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Top 100 Tools for Learning 2007

This list was compiled from the contributions of 150 learning professionals (from both education and workplace learning) who shared their Top 10 Tools for Learning in 2008 both for their own personal learning/ productivity and for creating learning solutions for others. [

TOP 20
Key to availability: D=download; H=hosted; C=insert code onto page
↑↓=change since 2007

Ranking Tool Description Cost Avail
1 Firefox Firefox
Web browser

Free

D
2

Delicious

del.icio.us
Social bookmarking tool

Free

H

3=

Google Search

Google Search
Web search tool

Free

H
  Skype Skype
Instant messaging, VoIP tool

Free

D
5

PowerPoint

PowerPoint
Presentation software

£

D
6 Wordpress Wordpress
Blogging tool

Free

H/D
7= Gmail GMail
Web-based email

Free

H
  Google Reader Google Reader
RSS / Feed reader

Free

H
9 Blogger Blogger
Blogging tool

Free

H
10

Word

Word
Word processing software

£

D
11 Audacity Audacity
Sound editor and recorder
Free D
12= Bloglines Bloglines
RSS/Feed reader

Free

H
  Moodle Moodle
Course management system

Free

D/H
14 Google Docs Google Docs
Web-based documents

Free

H
15 Wikispaces Wikispaces
Wiki tool

Free/£

H
16 flickr flickr
Photo storage/ sharing site (and mobile version)

Free

H
17= Captivate Captivate
Demo and scenario-based tool

£

D
  Facebook Facebook
Social networking site

Free

H
  iGoogle iGoogle
Personalised start page

Free

H
  MindManager

MindManager
Mind mapping tool

£ D
 

Outlook

Outlook
Email software

£

D
22= Articulate Articulate
Presenter/Engage/ Quizmaker

£

D
 

Excel

Excel
Spreadsheet software

£

D
  Thunderbird Thunderbird
Email client

Free

D
  YouTube YouTube
Video hosting/ sharing site (and mobile version)

Free

H
26= Dreamweaver Dreamweaver
Web authoring tool

£

D
  iTunes

iTunes
Music and podcast player

Free D
  Netvibes

Netvibes
Personal start page

Free H
  SnagIt Snagit
Screen capture tool

Free/£

D
  Wikipedia Wikipedia
Collaborative encyclopedia

Free

H
31= Internet Explorer Internet Explorer
Web browser

Free

D
  LinkedIn

LinkedIn
Social network

Free/£ H
  Ning

Ning
Social networking tool

Free H
  OpenOffice

OpenOffice
Office software suite

Free D
  Slideshare Slideshare
Hosting / sharing presentations

Free

H
36= Google Calendar Google Calendar
Web-based calendar

Free

H
  Google Maps Google Maps
Maps of the US. UK, etc (and mobile version)

Free

H
  Google Scholar Google Scholar
Search for scholarly literature

Free

H

 

MediaWiki

MediaWiki
Wiki tool

Free D
40= Elgg Elgg
Social engine
Free D

 

Google Desktop Google Desktop
Computer search/organiser

Free

D

 

Google Earth Google Earth
Satellite and aerial imagery

Free

D
43= Flash Flash
Animation authoring tool

£

D
  GIMP GIMP
Image/photo editing tool

Free

D
  iPod/MP3 player iPod
MP3 player

£

-
  Mobile phone Mobile phone
eg.MDA, Blackberry, iPhone, Treo, etc

£

-
  PB Wiki

PB Wiki
Wiki tool

Free/£ H
  Twitter twitter
Microblogging tool

Free

H
  The written word The written word
Books/Paper/Sketchbook

-

-

50= Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop
Photo/Image editing tools

£ D
  Camtasia Studio Camtasia Studio
Screencasting tool

£

D
  Elluminate Elluminate
Web meeting / conferencing

Free/£

H
  FreeMind Freemind
Mind mapping tool

Free

D

 

Google Notebook Google Notebook
Personal online notebook
Free H
  Scribd Scribd
Document hosting and sharing site

Free

H
  Yahoo Groups Yahoo Groups
Community tool

Free

H
57= Adium Adium
Instant messenger

Free

D
  Adobe Fireworks Adobe Fireworks
Image editing tool

£

D
  Explode Explode
Social network

Free

H

 

Google Alerts Google Alerts
Keep track of new information

Free

H
  Google Groups Google Groups
Group/collaboration Tools

Free

H
  Google Page Creator Google Page Creator
Simple web page authoring tool

Free

H
  Google Talk Google Talk
Instant messenger

Free

D/C
  Parallels Parallels
Run Windows on Mac

£

D
  Picasa

Picasa
Photo editing and sharing tool

Free D/H
  TeacherTube TeacherTube
Instructional video sharing site

Free

H
  Technorati Technorati
Blog search

Free

H
  TypePad

TypePad
Blogging tool

£ H
  Windows Live

Windows Live Messenger
Instant messenger (prev MSN Messenger)

Free D
  Yahoo Mail Yahoo Mail
Web-based email

Free

H
  Zoho Zoho Suite
Online office suite  (and mobile version)

Free

H
72= Access Access
Database software

£

D

 

Adobe Acrobat Professional Adobe Acrobat Professional
Create and control PDF documents

£

D
  Adobe Connect Adobe Connect
Web meeting/conferencing

£

H

 

Adobe Presenter Adobe Presenter
PowerPoint-based e-learning tool

£

D

 

Adobe Reader Adobe Reader
PDF Reader

Free

D
  Amazon Amazon
Online bookshop
£ H
  Cmap Cmap
Mindmapping tool
Free D
  diigo diigo
Social bookmarking

Free

H
  Drupal Drupal/DrupalEd
Content management system

Free

D
  Edublogs edublogs
Blogging tool for educators

Free

H
  Eudora Eudora
Email client

Free

D
  Flock Flock
Social web browser

Free

D

 

Furl Furl
Social bookmarking tool

Free

H
  Gliffy Gliffy
Create and share diagrams
Free H
  eXe eXe
SCORM content authoring

Free

D
  Inspiration

Inspiration
For visual thinking

£ D
  Jaiku

Jaiku
Mobile messenger

Free D
  Keynote

Keynote
Presentation software

£ D
  Notepad

Notepad
HTML and text editor

Free D
  Notepad++

Notepad++
Text and HTML editor

Free

D

  OmniGraffle

OmniGraffle
Diagramming tool

£ D
  Paint Shop Pro

Paint Shop Pro
Image editing tool

£ D
  Quicksilver

Quicksilver
Unified interface for Mac

Free D
  Safari Safari
Web browser
Free D
 

Subversion

Subversion
Version control software

Free

D

 

Tiddlywiki TiddlyWiki
Personal wiki tool

Free

D
  Web Developer Web Developer
Firefox extension with web dev tool

Free

D
  Yugma Yugma
Web meeting/ conferencing

Free/£

D
  Zotero Zotero
Firefox add-on to support research

Free

D
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