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Educational software
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Biology Educational Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
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Immune Attack: an educational video game that introduces basic concepts of human immunology to high school and entry-level college students | http://fas.org/immuneattack/ | Made by Federation of American Scientists | High School |
Geography Educational Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
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Seterra | http://www.wartoft.nu/software/seterra/ | Seterra is a challenging geography program with exercises about countries, capitals, flags and cities all over the world. | Made by Marion Wartoft | English |
Kids' Educational Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
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Kids' Software | http://www.kids-software.com/ | English |
Math Educational Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags |
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Mind Mapping Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
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FreeMind - free mind mapping software | http://toncar.cz/Tutorials/MindMaps/getting_started_with_freemind.html | http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page | A mind mapper, and at the same time an easy-to-operate hierarchical editor with strong emphasis on folding |
Programming Educational Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
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Alice 3 | http://www.alice.org/ | Carnegie Mellon University | The Sims | an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience. | |||
MIT's Scratch: A Programming Language for Everyone | http://scratch.mit.edu/ | Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab | 'Drag and Drop' Teaching Language for Programming |
Vocabulary Learning Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
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Free Rice | http://www.freerice.com/ | non-credit, so far | Browser | Give free rice to hungry people by playing a simple game that increases your knowledge. Used with great success in correction facility in Jamaica. | English |
Educational Software Tools
3-D Content Creation
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Blender | http://www.blender.org/ | model • shade • animate • render • composite • interactive 3d | free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License |
Animation and Machinima-Making Software
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Moviestorm | http://www.moviestorm.co.uk/ | Complete Movie-Making Package for Animations |
Audio Editor and Recorder
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Audacity | http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ | Soundforge | Audio Editor and Recorder | Free - To encode mp3 files from audicity, install Lame |
Backup Storage Online
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Drop Box | https://www.getdropbox.com/ | Sync your files online and across computers | Free for Windows, Mac and Linux | ||||
iDrive | http://www.idrive.com | Features include Automatic Backup, True Archiving, Versioning, Continuous Backup, Mapped Drive Backup and Web-based Backup Management | Get 2 GB of full featured Online Backup for free | ||||
Mozy | http://mozy.com | Simple, Automatic, Secure Online Backup | Get 2 GB absolutely free! No setup fee, no credit cards, no expiration, no hassle. |
Blogging tools
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Blogger.com | http://blogger.com | made by Google | free blogging tool, integrates with other, free Google technologies | All ages | |||
WordPress | http://wordpress.com | made by Wordpress | free blogging tools | All ages |
Communication
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Skype | http://www.skype.com/ | Skype | Free calls, video calls and instant messaging over the internet. | Conference calls and group instant messaging | Multiple |
Debate
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Debate Visualization Tool | http://debategraph.org/ | Skype | Debategraph.org's goal is to make the best arguments on all sides of any public debate freely available to all and continuously open to challenge and improvement by all. | Level | Multiple |
Drawing Programs
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Google Sketchup | http://sketchup.google.com/ | Google Sketchup ... | English |
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Gmail | http://mail.google.com | Gmail | Multiple | ||||
Google Docs | http://docs.google.com/ | Gmail, Google docs, iGoogle, Google Docs, Google Scholar, Google Books, Google Earth ... | Multiple |
Machinima Software
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Google Docs | http://docs.google.com/ | Gmail, Google docs, iGoogle, Google Docs, Google Scholar, Google Books, Google Earth ... | Multiple |
Media Players
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Apple iTunes | http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ | Apple | Audio, video, and media player | Level | Multiple | access iTunes Universities here | |
Apple Quicktime | http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ | Apple | Audio, video, and media player | Level | Multiple | ||
Real Player | http://www.real.com | Real Networks | Audio, video, flash and media player | Level | Multiple | ||
Windows Media Player | http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/10/default.aspx | Microsoft | Media player | Level | Multiple |
Operating Systems
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Chrome | http://www.google.com/chrome | a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. Also an operating system. | |||||
Sugar Learning Environment | http://www.sugarlabs.org | Sugar Labs | the Open Source Software that runs on the XO - One Laptop per Child |
PDF Ebook
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Free PDF Ebooks |
Photo Editing Software
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Vicmans | http://www.vicman.net/download.php?Title=VCW%20VicMans%20Photo%20Editor | VicMan Software | Free, for Windows only | ||||
Toy viewer | http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~ogihara/software/OSX/toyv-eng.html | Toy viewer |
Office Suite
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Open Office | http://download.openoffice.org/ | Open Office | Free and Open Productivity Suite with word processor, spreadsheet, slideshow, etc. | All ages |
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Jing Project | http://www.jingproject.com | Jing | Make Machinimas, and Snap a picture of your screen, record video of onscreen action, share instantly over the web, IM, email |
Social Media Classroom & Forums
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Net Squared | http://www.netsquared.org/ | Net Squared | Share your ideas! Tools to share ideas on the web. | All ages | Remixing the web for social change | ||
Social Media Classroom | http://socialmediaclassroom.com/index.php/ | Howard Rheingold | Classroom and Collaboratory Software | All ages |
Statistical Software
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Scilab | http://www.scilab.org/download/index_download.php | Scilab | The open source platform for numerical computation | ||||
Datamasher | http://www.datamasher.org/ | Forum One Communications | State data. Mash it. |
Stream Video into Second Life and Open Sim
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Veodia | http://www.veodia.com | Veodia | Agile video that puts your work in motion |
Survey Software
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags | |
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Survey Monkey | http://www.surveymonkey.com | Survey Monkey | a simple way to create surveys | All ages | ||||
Lime Survey Software | http://www.limesurvey.org/ | Lime Survey | easy and free open source survey application | All ages |
Textbook Collaborative Production
Add Subject - free, open Textbooks | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Connexions | http://cnx.org/ | Connexions | a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute: authors create and collaborate; instructors rapidly build and share custom collections; learners find and explore content |
Translation Software
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Google Translator | http://translate.google.com/translate_t# | limited languages |
TV - Live Broadcasting
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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justin.tv | http://www.justin.tv/ | Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv/directory/educational | Broadcast your teaching. Live broadcasting in one click. Justin.tv is an online community for people to broadcast, watch and interact around live video. Full video material stored for 7 days only. Clips stored for longer. | Multiple languages |
Twitter for Learning
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Edu-Tweets | http://twitter.com/edu_tweets | Edu-Tweets | Finding and posting the most interesting education links on the web. | Many Levels | English | ||
Educational Freeware | http://twitter.com/EduFreeware | http://www.educational-freeware.com | Most popular educational freeware, mostly for kids, but also for adults. | Many Levels | English | ||
Learning Today | http://twitter.com/LearningToday | Online Educational Software for individualized Reading and Math Instruction | Many Levels | English |
Video-Streaming Hosting Services
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Blip TV | http://blip.tv/ | Blip | Free video hosting, 10 minute length limit | All Levels | English | ||
Daily Motion | http://www.dailymotion.com/us | Daily Motion | Other Info | All Level | Languages | ||
Flickr Video | http://www.flickr.com/ | Made by Flickr | Other Info | All Level | Languages | ||
Kyte.tv | http://www.kyte.tv/home/index.html | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | ||
Vimeo | http://vimeo.com/ | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | ||
Youtube | http://youtube.com | Broadcast yourself for free, 10 minute length, 100 MB limit | All Levels | English | |||
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Video-Streaming Software for Your Mobile Phone
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Qik Mobile Live Video Sharing Software | http://qik.com | Qik | Share live video from your phone |
Virtual Worlds as Fora, Classrooms, Building Sites, Design Sites, Art Studios, etc.
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Second Life | http://secondlife.com | Linden Lab | free to use, teen and adult grid, pay to build, currency for buying and selling | ||||
Open Simulator | http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page | Open Sim | free, open source virtual world software |
Wiki Software
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Wiki Answers | http://wiki.answers.com/ | Enter a question or phrase... | All ages | ||||
Wikia's Wikis | http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia | Wikia | Free wiki software | All ages |