Tools Used Regularly by Learners at Turning Point Learning Center
If you have a Google Docs account, you can join in on the presentation:  http://tinyurl.com/2lzbnk

Communications:

AIM Tell your buddies what you're doing with status updates. (AOL instant messaging across Macs, PC's, and all platforms)
www.aim.com/

Skype   Make calls from your computer — free to other people on Skype and cheap to landlines and cell phones around the world.
http://skype.com/

Twitter  Social networking and microblogging service utilizing instant messaging, SMS or a web interface.
www.twitter.com

Plurk  Social networking and microblogging service utilizing instant messaging, SMS or a web interface on a really nifty timeline (but not as many folks nationally are using it).
www.plurk.com

Shoutem: We're a safe, school-based twitter-like blogging network for students that you can create yourself.
http://shoutem.com

ooVoo: Free high quality video chat and video conferencing from ooVoo. Talk live face-to-face with up to 6 people at once.
www.oovoo.com

**Polycom HARDWARE Videoconferencing setup and room systems for business quality communications.  COSTS!
http://www.polycom.com/



Google Apps: PC or Mac (and Linux too).

Sketchup: A 3D software tool that combines a tool-set with an intelligent drawing system. Enables to place models using real-world coordinates and share them with the world.
sketchup.google.com/download.html 

Page Creator: A free online tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes.
pages.google.com/  

Docs: Create and share your projects online and access them from anywhere
docs.google.com/ 

Calendar: Organize your schedule and share events with friends
calendarcalendar.google.com 

Alerts:  Get email updates on the topics of your choice
www.google.com/alerts 

Earth/Flight Simulator:  Explore the world from your computer in 3D!
earth.google.com

Picasa: Find, organize and share your photos. Picasa is a free software download from Google that helps you:. Locate and organize all the photos on your computer.
picasa.google.com/


Movies / Video / Pictures:

UStream Stream Video clips, Internet Radio Cams, News Events or Watch Free TV Online.
www.ustream.tv/

Flickr Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world.
www.flickr.com/

Picasa Find, organize and share your photos. Picasa is a free software download from Google that helps you:. Locate and organize all the photos on your computer.
picasa.google.com/

Seashore  An open source image editor for Mac OS X's Cocoa framework. It features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes.  mac only
seashore.sourceforge.net/

iMovie  Movie making and editing aplication (not online, not free) mac only
http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/

iPhoto  Photo editing and storage application (not online, not free) mac only
www.apple.com/ilife/ 

PhotoBooth Phototool application (not online, not free) mac only


 
Audio:

Podomatic  Create, Find, Share Podcasts!
www.podomatic.com/

Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.
audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

Garageband-mac

iTunes  The world's best digital music jukebox. Download music, TV shows, movies, and more. For PC or Mac
www.apple.com/itunes/

 
Collaborative:

Wikispaces:Create simple web pages that groups, friends, and families can edit together. Signing up and creating your own wiki space is fast, free, and easy.
www.wikispaces.com/ 

Voicethread:Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice and text commenting.
voicethread.com/

del.icio.us:A social bookmarks manager. Using bookmarklets, you can add bookmarks to your list and categorize them.
del.icio.us/

Mediafire: The simplest free file hosting service for businesses, professionals, and individuals to share files and images with others.
www.mediafire.com/

Wikimedia:
www.wikimedia.org/

Wikipedia:The biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. Over 7 million articles in over 200 languages, and still growing.
www.wikipedia.org/

Hors Les Murs:
horslesmurs.ning.com/

Trail Fire: Hot Trailfire Guides. Users who have created hot content on Trailfire.com. profpbush. 198 marks in 20 trails created add to contacts. Orbis.Catholicus ...
trailfire.com/

Content Related:

LuLu:  Book Publisher!
 www.Lulu.com 

Bib me: Easy Bibliography Creator
www.bibme.org/

Son of Citation Machine
http://citationmachine.net/

Live Mocha  Learn a language and even get a Live Tutor!
 www.livemocha.com/

Gliffy  Mind Mapping
 www.gliffy.com/

bubbl.us: Create your own "bubble chart"
bubbl.us/

Artsnacks
www.essdackartsnacks.org/ Watch art lessons of what you want and post your art for the community to see.

Deviant Art
 www.deviantart.com/ Photo Sharing and Commenting



Browsers:

Safari: Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world. For Mac and PC
www.apple.com/safari/

Camino Mac only internet browser based of the mozilia internet browser
http://caminobrowser.org/

Firefox  The Firefox Web Browser is the faster, more secure, and fully customizable way to surf the web., Mac, and Linux
http://Mozilla.com/Firefox

Flock  The browser for people who like to be connected! Get ready to meet your new favorite browser! PC and Mac
www.flock.com/
Digital Literacy (created, using BibMe)

  1. "Defining Digital Literacy - School Computing." School Computing. 2 Apr. 2008 <http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/Information_Overload_Strategies>.
  2. "Digital Literacy: Skills for the 21st Century: Introduction." Education Development Center, Inc.. 2 Apr. 2008 <http://www.edc.org/CCT/dig_lit/web/>.
  3. Martinez, Sylvia. "Sharing Student Voice at Conferences." Issuu - You Publish. 28 Mar. 2008. 18 Apr. 2008 <http://issuu.com/smartinez/docs/sharing_student_voice_at_conferences>.
  4. Meech, Scott. "Trailfire: Digital Literacy by smeech." Trailfire. 2 Apr. 2008 <http://trailfire.com/smeech/trailview/36952>.
  5. Warlick, David . "Landmarks for School -- Home." Landmarks for School -- Home. 2 Apr. 2008 <http://www.landmark-project.com/>.
  6. Warlick, David. "Evaluating Internet-based Information: A Goals-based Approach." North Carolina State University :: Welcome to North Carolina State University. 2 Apr. 2008 <http://www.ncsu.edu/project/meridian/jun98/feat2-6/feat2-6.html>.