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What FREE software and webware packages are most helpful to kids and teachers?

Take a look at my K-12 Top 12 Free Webware and Software Websites.

 
 
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Author/Host of Website 280 North, Inc.
Type of Educational Content Website
Visit the website: 280 Slides
Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
Free
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)

From site:  Create beautiful presentations, access them from anywhere, and share them with the world. With 280 Slides, there's no software to download and nothing to pay for – and when you're done building your presentation you can share it any way you like.

 
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Author/Host of Website SourceForge.net
Type of Educational Content Software
Visit the website: A/V: Audacity
Free
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)
From site: 

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:

  • Record live audio.
  • Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
  • Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
  • Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
  • Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
  • And more!
 
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Author/Host of Website Google
Type of Educational Content Website
Visit the website: Blog: Google Blogger
Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
Parent/Guardian Information
Free
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)
Blogger is a free Google tool students, teachers and parents can use to share information and pictures online.   Students and teachers can share classwork, notes and journals.  Teachers can communicate with parents.  Blogger can be used for extracurricular school and community groups, such as sports teams and clubs, to share a group calendar and keep everyone in the know about coming events.  Teachers click here for more information and resources for classroom applications.
 
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Author/Host of Website CamStudio.org
Type of Educational Content Software
Visit the website: CamStudio
Free
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)

From site: CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs) ...

CamStudio can also add high-quality, anti-aliased (no jagged edges) screen captions to your recordings in seconds and with the unique Video Annotation feature you can even personalise your videos by including a webcam movie of yourself "picture-in-picture" over your desktop.

 
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Author/Host of Website Arbor Labs, Inc.
Type of Educational Content Website
Visit the website: FotoFlexer
Free
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)

This free image editing software lets students redesign photos and pictures they upload, and add a variety of special effects.  The free version interfaces with Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, Phanfare, Photobucket, Picasa, Smugmug and Yahoo.  Students can add text and borders, as well as touchups and special effects.  There is no printing capability.

 
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Author/Host of Website Markus Hohenwarter/FCR-STEM, Florida State U.
Type of Educational Content Software
Visit the website: GeoGebra
Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
Free
Grade Level Middle and High (6-12)
From site: 

GeoGebra is dynamic mathematics software for schools that joins geometry, algebra, and calculus.

On the one hand, GeoGebra is an interactive geometry system. You can do constructions with points, vectors, segments, lines, and conic sections as well as functions while changing them dynamically afterwards.

On the other hand, equations and coordinates can be entered directly. Thus, GeoGebra has the ability to deal with variables for numbers, vectors, and points. It finds derivatives and integrals of functions and offers commands like Root or Vertex.

These two views are characteristic of GeoGebra: an expression in the algebra window corresponds to an object in the geometry window and vice versa.

 
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Author/Host of Website Glogster.com
Type of Educational Content Website
Visit the website: Glogster EDU
Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
Free
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)

From site:  What is Glogster EDU?

  • A web 2.0 platform that easily allows users to upload photos, videos, text, audio and more to create a unique online, interactive poster.
  • A new and creative digital outlet for educators to help keep students ENGAGED and make learning more fun!
  • A simple and easy interface designed to introduce basic concepts to students.
  • A series of teamwork mechanisms to allow users to publish and share their creations and to collaborate with other users on joint efforts.
  • A secure, private, safe platform that can be monitored directly by teachers.
  • A valuable learning tool that can be integrated with several core subjects including math, science, history, technology, art, photography, music and more.
  • A tool that fosters advancement of skills as students progress through grade levels.
  • A virtual, digital, educational platform that transcends age, gender, background, subject matter, grade level, school type, location, etc.

Registration is safe, private, and user-friendly... After completing the fast and simple registration steps, teachers will receive an email with student user names and passwords...  A teacher can register up to 200 student accounts during the initial registration.  We encourage teachers to over register (example: need 25 student accounts – register for 35) since it is much easier to over register than to add students to an account later.

 
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Author/Host of Website Kerpoof.com
Type of Educational Content Website
Visit the website: Kerpoof
Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
Parent/Guardian Information
Free
Grade Level Elementary and Middle (K-8)

From site:  What is Kerpoof? The answer to that is not so simple. Kerpoof is all about having fun, discovering things, and being creative. Here are just a few ways that you can use Kerpoof:

  • Make artwork (even if you aren't good at drawing!)
  • Make an animated movie (really! it's easy!)
  • Earn Koins which you can trade for fun things in the Kerpoof Store
  • Make a printed card, t-shirt, or mug
  • Tell a story
  • Make a drawing
  • Vote on the movies, stories, and drawings that other people have made

Kerpoof is meant to be fun, but we're serious about its educational value. There are many ways that elementary and middle school teachers can use Kerpoof to enhance their classroom activities and meet educational standards as well.

Kerpoof provides free multimedia software that can be used directly from any browser, on any computer with Internet access and an up-to-date Flash player. While Kerpoof offers paid, premium services directed to at-home, entertaining use of the site, all basic content directed to in-school use is entirely free.

 
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Author/Host of Website Mixbook.com
Type of Educational Content Website
Visit the website: Mixbook Digital Storytelling
Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
Free
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)

From site:  The Best Teacher's Aid. Ever.  Looking for a way to get your students more engaged? Mixbook is proud to present Mixbook for Educators, a program that allows educators even easier access to the most powerful suite of digital storytelling tools on the web. Check out the stories below to hear how Mixbook can help YOU.

Mixbook Education Program Offers...

LearningReviews.com note: Teachers can coordinate creation of classroom project digital books for language arts, science, social studies - any topic. Use of the webware is free. There is a cost for getting print copies of the book.

  • Free Collaborative Classroom Tools for creating and sharing personalized Mixbooks
  • Secure online environment for students and teachers to share and edit privately
  • Education Discounts on printed products - 10-30% off printed Mixbooks for your classroom
 
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Author/Host of Website Christian Hirche/fodey.com
Type of Educational Content Website
Visit the website: Newspaper Clipping Generator
Free
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)

Use the simple Newspaper Clipping Image Generator to create your own news story image that you can download and use in your presentation, website, blog, wiki, etc.  You provide the name of your paper, date, headline and story.

 
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Author/Host of Website BubbleShare
Type of Educational Content Website
Visit the website: Photo: BubbleShare
Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
Parent/Guardian Information
Free
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)
From site:  Create & Share Slideshows

Create a free account and upload photos to share with friends, family, or the world. Unlimited storage means you’ll never run out of space to keep hundreds, even thousands, of your favorite pictures.

Add fun clipart, audio captions, video captions to your albums. Perfectly frame your photos with over 20 themes. Print stunning photo books, calendars and more

 
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Author/Host of Website Yahoo!
Type of Educational Content Website
Visit the website: Photo: Flickr
Free
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)
Flickr is a free tool that lets students upload, organize and share their photos online.  It requires creation of a Yahoo! account, if the user does not already have one.
 
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Author/Host of Website Capsule LLC
Type of Educational Content Website
Visit the website: Photo: PhotoFunia
Free
Grade Level Middle and High (6-12)

From site:  PhotoFunia is an online photo editing tool that gives you a fun filled experience. You upload any photo and just wait to see the magic. Our proprietary technology automatically identifies the face in the photo and let's you add cool photo effects and create funny face photo montages.

PhotoFunia is free and very easy to use. Just select an effect you like from over 100 different effects, upload your photo, and PhotoFunia will handle the rest for you.

 
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Author/Host of Website Aracadia Software
Type of Educational Content Software
Visit the website: Photo: PhotoPerfect Express
Free
Grade Level Middle and High (6-12)

From site:  Enhance photos like a pro - the easy way

Do you want to maximize the potential of your photos without spending hours in front of a computer? Do you want to be taking photos, instead of learning the intricacies of photo editing? Do you want to see the full potential of your photos with a simple click and choose the optimization you like best?

PhotoPerfect Express is a professional quality, yet easy-to-use program for achieving your photos´ greatest potential.

 

 
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Author/Host of Website Picnik, Inc.
Type of Educational Content Website
Visit the website: Photo: Picnik Online Photo Editing
Free
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)

From site:  Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames. It's fast, easy, and fun.

  • Fix your photos in just one click
  • Use advanced controls to fine-tune your results
  • Crop, resize, and rotate in real-time
  • Tons of special effects, from artsy to fun
  • Astoundingly fast, right in your browser
  • Awesome fonts and top-quality type tool
  • Basketfuls of shapes from hand-picked designers
  • Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux
  • No download required, nothing to install
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