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List of Top 100 Tools for Learning from Centre Fore Learning & Performance Technologies; decent summary of technology in education trends, shared by Sue Van Den Acre, via Magi Koch

The desktop version of Canvastic is a fantastic student-focused graphics/text publishing tool for K-8. It features easy to understand tools and options with a clear, clean interface. There are no "toy" features that waste the students' time. Canvastic presents the perfect interface for any user by adjusting automatically. No other educational software does that. Packed with dozens of new user-requested features, refinements, and fixes, Canvastic v3.5 is even more flexible, powerful, and easy to use. Teachers have expanded options to customize the application to meet students' needs. It has the best spell checking feature for students ever, transparent color choices and more.

Free and easy.

Photo editing made fun Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart's content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames. It's fast, easy, and fun. Get started now! Free! No registration required. Fix your photos in just one click Use advanced controls to fine-tune your results Crop, resize, and rotate in real-time Tons of special effects, from artsy to fun Astoundingly fast, right in your browser Awesome fonts and top-quality type tool Basketfuls of shapes from hand-picked designers Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux No download required, nothing to install All this for free! Want more? Upgrade to Picnik Premium for only $24.95 a year! Picnik works with your photos wherever they are: ...or your computer!

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.    This particular wiki was created by Drew Buddie attributions where possible are listed.

Create enjoyable and captivating Flash Charts from your web browser for Free. Rich Chart Live transforms your data into enjoyable and captivating communication. All you need is a web browser, no software to download, nothing to install. Import your data from a spreadsheet, export your chart as Flash or PowerPoint.

"Map and share your views of contents on the Web. See example on the right of a map of the debate "Which answer to the oil supply crisis?". Glinkr® is free, simple to use and aims a broad variety of usage. Glinkr lets you create or edit your maps through the web using a simple browser. When they are made public, maps can be embedded in Web pages. "

This fine academic tool was designed to assist in the writing of reports, grant applications, and other documents related to public schools. I believe that it will be particularly useful for people involved in writing reports for WASC accreditation. Amaze your colleagues with finely crafted phrases of educational nonsense! The javascript code is adapted from Dack.com's Web Economy BS Generator. I would be remiss if I did not thank my district's Professional Development staff for introducing me to many of these gems.

BgPatterns is the perfect tool if you are looking for a background pattern for your themes. Of course you can create stunning patterns with creativity but these kind of tools are for the ones who want a quick solution or doesn't have skills to do it from scratch.

Online Tools for Students

Learn It In 5 is a relatively new site that features short how-to videos for teachers. The videos are intended to help teachers quickly learn how to use some of the the web tools are essential to being a successful user of classroom technology

This list of great web tools is automatically updated. Whenever I find something new and useful it gets added here. Bookmark it if you like.

Digital Storytelling is a fantastic way to engage students, teachers and just about anyone else. There are many different definitions of "digital storytelling," but in general, all of them revolve around the idea of combining the longstanding art of telling stories with any of a variety of available multimedia tools, including graphics, audio, video animation and Web publishing.