This is the old list (will be updated soon):
- Easy-to-use and secure Internet browser? Firefox or Chrome
- e-Mail system? Gmail
- RSS reader? Google Reader
- Social bookmarking tool? del.icio.us
- Social bookmarking tool with collaborative learning features (groups, forums, etc.)? Diigo
- Social bookmarking tool that allows members to "pin" images, videos and links (URLs) to my pinboard(s)? Pinterest
- Social curation tool that also suggests content? Scoop.it
- Tool that helps me tell stories by curating social media? Storify
- Tool that summarizes my social news feeds (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader)? Summify
- Tool that enables me to capture, visualize, organize and share my bookmarks? SimplyBox
- Tool to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform? Evernote
- Tool to save pages for later? ReadItLater
- Tool to translate text or a webpage? Google Language Tools
- Online Calendar? Google Calendar
- Tool to aggregate all my resources, mail, RSS feeds, etc, in one place? Netvibes, iGoogle or Pageflakes
- Platform to incorporate all my favorite tools within one environment? Elgg
- fully featured electronic portfolio tool? Mahara
- Learning Management System (LMS)? Moodle
- Hosted LMS? Click Here!
- LMS that looks and feels like Facebook? Edmodo
- Tool to assist me in evaluating and selecting a LMS? EduTools
- Learning Activity Management System? LAMS
- Communication and collaboration tool for my University/College/School? Google Apps
- Social Networking tool? Facebook or Google+
- Professional social network? LinkedIn
- Microblogging tool? Twitter
- Twitter client? Tweetdeck
- Micro-blogging platform for my company? Yammer
- Social media dashboard? HootSuite
- Turn Twitter, Facebook and RSS feeds into online newspapers? Paper.li
- Tool to organize, share my online life and discover that of others? Symbaloo
- Tool to create study groups and manage group projects? GroupTable
- Tool to keep track of my schoolwork (assignments)? Soshiku
- 3D online virtual world where I can socialize, connect and learn? Second Life
- Tool to create my own website? Google Sites
- Content Management System (CMS)? Joomla
- Tool to conduct webinars (Web Conferencing)? WiZiQ or BigBlueButton
- Tool to broadcast myself to the world? USTREAM
- Tool to make calls from my computer? Skype
- Videoconferencing chat service? Vawkr
- Content authoring tool? How about two? eXe & CourseLab
- Alternative to Microsoft Office? OpenOffice
- Online suite of office tools? Google Docs or Zoho
- Collaborative course authoring tool? Udutu
- Tool to create and share great video lessons with my iPad? Educreations or ShowMe
- Tool that accurately converts my PowerPoint to Flash (including animations)? iSpring Free
- Tool to share my slides? SlideShare, SlideBoom or authorSTREAM
- Presentation tool to create zooming (and awesome) presentations? Prezi
- Web authoring tool alternative to FrontPage and Dreamweaver? NvU or KompoZer
- Personal online notebook? Google Notebook
- Blogging tool? Blogger or WordPress
- WordPress-powered social network tool? BuddyPress
- Blogging tool for educators? Edublogs
- Directory of edubloggers from around the world? International Edubloggers Directory
- Wiki tool? Wikispaces, Wetpaint or Google Sites
- Encyclopedia, which I can add to or edit? Wikipedia
- Community dedicated to collaborative development of free content? WikiEducator
- Tool to transform media into collaborative spaces with video, voice and text commenting? VoiceThread
- Tool for storytelling? Here are 50!
- Tool for Collaborative Storytelling? Storybird
- Screencasting (recording) tool? Wink
- Hosted screencasting tool (more options)? Screenr, Jing or Screencast-0-matic
- Mindmapping tool? FreeMind
- Tool to brainstorm and create mindmaps online? Bubbl.us or MindMeister
- Easy-to-learn 3D authoring software tool? Google SketchUp
- Alternative to 3D Studio Max? Blender
- tool to make 3D models? Sculptris
- Tool to create comics and cartoons? ToonDoo
- Tool to create animations? GoAnimate
- Revolutionary real-time movie making software? xtranormal
- Audio recording tool? Audacity
- Tool to broadcast from any phone to the Internet live? ipadio
- Tool to create my own 'Internet Talk Radio Show'? Blog Talk Radio
- Tool using my real voice to discuss my interests and passions with anyone? Voxopop
- Tool to record and host my audio recordings online? Odeo Studio
- Tool to convert text to speech? vozMe or iSpeech
- Tool for real-time spelling and translation? eType
- Tool to create personalized speaking avatars? Voki
- Photo/image editing tool? GIMP or Picasa
- Tool that turns my photos/video clips into professional video slideshows in minutes? Animoto
- Exciting word cloud generator? Wordle
- Tool to make an interactive poster? Glogster
- Online photo/image editing tool? Splashup
- Tool to create cool personalized images? Custom Sign Generator Widgets
- Image Resizer? Dosize
- Watermarking tool? uMark
- Screen Color Picker? ColorSchemer
- Tool to highlight text in a webpage? The Awesome Highlighter
- Tool to create flowcharts, diagrams, technical drawings? Gliffy
- Tool to make screenshots from different browsers with one click? Browsershots
- Tool to create PDFs from any Windows program? PDFCreator
- Tool to convert PDF to Word? PDF2Word Online
- Online file conversion tool (e.g. Word >PDF>PowerPoint)? Zamzar
- Online OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool? Free OCR
- QR Code, Semacode and Data Matrix Barcode Generator? QR Code Generator
- Tool to share my videos? YouTube, TeacherTube or Vimeo
- Tool to share any type of file with unlimited storage capacity? Internet Archive
- Online noticeboard? Padlet
- Online science research sharing portal? SciVee
- Online community to share and discuss instructional teacher videos? TeacherTube
- Online community to share, discuss and learn about the uses of educational technology? EdTechTalk
- Online community to test my big ideas? Big Think
- Service for engaging in conversation about news, thoughts and ideas people share? Amplify
- Tool to download videos from any video sharing site (YouTube, Metacafe, etc.)? ClipNabber
- Self-publishing tool (books, papers, articles, etc)? Scribd or Issuu
- Tool to share my pictures? Are you joking! Flickr
- Space to upload and share my files? eSnips
- File hosting solution to share huge files up? FileCrunch
- Tool to sync files online and across computers? Dropbox
- Tool for real-time file sharing and collaboration? drop.io
- Tool to save pages from my computer or phone for later readings? ReadItLater
- 3-ring binder for the Web? Livebinders
- URL shortener and tracker? bit.ly
- Online quiz tool? ClassMarker
- Tool to create interactive quizzes and puzzles? Hot Potatoes
- Tool to create quizzes with videos? ESL Video
- Tool to create web and print-based crossword puzzles? EclipseCrossword
- Inquiry-oriented lesson tool? WebQuest
- Multimedia flashcard tool? Quizlet or MemoryLifter
- Online survey tool? Click here to choose!
- Online polling tool with a bit of fizzle? Polldaddy
- Student Response System (SRS) that uses smartphones, laptops, and tablets and the web? Poll Everywhere or Socrative
- Tool to test which sites loads faster in my browser? Which Loads Faster?
- Tool to create Flash games (templates)? ClassTools.net
- Investment Simulation Game? Virtual Trader
- Interactive 3D business simulator? INNOV8
- Game to understand cancer better? Re-Mission
- Game to understand the scientific method and 21st Century Skills? River City
- Game to understand variable manipulations for urban management? SimCity
- Game to understand social studies better? Quest Atlantis
- Game to understand world hunger and efforts to alleviate it? WFP Foodforce
- Game to learn more vocabulary and help hungry people? Seriously! FreeRice
- List of at least 100 free juicy learning games to spice up my course(s)? Click Here!
- Range of interactive tools to help me understand maths concepts? Shodor Interactivate
- Collection of video tutorials (and assessment) to learn maths? Khan Academy
- Step-by-step math problem solver? Mathway
- Tool to publish my data online and create comparison tables? Tablefy
- Tool to create my own search engine tailored to my needs? Google Custom Search Engine
- Personalized search world? Historius
- Human-powered search engine? Mahalo
- Metasearch engine with visual display interfaces? What! Here is KartOO!
- Search tool presenting results from a large number of websites in different visual ways? Spezify
- Search engine that groups the results by topic via automated clustering technology? Vivisimo
- Science-specific search engine? Scirus
- All-in-one research search tool? Schoolr
- Tool to search query and then select a credible resource? SearchCredible
- Tool to help me collect, manage, and cite my research sources? Zotero
- Tool that generates detailed statistics about the visitors to my website? Google Analytics
- Tool to search, discover, rank and compare different sites around the world? Alexa
- Tool to search the full text of books? Google Book Search
- Tool to search for scholarly literature? Google Scholar
- Tool to search for patents? Google Patent Search
- Tool that sends me email updates of the latest relevant Google results (e.g. e-Learning)? Google Alerts
- Sticky and canvas service (post it)? Lino
- Energy saving search engine? Blackle
- Online visual dictionary and thesaurus? Visuwords
- World digital library? World Digital Library
- Tool to build and distribute my own digital library? Greenstone
- Site to find and search across all OpenCourseWare (OCW) courses? OpenCourseWare Consortium
- Repository and learning network of Open Educational Resources (OER)? OER Commons
- Site to get the latest updates on OER and OCW? OER Blogs
- Site to get access to thousands of free lectures? Academic Earth, iTunes U or YouTube EDU
- Portal to non-formal OER and training resources? Open Training Platform
- Encyclopedia of video tutorials to help me learn any software? Edumax or Wikivid
- Site to practice speaking English while I watch great videos? EnglishCentral
- e-Book to learn more about e-learning 2.0? Learning 2.0 eBook
- Site to learn more about rapid e-learning? The Rapid e-Learning Blog
- Site to learn more about Online Course Development? Hitchhiker’s Guide to Course Development
- Crash course in learning theory? Click here!
- Database of Learning Theories? Click here & here!
- Tool to help me understand and use learning styles effectively? Learning Styles Online.com
- Repository of creative and critical thinking tools? Mycoted to the rescue!
- Route to learn more about the 21st century skills? Route 21
- Repository of how everything works? HowStuffWorks
- Repository of lectures from the world's top scientists? Videolectures.NET
- Repository of resources and simulation tools to learn more about nanotechnology? The nanoHUB
- Directory of academic open access repositories? OpenDOAR
- Site covering today's top social, political, and tech issues? FORA.tv
- Site to improve my learning skills? Study Guides & Strategies
- Gaming tool to help me learn ICT? ReviseICT.co.uk
- Tool to improve my typing skills? Peter's Online Typing Course
- Tool to improve my reading skills? ZAP Reader
- Interactive courseware to improve my workplace skills? ALISON
- Multimedia site that enhance our understanding of war and its history? Maps-of-War
- 3D human anatomy visualization tool? Visible Body
- Site to learn languages? Free Language
- Tool to explore the World? Google Earth
- Tool to search and zoom maps of any country? Google Maps
- Tool to explore the Universe? WorldWide Telescope
- Tool to visualize human development? Gapminder
- Tool to answer all my questions? Wolfram|Alpha, Google Squared or Answer.com
- Site with talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers? TED is a good starting point!
- Article to reveal the secrets of the super-learners? Click here!
- Link to the most innovative web 2.0 (and 3.0) lab in the world? Google Labs
- Tool to stumble upon and discover great websites, videos, photos, etc. ? StumbleUpon
- Daily newsletter that keeps me updated with the latest news on online learning? Stephen's OLDaily
- Site where I can learn more about social media and social learning? Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies
- Site dedicated to tracking the changes occurring in education today? Open Education
- Site to update me on the latest free instructional resources for Higher Education? Educational Technology
- Tool to track plagiarism? Plagium, Viper and more...
- Site to discover delicious free tools, resources, and sites? ZaidLearn's Del.icio.us Discoveries
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