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Educational software
Astronomy Educational Software
| Add Software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide Telescope | http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx | Microsoft Research | enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky. | English |
Biology Educational Software
| Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immune Attack | http://fas.org/immuneattack/ | Made by Federation of American Scientists | an educational video game that introduces basic concepts of human immunology to high school and entry-level college students | High School |
Chat Software
| Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tweet Chat | http://tweetchat.com/room/ocrsf | Made by Twitter | Twitter Chat room - helps put your blinders on to the Twitter-sphere while you monitor and chat about one topic. |
Cities
| Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HyperCities | http://hypercities.com/about/ | Developed though collaboration between UCLA and USC | HyperCities is a digital research and educational platform for exploring, learning about, and interacting with the layered histories of city and global spaces. | English |
Geography Educational Software
| Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seterra | http://www.wartoft.nu/software/seterra/ | Made by Marion Wartoft | a challenging geography program with exercises about countries, capitals, flags and cities all over the world. | English |
Kids' Educational Software
| Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kids' Software | http://www.kids-software.com/ | English | |||||
| Lifelong Kindergarten | http://llk.media.mit.edu/ | MIT Media Lab | develops new technologies that, in the spirit of the blocks and fingerpaint of kindergarten,
expand the range of what people can design, create, and learn. Computer Clubhouse Village, Computer Crafting, DesignBlocks, Drawdio, Glowdoodle, Hook-Ups, Jots, Mobile Scratch, Say What?!, Scratch Board, Scratch Day, Scratch for Arduino, Scratch for Computer Science, Scratch Worlds, ScratchEd, ScratchR, Twinkle |
English |
Math Educational Software
| Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physics Educational Software
| Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phun - 2D Physics Simulations Sandbox | http://www.phunland.com/wiki/Home | from research at Umeå university, and a MSc project of Emil Ernerfeldt, now further developed at Algoryx Simulation | interactive multiphysics simulation, ranging from novel physical models and variational integrators to high performance numerical methods |
Programming Educational Software
| Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice 3 | http://www.alice.org/ | Carnegie Mellon University | 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. | programming | |||
| Robomind | http://www.robomind.net/en/index.html | Arvid Halma, Aksel Ethembabaoglu - University of Amsterdam | very simple educational programming language that will familiarize you with the basics of computer science by programming your own robot | programming | |||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Rice | http://www.freerice.com/ | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Android Phone Freeware
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android Freeware | http://www.androidfreeware.org/categories/communications |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moviestorm | http://www.moviestorm.co.uk/ | Complete Movie-Making Package for Animations |
Anti-Virus
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVG Free Anti-Virus Software | http://free.avg.com/ | AVG | Free Anti-Virus Software |
Assessment tools and resources
| Resource | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| QCommons: Chemistry | http://chemistry.qcommons.org | QCommons | This site is a open collaborative question bank, in which anyone can use, rate, discuss, and improve assessment and practice materials. Chemistry is the subject area offered, but there will be more domains in the QCommons. |
| Second Life Roundtable - on Assessment | http://virtualworldsedu.info/slroundtable/090929.html | Virtual Worlds Education |
Audio Editor and Recorder
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Community, Class and Group-formation Software
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Groups | http://groups.google.com | Form groups, classes, communities share files, Google Docs, Google Wiki Calendar | All ages |
Compilers
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CodeWarrior Compiler and MSL Update 2.2.1 for Mac | http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage.jsp?nodeId=012726&gclid=CIbUxLzOpJ0CFRcjawodSCGCDA | Metroworks | This file updates CodeWarrior Pro 4.0 to compiler version 2.2.1 and MSL C++ version 4.1.05. This is a bug fix release for the 2.2 compiler originally shipped with Pro 4.0. See the release notes for details. This update includes only Mac OS (68K, PowerPC) compilers. You should install the IDE 3.3 patch before installing this update. You will need to rebuild your libraries and precompiled headers after installing this patch; see the "Library Build Instructions" file in the patch for details. |
Course Management Systems
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moodle | http://moodle.org/ | Moodle | Browser | Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites. Moodle.org is our community site where Moodle is made and discussed. | |||
| Sloodle | http://www.sloodle.org/moodle/ | Sloodle | Browser | SLOODLE is an Open Source project which integrates the multi-user virtual environment of Second Life® with the Moodle® learning-management system. SLOODLE provides a range of tools for supporting learning and teaching to the immersive virtual world; tools which are integrated with a tried and tested leading web-based learning management system. | SecondLife |
Debate
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Sketchup | http://sketchup.google.com/ | Google Sketchup ... | English |
Embodied and Mediated Learning
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-12 Embodied and Mediated Learning | http://ame2.asu.edu/projects/emlearning/ | SMALLab is an extensible platform for semi-immersive, mixed-reality learning. By semi-immersive, we mean that the mediated space of SMALLab is physically open on all sides to the larger environment. Participants can freely enter and exit the space without the need for wearing specialized display or sensing devices such as head-mounted displays (HMD) or motion capture markers. Participants seated or standing around SMALLab can see and hear the dynamic media, and they can directly communicate with their peers that are interacting in the space. As such, the semi-immersive framework establishes a porous relationship between SMALLab and the larger physical learning environment. By mixed-reality, we mean that there is an integration of physical manipulation objects, 3D physical gestures, and digitally mediated components. By extensible, we mean that researchers, teachers, and students can create new learning scenarios in SMALLab using a set of custom designed authoring tools and programming interfaces. | English |
File Hosting and File Sharing
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File Factory | http://www.filefactory.com/ | FileFactory | Simple and easy free file hosting - 100GB of free file sharing space | English |
Firewall
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZoneAlarm Free Firewall | http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/zonealarm-pc-security-free-firewall.htm | ZoneAlarm | Blocks hackers from infiltrating your home PC by hiding your computer from unsolicited network traffic. By detecting and preventing intrusions, ZoneAlarm Free Firewall keeps your PC free from viruses that slow down performance, and spyware that steals your personal information, passwords, and financial data. |
Game Creation Software
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| di Gameworks (DIGW) | http://prototype.digw.org/ | di Gameworks | Game Creation; DIGW encourages users to create games drawing from DevInfo-supported databases that can be played online (competitively or as solitaire), or printed and played off-line. Game templates are based loosely on familiar games (for example, tic-tac-toe, familiar card games, well-known pencil-and-paper games, etc.), so they're not hard to learn! | English | Games | |||
| Gamestar Mechanic | http://www.gamestarmechanic.com/ | Institute of Play and E-Line Media | Gamestar Mechanic is a game and community about playing, designing, and sharing games. | English | Games |
iPhone Educational Applications
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Chemical Touch - Lite Edition | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/the-chemical-touch--lite-edition-54377.html | Christopher Fennell | periodic table for your iPhone or iPod touch | English | chemistry | |||
| CPR - Choking | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/cpr--choking-51423.html | Learn CPR | instant information on how to perform CPR and how to aid a choking victim | English | medicine | |||
| eduMonkey | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/edumonkey-52947.html | eduMedia | eduMonkey teaches the complete multiplication and addition tables | English | mathematics | |||
| Free Books | http://iphoneapplicationlist.com/2009/08/05/free-books/ | 23,469 books, the pillars of human literature, from Shakespeare to Cicero to Mark Twain, provided without cost- on your iPhone OR on your computer | English | Books | ||||
| French Tutor | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/free-french-tutor-13553.html | http://www.247tutor.com/ | Learn or refresh your French; NATIVE SPEAKER audio for all words; Priority based optimization system; Entertaining PUZZLE GAME; WRITE-IN quiz to test language recall; Manual & automatic FLASH CARD method; Self contained, network access not required; MULTIPLE CHOICE quiz | English | French, Language Learning | |||
| Graphing Calculator | http://www.freeiphoneapplications.com/education/graphing-calculator/ | Gabor Nagy | Allows you to graph various mathematical equations | English | French, Language Learning | |||
| iChemistry | http://iphoneapplicationlist.com/2009/04/20/ichemistry/ | Kyle Moore | iChemistry balances equations and makes it easy to perform complex stoichiometric calculations in many units | English | chemistry | |||
| iSSRN | http://ssrnblog.com/2009/11/19/ssrns-iphone-app-issrn-is-available/ | iSSRN, our free iPhone App, was released recently. It provides instant access to the latest Social Science and Humanities research in the SSRN eLibrary from scholars around the world. | English | |||||
| MedCalc | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/medcalc-53199.html | Mathias Tschopp | a free medical calculator, that gives you easy access to complicated medical formulas and scores. | English, French, German and Spanish | medicine | |||
| Micro-blogging and status updates | http://pbj.ca/ | Scale Engine | create your own mcro-blog / status updates | English | facebook, twitter | |||
| Quad Solver | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/quad-solver-54211.html | Michael Ball | Allows you to easily solve quadratic equations; give you the discriminate of the equation; supports imaginary (complex) numbers | English, French, German and Spanish | medicine | |||
| Spanish Essentials | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/free-spanish-essentials-13555.html | Renkara Media Group, Inc | Vocabulary recorded in high-quality, static-free audio, spaced repetition, audio quiz, search, organize your words, Study mode, Flashcard mode, and Quiz mode | English, Spanish | medicine | |||
| textPlus | http://beta.gogii.com/v/textplus.html | GOGII | Free, unlimited texting for iPod touch and iPhone, Send texts over wifi -- no cell, edge or 3G required
Write texts in landscape mode -- finally, Send texts for free -- no cost, no limit, Group text conversations, Text with several friends, all at once. Everyone in the group gets every message. It’s like an instant chatroom in text, Push Notifications -- Never miss a message |
English | medicine | |||
| WebMD Mobile | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/webmd-mobile-5570.html | WebMD | trusted medical information on demand - look up symptoms, find drug or treatment information or need basic first aid | English | medicine | |||
| Wikiamo | http://limechat.net/wikiamo/ | Satoshi Nakagawa | Wikiamo shows wikipedia articles on your iPhone with custom formatting | English, Japanese | Wikipedia |
Math Tools
| Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Fractions Calculator - iFC-3 | http://webinfocentral.com/MATH/Fractions.aspx | WEBINFOCENTRAL.COM | Fractions calculator iFC-3 could perform arithmetic operations on up to 3 fractions, mixed or integer numbers simultaneously, for example: 5 2/7 * 1/3 + 3/11. Results are shown as either fraction or mixed number in reduced form with corresponding decimals. | ||||
Media Players
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Mind Mapping Software
| Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Brain | http://www.thebrain.com | Powerful visual navigation and associative linking; Unlimited number of Thoughts and links; Multiple Thought selection, deletion and linking; Add Web pages to Thoughts; Built in HTML editor for Notes; Thought types, tags and properties; Instant search and full content search; Use BrainZips to quickly backup your Brain. Personal version is free. | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| Mind Node | http://www.mindnode.com/ | Mind Node | Collect, classify and structure ideas; organize, study and solve problems. Mind maps can be used for many different tasks – including to-do lists, brainstorming, holiday planning, research, writing, project management – and in many different environments – school, meetings, workspace. |
Mobile Phone Educational Software
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millee: mobile and immersive learning for literacy in emerging economies | http://www.millee.org/ | Matthew Kam, Shabnam Aggarwal | educational games on mobile phones for the emerging world |
Music Composition and Notation Software
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MuseScore | http://www.musescore.org/ | Werner Schweer | Free music composition and notation software; WYSIWYG, notes are entered on a "virtual note sheet"; Unlimited number of staves; Up to four voices per staff; Easy and fast note entry with mouse, keyboard or MIDI; Integrated sequencer and FluidSynth software synthesizer; Import and export of MusicXML and Standard MIDI Files (SMF); Platform independent code, binaries available for Windows, Mac and Linux | Available in 20 languages |
Office Suites
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Docs | http://docs.google.com/ | Gmail, Google docs, iGoogle, Google Docs, Google Scholar, Google Books, Google Earth ... | Multiple | ||||
| Open Office | http://download.openoffice.org/ | Open Office | Free and Open Productivity Suite with word processor, spreadsheet, slideshow, etc. | All ages |
Operating Systems
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-chrome-operating-system.html | ||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SmashWords | https://www.smashwords.com/about/how_to_publish_on_smashwords | Smash Words | Read your books online, print them out, or use e-reading devices like the Kindle or iPhone | Epublishing |
Personal Communication and Collaboration Platforms
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Wave | http://wave.google.com/ | New tool for communication and collaboration on the web; a web based service, computing platform, and communications protocol designed to merge e-mail, instant messaging, wiki, and social networking. It has a strong collaborative and real-time focus supported by extensions that can provide, for example, robust spelling/grammar checking, automated translation between 40 languages, and numerous other extensions.- Real-time: In most instances, you can see what someone else is typing, character-by-character; Embeddability; Applications and Extensions; Wiki functionality; Open source; Playback; Natural language; Drag-and-drop file sharing | English |
Photo Editing Software
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gimp | http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ | freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages. (more...) | |||||
| Toy viewer | http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~ogihara/software/OSX/toyv-eng.html | Toy viewer | |||||
| Vicmans | http://www.vicman.net/download.php?Title=VCW%20VicMans%20Photo%20Editor | VicMan Software | Free, for Windows only |
Physical Activity
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skimble | http://www.thrillist.com/nation/skimble | Thrilllist | Skimble's a free service that lets you plan and track fun alternative workouts by helping you find outdoor activities in your area, coordinate group excursions, break down your workout performance, and motivate you to keep it up by comparing your day-to-day activity level with other peoples', who you'll soon come to realize don't have jobs, and are on steroids and meth | English | |||
Presentation Software
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methopedia | http://designer.methopedia.eu/ | Share Learning Activities & Approaches - Share Learning Activities & Approaches | English, Estonian, German, Polish | ||||
Programming Languages
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown/2.0.3 | Python Software Foundation | remarkably powerful dynamic programming language that is used in a wide variety of application domains. Python is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Ruby, Scheme or Java. Some of its key distinguishing features include: very clear, readable syntax, strong introspection capabilities, intuitive object orientation, natural expression of procedural code, full modularity, supporting hierarchical packages, exception-based error handling, very high level dynamic data types, extensive standard libraries and third party modules for virtually every task, extensions and modules easily written in C, C++ (or Java for Jython, or .NET languages for IronPython), embeddable within applications as a scripting interface | English | |||
Radio
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog Talk Radio | http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ | BlogTalkRadio.com | Create your own online radio show | Any | |||
Digital Research Tools
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Research Tools | http://digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com/ | Extremely thorough directory of research tools, organized by category | English | ||||
| Webnographers.org Digital Tools | http://www.webnographers.org/index.php?title=Tools | English |
Scaling Software
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How to Learn More Scalability | http://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/HowToLearnMoreScalability | code.google.com | Steve Yen | English | |||
| Scaling Software - Wikipedia Internals, Configuration, Code Examples, Management Issues | http://www.scribd.com/doc/43868/Wikipedia-site-internals-workbook-2007 | English |
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Second Life Tools
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sloodle | http://www.sloodle.org/moodle/ | Sloodle | Browser | SLOODLE is an Open Source project which integrates the multi-user virtual environment of Second Life® with the Moodle® learning-management system. SLOODLE provides a range of tools for supporting learning and teaching to the immersive virtual world; tools which are integrated with a tried and tested leading web-based learning management system. See Moodle. | SecondLife | ||
| vCOMM Presenter | http://www.vcommpresenter.com/ | vCOMM | Powerpoint Presentations in Second Life; Upload Powerpoint and PDF presentations directly into the vComm Presenter. |
Slide Sharing Software
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Author Stream | http://www.authorstream.com | Author Stream | Do more with powerpoint. | ||||
| Slide Share | http://www.slideshare.net | Slide Share | Upload and share your PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and Adobe PDF Portfolios on SlideShare. Share publicly or privately. Add audio to make a webinar. |
Social Bookmarking
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delicious | http://delicious.com/ | 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. | ||||
| Diigo | http://groups.diigo.com/groups/diigoineducation | Diigo | Highlight and Share the Web; social bookmarking and web annotation capabilities | ||||
| Digg | http://digg.com | Digg | Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users. You won’t find editors at Digg — we’re here to provide a place where people can collectively determine the value of content and we’re changing the way people consume information online. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Datamasher | http://www.datamasher.org/ | Forum One Communications | State data. Mash it. | ||||
| Gapminder | http://www.gapminder.org/ | Gapminder Foundation | Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view. | ||||
| Scilab | http://www.scilab.org/download/index_download.php | Scilab | The open source platform for numerical computation |
Survey and Polling 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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| AskClass.net | http://askclass.net/poll/ | Charlie Balch | AskClass.net - find out what folks think. | All ages | ||||
| Lime Survey Software | http://www.limesurvey.org/ | Lime Survey | easy and free open source survey application | All ages | ||||
| Survey Monkey | http://www.surveymonkey.com | Survey Monkey | a simple way to create surveys | All ages |
Text to Audio
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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| Browse Aloud | http://www.browsealoud.com/page.asp?pg_id=80004 | Browser | English | ||||
| iSpeech | http://iSpeech.org/ | Browser | English | ||||
| Read Aloud | http://read-aloud.smartcode.com/ | Browser | Read aloud text,text file,word document,pdf file,web page,clipboard text,keystroke. Convert text... | English |
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 |
Time Management
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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| SLife | http://www.slifeweb.com/ | SLife | Productivity, Time Management and Communications software through activity analytics. Slife helps you understand how you spend time in the computer. It automatically observes as you interact with applications, documents and web sites. Easy, simple, open source. |
Translation Software
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babel Fish | http://babelfish.yahoo.com/ | Yahoo | a web-based application on Yahoo! that machine translates text or web pages from one of several languages into another; It translates among English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, and Spanish. | ||||
| Google Translator | http://translate.google.com/translate_t# | 52 language combinations |
Translation Software - Virtual Worlds
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Languages | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferd's Free Translator | http://secondlife.mitsi.com/secondlife/xlate/ | Second Life | http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Ferd_Frederix | 51 languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindu, Hungary, Indonesian, Irish, Islandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish | |||
| Language Translator - by Simbolic | http://world.secondlife.com/place/9a7eca9b-0f19-2d47-04f6-12360456409e | Second Life | Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish |
Tutorials
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Languages | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tutor Daily | http://tutordaily.info/ | All ages | TutorDaily is a question and answer wiki written by and for YOU; like private tutoring and learning centers; all educational questions; make your question detailed, specific, clear and simple.
No question is too trivial or too "newbie". |
English | |||
| Wiki Answers | http://wiki.answers.com/ | Enter a question or phrase... | All ages |
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 | |||
| UStream | http://www.ustream.tv/ | UStream - http://www.ustream.tv/get-started | Live interactive video broadcast platform that enables anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to quickly and easily broadcast to a global audience of unlimited size. Broadcast video LIVE to the world from a computer, mobile or iPhone in minutes, or watch thousands of shows from News to Entertainment to celebrities, 24/7. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Learning in Second Life | http://twitter.com/learninginworld | where educational institutions are using Second Life as a cost-effective platform to augment an existing curriculum or explore new mode | Many Levels | English | virtual worlds | ||
| Second Life Education Programs' manager, Linden Lab | http://twitter.com/claudialinden | shares great examples and ideas about education in Second Life | Many Levels | English | virtual worlds |
Video Conferencing
| 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 Video Conferencing | Free calls, video calls and instant messaging over the internet. | Multiple | |||||
| iChat | http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html | Apple | Free calls, video calls and instant messaging over the internet. | Multiple | |||
| Skype | http://www.skype.com/ | Skype | Free calls, video calls and instant messaging over the internet. | Conference calls and group instant messaging | Multiple |
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 | ||
| BioScreenCast | http://bioscreencast.com/ | BioScreenCast | Capturing the life sciences frame by frame | Level | Languages | ||
| Bright Talk | http://www.brighttalk.com/ | BrightTalk | Record up to 30 minutes of video for free | Level | Languages | ||
| Daily Motion | http://www.dailymotion.com/us | Daily Motion | Other Info | All Level | Languages |
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| dotSUB! Any Video Any Language | http://dotsub.com | dotSub | Other Info | All Levels | Any Video, Any Language. On dotSUB you can view, upload, transcribe, and translate any video into and from any language. | Transcriptions, Translations, Any Language | |
| 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 | ||
| Livestream (formerly "Mogulus") | http://www.livestream.com/platform/livetvbroadcasts/features | Made by | Internet television - manage, produce, and distribute your channel. | Level | Languages | ||
| SciVee - Making Science Visible | http://www.scivee.tv/ | Made by | Share your science and technology through publications, posters, papers, or slides combined with video and science communities. | Level | Languages | ||
| Ustream | http://www.ustream.tv/ | Ustream | Other Info | Level | Languages | ||
| Viddler | http://www.viddler.com/ | Viddler | The best way to watch and publish your videos | 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 | |||
| Name | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Building Maker | http://sketchup.google.com/3dwh/buildingmaker.html | add buildings to Google Earth | |||||
| Google Earth | http://earth.google.com | ||||||
| Open Cobalt | http://www.duke.edu/~julian/Cobalt/Home.html | Duke University | virtual workspace browser and construction toolkit for accessing, creating, and publishing hyperlinked multi-user virtual environments. It makes it possible for people to freely create and share highly capable and interlinked multi-user virtual workspaces, game-based learning and training environments, and virtual exhibit spaces that can run on all major software operating systems. All this without the need to buy virtual land or pay any service or licensing fees! | ||||
| Open Simulator | http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page | Open Sim | free, open source virtual world software | ||||
| Quest Atlantis | http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/ | Quest Atlantis (QA) is an international learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-16, in educational tasks. QA combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation. Participation in this game is designed to enhance the lives of children while helping them grow into knowledgeable, responsible, and empathetic adults. |
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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 |
Visualization of Complex Networks Software and Resources
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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| VisualComplexity | http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/about.cfm | VisualComplexity.com | VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project's main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of disciplines, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web |
Web Meeting Software
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DimDim Web Meeting Software | http://www.dimdim.com/opensource/dimdim_open_source_community_edition.html | DimDim | Dimdim lets anyone deliver synchronized live presentations, whiteboards and web pages and share their voice and video over the Internet - with no download required. | Dimdim Open Source Community Edition v4.5 “Liberty” is meant for developers, highly technical enthusiasts and for use in non-critical environments |
Wiki Software
| Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MediaWiki | http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki | All ages | Server side Wiki Softwre; MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis, including this website, the home of MediaWiki. | ||||
| Semantic MediaWiki | http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki | All ages | is a free extension of MediaWiki – the wiki-system powering Wikipedia – that helps to search, organise, tag, browse, evaluate, and share the wiki's content. While traditional wikis contain only text which computers can neither understand nor evaluate, SMW adds semantic annotations that let you easily publish Semantic Web content, and allow the wiki to function as a collaborative database. | ||||
| Sputnik | http://luanova.org/sputnik/ | All ages | Sputnik is a second-generation extensible wiki engine written in Lua. First generation wikis (like the original WikiWIki) opened our eyes to the possibility of easy collaborative content generation, with automatic revision control. | ||||
| Wikia's Wikis | http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia | Wikia | Free wiki software | All ages | |||
| Wikispaces | http://www.wikispaces.com/ | Wikispaces | Free wiki version available. Easy to use | All ages |