3. “There is no such thing as a free lunch.”
- origin unknown
(But that’s often OK.)
How do they make money?
4. ↓ rank Tool Notes Pers Edu Ent
Twitter Social network & micro-
blogging service
= 1 ✔ ✔
YouTube Video-sharing site
= 2 ✔ ✔
Google Docs/Drive Office suite and data storage
= 3 service ✔ ✔ (✔)
Google Search Web search engine
↑ 11 4 ✔
WordPress Blogging/website tool
= 5 ✔ ✔ ✔
Dropbox File synchronization
= 6 ✔ ✔ ✔
Skype Text and voice chat tool
↓3 7 ✔ ✔ (✔)
PowerPoint Presentation software
↑ 11 8 ✔ ✔ ✔
Facebook Social network
↑5 9 ✔ ✔
Wikipedia Collaborative encyclopaedia
↑1 10 ✔ (✔)
Moodle Course management system
↓3 11 ✔ (✔)
Evernote Note-taking tool
↑5 12 ✔
Slideshare Slide sharing site
↓4 13 ✔ ✔
Prezi Presentation software
↓7 14 ✔ ✔
Blogger/Blogspot Blogging tool
↓3 15 ✔ ✔
Google Reader RSS aggregator
= 16 ✔
Google+ / Hangouts Social network/video meetings
↑9 17 ✔ ✔
Diigo Social bookmarking/
↓5 18 annotation ✔ ✔
Word Word processing software
↑ 23 19 ✔ ✔ ✔
Yammer Private social networking
↑ 11 20 engine (✔) ✔ ✔
EduGlogster Interactive posters
↓ 11 21 ✔
Edmodo Educational social learning
network platform
= 22 ✔
LinkedIn Professional network
↓2 23 ✔ ✔
Scoopit Curation software
↑9 24 ✔ ✔
TED Talks /Ed Inspirational talks/lessons
↑5 25 ✔ ✔
Jing Screencasting tool
↓8 26 ✔ ✔ ✔
Gmail Web mail
↓7 27 ✔ (✔) (✔)
Camtasia Screencasting tool
= 28 ✔ ✔
Audacity Audio recorder/editing tool
= 29 ✔ ✔ ✔
Wikispaces Wiki hosting platform
↓7 30 ✔ ✔
Voicethread Digital storytelling platform
↓6 31 ✔
Adobe Connect Web conferencing software
↑ 27 32 ✔
Google Sites Web/wiki hosting platform
↑ 10 33 ✔ ✔ (✔)
iPad and apps
↑ 10 34 Apple tablet and apps ✔ ✔
Google Chrome Web browser
↑ 10 35 ✔
Pinterest Virtual pinboard
NEW 36 ✔ ✔
Articulate E-learning authoring software
↑9 37 ✔ ✔
Google Maps Interactive maps
= 38 ✔ ✔ ✔
Animoto Video creating software
↓ 12 39 ✔ ✔
Tweetdeck Social media dashboard
↓3 40 ✔
Hootsuite Social media dashboard
↑ 32 41 ✔
Snagit Screen capture software
↑5 42 ✔ ✔ ✔
Adobe Captivate E-Learning authoring software
↑5 43 ✔ ✔
Livebinders Digital organizer
↑ 20 44 ✔ ✔
Sharepoint Collaboration platform
↑ 20 45 (✔) ✔
Mindmeister Mindmapping software
↑6 46 ✔ ✔
iTunes and iTunesU Audio/video player / course
distribution platform
↑ 19 47 ✔ ✔
Delicious Social bookmarking tool
↓ 24 48 ✔ ✔
Outlook Email client
↑ 20 49 ✔ ✔
Blackboard Collaborate Web conferencing software
(previously Elluminate)
↑ 10 50 ✔
SurveyMonkey Survey software
↑ 23 51 ✔ ✔ ✔
Google Scholar Search engine for scholarly
BACK 52 works ✔ (✔)
Adobe Photoshop Image editing software
BACK 53 ✔ ✔
WebEx Web conferencing software
BACK 54 ✔
Google Apps Branded Google apps
↓ 20 55 ✔ ✔ ✔
Khan Academy Video learning platform
↑ 18 56 ✔
Google Translate Online language translator
NEW 57 ✔
Quizlet Flashcards & study games
↑ 24 58 ✔
Scribd Document sharing site
↓3 59 ✔ ✔
flickr Photo sharing site
↓ 24 60 ✔ ✔
Flipboard Social magazine for iPad etc
NEW 61 ✔
Bing Web search engine
NEW 62 ✔
Ning Community platform
↓6 63 ✔ ✔ ✔
Screenr Screencasting tool
↓ 13 64 ✔ ✔ ✔
Firefox + addons Web browser
BACK 65 ✔
Instapaper Read it later tool
NEW 66 ✔
Udutu Collaborative course authoring
↑2 67 ✔ ✔
MovieMaker Movie authoring tool
BACK 68 ✔ ✔
Mindjet (prev Mindmapping tool
BACK 69 MindManager) ✔
Kindle E-book reader
↑ 12 70 ✔
OneNote Note-taking software
↑ 29 71 ✔
Wallwisher Online noticeboard
↓ 18 72 ✔
Zite Social magazine for iPad
NEW 73 ✔
iPhone and apps Apple smartphone and apps
↓ 19 74 ✔ ✔ ✔
Poll Everywhere Live polling
↑7 75 ✔ ✔ ✔
Pocket (prev Read it Read it later software
↑ 14 76 Later) ✔
Edublogs Educational blogging platform
↓3 77 ✔ ✔
Vimeo Video sharing site
↓ 29 78 ✔ ✔
Wordle Word cloud generator
↓ 40 79 ✔ ✔
Symbaloo (and Edu Visual bookmarking dashboard
↓ 39 80 version) ✔ ✔
Excel Spreadsheet software
= 81 ✔ ✔ ✔
Paper.li Curation tool
↑8 82 ✔
lino.it Sticky note service
↓ 15 83 ✔ ✔
Voki Speaking avatars
↓ 44 84 ✔
Buddypress Social engine (WordPress
↑5 85 plugin) ✔ ✔
eFront Course/Learning Management
↓ 28 86 System ✔ ✔
OpenOffice Office software
↓ 26 87 ✔ ✔
PBWorks Wiki software
↓ 54 88 ✔
Learnist Pinboard learning sites
NEW 89 ✔ ✔
MentorMob Create Learning Playlists
NEW 90 ✔ ✔
Mahara ePortfolio/social networking
↓ 24 91 platform ✔
Doodle Event scheduling
NEW 92 ✔ ✔
Keynote Presentation software
BACK 93 ✔ (✔)
Android phones and
tablets
Devices using Google mobile
↓6 94 ✔ (✔)
operating system
Blackboard Course management system
↓6 95 ✔
Tumblr Micro-blogging platform
BACK 96 ✔
Quora Q&A platform
NEW 97 ✔
Windows Skydrive File synchronization
NEW 98 ✔
Popplet Visual bookmarking
NEW 99 ✔ ✔
iMovie Video creation software
↓6 100 ✔ ✔
5. Centre for Learning and Performance
Technologies
“Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012”
http://c4lpt.co.uk/top-100-tools-2012/
Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything
“Mobile Apps to Support Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy”
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
Edudemic.com
“The 100 Best (And Free) Online Learning Tools”
http://edudemic.com/2010/07/the-100-best-and-
free-online-learning-tools/
6. Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 as voted for
by 582 learning professionals worldwide
7. 81 Excel Spreadsheet software
82 Paper.li Curation tool
83 lino.it Sticky note service
84 Voki Speaking avatars
Buddypress Social engine (WordPress plugin)
85
eFront Course/Learning Management
86
System
87 OpenOffice Office software
88 PBWorks Wiki software
89 Learnist Pinboard learning sites
90 MentorMob Create Learning Playlists
Mahara ePortfolio/social networking
91
platform
92 Doodle Event scheduling
93 Keynote Presentation software
Android phones and
Devices using Google mobile
94 tablets
operating system
Blackboard Course management system
95
96 Tumblr Micro-blogging platform
97 Quora Q&A platform
Windows Skydrive File synchronization
98
99 Popplet Visual bookmarking
100 iMovie Video creation software
8. Flipboard Social magazine for iPad etc
61
62 Bing Web search engine
63 Ning Community platform
64 Screenr Screencasting tool
Firefox + addons Web browser
65
66 Instapaper Read it later tool
Udutu Collaborative course authoring
67
68 MovieMaker Movie authoring tool
Mindjet (prev Mindmapping tool
69
MindManager)
70 Kindle E-book reader
71 OneNote Note-taking software
72 Wallwisher Online noticeboard
73 Zite Social magazine for iPad
iPhone and apps Apple smartphone and apps
74
Poll Everywhere Live polling
75
Pocket (prev Read it Read it later software
76
Later)
Edublogs Educational blogging platform
77
78 Vimeo Video sharing site
79 Wordle Word cloud generator
Symbaloo (and Edu Visual bookmarking dashboard
80
version)
9. 41 Hootsuite Social media dashboard
42 Snagit Screen capture software
43 Adobe Captivate E-Learning authoring software
44 Livebinders Digital organizer
45 Sharepoint Collaboration platform
46 Mindmeister Mindmapping software
iTunes and iTunesU Audio/video player / course
47 distribution platform
48 Delicious Social bookmarking tool
49 Outlook Email client
Blackboard Web conferencing software
Collaborate
50
(previously
Elluminate)
51 SurveyMonkey Survey software
52 Google Scholar Search engine for scholarly works
53 Adobe Photoshop Image editing software
54 WebEx Web conferencing software
55 Google Apps Branded Google apps
56 Khan Academy Video learning platform
57 Google Translate Online language translator
58 Quizlet Flashcards & study games
59 Scribd Document sharing site
60 flickr Photo sharing site
10. 21 EduGlogster Interactive posters
Edmodo Educational social learning
22 network platform
23 LinkedIn Professional network
24 Scoopit Curation software
TED Talks /Ed Inspirational talks/lessons
25
26 Jing Screencasting tool
27 Gmail Web mail
28 Camtasia Screencasting tool
Audacity Audio recorder/editing tool
29
30 Wikispaces Wiki hosting platform
Voicethread Digital storytelling platform
31
Adobe Connect Web conferencing software
32
Google Sites Web/wiki hosting platform
33
34 iPad and apps Apple tablet and apps
35 Google Chrome Web browser
36 Pinterest Virtual pinboard
Articulate E-learning authoring software
37
38 Google Maps Interactive maps
39 Animoto Video creating software
40 Tweetdeck Social media dashboard
11. Twitter Social network & micro-blogging
1
service
2 YouTube Video-sharing site
Google Docs/Drive Office suite and data storage service
3
4 Google Search Web search engine
5 WordPress Blogging/website tool
6 Dropbox File synchronization
7 Skype Text and voice chat tool
8 PowerPoint Presentation software
9 Facebook Social network
Wikipedia Collaborative encyclopaedia
10
Moodle Course management system
11
12 Evernote Note-taking tool
13 Slideshare Slide sharing site
14 Prezi Presentation software
Blogger/Blogspot Blogging tool
15
16 Google Reader RSS aggregator
Google+ / Hangouts Social network/video meetings
17
Diigo Social bookmarking/ annotation
18
Word Word processing software
19
Yammer Private social networking engine
20
20. Apple Learning Interchange. Educators create and share lessons and activities here.
MoodleShare. For teachers on Moodle, this resource offers lesson plans, activities, and
even entire courses for K-12 and higher education.
Connexions. The modules provided here can be used as lessons, books, reports, or classes.
Free Curricula Center. Find educational material such as textbooks and instructor guides
for higher education classes.
OER Commons. This OER community provides materials for both K-12 and higher ed.
Curriki. This site aims to distribute free curricula and educational resources to teachers
around the world.
Google for Educators. Google has compiled an enormous amount of information and
resources for teachers here.
Open Educational Resources. Find classes, tools, and other resources at this site.
iBerry. This “academic porthole” provides links to open resources as well as a news
aggregator so you can stay on top of all the OER news.
K12EdCom.org. This site provides open courseware curriculum material specifically for
those in K-12 education.
WiZiQ. Teachers can use this site for uploading content, teaching online, and more while
students can find classes on just about anything.
MERLOT. Get peer-reviewed online learning materials for higher education at this site.
21. Open CourseWare Consortium. This site will search all member
institutions for open courseware classes.
Creative Commons. One of the leaders in the OER movement, Creative
Commons offers licenses for those who create open content and also
provide access to several search engines to help locate material.
DiscoverEd. Search for open educational resources with this experimental
project from Creative Commons.
OCW/OER Search. This Google search engine will look up open and free
materials for higher education.
22. TU Delft OpenCourseWare. Find free classes focusing on engineering and technology here.
Stanford Engineering Everywhere. See what Stanford has to offer in computer science, artificial
intelligence, and electrical engineering courses.
Harvard Medical School Open Courseware Initiative. If you have students planning to go pre-med,
then these classes will be an awesome resource.
MIT OpenCourseWare. Teachers and students can access almost 2,000 courses from MIT. There is
also a section just for high school students called Highlights for High Schools.
Tufts OpenCourseWare. Tufts University has a selection of life science courses on their site.
Sophia Project. Find eight open courseware classes at this site modeled after the MIT
OpenCourseWare project.
UC Berkeley Webcasts. Be sure to search through the archives to find all the classes offered by UC
Berkeley on this site.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health OpenCourseWare. Johns Hopkins offers a variety
of free public health courses here.
Notre Dame OpenCourseWare. Notre Dame offers a few beginning level liberal arts classes on their
site.
Open Learning Initiative. Carnegie Mellon provides access to several classes in a variety of
disciplines.
Utah State OpenCourseWare. See the classes Utah State University has to offer here.
Open Yale Courses. Find introductory classes from Yale here.
Open UW. Check out the classes offered by the University of Washington here.
The UMass Boston OpenCourseWare. Most of these classes from the University of Massachusetts
Boston are math and science-based.
23. Open Vault. Teachers will discover content produced by public TV and radio on
this site.
Nova Teachers Watch Video Online. Teachers can choose from short videos or
longer videos from the Nova magazine and TV program.
YouTube EDU. YouTube has a special section devoted to education-related
videos.
TeacherTube. Rest assured that all the videos here are made by and especially
for educators.
Teachers TV Videos. These educational videos cover a wide range of topics and
are sponsored by an organization from the UK.
Teacher’s Domain. Get video and audio segments from PBS programming just
for educators.
Learner.org. Find tons of free videos to enhance your teaching here.
24. Academic Earth. Find video courses and lectures from major universities on Academic
Earth.
Forum Network. This site provides free video lectures from public stations, community
partners, and respected speakers.
MIT World. MIT publishes open lectures and events that occur at MIT on this site.
TED. Find inspirational lectures given by fascinating people from all walks of life on TED.
Lectr. This “knowledge sharing community” posts educational video lectures from classes
around the world.
Princeton University WebMedia. Get video and podcast lectures and events from
Princeton on this site.
Free Science Videos and Lectures. These videos and lectures vary from basic to complex
and stretch across several different scientific fields.
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Lecture Program. These academic lectures support the
mission of ISI–to promote and sustain a free and humane society.
VideoLectures.NET. This European project shares open education through academic video
sharing.
LearnersTV. Not only can you watch video lectures here, but you will also find science
animations and lecture notes.
Harvard@Home. While these videos haven’t been updated in the past year, the site is still
worth visiting for the awesome video lectures from Harvard events.
25. Purdue Online Writing Lab. This online writing lab has a vast amount of knowledge for anyone who wants to
improve their writing skills.
Open Directory Project. This OER project provides links to thousands of open resources online.
Internet Public Library. Students and teachers can visit this online library to find reference material on a wide
range of topics.
FREE. The Federal Resources for Educational Excellence is a repository for all teaching and learning resources from
federal agencies.
Dictionary.com. Get an online dictionary plus much more with this tool.
The Math Forum @ Drexel. This awesome resource will help both teachers and students with their tools, practice
problems and puzzles, and offers a teacher exchange.
Online Etymology Dictionary. This online resource provides the origins and history of many words and phrases.
Bartleby.com. Get access to a massive list of reference books on this site.
Awesome Stories.This site provides original sources from national archives, libraries, universities, museums, and
government databases that are just right for research projects.
Fact Monster. Get the facts as well as several reference resources on this site.
Dynamic Periodic Table. This interactive periodic table is easy for any student to use and offers detailed
information on each of the specific elements.
refdesk.com. Discover facts, quotes, news, and use searches for a variety of other information all in one place at
this site.
Graphing Calculator. Students won’t need to invest in an expensive graphing calculator when you share this online
resource with them.
Library Spot Grammar/Style. Students and teachers will appreciate the tutorials, how-tos, and style guides
provided here to help learn proper grammar and style.
Searching for Stuff. Find what you need with this simple search site.
26. Edublogs. Get a free blog for your class on this site that is only for those in education.
Class Blogmeister. This free service, designed just for educators, will have you creating a class
blog in no time.
Blogger. While this Google-based blogging platform isn’t education-specific, it is free and easy to
use.
WordPress. If you are a more experienced blogger looking for more creative opportunities, then
check out free WordPress blogs.
21Classes. This free service helps you create classroom homepages as well as manage blogs for
students or the class as a whole.
Twitter. Twitter has become an incredible tool for connecting teachers and students in
collaborative learning environments.
Edmodo. Edmodo is like Twitter, but just for those in education.
QuoteURL. This Twitter tool helps organize tweets so they are all on one page–helpful for Twitter-
based projects.
CiteMe. Students can use this Facebook app to learn about properly formatted citations
according to major styles such as APA, Chicago, or MLA.
DoResearch4Me. If your students are relying too heavily on Wikipedia, have them use this
Facebook app to find information from reputable online sources.
Hey Math! Challenge. For struggling math students, have them use this Facebook app to watch
Flash movies that clearly explain difficult math concepts.
Flashcards. Teachers and students can create flashcards for any subject they are studying with
this Facebook app.
Class Notes. Share your class notes, assignments, and reminders with this app.
27. WikiEducator. Get free content here or sign up to learn how to create and contribute
your own content.
eToolBox. This wiki from Wissahickon School District is all about integrating technology
into the classroom.
Wikiversity. With over 12,500 resources available here, you will find projects, research,
and more on this wiki.
Digitally Speaking. Teachers will find ideas and resources for using technology in the
classroom in innovative ways on this wiki.
Educational Origami. Become a part of bringing 21st century learning into the classroom
when you visit this wiki.
Welker’s Wikinomics. Economics teachers and students can find tons of information on
this wiki and are also invited to contribute.
Flat Classroom Project. This project wraps up its fifth year promoting global
communication and collaboration between classrooms.
GoAPES. This wiki is for secondary and college-level teachers of life sciences.
Salk’s Periodic Table. This unique wiki is an interactive periodic table.
Kidpedia. Kidpedia is an online encyclopedia written for and by kids.
Qedoc. This wiki provides learning resources on a variety of subjects, including foreign
languages, history, math, science, and business.
28. Project Gutenberg. Find tons of free books online here, including everything from
classics to text books.
Open Textbooks. The Community College Consortium for Open Educational
Resources provides links to over 450 open texts appropriate for the community
college level.
Wikibooks. Find textbooks that are not only free to learners, but open to editing by
anyone.
International Children’s Digital Library. This resource provides free online books to
children around the world.
Read Print. Teachers and students will find tons of books, stories, and poems
available for free here.
29. NextGen Teachers. If you’d like to be part of an organization that is all about teachers
making positive changes in education through technology, then check out this
network.
Edutagger. This site facilitates knowledge-sharing by allowing users to find interesting
articles and tag them to share with other teachers.
Classroom 2.0. This popular and very active professional networking site focuses on
collaborative technology in education.
Education Leadership. Become part of the discussion about what makes effective
leaders in education here.
Passionate Teachers. Passionate teachers share ideas, strategies, and resources to
promoting quality education on this site.
TeachAde. Get professional resources and connections with other educators here.
The Schools United. Educators around the world connect here to
collaborate, communicate, and share resources for education.
