Comment from Paul Hami's website: This is a wiki built on the Mediawiki platform, and it bills itself as "The Software Encyclopedia". The focus is on free and open source programs. Listings are helpfully organized with concise but useful descriptions. The listings under Education are not extensive yet, but I expect this section will grow considerably over time.

This free plug-in enables text in any Microsoft Word document to be read aloud. As a useful bonus, WordTalk also comes with a talking spell checker and thesaurus. The simplicity of WordTalk's toolbar makes it highly accessible, and the toolbar's functions are easy to configure for individual preferences. To further enhance accessibility, the software comes pre-programmed with keyboard commands. (--from Paul Hami's blog)

Word Web is a free comprehensive dictionary and thesaurus that can be used to look up words from within most programs. You simply click on an icon in your system tray to bring up the dictionary and thesaurus. (from Paul Hami's blog)

From Paul Hami's blog: Here's a quintessential free Web 2.0 application that consists entirely of user-generated content that is shareable, searchable, and often downloadable. As its name suggests, slideshare hosts slideshows; and anyone can create a free account and upload to slideshare. Uploads can include PowerPoint, pdf, or OpenOffice (odp) file formats. Uploaded files on slideshare can be tagged to facilitate topical searching. As well, slideshare facilitates comments, favorites, etc. It also provides forums for specific communities built around shared interests. This summer, slideshare became even more powerful by introducing the concept of "slidecasts". You are now able to upload audio commentary and/or musical accompaniment. The audio file must be hosted elsewhere on the net, but this isn't difficult to do, and there are several sites where audio files may be hosted free of charge. Our Media and MediaMax are two examples.

store all types of media files.  25 gb account is free.  A way to send large files to others.

Media hosting site.  upload videos and then link to them from your website.  You can also upload audio here to use on slideshare.

Extension for firefox that adds a talking toolbar

Including word problems, logic puzzles, interactive manipulatives, clean interface, grades K-12

These games are more arcade-like, but still educational across a variety of subjects.

Downloadable drawing program for kids with some high-quality features.

Downloadable drawing program for kids with some high-quality features.  Very much like KidPix with sound effects to go with each tool.  Very simple easy to use interface.  Great program.

A free collection of creative activities to do with digital photos, such as creating a movie poster, "framed" piece of artwork, collage, etc.  Integrates with Flickr or you can upload your own photo.

These activities run online in flash.  They are mostly brief explanations of a concept with an interactive exploratory component to illustrate.  Interface is engaging, if a bit busy.  An engaging way for kids to review math concepts K-6.

Furbles are attribute creatures that can be configured by shape, color, and number of eyes.  Use these shapes to interactively create pie and bar charts online for free.  This program can also be purchased which provides for other types of charts and built-in activities.  The free demo version allows for just explore mode.

You put in the problem and the website will give a written explanation for how to solve it.  It will also solve algebra problems so you can check your homework.  No speech or animation, so you have to read the explanation that results.

Content for chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy, and physics. Just the right amount of text on each page. Choose from a set of subtopics. Good navigation.

Free downloadable graphing calculator

verbal mini-tutorials on algebra.  Good for working out a single type of problem, but doesn't give the background information and all explanation is verbal - no accompanying number-lines or other visual tools to help understand.

online database of UDL resources (Kurzweil, Clicker, etc) categorized by grade (Canada).  Provides and example of a curriculum sharing database as well as examples of resources.