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"Simple and FREE, Jing is the perfect way to enhance your fast-paced online conversations. Create images and videos of what you see on your computer screen, then share them instantly!" You must download the software. Items can be saved in different file formats so students do not have jing to view.

Suggested by Linda Lawson 2/28/12

UJAM is a free music creation software program that allows you to make your own music within minutes. UJAM is cloud based, and there is no software to download. Simply go online to http://www.ujam.com - all you need to make a song is a computer and an internet connection.

Screencasts made simple and easy but pricey! $299.00 Must purchase this software. This is the upgraded sister version of Jing. Lots of features and added ease and flexibility comes with a price tag.

suggested by Vanessa Loffredo 2/28/12

a computer aided model software program that allows users to design items for 3-D printing or lasercutting.

GitHub has compiled this excellent list comprising more than 500 free books on programming and coding. The books cover different topics from programming languages to software architecture.

Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is freeware, and you may use it for any purpose or project you like. It is not open-source.

Easily Create Photo Books, Scrapbooks, Photo Cards, Yearbooks and Calendars in minutes with our simple online scrapbooking software. Mixbook - Make It Yours!

Tiki-Toki is the best and easiest way to create beautifulinteractive timelines that you can share on the web Simple to use You'll be creating timelines in minutes Include images and videos Tiki-Toki provides integration with YouTube and Vimeo for videos *Premium accounts only What can I do with Tiki-Toki?

Educreations is a community where anyone can teach what they know and learn what they don't. Our software turns any iPad or web browser into a recordable, interactive whiteboard, making it easy for teachers and experts to create engaging video lessons and share them on the web.

Flowboard is a free app that allows users to create presentations on the iPad. You can add images, text and video to the presentation to make them look more appealing and informative. This app lets students make group presentations on topics assigned to them. When working in groups, students have to cooperate with each other to make a presentation that explains a particular topic to the rest of the class.

Lets the user show slides from their tablets to the screen. Simply drag and drop a PDF, PPT, or Word File, share the URL with the audience, and it available on any device at that time. Presenters can also use any device to present. free

Active Textbook is an interesting service that you can use to turn your PDFs into multimedia documents. The basic idea behind the service is that you can upload PDFs and add pictures, links, and videos that are displayed when students read your PDF through the Active Textbook viewer. While reading your PDF through Active Textbook students can highlight, draw, and add comments to the document. Active Textbook could provide a good way to create your own short multimedia texts for students. The most compelling feature is the option for students to highlight and take notes on the document while they're reading it through Active Textbook. Active Textbook also adds a dictionary tool to your document which could be handy for some students. Active Textbook is free to use for up to 500 pages of material.