Concept mapping

• CMap at  http://cmap.ihmc.us/ is a concept mapping tool that several people can be editing at the same time. You can also take a central map and have every kid create an individual one using the central copy.
• Bubble.us at http://bubbl.us/ allows easy brainstorming.
• Gliffy at http://www.gliffy.com/ allows for the creation of flowcharts.
• List of concept mapping software both paid and free at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_concept_mapping_software and at  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mind_mapping_software.
• Wordle at http://wordle.net/ allows you to create a beautiful word cloud.

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Content Sharing

• Apple Learning Interchange at http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/ includes photo, audio, video sharing site for educational purposes.
• School Tube at http://www.schooltube.com/
• Teacher Tube at http://www.teachertube.com/
• Wiki Books Junior Publishing at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior offers collaborative non-fiction book publishing.
• Wikimedia Commons at http://commons.wikimedia.org/ open source images, sounds, and videos.

                                  

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Drawing

• TuxPaint at http://www.alice.org is an open source drawing program for kids.
• Comiclife at http://plasq.com/comiclife/ has a free version that allows the creation of comics and graphic novels.

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Image Editors

• Pando Attachment Sharing at http://www.pando.com/
• FastStone Screen-Shot Capture at http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/mmedia/FastStoneCapture.html
• Jing at http://www.jingproject.com/ does screen captures and records videos.

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Music Videos

• A N I M O T O at http://animoto.com/ is software to create music videos.

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Podcasting

• Voki at:http://www.voki.com/ allows the creation of podcasting with fun avitars talking.
• Voicethread at http://www.voicethread.com/ allows the creation of podcasting.
• Audacity at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ is a great place to create and edit soundtracks.
• Gcast at http://www.gcast.com/?nr=1&&s=56998528 helps you create a podcast.
• Podcast Free America at http://podcastfreeamerica.com/ is a resource for creating podcasts (teacher or student generated).

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Presentations like PowerPoint

• Google Presentation at http://docs.google.com as a part of Google Docs.
• Slideshare at http://www.slideshare.net/
• Screencast-o-matic at http://www.screencastomatic.com/ allows you to turn screen captures into a video presentation.
• Freesound Project at http://www.freesound.org/ has sound effects and music that can be used in backgrounds.
• Freeplay Music at http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ has downloadable music for presentations.
• Sounddogs at http://www.sounddogs.com/ has sound effects for your presentation.
• Mixwit at http://www.mixwit.com/ will help you create a presentation.
• Author Stream at http://www.authorstream.com/ is a place you can upload and share Power Point presentations.
• Zoho Show at http://www.show.zoho.com/ is an alternative to Google Presentations.

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Spreadsheets

• Google Spreadsheets at http://docs.google.com is a tool within Google Docs.

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