Mind mapping is the best way to understand and visualize something. You don't even have to explain it to someone else - explaining things to yourself is a powerful way to learn and understand.
Text 2 Mind Map is a web application that converts texts to mind maps.
It takes a structured list of words or sentences, interprets it,
and draws a mind map out of them
The IHMC CmapTools program empowers users to construct, navigate, share and criticize knowledge models represented as concept maps. It allows users to, among many other features, construct their Cmaps in their personal computer, share them on servers (CmapServers) anywhere on the Internet, link their Cmaps to other Cmaps on servers, automatically create web pages of their concept maps on servers, edit their maps synchronously (at the same time) with other users on the Internet, and search the web for information relevant to a concept map.
"The Bugscope project provides free interactive access to a scanning electron microscope (SEM) so that students anywhere in the world can explore the microscopic world of insects. This educational outreach program from the Beckman Institute's Imaging Technology Group at the University of Illinois supports K-16 classrooms worldwide. "
"Wiffiti publishes real time messages to screens in thousands of locations from jumbotrons to jukeboxes, bars to bowling alleys and cafes to colleges.
You can interact with Wiffiti from your mobile phone or the web."
"WebAnywhere is a web-based screen reader for the web. It requires no special software to be installed on the client machine and, therefore, enables blind people to access the web from any computer they happen to have access to that has a sound card. Visit wa.cs.washington.edu to access WebAnywhere directly. And, it's completely FREE to use! "
Read in Peace, Everywhere
Readability is a web & mobile app that zaps online clutter and saves web articles in a comfortable reading view. No matter where you are or what device you use, your reading will be there."
"Markup lets you draw on any webpage with a variety of tools to express your thoughts, make a point or just simply edit."
This is a bookmarklet -- no download required!
What does this nifty little $2 app get us? The people who might get mileage out of this one will likely see the value instantly. From a purely practical standpoint as an educator, if you only create one graphic that helps to communicate an idea, then the $2 is worth the outlay. WordFoto is not Photoshop. It is not Illustrator. It only does one thing, and it does so rather simply. If you can get your image of choice into an iOS device, you can manipulate it with ease.
Photos to be used for both personal and commerical free of any charge (must agree and comply with provider's terms and conditions). This is a place for free Photos and Wallpapers, Large collection of high resolution stock photos, Thousands of high quality pictures, easy to search.
Free powerful online computational knowledge engine:
answer questions; do math; instantly get facts, calculators, unit conversions, and real-time quantitative data and statistics; create plots and visualizations; and access vast scientific, technical, chemical, medical, health, business, financial, weather, geographic, dictionary, calendar, reference, and general knowledge-and much more.
Choose from a list of hundreds of topics on human biology to view a medical animation or video.
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Tables charting the chemical elements have been around since the 19th century - but this modern version has a short video about each one.
We've done all 118 - but our job's not finished. Now we're updating all the videos with new stories, better samples and bigger experiments. (U of Nottingham)
"Free text reader. Listen to work documents, homework, PowerPoint presentations, emails, RSS feeds, blogs, books ... while you relax, commute or exercise. Great for elearning, learning a new language, proofreading documents, multi-tasking and entertainment. YAKiToMe! speaks English, Spanish, French, German ... with male and female voices using the world's best text to speech (TTS) software technologies. "