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Online learning platform that helps students master concepts without relying heavily on expensive textbooks.  Customized to the students course and assigned textbook.  Focused towards higher education.

The #1 platform for free music. Free music downloads for private use - Royalty free music licenses for commercial purposes. More than 55,000 albums by independent artists.  Thanks Podstock 2012

Online testing platform - free plan is pretty limited

A fun logic game where players must travel from one platform to another jumping on coloured columns. Great for younger children. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

A Twitter-like social network study group platform. Post comments, upload and share files, use the collaborative whiteboard and text and video chat to help users study together when apart. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

This site provides a multitude of examples of problem solving strategies using step by step processes to solve the provided problems. It showcases the problem solving approach to Maths education in Singapore, one of th higher ranked nations in Maths. A word of warning to mobile device users, most of the useful content is in swf format, not compatible with iOS and possibles other platforms. Use our computer. 

This site provides a multitude of examples of problem solving strategies using step by step processes to solve the provided problems. It showcases the problem solving approach to Maths education in Singapore, one of th higher ranked nations in Maths. A word of warning to mobile device users, most of the useful content is in swf format, not compatible with iOS and possibles other platforms. Use our computer. 

United Classrooms is a FREE platform that connects classrooms around the world. When a teacher signs their class up, students can log in to a secure classroom profile page where they can share content with their own teachers, classmates and parents AS WELL AS collaborate with other classrooms across the globe. It unites students from diverse backgrounds in the creation of a safe and dynamic global community where knowledge, experience and relationship are shared beyond the classroom walls.

Article on how their new crowdsourced grading platform worked for Computer Science students

by Emily C. Weinstein, Harvard University International Journal of Communication 8 (2014), 210-233. Social media have dramatically altered the communication landscape, offering novel contexts for individual expression. But how do youth who are civically engaged off-­line manage opportunities for civic expression on social media? Interviews with 70 U.S.-­based civic youth aged 15 to 25 revealed three main patterns characterizing the relationship between off-­line participation and online expression: blended, bounded, and differentiated. Five sets of empirically derived considerations influencing expression patterns emerged: organizational policies, personal image and privacy, perceived alignment with civic goals, attitudes toward the platform(s), and perceptions of their audience(s). Most civic youth express the civic online, yet a minority highlight tensions that lead them to refrain from sharing in certain or all online context.

"focuses on 8 popular social networks and discusses the questions lying behind each of them, using the point of view of learning. The 8 platforms considered are Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, YouTube, Pinterest, Spotify, Scoop.It and Learnist."

A wonderful story site for younger children where the readers play a platform game with Rex the dinosaur to follow the storyline. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

More and more people are throwing away their USB memory sticks (but probably just losing them down the back of the sofa) in favour of cloud storage. This is a wonderful storage site, download and multi-platform app which is very similar to Dropbox. A synced folder sits on you devices and can be updated and accessed from any device. You can generating a url to share folders or files with other people. It works just fine on a computer with Dropbox already installed and the free account gives you 15GB of storage. That's enough storage where 'tidy' filing schools might begin to migrate their school network storage to the cloud for free - and that's exciting. Additional storage is available for a price. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

"open source project that turns a Raspberry Pi into a simple platform that educators and parents can use to teach the basics of building for the web"

ExamTime. A free platform to create maps, quizzes, flashcards, notes

Myebook aims to revolutionize the way we create, publish and share ebook content online. Built on a feature-rich social platform, complete with powerful, browser-based, builder software, and a slick reader environment, an easier way for anyone and everyone to 'get it out there'.

WeVideo is a cloud-based video creation platform. It's available for use by anyone with access to the Internet, through any browser on any device. Anyone can access WeVideo, from any computer or device at home, work, or on the go to capture, edit, view and share with secure storage of their content in the cloud. Personal - free, Educational license - $$

The SiteMaestro family of products is the most powerful and flexible cross-platform monitoring solution available today. SiteMaestro monitors your mission-critical systems, databases, and network devices 24 hours a day, seven days a week and provides instant notifications when failures are…Read more ›

...and this is related to education how, exactly...?

Quia web - create your own ... costs 49$ 

IXL Practice makes perfect, and IXL makes math practice fun! IXL allows teachers and parents to monitor the progress of their students and motivate them through interactive games and practice questions. Widely recognized as the Web's most comprehensive math site, IXL offers a dynamic and enjoyable environment for children to practice math. Students who use IXL are succeeding like never before. Quia Web Quia Web provides educators with learning tools to create, customize, and share their curriculum online. Quia Web pioneered and brought the "create-your-own" concept to educators around the world-giving them the freedom to go beyond publisher-provided materials and create their own interactive, online experiences for their students. Quia Books Quia Books are Web-based versions of workbooks and textbooks, and are produced in partnership with the world's leading publishers. Built on our award-winning technology platform, Quia books engage students and make the learning process more satisfying through interactive exercises replete with vibrant color, sound, and images. Educators reap the timesaving benefits of computer-based grading and tracking and can fully customize Quia books based on individual course materials.