From School Computing

This page catalogs free or no-cost web applications.

Contents 1 Best Web 2.0 Software of 2006 1.1 Housecall 2 Calculators 2.1 Inflation Calculator 2.2 Survey Random Sampler Calculator 3 Collaborative Word-Processing 3.1 Google Docs 3.2 Gliffy 4 eFax Services 4.1 eFax 5 Encyclopedias 5.1 Wikipedia 6 Email Services 6.1 GMail 6.2 Hotmail 6.3 Yahoo! Mail 6.3.1 Flash Earth Google-Earth-lite 7 Online Video & Audio Content 7.1 Annenberg Video Archive 7.2 Harvard Video Forum 7.3 American Rhetoric Audio Speeches 7.4 Prelinger Video Archive 8 Online Quizzing Tools 8.1 Quia 8.2 EasyTestMaker 8.3 Discovery School Quiz Center 8.4 QuizStar 8.5 Hot Potatoes 8.6 Quizlet 9 Typing Instruction 10 Web Hosting 10.1 LunarPages 10.2 Bananic 10.3 AjaxWrite 10.4 Zoho Writer 11 Not free, but do offer trials 11.1 Quia 11.2 Unitedstreaming 11.3 Explore Learning 11.4 math911 11.5 Callwave Fax Solutions

[edit] Best Web 2.0 Software of 2006

http://web2.wsj2.com/the_best_web_20_software_of_2006.htm

[edit] Housecall

Web-based antivirus/spyware scanner

[edit] Calculators

[edit] Inflation Calculator

[edit] Survey Random Sampler Calculator

[edit] Collaborative Word-Processing

[edit] Google Docs

[edit] Gliffy

Free online application: http://www.gliffy.com that is run within your web browser. Some similarities to Visio.

[edit] eFax Services

[edit] eFax

20 free incoming faxes per month; no outgoing.

[edit] Encyclopedias

[edit] Wikipedia

[edit] Email Services

[edit] GMail

[edit] Hotmail

[edit] Yahoo! Mail

[edit] Flash Earth Google-Earth-lite

[edit] Online Video & Audio Content

[edit] Annenberg Video Archive

[edit] Harvard Video Forum

[edit] American Rhetoric Audio Speeches

[edit] Prelinger Video Archive

[edit] Online Quizzing Tools

[edit] Quia

Some free access; full access costs $. Quia is an impressive online subscription-based service ($49/yr) for creating games, quizzes, web pages, surveys, calendars, and more. It features a directory of thousands of online activities and quizzes in more than 50 subject

[edit] EasyTestMaker

With Easy Test Maker you can create free online multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, short answer and true and false questions all on the same test. You can also insert instructions and divide your test into multiple sections. You can also print a master answer sheet.

[edit] Discovery School Quiz Center

A free tool to create, administer, and grade quizzes online. Discovery School Quiz Center provides a web address for students to access the quiz and emails the graded and corrected results to you, but has no database to keep the scores.

[edit] QuizStar

A free web-based program to create a custom quiz that others can take online. Quiz Star provides a web address for students to access a quiz and tells you when a student takes it. It also keeps aggregate data on the website for all quizzes taken by students.

[edit] Hot Potatoes

The Hot Potatoes downloadable program includes several applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for non-profit educational users who make their pages available on the web.

[edit] Quizlet

You enter a vocabulary list of any words or data you want. (ex. SAT words, history dates, French-Spanish translations, etc.) Quizlet gives you a specialized learning mode, flashcards, randomly-generated tests, and collaboration tools for classmates to help you study those words.

[edit] Typing Instruction

• Also See: Keyboarding
• Online Touch Typing Tutorials
• Typing Tutorials for Younger Kids - Excellent interactive site. You must have the Flash Player Plug-in.
• http://www.auntlee.com/typingdownloads.htm

[edit] Web Hosting

[edit] LunarPages

Free websites for public k-12 schools

[edit] Bananic

Not free, but only $2 - $3 bucks a month

[edit] AjaxWrite

web-based

[edit] Zoho Writer

web-based

[edit] Not free, but do offer trials

[edit] Quia

[edit] Unitedstreaming

Free for New York schools

[edit] Explore Learning

Gizmos for Math and Science manipulation

[edit] math911

First year free. Mathematics step by step tutorials for grades 7-12 and community colleges. Call 1-347-528-7837 and mention this wiki.

[edit] Callwave Fax Solutions

CallWave Visual Fax-to-Email converts incoming faxes to Adobe® PDF files and delivers them directly to your email. Try our service FREE for 30 days now