Great+Productivity+List

=Appendix 1 Extensive List of Free Tools = This is a list of free applications and tools that you can find online. Students can use these to create multimedia projects, collaborate with others, conduct research, and present their findings. It is a long list, but by no means exhaustive. Please contact 21stcenturylit@gmail.com to suggest other tools to add to the list.
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**Blogs**

__http://www.edublogs.org__  - We suggest using this service for your in-class blogs. Edublogs blocks content not appropriate for educational contexts.

__http://www.tumblr.com__  - Mainly used for image blogs. Other users of the service may have objectionable content on their blogs.

__http://www.blogger.com__  - Other users of the service may have objectionable content on their blogs.

__http://www.wordpress.com__  - Other users of the service may have objectionable content on their blogs.

**Graphic Design**

__http://aviary.com__  - This is an awesome collection of free digital media creation tools. Image editing of all types, screen capture, even audio editing.

__www.inkscape.com__  - Downloadable graphics editor

__http://www.photoshop.com__  - enables users to use the popular image editor online, within your browser. Requires registration.

__www.splashup.com__  - Free easy to use graphics editor

__www.picnik.com__  - Online photo editor

__http://www.pixlr.com__  - Online image editor

__http://www.glogster.com__  - Create multimedia posters with text, images, audio and video.

__http://www.gimp.org/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Another free image editor

__http://sketchup.google.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Create 3D graphics

===<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Comics/Animation/StoryTelling** === <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;"> __http://www.kerpoof.com/teach__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Kerpoof allows users to create cartoons with stock shapes and character bubbles, but can also be used to create movies, cards, t-shirts, and more.

__http://comiqs.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Turn photos, "doodles", and text into a multipane comic strip with a real comic book like style. Import photos from Flickr or upload from desktop. Add bubbles, text.

__http://www.bitstrips.com__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Create characters and comics. 14 day free trial then charges a fee.

__http://www.bubbleply.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Provide the link to a video from any URL (e.g. youtube.com, Blip.tv) and then annotate with text "bubbles"

__http://www.toondoo.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Create cartoons from scratch

__http://scratch.mit.edu/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Create games, animations, music and art. Learn basics of programming languages. Popular educational tool in schools today.

__http://www.tikatok.com/classroom/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Allows children to create and publish books. Students write and illustrate their own stories. Use a teacher account to get lesson plans, digital proofs, and classroom accounts.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; max-width: 930px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Media Presentation**

__http://www.slideshare.net/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Shareable online slideshows.

<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; max-width: 930px; text-align: justify;"> __http://www.imageloop.com/en/index.htm__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Create slideshows with your images. Share on social networks and the web.

__http://www.prezi.com__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Zooming online presentation tool

__http://docs.google.com__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Online slideshows with chat

__http://voicethread.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Online media album that can holds images, documents and videos and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish. They can even be exported to an Archival Movie for offline use on a DVD or video-enabled MP3 player.

__http://picasaweb.google.com__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Google's free site for storing and sharing photo serves a similar service as flickr, but it also offers the ability to create slideshows with captions, and to associate images with a location on a map.

__http://xtimeline.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Powerful and well designed timeline. Attach images or embed media to any entry, provide source info (for historical timelines?), tags. Can import data from Excel/CSV files. Several users report uneven performance and data loss, however, proceed with caution.

__http://www.vuvox.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Turn your photos, video and music into very high quality presentations that can be easily shared.

__http://letterpop.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Create newsletters, posters, brochures, pamphlets, collages, etc. Provides free templates.

__http://mybrochuremaker.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Easily create brochures or pamphlets with this program.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; max-width: 930px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Information visualization**

__http://www.wordle.net/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Create word clouds- input text (paragraphs, surveys, answers) and Wordle creates a cloud of words with the most common displayed more prominently

__http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/Classic/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Create graphs

<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; max-width: 930px; text-align: justify;"> __http://www.onlinecharttool.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Create many different types of online graphs and charts.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; max-width: 930px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Collaboration Tools**

__http://pbworks.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Create a collaborative digital work space for your classroom. Collaborate with videos, audio, images and text. Tracks contributions and contributors.

__http://piratepad.net__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Allows for simultaneous writing over the internet for multiple contributors.

__http://mind42.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Online collaborative mindmapping in your browser

__http://mindmeister.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Online collaborative mindmapping in your browser

__http://www.exploratree.org.uk/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Graphic organizers for mapping discussions, plans, arguments, flow charts.

__https://docs.google.com__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Create documents, forms, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings. Publicly share the documents or only with a select group. For more information on how to use Google docs in the classroom, check out our Resources page.

__http://textthemob.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Project polls or message boards on a large screen, have everyone send their input via their cell phones and see results instantly! Basic service is free, but then costs a small amount.

__http://www.wikispaces.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Wikis are simple web pages that groups, friends, and families can edit together.

<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; max-width: 930px; text-align: justify;"> __http://springnote.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Collaborate by sharing “Notebooks”, that users can edit and organize individually and as a group.

<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; max-width: 930px; text-align: justify;"> __http://notaland.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Collaboratively create multimedia presentations or posters by mixing audio, video and images with this tool

<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; max-width: 930px; text-align: justify;"> __http://typewith.me__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Allows multiple users to write text simultaneously and have it displayed.

__http://storybird.com/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Collaborative storytelling, skews to a younger audience

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; max-width: 930px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Audio** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Free downloadable audio editor and recorder. The user interface is a bit challenging, but there is a manual and tutorials on the web.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; max-width: 930px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Useful but hard to categorize tools:**

__http://www.openoffice.org__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Like Microsoft Office, or iWork, only free. Provides a text editor, image editor, spreadsheet creator, database designer, and presentation creator. (Word, Photoshop/Paint, Excel, and Powerpoint in other words)

__http://tinyurl.com__ __http://bit.ly__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Use these sites to shorten long web addresses. Once you understand the purpose, can come in quite handy.

__http://www.yousendit.com__ __http://www.dropbox.com__ __http://www.drop.io__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Use these sites to send files that are too large to be sent via email. Free up to 100MB.

__http://sourceforge.net/__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> -If you have any computer geniuses in your classroom, they already probably know about this site. This site provides source codes for open source computer applications. <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin: 0px;"> =<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another list of free online productivity tools! =

** General Productivity Tools: ** 1. Dropbox- __ [|http://dropbox.com] __ Dropbox is a special folder that syncs across multiple computers and mobile devices. Dropbox lets you instantly share files between computers and offers storage that students can access from school or home. 2. Evernote- __ [|http://evernote.com] __ Evernote captures notes and ideas and makes the available over multiple platforms including any computer and nearly every mobile device. Searching ideas and notes is easy, students can search by title, tag, or hand written text. 3. KeepVid- __ [|http://keepvid.com] __ KeepVid lets you download videos directly from YouTube, Google, Metacafe, Putfile and more. It is as simple as copy and paste. Download educational videos for your students to watch offline. 4. TubeChop- __ [|http://tubechop.com] __ TubeChop lets you select a portion from a YouTube video to share. 5. Crocodoc- __ [|http://crocodoc.com] __ Crocodoc lets you upload PDFs, Word documents, and PowerPoint presentations and lets you view and mark them up online. Documents can be shared with others who can highlight and add notes collaboratively. ** PowerPoint Alternatives: ** 6. Prezi- __ [|http://prezi.com] __ create beautiful non-linear presentations with relations, detail zoom, and time adjustment. This is a striking alternative to PowerPoint. 7. Google Docs- __ [|http://docs.google.com] __ Presentations an online presentation tool. 8. 280 __ Slides-http://280slides.com __ an online creative presentation tool that can be shared easily online. 9. Zoho Show- __ [|http://show.zoho.com] __ Comprehensive presentation creation online. 10. Ahead- __ [|http://ahead.com] __ a web application that lets you layout, share, and present rich media content. 11. Slide Rocket- __ [|http://sliderocket.com] __ a web based presentation tool that can be integrated with Google Apps. 12. PreZentit- __ [|http://prezentit.com] __ a linear presentation program where you can create and share presentations. 13. Slideshare- __ [|http://slideshare.net] __ an online tool that lets you share slides created offline. 14. Animoto- __ [|http://animoto.com] __ create online presentations with images, video clips, music, and text. 15. VoiceThread- __ [|http://voicethread.com] __ create online collaborative presentations with video, audio, images, and embedded messages from the creator and viewers. 16. Clip Generator- __ [|http://clipgenerator.com] __ create music videos from images and text online. ** Microsoft Word Alternatives: ** 17. Google Docs- __ [|http://docs.google.com] __ this online word processor allows students to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real time with other students or teachers. 18. Zoho Writer- __ [|http://writer.zoho.com] __ an online word processor that lets students create and edit documents directly in their web browser and share them in the cloud so that they can be shared with anyone. Zoho can allow multiple users to work on a document simultaneously. 19. Primary Pad- __ [|http://primarypad.com] __ a free web-based word processor designed specifically for primary students that allow students and teachers to work together in real-time. 20. Sync.in- __ [|http://sync.in] __ an online word processor that allows students and teachers to collaborate in real-time. Multiple students can edit the same document simultaneously and the changes are reflected in real time. 21. __ Collabedit-http://collabedit.com __ a real time text editor that has an integrated chat function. ** Inspiration (mind mapping) alternatives: ** 22. Mindomo- __ [|http://minomo.com] __ online mind mapping. 23. MindMeister- __ [|http://mindmeister.com] __ web based mind mapping with real time collaboration for brainstorming. 24. Cacoo- __ [|http://cacoo.com] __ an online drawing tool that lets you create diagrams and mind maps. ** Adobe Creative Suite alternatives: ** 25. Aviary- __ [|http://aviary.com] __ a suite of online creativity tools. Photo-editing, logos, web templates, filters, color palettes, screen capture, music creator. This is a great alternative to Adobe’s expensive Photoshop and Illustrator. 26. Picnik- __ [|http://picknik.com] __ Easy to use online photo editing tools. Includes effects, fonts, shapes, and frames. 27. SUMO Paint- __ [|http://sumopaint.com] __ a web 2.0 online application that offers an alternative to Adobe’s Photoshop. 28. Thumba- __ [|http://thumba.net] __ edit images online with simple adjustments and a number of effects. 29. Cloud Canvas- __ [|http://cloud-canvas.com] __ create digital art from any web browser, doesn’t require any plugins. ** Audio Editing Alternatives ** 30. Myna- __ [] __ from Aviary, a complete audio editing suite online that lets students remix music tracks and audio clips. Students can apply sound effects, record their own voice or instruments. ** Video Editing Alternatives ** 31. Jay Cut- __ [|http://jaycut.com] __ a free online video editor including webcam and voice-over, slow motion effects, green screen, drawing and annotation tool, and customize and colorize clips. 32. One True Media- __ [|http://onetruemedia.com] __ mix photos and videos with special effects to create a slideshow/video montage. 33. Flixtime- __ [|http://flixtime.com] __ create videos online using images, video clips, and music. 34. Stupeflix- __ [|http://stupeflix.com] __ mix images videos and add soundtracks in an online editor, add titles and transitions for an impressive yet simple-to-create video.