awesome site with resources and information on tons of Web 2.o information.

Text Replacement Tool to reduce typing:
Short Keys
I use this tool extensively. It works great for repetitive questions, or anytime you have to enter the same text over and over again.

CoComment
Use this tool to create conversations on websites that don’t have this feature. Your online classes could use this to discuss information on different web pages and you can easily keep track of it.