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Mindmap Wikipedia Content WikiMindMap is a tool to browse easily and efficiently in Wiki content, inspired by the mindmap technique. Wiki pages in large public wiki's, such as wikipedia, have become rich and complex documents. Thus, it is not always straight forward to find the information you are really looking for. This tool aims to support users to get a good structured and easy understandable overview of the topic you are looking for.

Mindomo is a versatile Web-based mind mapping tool, delivering the capabilities of desktop mind mapping software in a Web browser - with no complex software to install or maintain. Create, edit mind maps, and share them with your colleagues or your friends.

I would use this tool, MindOMO, in my Spanish classroom because I would use it to have student link key grammar concepts or vocabulary words together. This would help them see how grammar concepts in Spanish are intermingled and therefore it would help them get a better grasp on the language.

Question Tools is a program with a server client that allows the generation of interactive testing. It takes a certain amount of technical knowledge to set up the server, but test generation is easy.

The format is just like Facebook, but it offers blogs, adding courses you teach, grades, allows comments on each students, tracks attendance, etc. Great tool to use as a teacher or school administrator.

Visual Thinking Evolution Wise Mapping is the web mind mapping tool that leverages the power of Mind Maps using new technologies like vectorial languages (SVG and VML). No pluggin required.

create your blog and have access to a set of tools including the "Hot Page" which showcases popular blog entries and the use of AJAX to lessen load time

ToonDoo is a cool, comic-creating tool. ToonDoo is a unique place for free and customizable online games of educational value for children of all abilities. You can now just drag-drop or click to create comic strips that express your views, opinions, angst or to just have fun.

Very much like Blackboard only free. It's easy to set up and has too many tools to list here. Just about anything you can think of using for classroom management is here. Great tool and easy to set up.

Very easy and simple tool to use. Yu or your students design the story and the artwork is provided. Great tool to use as a final project at the end of the year to check on the students writting skills in English or any other second language (ESL).

I am not sure what I would use this tool for but there appear to be a lot of features and if you pay the monthly fee you get a lot more tools. There is not any support for the free service. That is a major drawback.

This is a link to 30 mind mapping tools.

This is a fantastic site for creating word clouds and it allows you to select the shape and change many different options within your project. This is a very easy tool to use.

Mixbook is a free service that allows users to create online photo books, cards and calendars. It comes with a set of design templates, but the user can create their own using the available design tools. Users can invite others to collaborate on the production of these online projects. Mixbook is mashed-up with sites like Facebook, Flickr and Picasa, so users can easily user their photos from these sites too. There's also a Mixbook Education program where students and teachers have free access to collaborative classroom tools, in a secure online environment and receive discounts on printed products.

ScribLink is a free online, Java based whiteboard tool that users can share in real-time. When you go to the site, a whiteboard is automatically loaded for you to use, so there's not even a need to register. The user invites others to collaborate on the whiteboard, and it's even possible to save print or even email the work. The tool also has a built in chat too, and voice over IP conferencing - so talk for free as long as you want!!! ScribLink also allow users to transfer files to each other, and now there's even an iPhone group messaging app.

The website dipity is a great classroom tool for teachers. This site can be used by teachers and students to track projects, class assignments, and the school year. This site could also be used to track current events or for a school project of historical events.

This website appears to be a user friendly tool that would enable teachers (or anyone) to professionally produce diagrams, charts, graphs, and pictures. In my career, this would be a helpful tool for use in the classroom for both student interaction and setting up classroom rules and objectives.

This is a great tool that could allow children to work collaboratively. This was a tool that was easy to use. I would highly recommend this site.