Educational Technology: Organization & Collaboration

Popplet is an online tool that allows users to create mind mapping and brainstorming diagrams.

Bubbl.us is a brainstorming tool that allows users to create colorful mind maps or diagrams to print or share.

MindMeister is a collaborative mind mapping software that allows users to create concept maps.

Wordle is a wordcloud generator that creates a graphical representation of prominent words used in a text.

Tagxedo is a customizable wordcloud generator that creates a graphical representation of prominent words used in a text.

A digital notebook for organizing and capturing your thoughts, discoveries, and ideas. OneNote syncs across devices.

Designed for note-taking and archiving, Evernote lets users take notes, sync files across thier devices, save webpages, capture inspiration, and share their notes.

Allows students to view YouTube, Coursera, Khan Academy, Udacity, edX, and Vimeo videos and take notes as they watch.

Diigo is a social bookmarking website which allows users to bookmark, tag, annotate, and highlight websites.

Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to store, share, and discover information on the web.

Doodle is a tool that helps users schedule meetings and appointments.

Google Drive offers collaborative cloud based productivity tools that allow users to create and share text documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and forms.

Dropbox is a virtual storage application that allows users to access and share their files anywhere.

Padlet is a free multi-platform browser based app that provides unlimited number of simultaneous users with a live collaborative web space to embed notes, links, images, and other multimedia.

Similar to Padlet (app above), Dotstorming adds a polling feature for online collaborators to vote on notes and media posted.

Slideshare is a hosting service that allows users to upload and share PowerPoint presentations, OpenOffice presentations, Keynote presentations, PDFs, and infographics.

Join.me is a screen sharing meeting tool. The free version allows up to 10 meeting participants.

Skype allows users to video chat online and share their screens. A subscription is required for more than a one to one video conference.

Google+ Hangouts allow users to video chat online and share their screens. Up to 10 people can participate for free.

VoiceThread is a paid web-based application that allows users to place collections of media like images, videos, documents, and presentations at the center of an asynchronous conversation. A VoiceThread allows people to have conversations and to make comments using any mix of text, a microphone, a web cam, a telephone, or an uploaded audio file.

Engrade is a free grading program that enables teachers to post assignments and grades for parents and students.

Termed the Facebook for school, Edmodo is a safe social learning platform that connects students to peers and teachers.

Moodle is a free course management system that allows educators to create online courses that promote collaboration and interactivity.

Schoology is a learning management system for K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and corporations that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources

TeacherKit is a personal organizer that enables teachers to organize classes, and students.