| Category | 25 key FREE tools | Other Free Tools | Commercial tools | |
| 1 | Web browsers and extensions | Opera | Internet Explorer ! Zotero | - | |
| Players and other readers | iTunes | Adobe Reader | - | ||
| 2 | Social bookmarking | del.icio.us | diigo | Stumbleupon | Furl | - |
| 3 | RSS readers | Bloglines | - | |
| 4 | Email Tools | Thunderbird | Outlook | |
| 5 | Instant messaging/ voice call tool | - | - | |
| 6 | Productivity Tools (online) | Google Calendar | Google Alerts | Google Maps |Remember the Milk | LibraryThing | - |
| Productivity Tools (desktop) | Google Earth | Filezilla | OneNote |Tiddlywiki | - | ||
| (Re)search Tools | Google Search | Wikipedia | Google Scholar | - | ||
| 7 | Office suites (docunment, spreadsheet and presentation tools) | Google Docs | Zoho | OpenOffice | Word | PowerPoint |Excel | Google Apps |
| Document hosting tool | Scribd | - | ||
| PDF tools | CutePDF Writer | Adobe Acrobat Professional | ||
| 8 | Personal start pages | Netvibes | Pageflakes | - | |
| 9 | (Narrated) Presentation tools | Slideshare | - | PowerPoint |Articulate Presenter |Keynote | Adobe Presenter |
| Presentation hosting tools | - | - | ||
| 10 | Photo hosting tool | flickr | - | - |
| Other photo tools | - | Adobe Photoshop | ||
| 11 | Collaborative tools | VoiceThread | Basecamp | Basecamp |
| 12 | Blogging Tools | Wordpress | Blogger | Edublogs | Windows LiveWriter | TypePad |
| 13 | Audio/podcasting Tools | Jott | Garageband | |
| 14 | Video hosting tools | YouTube | TeacherTube | - |
| Other video tools | - | iMovie | ||
| 15 | Screen capture and screen casting tools | - | SnagIt | Camtasia Studio | Captivate | |
| Graphing and imaging tools | - | - | ||
| 16 | Wiki Tools | PB Wiki | Wikispaces| Wetpaint | Google Sites | MediaWiki | = |
| 17 | Polling /Survey tools | Polldaddy | ||
| Interactivity and animation tools | SMART interactive whiteboard | Articulate Engage |Flash | ||
| 18 | Web Authoring Tools | Nvu | Google Sites | Dreamweaver |
| Text editors | Notepad | - | ||
| 19 | Web Meeting/ Conferencing Tools | Yugma | Elluminate | Elluminate | Adobe Connect |
| 20 | Live broadcast tools | Ustream | - | - |
| Virtual world Tools | SecondLife | - | ||
| 21 | Social networking Tools | Ning | - | - |
| Social networks | Facebook | LinkedIn | - | ||
| 22 | Mindmapping Tools | FreeMind | Bubbl.us | MindManager |MindMeister |
| 23 | Course authoring tools | eXe | - | - |
| 24 | Course/Learning Management systems | - | - | |
| Content management Systems | Drupal | - | ||
| 25 | Microblogging tools | tumblr | Twhirl | - | |
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Tools for learning 2008
More from the good folks at the Center for Learning & Performance Technologies
