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This document lists various free online tools for different purposes such as listening to music, converting files, creating cartoons, conducting polls, making word clouds, finding colors, posting content, collaborating online, making to-do lists, recording screens, searching, streaming video, game development, 3D modeling, web development, and audio recording/manipulation. Many of the tools listed are open source or free alternatives to paid software.

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Cool Tools

This document lists various free online tools for different purposes such as listening to music, converting files, creating cartoons, conducting polls, making word clouds, finding colors, posting content, collaborating online, making to-do lists, recording screens, searching, streaming video, game development, 3D modeling, web development, and audio recording/manipulation. Many of the tools listed are open source or free alternatives to paid software.

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Cool Tools  
http://www.pandora.com/ Free Radio
http://zamzar.com/ convert files for free
http://www.fillanypdf.com free forms
http://www.toondoo.com/ (create cartoons to add to blogs, etc). Really fun!
polleverywhere.com (students can use cell phone to answer a poll)
wordle.net (creates word clouds out of text, news feeds, etc.). Type the word 3 times and it’s
emphasized.
pictaculous.com/ (color generator - gets colors based on a photo)
http://www.colorhunter.com takes color from picture and matches it
http://www.posterous.com post anything can be private or public
google.com (google tools - calendar, gmail, google docs, google
map...)
www.vyew.com free collaboration and web conferencing site
www.toodledo.com free to do list maker, calendar, assignments
www.camstudio.org free screen recording software
cuil.com (new search engine - larger than google)
http://www.topsite.com top sites are voted by people (not paid)
ustream.tv (webstreaming platform).
qik.com (create streaming video from your phone unto a website).

Generated by www.wordle.net 
Game Development and 3­D 
http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/try (Game Maker - free)
http://udk.com/ (Unreal Game Engine - open source)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=80782277-d584-42d2-8024-
893fcd9d3e82&displayLang=en (XNA Microsoft Game Studio)
http://sketchup.google.com/ (Sketch-up 3-D Modeling -free)
http://www.blender.org/ (Blender 3-D content creation suite - open source)
http://www.seamless3d.com/ (Seamless 3D - open source - MIT - animated content for web)
http://www.scenecaster.com/web/home.php (SceneCaster create 3-D scenes - can be used with
facebook)

Web Development 
Aptana Studio http://www.aptana.org/studio (IDE for Web development) - Free
http://dojotoolkit.org/ (Dojo Toolkit creating web apps)
www.nvu.com free wysiwyg for creating websites
http://www.gimpshop.com/ open source alternative to PhotoShop
http://inkscape.org/ Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator,
CorelDraw, or Xara X
http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/get-started/install/default.aspx
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows audio recording/manipulation
Swish MiniMax3
(http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?area=products&product=max_mini&tab=downloads) alternative
to Flash at $69 with education discounts (50% < 5; 87% > 5)
SWF Easy (http://www.sothink.com/product/swfeasy/index.htm) alternative to Flash $49 no educational
discounts

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