All of the tools listed below are 100% online tools. There is no software to install, they are available everywhere you are and best of all they’re free!

Classroom Blogs and Wikis (i.e. Websites)

See Classroom Websites page for District requirements and Getting Started Guides.

• http://sites.penncrest.org (PENNCREST Website Creation Engine)
• http://edmodo.com (Private classroom blogging)

• http://sites.google.com/a/penncrest.org (PENNCREST Google Sites)
• http://wikispaces.com

File Conversion

• Zamzar http://www.zamzar.com/: Free online file conversion up to 100mb

Free File Storage

• Skydrive http://skydrive.live.com: 5GB of storage
• Dropbox http://getdropbox.com: 2GB of storage
• Drop.io http://drop.io: 1GB of storage

Mind-mapping and Organization

• MindMeister http://www.mindmeister.com/
• bubbl.us http://www.bubbl.us/

Online Bookmarking and Research

• del.icio.us http://del.icio.us: Online Bookmarking
• Diigo http://diigo.com: Online bookmarking and annotation

Online Photo Editing

• Splashup http://www.splashup.com/
• Photoshop Express https://www.photoshop.com/express/index.html

Photo Storage/Sharing

• Flickr http://flickr.com
• Photo Bucket http://photobucket.com/
• Picasa Web http://picasaweb.google.com/
• Scrapblog http://scrapblog.com: Digital Scrapbooks

Productivity Tools

• Google Docs http://docs.google.com: Word Processing, Spreadsheet and Presentation
• Zoho http://zoho.com: Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation and other tools
• LetterPop: http://letterpop.com: Online newsletter