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"The free Blue Mars Client is your window into our free to play massively multiplayer virtual world made up of an expanding set of independently operated Cities that feature unique themes, activities, and attractions. Through the Blue Mars Client, users can participate in a wide variety of entertainment, educational, and productivity experiences. "

Tammy Worcestor's list of favorite free web tools.

All of these apps are available from ITunes and are free.

Free teaching and learning resources from the Federal Government. Divided by subject area. Includes external links, animations, primary documents and photos.

Build and deliver online training. Free online tools for creating dynamic multimedia presentations and tests.

The founder of the site, Brad Shepherd Jr., has been creating educational software since 1982, and it shows. Along with the rest of his team, he creates engaging, highly interactive, original and fun programs for learning about a huge range of subjects. As a commercial company, they are in business to sell products, but make this treasure trove of resources available for free.

Aviary is on a mission to make creation accessible to artists of all genres, from graphic design to audio editing. They offer free image, vector, audio and music editing tools. Sign up to be a beta tester to get free student accounts that are walled off from public viewing. You can also learn more about them through their blog at http://aviary.com/blog.

One of the hottest sessions at ISTE 2010 this year was the annual free tools smack-down hosted by SIGMS. This site lists some of the free tools that were particularly interesting. You can also find the video for the smackdown session here: http://www.istevision.org/viewsession.php?id=149

Resources mentioned in the ISTE session by Jim Hutchinson.

"Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado."

A free five-day, multiple-language, multiple-time zone online collaborative conference on global education. Teacher, student, curricular, policy/leadership, and change tracks.

Through an 8 part documentary series, free multi-media education resource, pen-pal links, blogs, skype, social networking, video conferencing and more we aim to connect students directly with the history, geography, culture and language of counties along the 'tea route' from India through Central Asia, the Caucuses, Turkey, Eastern and Western Europe.

ISTE Learning is an anytime, anywhere online community for professional development where educators can sample free concepts, buy cool resources and exchange creative ideas. This space provides relevant learning experiences in multiple formats to strengthen the teaching experience and grow digital literacy.

"What Is ISTE Learning? ISTE Learning is an anytime, anywhere online community for professional development where educators can sample free concepts, buy cool resources and exchange creative ideas. This space provides relevant learning experiences in multiple formats to strengthen the teaching experience and grow digital literacy. ISTE Learning's Mission The mission of ISTE Learning is to provide robust leadership, learning and teaching opportunities that are grounded in the NETS to support educators in effectively implementing technology into their learning environments."

Download a free copy of "Using Web 2.0 to create interactive lectures with your students" from Mike Zimmer.

Free collaborative Web 2.0 tool for mapping out ideas.

An online library of free videos for learners everywhere

Free web application that enables everyone to easily create cool animations.

Resources from Rushton Hurley's workshop on Google tools. Discover a wealth of Google tools, multimedia resources, and more. You'll get simple explanations and take home resources and projects for everyone.

Free publications about online safety.