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Productivity Suites

  1. • Zoho Includes many products including word processing, spreadsheets, presentation manager, database creation/reporting, web conferencing, and customer relations tools.

  2. • OpenOffice (download) Cross-platform productivity suite includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program. Works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office.

  3. • StarOffice Suite(download) No license fees for educational use. A leading alternative office suite that offers word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database capabilities, and export to PDF in a familiar-looking interface.

  4. • AjaxWrite13 Includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, sketching program as well as a web-based music player.

  5. • ThinkFree Includes word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications.

  6. • Google Docs Includes word processor, spreadsheet and presentation applications. Allows users to share and collaborate in real time.

Courses and Curricula

  1. • OER Commons

  2. • OpenSource Textbooks

  3. • MIT’s OpenCouseWare

  4. • MIT Highlights for High School

  5. • Molecular Workbench

  6. • Curriki

  7. • Wikibooks Open content textbooks.

  8. • Wikibooks Junior Open content nonfiction books for 0-12 year olds.

Writing / Communication Tools

  1. • Gloster A free web service, Glogster uses Flash to let you easily create posters to share information.

  2. • Google Docs Word processing.

  3. • Zoho Writer Web-based word processing.

  4. • Worldlabel.com Free templates for OpenOffice documents.

  5. • AjaxWrite13 Word processor.

  6. • Cetlx Scriptwriting, storyboarding.

  7. • Avidemux (video editing)

  8. • PrimoPDF Coverts Windows compatible documents into PDFs.

Presentation Tools

  1. • Google Docs Presentation applications.

  2. • Jing Screen-capture software.

  3. • Timeline Creates timelines. Can support collaborative work.

  4. • Zoho Show Presentation applications.

  5. • Slide Rocket Manages and shares slides. Enables presentation delivery remotely over the web.

  6. • Stixy Shared bulletin boards.

Mind/Concept Mapping

  1. • Bubbl.us For brainstorming and mind mapping online and sharing them online.

  2. • Exploratree Library of thinking guides.

  3. • MindMeister Collaborative brainstorming software that allows multiple simultaneous users.

  4. • Gliffy (download) Create and share diagrams on the Web.

Web Management and Design

  1. • Google Sites Create and edit web pages.

Spreadsheets

  1. • Google Spreadsheets

  2. • Zoho Sheet

  3. • iRows Can add graphs to spreadsheets.

Survey Tools

  1. • SurveyMonkey

  2. • Viewlet Poll

  3. • Zoho Polls

Personal Organization

  1. • Stixy Shared bulletin boards.

  2. • iOutliner Manage tasks, ideas and projects in structured lists.