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As soon as the lunch bell rings at his elementary school in Medford, Oregon, teacher David Cosand takes a few minutes to scan his mobile phone screen for messages that have accumulated throughout the morning in his Twitter account. In a few well-chosen words, the people Cosand follows via this free online service share their latest news, resources, questions, and (sometimes) trivia about education, technology, and related topics. Cosand became a Twitterer about a year ago, and he now considers Twitter one of his best sources of real-time professional development. "I'm able to get information and find opportunities I wouldn't have been able to gather on my own," he says.

Ton of free tutorials - Mac, PC and more. Great resource for students. Can help with papers, spreadsheets, presenatations and a lot more.

Much of this work began with my Online Portfolio Adventure, where I recreated my presentation portfolio with at least 33 different online services, software and strategies between September 2004 and the present time. In 2006, I began exploring the use of Web 2.0 tools, and constructed portfolios using these tools. One advantage of Web 2.0 tools is that many of them are free, although WikiSpaces may place ads on the page. There is some concern about security in a K-12 school environment, so care should be taken when using these tools with children. In a recent blog entry, I discussed different Online Portfolio Strategies and developed a GoogleDocs page to compare a few of the different choices available

Looking for some mostly free tools to aid in the learning process? Whether you're a student or just learning on your own, there's a rich variety of Web 2.0 applications that you can use in your quest for knowledge, many of which supplement our list of productivity applications quite nicely. Here are 25 of them.

This is an online mind mapping application for free. Create, share, and embed mind map projects.

free blogging and web tools for teachers at all levels of education

I especially like the posters done by students

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Using the Connector Suite From a user's perspective, Connector is an amazing way for your team to collaborate. The suite of web applications allows your team to manage + share all of their information in an open, consistent way. The Connector suite currently includes the following applications: * Connect: A customizable dashboard for all of your Connector data. * Mail: Simple + powerful web-based email with 2 great (and unique!) features: tags + IMAP access!

Using the Connector Suite From a user's perspective, Connector is an amazing way for your team to collaborate. The suite of web applications allows your team to manage + share all of their information in an open, consistent way. The Connector suite currently includes the following applications: * Connect: A customizable dashboard for all of your Connector data. * Mail: Simple + powerful web-based email with 2 great (and unique!) features: tags + IMAP access!

Bender Converter is an easy-to-use online application for downloading and converting videos from such services as YouTube, Daily Motion, Vimeo, TwitVid.com, TvGorge.com, Wat.tv, Veoh, Vids.MySpace.com, Google Video and many others. You can download video and audio in MP3, AVI, FLV Flash, iPod / iPhone and other popular formats. The service is fast and doesn't require you to register. All that you need is a link to a page with a video and our software.

"MP3 From YouTube Flash Video ListenToYouTube.com is the most convenient online application for converting YouTube flash video to MP3 audio. This service is fast, free, and requires no signup. All you need is a YouTube URL, and our software will transfer the video to our server, extract the MP3, and give you a link to download the audio file. "

Drop Event is a free service for creating public and private group photo albums. To create a group photo album you do need to register for the service, but contributors to your photo album don't need to register. When you create your photo album it is assigned an email address that contributors can send photos to through email. To invite people to contribute to your album, just give them the email address assigned to your album.