These tools are the most popular free tools in 25 tools categories of tools on the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 list. The Top 100 Tools list was compiled from the Top 10 Tools lists of over 200 learning professionals worldwide.
These tools are therefore NOT the Top 25 Tools. They are a mix of personal productivity tools (for managing personal learning) as well as authoring tools (for creating learning solutions). Many of them are Web 2.0 tools that promote a social, collaborative, sharing approach to learning.
Links to more information about the Tools:
Links to more information about the Tools:- Firefox - a web browser plus extensions
- delicious - a social bookmarking tool
- Google Reader - an RSS reader
- gMail (or Google Mail) webmail
- Skype - instant messenger and voice call tool
- Google Calendar - an online calendar
- Google Docs -an online office suite
- iGoogle - a personal start page tool
- Slideshare - a presentation sharing tool
- flickr - an image hosting and sharing tool
- Voicethread - a collaborative slideshow tool
- Wordpress - a blogging tool
- Audacity - an audio/podcasting tool
- YouTube - a video hosting and sharing tool
- Jing - a screen capture and screencasting tool
- PBwiki - a wiki tool
- PollDaddy - a polling tool
- Nvu - a web authoring tool
- Yugma - a web meeting tool
- Ustream - a live broadcasting tool
- Ning - a (private) social networking tool
- Freemind - a mind mapping tool
- eXe - a course authoring tool
- Moodle - a course management system
- twitter - a microblogging tool
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