Fwd: [p2p-research] Fwd: Free learning tools

[Dante-Gabryell Monson]

although for many of these entries there are other often many other great free services ...

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From ZaidLearn  [http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/04/free-learning-tool-for-every-learning.html]

Let's explore the idea that there is at least one excellent free learning tool (or site) for every learning problem, need or issue!

I want a FREE:

1. Easy-to-use and secure Internet browser? Firefox
2. e-Mail system? Gmail
3. Social bookmarking tool? del.icio.us
4. Social bookmarking tool with collaborative learning features (groups, forums, etc.)? Diigo
5. Tool to translate text or a webpage? Google Language Tools
6. RSS reader? Omea Reader
7. Online RSS reader? Google Reader
8. Online Calendar? Google Calendar
9. Tool to aggregate all my resources, mail, RSS feeds, etc, in one place? iGoogle or Pageflakes
10. Platform to incorporate all my favorite tools within one environment? Elgg
11. Learning Management System (LMS)? Easy, Moodle
12. Hosted LMS? Here are SEVEN!
13. Tool to assist me in evaluating and selecting a LMS? EduTools
14. Learning Activity Management System? LAMS
15. Collaboration tool? Connect with Ning
16. Social Networking tool? Tricky one! Facebook
17. 3D online virtual world where I can socialize, connect and learn? Second Life
18. Content Management System (CMS)? Joomla
19. Tool to create my own website? Webnode
20. Virtual Classroom? DimDim
21. Hosted Virtual Classroom? WiZiQ
22. Tool to broadcast myself to the world? USTREAM
23. Tool to make calls from my computer? Skype
24. Videoconferencing chat service? Vawkr
25. Content authoring tool? How about two? eXe & CourseLab
26. Alternative to Microsoft Office? OpenOffice
27. Online suite of office tools? Google Docs or Zoho
28. Tool that accurately converts my PowerPoint to Flash (including animations)? iSpring Free
29. Web authoring tool alternative to FrontPage and Dreamweaver? NvU or KompoZer
30. Personal online notebook? Google Notebook
31. Blogging tool? WordPress! Why aren't you using WordPress? Good Question!
32. Blogging tool for educators? Edublogs
33. Directory of edubloggers from around the world? International Edubloggers Directory
34. Microblogging tool? Twitter
35. Wiki tool? PBwiki
36. Encyclopedia, which I can add to or edit? Wikipedia
37. Community dedicated to collaborative development of free content? WikiEducator
38. Audio recording tool? Audacity
39. Tool to record and host my audio recordings online? Odeo Studio
40. Tool to transform media into collaborative spaces with video, voice and text commenting? VoiceThread
41. Tool for storytelling? Here are 50!
42. Screencasting (recording) tool? Wink
43. Hosted screencasting tool? Jing
44. Mindmapping tool? FreeMind
45. Tool that lets me brainstorm and create mindmaps online? Bubbl.us
46. Easy-to-learn 3D authoring software tool? Google SketchUp
47. Alternative to 3D Studio Max? Blender
48. Photo/image editing tool? GIMP or Picasa
49. Online photo/image editing tool? Splashup
50. Tool to create cool personalized images? Custom Sign Generator Widgets
51. Image Resizer? Dosize
52. Watermarking tool? uMark
53. Screen Color Picker? ColorSchemer
54. Tool to highlight text in a webpage? The Awesome Highlighter
55. Tool to create flowcharts, diagrams, technical drawings? Gliffy
56. Tool to create comics and cartoons? ToonDoo
57. Tool to make screenshots from different browsers with one click? Browsershots
58. Tool to create PDFs from any Windows program? PDFCreator
59. Online file conversion tool (e.g. Word >PDF>PowerPoint)? Zamzar
60. Tool to share my slides? Too easy man! SlideShare
61. Tool to share my videos? Come on! YouTube
62. Online science research sharing portal? SciVee
63. Online community to share and discuss instructional teacher videos? TeacherTube
64. Online community to share, discuss and learn about the uses of educational technology? EdTechTalk
65. Online community to test my big ideas? Big Think
66. Tool to download videos from any video sharing site (YouTube, Metacafe, etc.)? ClipNabber
67. Self-publishing tool (books, papers, articles, etc)? Scribd
68. Tool to share my pictures? Are you joking! Flickr
69. Space to upload and share my files? eSnips
70. File hosting solution that allows me to share files up to 250MB each? FileCrunch
71. Online quiz tool? ClassMarker
72. Tool to create interactive quizzes and puzzles? Hot Potatoes
73. Tool to create web and print-based crossword puzzles? EclipseCrossword
74. Inquiry-oriented lesson tool? WebQuest
75. Online polling tool with a bit of fizzle? Polldaddy
76. Online survey tool? Click here to choose!
77. Tool to create Flash games (templates)? ClassTools.net
78. Investment Simulation Game? Virtual Trader
79. Interactive 3D business simulator? INNOV8
80. Game to understand cancer better? Re-Mission
81. Game to understand the scientific method and 21st Century Skills? River City
82. Game to understand variable manipulations for urban management? SimCity
83. Game to understand social studies better? Quest Atlantis
84. Game to understand world hunger and efforts to alleviate it? WFP Foodforce
85. Game to learn more vocabulary and help hungry people? Seriously! FreeRice
86. Range of interactive tools to help me understand maths concepts? Shodor Interactivate
87. Tool to create my own search engine tailored to my needs? Google Custom Search Engine
88. Human-powered search engine? Mahalo
89. Metasearch engine with visual display interfaces? What! Here is KartOO!
90. Search engine that groups the results by topic via automated clustering technology? Vivisimo
91. Science-specific search engine? Scirus
92. All-in-one research search tool? Schoolr
93. Tool to help me collect, manage, and cite my research sources? Zotero
94. Tool that generates detailed statistics about the visitors to my website? Google Analytics
95. Tool to search, discover, rank and compare different sites around the world? Alexa
96. Tool to search the full text of books? Google Book Search
97. Tool to search for scholarly literature? Google Scholar
98. Tool to search for patents? Google Patent Search
99. Tool that sends me email updates of the latest relevant Google results (e.g. e-Learning)? Google Alerts
100. Energy saving search engine? Blackle
101. Online visual dictionary and thesaurus? Visuwords
102. World digital library? World Digital Library
103. Tool to build and distribute my own digital library? Greenstone
104. Site to find and search across all OpenCourseWare (OCW) courses? OpenCourseWare Consortium
105. Repository and learning network of Open Educational Resources (OER)? OER Commons
106. Site to get the latest updates on OER and OCW? OER Blogs
107. Portal to non-formal OER and training resources? Open Training Platform
108. Encyclopedia of video tutorials to help me learn any software? Edumax or Wikivid
109. e-Book to learn more about e-learning 2.0? Learning 2.0 eBook
110. Site to learn more about rapid e-learning? The Rapid e-Learning Blog
111. Site to learn more about Online Course Development? Hitchhiker's Guide to Course Development
112. Crash course in learning theory? Click here!
113. Database of Learning Theories? Click here & here!
114. Tool to help me understand and use learning styles effectively? Learning Styles Online.com
115. Repository of creative and critical thinking tools? Mycoted to the rescue!
116. Route to learn more about the 21st century skills? Route 21
117. Repository of how everything works? HowStuffWorks
118. Repository of lectures from the world's top scientists? Videolectures.NET
119. Directory of academic open access repositories? OpenDOAR
120. Site covering today's top social, political, and tech issues? FORA.tv
121. Site to improve my learning skills? Study Guides & Strategies
122. Gaming tool to help me learn ICT? ReviseICT.co.uk
123. Tool to improve my typing skills? Peter's Online Typing Course
124. Tool to improve my reading skills? ZAP Reader
125. Interactive courseware to improve my workplace skills? ALISON
126. Multimedia site that enhance our understanding of war and its history? Maps-of-War
127. 3D human anatomy visualization tool? Visible Body
128. Tool to learn languages? Mango
129. Tool to explore the World? Google Earth
130. Tool to explore the Universe? WorldWide Telescope
131. Tool to visualize human development? Gapminder
132. Tool to answer all my questions? Answer.com
133. Site with talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers? TED is a good starting point!
134. Article to reveal the secrets of the super-learners? Click here!
135. Link to the most innovative web 2.0 (and 3.0) lab in the world? Google Labs
136. Tool to stumble upon and discover great websites, videos, photos, etc. ? StumbleUpon
137. Daily newsletter that keeps me updated with the latest news on online learning? Stephen's OLDaily
138. Site dedicated to tracking the changes occurring in education today? Open Education
139. Site to update me on the latest free instructional resources for Higher Education? EduResources Weblog & Educational Technology
140. Site to discover delicious free tools, resources, and sites? ZaidLearn's Del.icio.us Discoveries
141. Site to make you shut up? About time! Here we go:

25 (must-have free) Tools: Professional Development Programme (Jane Knight)

In short, for every learning problem (or issue) we have today, there is probably a free tool or site out there that enables us to solve it. If not, I am pretty sure some genius out there is constructing it right now. If no one is doing it, perhaps we can do it.

Another challenge is to integrate all our learning tools efficiently and effectively into our learning spaces. On the positive note, more and more tools are creating integration modules to widely used systems like Moodle and Facebook, so it might not be so difficult after all. Also, with OpenID we can increasingly login to all our favorite websites without much hassle. Single-login to all our learning tools! Now that is something we all can appreciate! Remember one password! Tough one!

If you want to experience my learning adventure as I discover, perhaps you should subscribe to my Del.icio.us Learning Adventure! Otherwise, you could always wait a week or two for the updates in this blog. Have fun 'Socratic Tooling' to solve your learning problems and issues :)

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