Top Tools : Best in Breed C4LPT

Top Tools : Best in Breed

The Top 100 Tools for Leaning 2010 has been compiled from the contributions of 545 learning professionals (from education and workplace learning) worldwide. The full ranked list appears here. Below are the tools listed in a number of tool categories (Note some appear in more than one category):

Micro-blogging/micro-sharing

1. Twitter
2. Edmodo
3. Yammer

Blogging

1. WordPress
2. Blogger
3. Edublogs
4. Posterous
5. Amplify
6. Typepad

Photo sharing and editing

1. flickr
2. Picasa
3. Aviary
4. Photopeach
5. Photostory
6. Picnik

Social networks and networking platforms

1. Twitter
2. Facebook
3. LinkedIn
4. Ning
5. Yammer
6. Elgg

Web/wiki tools

1. Wikispaces
2. PBWorks
3. Google Sites
4. Wetpaint

Audio tools

1. Audacity
2. iTunes and iTunesU
3. Aviary
4. Voki
5. ipadio
6. Voxopop

Screen capture/screencasting tools

1. Jing
2. Camtasia
3. Adobe Captivate
4. Snagit
5. Screenr

Document creation/hosting/sharing tools

1. Google Docs
2. Slideshare
3. Etherpad + clones
4. Scribd
5. Word
6. OpenOffice

Video creation and hosting

1. YouTube
2. Animoto
3. vimeo
4. xtranormal
5. Aviary
6. TeacherTube
7. iMovie
8. iTunes and iTunesU

Web conferencing

1. Elluminate
2. Dimdim
3. Adobe Connect
4. WebEx

Presentation creation/hosting tools

1. Google Docs
2. Slideshare
3. Prezi
4. Voicethread
5. PowerPoint
6. OpenOffice
7. Keynote

File and resource sharing

1. Dropbox
2. Livebinders
3. drop.io

Social bookmarking

1. Delicious
2. diigo

Communication tools

1. Skype
2. Wallwisher
3. Google Wave

Personal dashboard/start pages

1. iGoogle
2. Netvibes

Twitter/Social media dashboards

1. Tweetdeck
2. Hootsuite

RSS readers

1. Google Reader
2. iGoogle

Email

1. Gmail
2. Outlook

Mind mapping

1. Mindmeister
2. Freemind
3. Bubblus

Browsers and players

1. Firefox + addons
2. Google Chrome
3. iTunes  and iTunesU

Search and research

1. Google Search
2. Wikipedia
3. Zotero
4. Google Scholar

Survey and questionnaire tools

1. SurveyMonkey

Virtual worlds

• SecondLife

Productivity tools

1. Wordle 
2. Evernote
3. Google Earth
4. Google Calendar
5. Google Maps
6. bitly
7. OneNote
8. Basecamp

Intranet and social/collaboration platforms

• Google Apps
• Sharepoint
• Elgg

E-Learning content authoring tools

1. Camtasia
2. Adobe Captivate
3. Articulate
4. Flash
5. Udutu

Course/learning management systems

1. Moodle
2. Blackboard

For schools and education

1. Edmodo
2. Wordle
3. Voicethread
4. (Edu)Glogster
5. Wallwisher
   
6. animoto
7. Google Earth
8. Livebinders
9. Storybird
10. xtranormal
11. Aviary
12. Voki
13. TeacherTube
14. Toondoo