Freeware

[|Open Source as an Alternative]- list of open source software in comparison to the paid products

[|Animoto] (A free educator tool for you and your students to create music video projects)

[|Audacity] (Free open-source software to record and edit sounds)

[|Claroline]- allows teachers to build and manage online classes

[|Cube Tree]- create your own social network

[|DimDim]- web conferencing (20 people limit for free)

[|Easy Poster Printer]- print posters of any size with a regular printer (20 meters x 20 meters)

[|Filamentality] - (create a webquest or your own web page)

[|GIMP]- similar to photoshop

[|I-Lighter](allows you to highlight and save parts of the Internet)

[|KeePass]- Password management; encrypted

[|Notepad++]- replaces notepad; unicode compliant

[|Open Office] - free version of StarOffice with templates and extensions, opens documents created in office and can save as word doc.

[|Pidgin]- Chat IM client; Aggregator includes: AIM, Google Talk, MSN, My Space, Yahoo (blocked at the district)

[|Screentoaster] - free online screen recorder; have your students create their own how-to videos

[|Voicethread] - create how-to videos

[|Vuvox] - create a multimedia panoramic collage

[|Weebly] - create a free website

[|WordPress]- Overall Best Open Source CMS Award for 2009; currently block at the district