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Interactive Learning Tools

 * [|Class Tools]
 * [|Wordle]

Mindmapping Tools

 * [|Bubbl.us]: Free Internet tool, supports collaborative mapping
 * [|Ekpenso]: Free Internet tool with Google Gears and Adobe Air versions
 * [|FreeMind]: Free open source tool, once installed does not require Internet access
 * [|Mindmeister]: Free Internet version allows 6 maps, supports collaborative mapping
 * [|Wisdomap]: Free Internet version allows 3 maps
 * [|Mindomo]: Free Internet version allows only 7 private maps (unlimited public maps)

**Video**
[|TeacherTube] An online community for sharing instructional videos. [|The Best 100 YouTube Videos for Teachers] [|Teacher TV] Navigate your way through an extensive library of videos and educational resources. [|Zamzar] Save and convert UTube videos to view the videos without having to access the UTube site. [|YouTube Downloader]It's software that allows you to download videos from YouTube and many others and convert them to other video formats. [|How to Extract Audio from Video]

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**Google Tools**
[|Google Docs] [|Google Docs in Plain English] A video about the concept of Google Docs [|Google Maps] Easy to use online maps [|Google Earth] Satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. [|GoogleSketchUp] Google SketchUp is a deceptively simple, amazingly powerful tool for creating, viewing, and modifying 3D ideas quickly and easily.

**Tools for Language Learners**
[|Lingro*] takes any webpage and then allows you to click on any word in that page to get its translation back into English, Spanish, French, Polish, German or Italian. It also gives the definition of the English word and reads the word.

**Connecting with Classrooms**
[|ePals] Find email penpals around the world [|Global SchoolNet Project Registry] Find online projects around the world

**FanFiction Sites**
[|Harry Potter Fan Fiction] [|FanFiction.Net]

**Digital Photos**
[|Flikr] Online photo management and sharing [|Photo Story 3] Bring your digital photos to life with Photo Story 3 for Windows

**Social Bookmarking**
[|del.icio.us] A collection of bookmarks- yours and everyone elses

**Collaboration and Communication Tools**
[|Skype] Call free on your computer with Skype. Includes video and audio conferencing and chat [|SightSpeed] Easier to use than Skype, video conferencing [|Yugma] With Yugma you can collaborate with offsite team members, give virtual presentations, hold webinars, streamline workflow, provide remote tech support, and much more. [|Twitter] Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: **What are you doing?** [|MindMeister] Users can create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming mode, fellow MindMeisters from around the world (or just in different rooms) can simultaneously work on the same mind map - and see each other's changes as they happen. [|Sketchcasting] Record your sketch and audio to communicate ideas. [|Video: Introducting Sketchcasting!] [|Poll Everywhere] Cast a vote using a cell phone.

**Sharing Tools**
[|Slideshare] SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing slideshow presentations on the web.

**Open Source Creativity Programs**
[|Blender] Blender is an Open Source program where users can create 3D images. [|Alice] The focus of the Alice is to provide the best possible first exposure to programming for students ranging from middle schoolers to college students.