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If you're a Mac user, download and try this app. It reads pdfs, but it also allows you to add text boxes, highlight tet, etc, and all those changes are linked. Very nice for sharing pdfs with comments. And it's free!

Open Source pdf reader that allows you to leave comments on the document. For the Mac. Don't know if it's also for windows.

Google Squared is a search tool that helps you quickly build a collection of facts from the Web for any topic you specify. * Facts about your topic are organized as a table of items and attributes (we call them "Squares" for fun). * Customize these Squares to see just the items and attributes you're interested in. * See the websites that served as sources for the information in your Square. * Save and share Squares with others.

MyAlltop enables you to create a "personal, online magazine rack" of your favorite websites and blogs. You can create a personal collection from over 32,000 information sources-if you're interested in something, we probably have it covered. We provide a custom URL so that you can share your masterpiece with others. The starting point is this tutorial that steps you through the process of creating your MyAlltop page. Everything is point-and-click, so you'll be up and running in a few minutes.

Another great wiki source. This site includes video tutorials, links, and examples of wiki use in the classroom.

Wow! And free!

Tracker is a free video analysis and modeling tool built on the Open Source Physics (OSP) Java framework. It is designed to be used in introductory college physics labs and lectures. Features include: 1. Object tracking with position, velocity and acceleration overlays and data. 2. Video modeling with dynamic particle overlays and data. 3. Center of mass tracking with overlays and data. 4. Rotational motion data includes theta, omega and alpha. 5. Interactive graphical vectors and vector sums. 6. Line profiles for RGB analysis of spectra and interference at any angle 7. RGB regions for time analysis of RGB data 8. Flexible video calibration options. 9. Multiple reference frame views of collisions and other motions. 10. Video filters, including brightness/contrast, ghost trails, and deinterlacing. 11. User-defined constants and variables for plotting and analysis. 12. Data analysis tool with powerful automatic and manual curve fitting. 13. Full undo/redo with multiple steps. 14. Video converter for converting edited/filtered videos to mov, gif, jpg or png formats 15. Video exporter tool for recording videos with track overlays. 16. Copy and print images of any view for use in labs and other documents. 17. Paste web or other images directly into Tracker for analysis, save if desired. 18. Helpful hints for new and occasional users. 19. Drag-n-drop trk and video files to open.

ArtBabble was conceived, initiated, designed, built, sculpted, programmed, shot, edited, painted and launched by a cross-departmental collection of individuals at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA). It is intended to showcase video art content in high quality format from a variety of sources and perspectives. ArtBabble was created so others will join in spreading the world of art through video.

The following list of ICT tools was crowd sourced from individual educationalists and not companies when the question 'What Indispensible ICT tools do you use in education' was asked and is not meant to be exhaustive in any way.

A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum through reconstruction. Contains info on education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, & more.

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The Social Media Classroom (we'll call it SMC) includes a free and open-source (Drupal-based) web service that provides teachers and learners with an integrated set of social media that each course can use for its own purposes-integrated forum, blog, comment, wiki, chat, social bookmarking, RSS, microblogging, widgets , and video commenting are the first set of tools. The Classroom also includes curricular material: syllabi, lesson plans, resource repositories, screencasts and videos. The Collaboratory (or Colab), is what we call just the web service part of it. Educators are encouraged to use the Colab and SMB materials freely, and we host your Colab communities if you don't want to install your own.

Your Source for information on the Federal Reserve System and economic education. Includes a link at the bottom of the home page for teacher resources.

Includes online textbook, primary sources, explorations, handouts, lesson plans, multimedia, and more.

Primary source materials, interactive quizzes, panoramas, etc.

installable open source Document Management and Collaboration

A free, online source for converting your voice into text.

Primary sources and multimedia.

"# Spreadsheet. With majority of Excel features, EditGrid allows you to start working easily. # Online. With sharing, collaboration & publishing features, EditGrid serves a big set of use cases better than Excel. # Data. Connected to live data sources, EditGrid delivers data on demand."

Free open source teleprompter app