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The value of Twitter for helping you and your colleagues stay informed of the latest trends, ideas, resources, and Web 2.0 integration tools has increased tremendously in the past year. A Web 2.0 tool is available for exploiting the every growing information on Twitter to remove barriers and allow you to collaborate with other science and math teachers. This new online tool is paper.li - a source of daily Twitter newsletters in education.

In recent years , Websites which provides tools to edit photos in web browsers have come a long way. Instead of buying costly image editing software and installing them on your hard Drive , you can simply edit your images online without much trouble. With this online image editing tools , you can easily create all the special effects you want in your image. Even few websites provides templates for novice designers to create special effects in their photos.

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Canvastic is the 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. Packed with dozens of new user-requested features, refinements, and fixes, Canvastic v3.0 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.

Mind Mapping and Brainstorming Tools

"This week's Cool Tool, the new Pulse digital pen from LiveScribe, is still undergoing my evaluation since I've only had it about a month now, but it has already lived up to its predecessor, the now discontinued io2 digital pen from Logitech, which I nominated as a previous Cool Tool. I can see that this new Pulse pen has much more to offer, so I thought it worthy of bringing to your attention. "

Really interesting collection of Web 2.0 tools

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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

LiveBinders is a web 2.0 tool which provides the ability to save and organize materials for your science or math class. The great thing about this free tool is that you can update the resources instantly to ensure your lessons include the latest ideas, tips, and resources in science and math.

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.

The explosion of all types of video content on YouTube and other sites is quickly transforming online video from a medium strictly for entertainment and news into one that is also a reference tool. As a result, video search, on YouTube and across other sites, is rapidly morphing into a new entry point into the Web, one that could rival mainstream search for many types of queries.

Excellent collection of Free web tools.

Extensive list of free tools for teachers.

Creative Web Tools For and By Kids is a project designed for students, ages 9 to 14, to use emerging technologies for engaging, thinking, learning, collaborating, creating, and innovating. The focus is on the use of free, open-source, or minimal cost tools, so the project can be replicated. An underlying goal is to demonstrate how advanced technological applications for enhancing learning can be implemented with only a computer and Internet access.

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.

Twitter has become an incredible tool not just for communication, but for improving your life. College students can use it to expand their social circle,

Effective Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom

Free online education and teaching tools from Intel Education support 21st century learning. Discover a variety of online resources for teachers including teaching ideas, curricula and more.