My presentation for ULearn11 about free resources, software and services you can use in your class.

1. 37 Free Tools and Services
from the Internet
Mark Buckland
mbuckland@hurupaki.school.nz
@mjbuckland
Integrating new technologies to empower learning and transform
leadership

2. 3 types of tools:
• Freeware
• Web 2.0 Tools and Services
• Firefox Add-ons

3. Freeware
•App store (use the )
•Google Searches
•applemacfreeware.com
•freemacware.com

4. Firefox
An Internet Web
Browser. A ‘faster’
alternative to Safari on
the Mac, or Internet
Explorer on the PC.

5. Vienna
An RSS (Rich Site
Summary) feed reader. This
means it automatically
retrieves information and
articles from websites that
you regularly visit.

6. Skype
A communication tool.
Free calls, video calls and
instant messaging over the
internet. Also has the
ability to make paid calls.

7. VLC
A media player. Plays
almost any video file type.
Available in Mac and PC
versions.

8. Handbrake
A DVD Ripper. Creates
video files on your
computer of DVDs.
Copyright issues very
‘fuzzy’. Requires VLC.

9. Jing Screen capturing. Easily
capture a short movie of your
screen, or a portion of it, and
save as a flash movie file.

10. Flip4Mac
Components that you add
to Quicktime to enable
playback of Windows
Media Video and
Audio(.wmv and .wma)
files.

11. MindNode
A basic mind-mapping
application. Simple and
easy to use.

12. Highlight
A screen-writing
application. Allows you to
write on top of what is
shown.

13. The Unarchiver
An application that ‘unzips’
or decompresses many
different kinds of
compressed files.

14. Burn
An applications that makes
burning discs easy. You can
make data, audio and video
discs, as well as copy a
non-protected disc.

15. Image Tricks
An application for editing
images and pictures.

16. Apimac Timer
Timer Application. Can use
as a countdown timer, a
stop watch, or an alarm
clock

17. Timer
Very simple count-up or
count-down.

18. Disk Inventory X
Maps out your hard drive
so you can see where all
your space has gone. Fully
integrates into Finder.

19. Sizzling Keys
Control your iTunes from
anywhere, and other
actions, with keyboard
shortcuts

20. Anxiety
Productivity Application. A
fancy term for a to-do list.
Very basic, and simple to
use.
Next is Web2.0 tools...

21. Web 2.0 Tools/Services
•Cool Tools for Schools
a ‘one stop shop’ for
anything you want or need
on the Internet.
•Google Searches
•Magazines, eg. Interface

22. Delicious
Bookmark storing website.
Allows you (and class) to
store your websites online,
so they are accessible
from anywhere with a
connection.

23. Diigo
Very similiar to delicious,
but seems to have more
‘bells and whistles’ (but
untested by me)

24. Voicethread
A website that holds
multimedia and allows
people to comment, create
and join discussions relating
to specific topics.

25. Wordle
A website that creates
word clouds from a list of
words of a body of text.

26. Worditout
Another word-cloud
website that give
‘more control’ over
the final product.

27. Tagxedo
Yet another Word Cloud
site, though this is like
Wordle on steroids....

28. Story Creator
A website that
allows you to
create a story
with slides that
you build.

29. Piratepad / Typewith.me
Collaborative writing. Allows multiple users to write
simultaneously on one document in real time.
Uses EtherPad protocol, whose has been
bought and shut down by Google.

30. Wallwisher
Write notes on
a ‘wall’ to
record
thoughts, ideas
or answers.
EducampTT
ulearn11 wall

31. Shelfari
Book recording
site. Users ‘store’
the books they
have read, reading
or plan to read.

32. Pic Lits
Writing / Poetry
Site. Allows users
to drag pre-set
words to create a
sentence in
response to a
picture. Can also
write ‘freestlye’

33. Slideshare
Presentation
sharing. Users
upload
presentations for
others to view and
download.

34. Tutpup
Maths and Basic Facts Practice.
Students compete against others
from around the world to answer
the more questions.

35. Compfight Searches Flickr for images with
keywords, providing faster and
more accurate results.

36. Copy a link from YouTube (or
ZamZar other video sites) and have a video
converted into any format.

37. bit.ly Shorten long web addresses for
greater ease of use.
tinyurl.com is an alternative,
customisable, but popular, so
most have already gone

38. Issuu
A wide range of magazines and
other publications in pdf form
Next are Firefox Add-ons...

39. Firefox Add-ons
•In Firefox, click on Tools, then
on Add-ons.
•Google Searches

40. Cooliris View a large group of photos
easier and faster.

41. Delicious
Quick access
to your
bookmarks on
delicious.

42. VideoDownloadHelper
Download videos from YouTube-
like sites. Also works also for audio
and picture galleries.

43. 1-Click YouTube Video
Download videos from YouTube
with one click. flv, mp4 or 3gp

44. Download YouTube Videos
Download videos from YouTube
by clicking on the “Download”
button.

45. DownloadStatusBar
View and manage downloads from
a tidy statusbar - without the
download window getting in the
way.

46. ReadItLater
Saves websites/pages for reading
at another time, without filling you
bookmarks menu.

47. Read Later Fast
Saves websites/pages for reading
at another time, without filling you
bookmarks menu.

48. ScreenGrab
Allows you to take a picture of an
entire webpage or a selection.
(Doesn’t work on Firefox7)

49. Awesome Screenshot
Takes a photo of your webpage,
and allows you to annotate before
you save.

50. SearchPreview
The extension
inserts preview
images of web sites
into the Google,
Yahoo and Bing
search results
pages.

51. This add-on provides direct
Fast Dial access to your most visited
websites. Create your own
‘homepage’.
Speed Dial

52. Firefox Themes
Customize your Firefox