Just Map it with ArcGIS Online

Do you want to make a map? Then try the ArcGIS Online a cloud-based, collaborative content management system for maps, apps, data, and other geospatial information from ESRI. Easily create, store, and manage your own maps, apps, and data with a free personal ArcGIS Online account.You can  host your organization's geographic information and turn your data into information by creating content-rich, beautiful maps that tell your story. Teachers also can find a very useful area for their map lesson plans. Access yor map on all devices, appstore, android, windows phone. If you want to develop your own browser and mobile apps just use the powerful Javascript API from ESRI and work with your data. Share it on a blog, via email, or embed it in a website.So do not wait get a free ArcGIS Online account and start making web maps today. Watch these short videos to quickly get started making your maps and apps.View a simple map with two POIs in London.

Pearltrees - organizing and sharing links.

The Pearltrees is a free online service, the members of pearltrees can choose links, organize and show them. Provides the ability to organize links into folders-trees (pearltrees). You can easily add new link or links from other users and to distribute "your trees" in social networks (twitter, facebook). See the video how to use it and register with your account on twitter, facebook, google.

Split and share YouTube videos using Splitube.

YouTube is the favorite site for videos. Many times you find videos with a large length and you don’t want to see  the complete video. Splitube is a free online service to split YouTube videos and to share or post to social networks. To split a video, just enter the YouTube video ID and chose with the splitter bar the time frame for which you want to show. Once you click 'Split Video' button Splitube generates an URL where the video will play only from the time you selected. Splitube is a very useful tool to split YouTube videos online and splitting process is simple as well.

Online collaboration in the writing of documents.

Typewith.me is an online application where multiple users can simultaneously write the same document. You can create a new document very easily without having to open an account. Your document is accessible to other users via URL ("http://typewith.me/document_code"). Whoever typed that address in the browser, see the document and can start the process. If you are not interested in the security of the document Typewith.me is a wonderful solution worth trying. Some examples of use, is the collaboration of teachers with their students and colleagues at work.

Online 3D Model of our Solar System.

View an interactive 3D Model of our Solar System with the Solar System Scope. You can zoom in and move to see the planets and sun. Choose between heliocentric, geocentric or panoramic view. Choose the geocentric view and hit the play controls to see the day/night changes. If you choose heliocentric view and hit the play controls you can see how seasons changing and the movement of the Moon around the Earth. Click on any planet to explore its surface and to get more information.

Make your songs easily online.

If you want to create your music online easily, then try the JamStudio. You can build your songs adding instruments and loops from guitar, drum, bass and piano and save the results. JamStudio is a useful tool for those with no prior knowledge of music. You can compose your songs with just a few mouse clicks. The teachers can ask from students to make their music and then add it to some video projects. See the video for extra help.

Psykopaint - a new paint tool.

If you are looking for online paint tools then try the Psykopaint,  a new paint tool that enables the users to express their creativity with a mimimum of knowledge and skills. It lets you paint over an existing image using a variety of different paint tools. A slider will let you reveal the image underneath. You can also start a new paint with a blank canvas. Just try it and have fun.

View the largest museums in the world with the Google Art Project.

If you want to view the largest museums in the world through your PC then I suggest you see Google Art Project, a thousand famous works of art in stunning detail. You can navigate inside the museum as the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian in Washington, The Frick Collection in New York, and others. You can create your own personal gallery with selected works and the show them on facebook and twitter. The Google Art Project, can be used as teaching material in courses that refer to art.

Qwiki - a new attractive online encyclopedia.

Qwiki is a new online encyclopedia that informs you quickly by reading articles while showing a slideshow of pictures and videos. It’s an attractive way of giving the information without having to plough through a page of dense text. You can share pages via social media, embed into blogs, and other wikis. Qwiki is an alpha release, it looks very useful as an alternative to Wikipedia, there are 2 million articles online right now. View an example of an article of Beer.

Create very easily astonish online presentations.

If you are looking for an online presentation tool then try the prezi. With prezi you can create very easily astonish presentations using a single canvas instead of traditional slides.
Υou can insert text, images, videos and other objects into canvas and group them. Create non-linear presentations, with zoom in and out. Create a path to define the order of the objects of your presentation. The final presentation can be embed easily to your blog or website or downloaded. If you choose the free Public license you must publish your presentations on the Prezi site. There is a special education license for students and educators. See how to use it, and some examples of other users.

Online file converter.

If you are looking for an online file converter then try the Online-Converter. Just select your file, choose any extra settings and then click Convert file. In just a few moments, upload your file, convert it, and download it. You can also share the converted file with someone else.

You can convert audio files, documents, e-books, images and videos. It also has a "hash converter" that will turn any snippet of text into an encrypted hash of your choice.

Online Creativity and Communication.

Wixie is an online authoring tool. Teachers and students can use it to construct knowledge and communicate ideas. Today’s learners need a tool that is accessible whenever and wherever they are ready to learn! Students can use Wixie’s paint tools, text options, clip art, and voice recording to develop online storybooks and Flash animations. An ideal online tool for your IWB. Start building essential 21st century skills.

Sumopaint - the best online image editing program.

If you want the best online image editing program similar to photoshop to edit your photos then see the Sumopaint. This is an excellent free Web 2.0 application, fully featured paint package in your browser. Very impressive. View the features and examples of images created with Sumopaint.

Convert easily your pdf files to word.

If you want to convert your pdf files to word for editing, then try the PDFtoWord. A free online application which allows you to convert your files from pdf to word very easily. Simply upload the pdf file, enter your e-mail address and click Convert.