Resources

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Audio
[|Audacity] - record & edit sound - note:install the [|lame_enc.dll] to export files as mp3s [|WavePad] - record & edit sound [|PodProducer] - record & edit multitrack podcasts [|Audio Grabber] - use Audio Grabber to rip songs from CDs to your computer. It's smaller, faster, & smarter than iTunes or Media Player. Be sure to incorporate the lame encoder for better mp3 rips. [|Convert Files to mp3] [|CDBurnerXP] - Freecd/dvd/hd-dvd/BluRay burning software [|ImgBurn] - Freecd/dvd/hd-dvd/BluRay burning software

[|Vaestro] - Turn your site into an audio forum [|YackPack] - Another voice group software

Podcasting Sites
[|PodOmatic] [|Odeo] [|Podshow] [|Gcast] - Podcast from your phone, feed it via RSS, free of course

**Skype**
[|Skype] - free VoIP [|Examples of using Skype in class] //Recording Skype// [|PowerGramo] **PC** - record Skype calls - has easy to use Skype plugin [|Audio Hijack Pro] **Mac** - note: With free version the first 10 minutes record cleanly - paid version has no time limit

Project Collaboration
[|Vyew] -also see Gliffy below [|MindMeister] - online, collaboative mind mapping [|Scriblink]

Video Collaboration
[|Tokbox] [|Ustream]

Digital Storytelling
[|Photo Story 3] Great, free Microsoft product for creating dynamic, narrated slideshows. You are Ken Burns! [|VoiceThread] Digital story telling completely free, completely web-based.

Desktop Video Capture - with sound!
[|Camstudio] [|Windows Media Encoder] [|Screencast-o-matic]

Share Your Desktop
[|Yugma]

Create Desktop Tutorials
[|Wink]

Desktop Capture
[|ZScreen] - Cool screenshot utility

Desktop Audio Capture
[|Mp3MyMp3]

Magnifying Your Desktop
[|Magnifying Glass]

Online Storage
[|Xdrive] - free 5GB online storage [|AMD Live!] - free 25GB storage - can be streaming media [|Box.net] 1GB Free...but great interface! [|Our Media] They're new, but they're good.

Photo Storage & Feeds
[|Flickr] - photo blog with RSS, cellphone camera support, owned by Yahoo [|Picasa] - Ibid but owned by Google [|TextAmerica] - photo blog with RSS, cellphone camera support - specifically targets cellphone user [|Photobucket] - Need a place to host an image, here;s where everybody does it!

Photo Editing
[|Paint.Net] This.Is.Unbelievable. [|Fauxto] No, this is! [|The Gimp] [|Graphic Design]

I can't afford Photoshop
[|Paint.Net] [|The GiMP] Maybe something easier [|Pixen] For kids [|Tux Paint] - also great for writing tablets

Diagrams & Flow Charts
[|Gliffy] Online, of course.

Polls for your blog
[|Polldaddy] [|Jyte]

Custom educational games in Flash for your blog
[|ClassTools]

Widgets
[|Widgetbox]

Video Editing
[|Vivia] [|Wax] - free video editing tool

Online Video Editing
[|Hey!Watch] [|eyespot] [|Jumpcut]

File Compression (Zip)
[|7-Zip]

Emailing Large Files
[|Pando] Allows you to email LARGE files. Has plugins for many email clients. [|YouSendIt]

Office
[|OpenOffice] [|Google Docs & Spreadsheets] [|Zoho]

Graphic Organizers & Manipulatives
[|Graphic Organizers] [|Manipulatives] [|Math Manipulatives] (Hint: Pair this with ZScreen & Paint.net to add images created to your site!) [|Online Graphing Calculator] [|More math stuff than I can sort out!] Courtesy of SMART Board.

Music Creation
[|Acid Xpress]

Drum Loop Creation
[|HammerHead]

Communities & Groups
//Create a password protected secure spot just for your family// //to share & learn// [|Google Groups] [|Yahoo Groups] [|MSN Groups]

Protect Your Email
[|SEO Consultants]

Social Bookmarking/Online Favorites
[|del.icio.us] Social bookmarking [|Diigo] Social bookmarking with integrated annotation, blogging, & web notation tools - also intergrates del.icio.us [|BlueDot] [|ClipMarks]

I want something, I want it for free & I can't find it here!
Ok, try these. [|100-Downloads] [|Go2Web2.0] [|SourceForge] [|PortableApps] [|BootDisk] [|Wikipedia: List of open source software packages] [|Wikipedia: Free software by category portal] [|Wikipedia: Free software]