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  1. Easy-to-use and secure Internet browser?Firefox
  2. List of 100 Free Financial eBooks
  3. e-Mail system?Gmail
  4. Social bookmarking tool? del.icio.us
  5. Social bookmarking tool with collaborative learning features (groups, forums, etc.)? Diigo
  6. Tool that enables me to capture, visualize, organize and share my bookmarks? SimplyBox
  7. Tool to translate text or a webpage? Google Language Tools
  8. RSS reader? Omea Reader
  9. Online RSS reader? Google Reader
  10. Online Calendar? Google Calendar
  11. Tool to aggregate all my resources, mail, RSS feeds, etc, in one place?Netvibes, iGoogle or Pageflakes
  12. Platform to incorporate all my favorite tools within one environment? Elgg
  13. Learning Management System? Easy, Moodle
  14. Hosted LMS? Here are Nine!
  15. Tool to assist me in evaluating and selecting a LMS? EduTools
  16. Learning Activity Management System? LAMS
  17. Collaboration tool? Connect with Ning
  18. Social Networking tool? Tricky one! Facebook
  19. Social Learning Network for education? LearnCentral
  20. Tool to create study groups and manage group projects? GroupTable
  21. Tool to keep track of my schoolwork (assignments)?Soshiku
  22. 3D online virtual world where I can socialize, connect and learn? Second Life
  23. Content Management System? Joomla
  24. Tool to create my own website? Google Sites or Webnode
  25. Virtual Classroom? DimDim
  26. Hosted Virtual Classroom?WiZiQ
  27. Tool to broadcast myself to the world? USTREAM
  28. Tool to make calls from my computer? Skype
  29. Videoconferencing chat service? Vawkr
  30. Content authoring tool? How about two? eXe&CourseLab
  31. Alternative to Microsoft Office? OpenOffice
  32. Online suite of office tools? Google Docs or Zoho
  33. Tool that accurately converts my PowerPoint to Flash (including animations)? iSpring Free
  34. Web authoring tool alternative to FrontPage and Dreamweaver? NvU or KompoZer
  35. Personal online notebook? Google Notebook
  36. Blogging tool? WordPress! Why aren't you using WordPress? Good Question!
  37. Blogging tool for educators? Edublogs
  38. Directory of edubloggers from around the world? International Edubloggers Directory
  39. Microblogging tool? Twitter
  40. Microblogging tool for education? Edmodo
  41. Microblogging tool for companies? Yammer
  42. Wiki tool? Wikispaces, Wetpaintor Google Sites
  43. Tool to track copying? Plagium
  44. Encyclopedia, which I can add to or edit? Wikipedia
  45. Community dedicated to collaborative development of free content? WikiEducator
  46. Audio recording tool? Audacity
  47. Tool to record and host my audio recordings online? Odeo Studio
  48. Tool to convert text to speech? vozMe or iSpeech
  49. Tool to transform media into collaborative spaces with video, voice and text commenting? VoiceThread
  50. Tool for storytelling? Here are 50!
  51. Screencasting (recording) tool? Wink
  52. Hosted screencasting tool (more options)? Jing orFlowgram
  53. Mindmapping tool? FreeMind
  54. Tool to brainstorm and create mindmaps online? Bubbl.us or MindMeister
  55. Easy-to-learn 3D authoring software tool? Google SketchUp
  56. Alternative to 3D Studio Max? Blender
  57. Photo/Image editing tool? GIMP or Picasa
  58. Online photo/image editing tool? Splashup
  59. Tool to create cool personalized images? Custom Sign Generator Widgets
  60. Image Resizer? Dosize
  61. Watermarking tool? uMark
  62. Screen Color Picker? ColorSchemer
  63. Tool to highlight text in a webpage? The Awesome Highlighter
  64. Tool to create flowcharts, diagrams, technical drawings? Gliffy
  65. Tool to create comics and cartoons? ToonDoo
  66. Tool to create animations? GoAnimate
  67. Tool to make screenshots from different browsers with one click? Browsershots
  68. Tool to create PDFs from any Windows program? PDFCreator
  69. Tool toconvert PDF to Word? PDF2Word Online
  70. Online file conversion tool (e.g. Word >PDF>PowerPoint)? Zamzar
  71. Online OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool? Free OCR
  72. Tool to share my slides?SlideShare, SlideBoom or authorSTREAM
  73. Tool to share my videos? YouTube or TeacherTube
  74. Tool to share any type of file with unlimited storage capacity? Internet Archive
  75. Online science research sharing portal? SciVee
  76. Online community to share and discuss instructional teacher videos? TeacherTube
  77. Online community to share, discuss and learn about the uses of educational technology? EdTechTalk
  78. Online community to test my big ideas? Big Think
  79. Tool to download videos from any video sharing site (YouTube, Metacafe, etc.)? ClipNabber
  80. Self-publishing tool (books, papers, articles, etc)? Scribd
  81. Tool to share my pictures? Are you joking! Flickr
  82. Space to upload and share my files? eSnips
  83. File hosting solution that allows me to share files up to 250MB each? FileCrunch
  84. Online quiztool? ClassMarker
  85. Tool to create interactive quizzes and puzzles? Hot Potatoes
  86. Tool to create web and print-based crossword puzzles? EclipseCrossword
  87. Inquiry-oriented lesson tool? WebQuest
  88. Multimedia flashcard software? MemoryLifter
  89. Online polling tool with a bit of fizzle? Polldaddy
  90. Online survey tool? Click here to choose!
  91. Tool to create Flash games (templates)? ClassTools.net
  92. Investment Simulation Game? Virtual Trader
  93. Interactive 3D business simulator? INNOV8
  94. Game to understand cancer better? Re-Mission
  95. Game to understand the scientific method and 21st Century Skills? River City
  96. Game to understand variable manipulations for urban management? SimCity
  97. Game to understand social studies better? Quest Atlantis
  98. Game to understand world hunger and efforts to alleviate it? WFP Foodforce
  99. Game to learn more vocabulary and help hungry people? Seriously! FreeRice
  100. Range of interactive tools to help me understand math concepts? Shodor Interactivate
  101. Step-by-step math problem solver? Mathway
  102. Tool to publish my data online and create comparison tables? Tablefy
  103. Tool to create my own search engine tailored to my needs? Google Custom Search Engine
  104. Human-powered search engine? Mahalo
  105. Metasearch engine with visual display interfaces? What! Here is KartOO!
  106. Search engine that groups the results by topic via automated clustering technology? Vivisimo
  107. Science-specific search engine? Scirus
  108. All-in-one research search tool? Schoolr
  109. Tool to help me collect, manage, and cite my research sources? Zotero
  110. Tool that generates detailed statistics about the visitors to my website? Google Analytics
  111. Tool to search, discover, rank and compare different sites around the world? Alexa
  112. Tool to search the full text of books? Google Book Search
  113. Tool to search for scholarly literature? Google Scholar
  114. Tool to search for patents? Google Patent Search
  115. Tool that sends me email updates of the latest relevant Google results (e.g. e-Learning)? Google Alerts
  116. Energy saving search engine? Blackle
  117. Online visual dictionary and thesaurus?Visuwords
  118. World digital library World Digital Library
  119. Tool to build and distribute my own digital library? Greenstone
  120. Site to find and search across all OpenCourseWare(OCW) courses? OpenCourseWare Consortium
  121. Repository and learning network of Open Educational Resources (OER)? OER Commons
  122. Site to get the latest updates on OER and OCW? OER Blogs
  123. Portal to non-formal OER and training resources? Open Training Platform
  124. Encyclopedia of video tutorialsto help me learn any software? Edumax or Wikivid
  125. e-Book to learn more about e-learning 2.0? Learning 2.0 eBook
  126. Site to learn more about rapid e-learning? The Rapid e-Learning Blog
  127. Site to learn more about Online Course Development? Hitchhiker’s Guide to Course Development
  128. Crash course in learning theory? Click here!
  129. Database of Learning Theories? Click here & here!
  130. Tool to help me understand and use learning styles effectively? Learning Styles Online.com
  131. Repository of creative and critical thinking tools? Mycoted to the rescue!
  132. Route to learn more about the 21st century skills? Route 21
  133. Repository of how everything works? HowStuffWorks
  134. Repository of lectures from the world's top scientists? Videolectures.NET
  135. Repository of resources and simulation tools to learn more about nanotechnology? The nanoHUB
  136. Directory of academic open access repositories? OpenDOAR
  137. Site covering today's top social, political, and tech issues? FORA.tv
  138. Site to improve my learning skills? Study Guides & Strategies
  139. Gaming tool to help me learn ICT? ReviseICT.co.uk
  140. Tool to improve my typing skills? Peter's Online Typing Course
  141. Tool to improve my reading skills? ZAP Reader
  142. Interactive courseware to improve my workplace skills? ALISON
  143. Multimedia site that enhance our understanding of war and its history? Maps-of-War
  144. 3D human anatomy visualization tool? Visible Body
  145. Suite of financial analysis tools? Jaxworks
  146. Site to learn languages? Free Language
  147. Tool to explore the World? Google Earth
  148. Tool to explore the Universe? WorldWide Telescope
  149. Tool to visualize human development? Gapminder
  150. Tool to answer all my questions? Wolfram|Alpha, Google Squared or Answer.com
  151. Site with talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers? TED is a good starting point!
  152. Article to reveal the secrets of the super-learners? Click here!
  153. Link to the most innovative web 2.0 (and 3.0) lab in the world? Google Labs
  154. Tool to stumble upon and discover great websites, videos, photos, etc. ? StumbleUpon
  155. Daily newsletter that keeps me updated with the latest news on online learning? Stephen's OLDaily
  156. Site dedicated to tracking the changes occurring in education today? Open Education
  157. Site to update me on the latest free instructional resources for Higher Education? EduResources Weblog & Educational Technology
  158. Site to discover delicious free tools, resources, and sites? ZaidLearn's Del.icio.us Discoveries
  159. Tool to create a decorative word cloud from inputted text? Wordle