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Toolset for Learning 2008

The following table categorises the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 list
into 25 categories

The most popular free tools in each category make out up the 25 Tools
* denotes a tool that is becoming more popular than the main tool listed

Category		25 key FREE tools	Other Free Tools	Commercial tools
1	Web browsers and extensions	Firefox	Opera \| Internet Explorer ! Zotero	-
1	Players and other readers	Firefox	iTunes \| Adobe Reader	-
2	Social bookmarking	del.icio.us	diigo \| Stumbleupon \| Furl	-
3	RSS readers	Google Reader	Bloglines	-
4	Email Tools	gMail/ Google Mail	Thunderbird	Outlook
5	Instant messaging/ voice call tool	Skype	-	-
6	Productivity Tools (online)	Google Calendar	Google Alerts \| Google Maps \| Remember the Milk \| LibraryThing	-
	Productivity Tools (desktop)		Google Earth \| Filezilla \| OneNote \| Tiddlywiki	-
	(Re)search Tools		Google Search \| Wikipedia \| Google Scholar	-
7	Office suites	Google Docs	Zoho \| OpenOffice	Word \| PowerPoint \| Excel \| Google Apps
	Document hosting tool		Scribd	-
	PDF tools		CutePDF Writer	Adobe Acrobat Professional
8	Personal start pages	iGoogle	Netvibes \| Pageflakes	-
9	Presentation tools	Slideshare	-	PowerPoint \| Articulate Presenter \| Keynote \| Adobe Presenter
9	Presentation hosting tools	Slideshare	-	-
10	Photo hosting tool	flickr	-	-
10	Other photo tools	flickr	-	Adobe Photoshop
11	Collaborative tools	VoiceThread	Basecamp	Basecamp
12	Blogging Tools	Wordpress	Blogger \| Edublogs \| Windows LiveWriter	TypePad
13	Audio/podcasting Tools	Audacity	Jott	Garageband
14	Video hosting tools	YouTube	TeacherTube	-
14	Other video tools	YouTube	-	iMovie
15	Screen capture and screen casting tools	Jing	-	SnagIt \| Camtasia Studio \| Captivate
15	Graphing and imaging tools	Jing	-	-
16	Wiki Tools	PB Wiki	Wikispaces*\| Wetpaint \| Google Sites \| MediaWiki	=
17	Polling /Survey tools	Polldaddy	Survey Monkey*	Survey Monkey
17	Interactivity and animation tools	Polldaddy	SMART interactive whiteboard	Articulate Engage \| Flash
18	Web Authoring Tools	Nvu	Google Sites*	Dreamweaver
18	Text editors	Nvu	Notepad	-
19	Web Meeting/ Conferencing Tools	Yugma	Elluminate	Elluminate \| Adobe Connect
20	Live broadcast tools	Ustream	-	-
20	Virtual world Tools	Ustream	SecondLife	-
21	Social networking Tools	Ning	-	-
21	Social networks	Ning	Facebook \| LinkedIn	-
22	Mindmapping Tools	FreeMind	Bubbl.us	MindManager \| MindMeister
23	Course authoring tools	eXe	-	-
24	Course/Learning Management systems	Moodle	-	-
24	Content management Systems	Moodle	Drupal	-
25	Microblogging tools	twitter	tumblr \| Twhirl	-