Cool Tools  
http://www.pandora.com/ Free Radio
http://zamzar.com/ convert files for free
http://www.fillanypdf.com free forms
http://www.toondoo.com/ (create cartoons to add to blogs, etc). Really fun!
polleverywhere.com (students can use cell phone to answer a poll)
wordle.net (creates word clouds out of text, news feeds, etc.). Type the word 3 times and it’s
emphasized.
pictaculous.com/ (color generator - gets colors based on a photo)
http://www.colorhunter.com takes color from picture and matches it
http://www.posterous.com post anything can be private or public
google.com (google tools - calendar, gmail, google docs, google
map...)
www.vyew.com free collaboration and web conferencing site
www.toodledo.com free to do list maker, calendar, assignments
www.camstudio.org free screen recording software
cuil.com (new search engine - larger than google)
http://www.topsite.com top sites are voted by people (not paid)
ustream.tv (webstreaming platform).
qik.com (create streaming video from your phone unto a website).

Generated by www.wordle.net 
Game Development and 3­D 
http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/try (Game Maker - free)
http://udk.com/ (Unreal Game Engine - open source)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=80782277-d584-42d2-8024-
893fcd9d3e82&displayLang=en (XNA Microsoft Game Studio)
http://sketchup.google.com/ (Sketch-up 3-D Modeling -free)
http://www.blender.org/ (Blender 3-D content creation suite - open source)
http://www.seamless3d.com/ (Seamless 3D - open source - MIT - animated content for web)
http://www.scenecaster.com/web/home.php (SceneCaster create 3-D scenes - can be used with
facebook)

Web Development 
Aptana Studio http://www.aptana.org/studio (IDE for Web development) - Free
http://dojotoolkit.org/ (Dojo Toolkit creating web apps)
www.nvu.com free wysiwyg for creating websites
http://www.gimpshop.com/ open source alternative to PhotoShop
http://inkscape.org/ Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator,
CorelDraw, or Xara X
http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/get-started/install/default.aspx
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows audio recording/manipulation
Swish MiniMax3
(http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?area=products&product=max_mini&tab=downloads) alternative
to Flash at $69 with education discounts (50% < 5; 87% > 5)
SWF Easy (http://www.sothink.com/product/swfeasy/index.htm) alternative to Flash $49 no educational
discounts