Audacity

Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.

audacity.sourceforge.net/

 

Blender  

Free open source 3D content creation suite that allows you to model, shade, animate, compose, and animate interactive 3D content.  Available for all operating systems under the GNU General Public License. 

www.blender.org/ 

 

Del.icio.us 

Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source.  With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet.

http://delicious.com/ 

 

Gaggle Email Accounts 

Gaggle.net is a safe web-based internet communication system for students where the teacher is always in control.  The tools provided allows schools to feel confident about giving their students access to email and other internet tools.

www.gaggle.net

 

Gamemaker

Develop computer games without having to learn how to program.

www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker

 

Gimp 

Image manipulation program that allows image retouching, image composition, and image authoring.  Available for all operating systems under the GNU General Public License.

www.gimp.org

 

Inkscape

An open source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator or CorelDraw using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. 

 www.inkscape.org

 

ITunes8 (Podcasting)

The iTunes Store offers more than 100,000 audio and video podcasts from independent creators and big names like HBO, NPR, ESPN, The Onion, CBS Sports, and The New York Times.

 www.apple.com/itunes/whatson/podcasts/

 

 

MP3 Ringtones (Free)

A website that you can search thousands of ringtones and download as an mp3 file to your PC or directly to your phone.

audiko.net/

 

Open Office

OpenOffice.org is the open source project through which Sun Microsystems has released the technology for the popular StarOffice[tm] Productivity Suite. All of the source code is available under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). Sun is participating as a member of the OpenOffice.org community. OpenOffice.org is being hosted by Collabnet.

download.openoffice.org/other.html#en-US

 

Squared 5- MPEG Streamclip for Mac and Windows

MPEG Streamclip is a powerful free video converter, player, editor for Mac and Windows. It can play many movie files, not only MPEGs; it can convert MPEG files between muxed/demuxed formats for authoring; it can encode movies to many formats, including iPod; it can cut, trim and join movies. MPEG Streamclip can also download videos from YouTube and Google by entering the page URL. http://www.squared5.com/

 

Virtual Desktop

visionapp Remote Desktop 2008 (vRD 2008) is a powerful tool for managing and accessing multiple Windows servers and desktops via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol).  vRD 2008 features unparalleled ease of use, accelerated remote desktop access to servers and workstations, detailed logging features, and a new interface that allows administrators to view all connected machines simultaneously.

http://www.visionapp.com/1683.0.html?

 

Windows Movie Maker

Free download for all Windows XP users.  Create, edit, and share your home movies easily with this user friendly software applications.

www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx 

 

Wikis (FREE AND EASY TO USE)

Pb Educational Wikis - ad free, educational wiki, great collaboration tool, easy to set-up wiki.  pbwiki.com/education.wiki

 

Wordpress (Blogs and Podcasting)

Wordpress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.  WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.  www.wordpress.com

You Tube Converter

Need to download a You-Tube video and convert into a video file?  This is the site from you... (avi, mpg, wmv) file. www.zamzar.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.  www.wordpress.com