Ranking

Tool Votes Description Cost

Spring
2008 2008
2007

del.icio.us
1 1 2 del.icio.us 81
Social bookmarking tool
Free

Firefox
2 2 1 Firefox 70.5
Web browser
Free

Skype
3 4 3= Skype 56
Instant messaging, VoIP tool
Free

Google Reader
4 3 7= Google Reader 56
RSS / Feed reader
Free

Google Search
5 5 3= Google Search 53
Web search tool
Free

Wordpress
6 6 6 Wordpress 49.5
Blogging tool
Free

PowerPoint
7 7 5 PowerPoint 45.5
Presentation software
£/$

Audacity
8 9= 11 Audacity 40
Sound editor and recorder
Free

Google Docs
9 11 14 Google Docs 40
Web-based documents
Free

Blogger
10 9= 9 Blogger 39
Blogging tool
Free

Moodle
11 13 12= Moodle 37.5
Course management system
Free

Wikipedia
12 12 26= Wikipedia 35.5
Collaborative encyclopedia
Free

GMail
13 8 7= Gmail 33.5
Web-based email
Free

flickr
14 15= 16 flickr 31.5 Photo storage/ sharing site (and Free
mobile version)
twitter
15 17= 43= twitter 31
Microblogging tool
Free

iGoogle
16 15= 17= iGoogle 27
Personalised start page
Free

YouTube
17 17= 22= YouTube 27 Video hosting/ sharing site (and Free
mobile version)
Ning
18 17= 31= Ning 24
Social networking tool
Free

Slideshare
19 14 31= Slideshare 24
Hosting / sharing presentations
Free

Wikispaces
20 20 15 Wikispaces 23
Wiki tool
Free/£
 Snagit
21 21 26= SnagIt 21
Screen capture tool
Free/£

Articulate
22 22= 22= Articulate 18
Presenter/Engage/ Quizmaker
£

Word
23 22= 10 Word 18
Word processing software
£

Camtasia Studio
24 35 50= Camtasia Studio 17.5
Screencasting tool
£

VoiceThread
25 24= 101= VoiceThread 17
Collaborative slideshows
Free/£

Facebook
26 28= 17= Facebook 16.5
Social networking site
Free

iTunes
27 26 26= iTunes 15.5
Music and podcast player
Free

Jing
28 30 - Jing 15.5 Record/share screen Free
captures/casts
Bloglines
29 24= 12= Bloglines 14
RSS/Feed reader
Free

Captivate
30 27 17= Captivate 14
Demo and scenario-based tool
£

Google Calendar
31 31= 36= Google Calendar 14
Web-based calendar
Free

Google Alerts
32 43= 57= Google Alerts 12
Keep track of new information
Free

LinkedIn
33 38= 31= LinkedIn 12
Social network
Free/£

Flash
34 36= 43= Flash 11
Animation authoring tool
£

PB Wiki
35 28= 43= PB Wiki 11
Wiki tool
Free/£

MindManager
36 31= 17= MindManager 11
Mind mapping tool
£

Google Maps
37 40 36= Google Maps 10.5 Maps of the US. UK, etc (and Free
mobile version)
Blogging tools
38 52= - Blogs/ Blogging 10
Of all types
Free/£

Netvibes
39 43= 26= Netvibes 10
Personal start page
Free

Google Scholar
40 52= 36= Google Scholar 9
Search for scholarly literature
Free

TypePad
41 41= 57= TypePad 9
Blogging tool
£

Outlook
42 31= 17= Outlook 9
Email software
£
 Wetpaint
43 43= - Wetpaint 9
Wiki tool
Free

Zoho Suite
44 36= 57= Zoho 9
Online office suite
Free

Google Earth
45 48= 40= Google Earth 8.5
Geographic information
Free

Pageflakes
46 31= 101= Pageflakes 8
Start page
Free

Elluminate
47 52= 50= Elluminate 7.5
Web meeting / conferencing
Free/£

Thunderbird
48 63 22= Thunderbird 7.5
Email client
Free

diigo
49 52= 72= diigo 7
Social bookmarking
Free

Dreamweaver
50 43= 26= Dreamweaver 7
Web authoring tool
£

edublogs
51 43= 72= Edublogs 7
Blogging tool for educators
Free

Freemind
52 52= 50= FreeMind 7
Mind mapping tool
Free

OpenOffice
53 41= 31= OpenOffice 7
Office software suite
Free

Remember the Remember the Milk

54 79= -
Milk
7
Manage your tasks
Free

Second Life
55 41= 101= SecondLife 7
Virtual world application
Free

Excel
56 48= 22= Excel 6.5
Spreadsheet software
£

eXe
57 52= 72= eXe 5
SCORM content authoring
Free

Garageband
58 52= - Garageband 6
Personal recording studio
£

Keynote
59 52= 72= Keynote 6
Presentation software
£

Opera/Opera mini
60 64= - Opera 6
Web browser
Free

Survey Monkey
61 79= - Survey Monkey 6
Survey and questionnaire tool
Free/£

iPod
62 48= 43= iPod 5.5
MP3 player
£

Adobe Connect
63 52= 72= Adobe Connect 5
Web meeting/conferencing
£

Photoshop
64 64= 50= Adobe Photoshop 5
Photo/Image editing tools
£

Basecamp
65 64= - Basecamp 5
Collaborative, project
Free/£
 management tool

Google Apps
66 52= 101= Google Apps 5
Communication /collaboration
£

Google Sites
67 79= 101= Google Sites 5
Wiki tool
Free

iMovie
68 79= - iMovie 5
Video editing software
£

MindMeister
69 110= 101= MindMeister 5
Mind mapping tool
Free/£

Notepad
70 64= 72= Notepad 5
HTML and text editor
Free

Scribd
71 64= 50= Scribd 5
Document hosting and sharing site
Free

Stumbleupon
72 52= - Stumbleupon 5
Social bookmarking tool
Free

Wikis
73 110= - Wikis 5
Of all types
Free

Windows Windows LiveWriter

74 110= -
LiveWriter
5
Desktop blogging tool
Free

Yugma
75 64= 72= Yugma 5
Web meeting/ conferencing
Free/£

Zotero
76 79= 72= Zotero 4
Firefox add-on to support research
Free

Adobe Reader
78 76= 72= Adobe Reader 4.5
PDF Reader
Free

Nvu
79 48= - Nvu 4.5
Web authoring tool
Free

TeacherTube
80 76= 57= TeacherTube 4.5
Instructional video sharing site
Free

Adobe Acrobat Professional

Adobe Acrobat
81 110= 72=
Professional
4 Create and control PDF £
documents
Adobe Presenter
82 110= 72= Adobe Presenter 4
Narrated presentations
£

Bubbl.us
83 79= 101= Bubbl.us 4
Mind mapping tool
Free

Cute PDF Writer

84 79= 101= CutePDF Writer 4
PDF Conversion tool
Free

Drupal/DrupalEd
85 79= 72= Drupal 4
Content management system
Free

Filezilla
86 79= - Filezilla 4
FTP client
Free

Furl
87 79= 72= Furl 4
Social bookmarking tool
Free
 Internet Explorer
88 52= 31= Internet Explorer 4
Web browser
Free

Jott
89 79= - Jott 4
Voice to text
Free

LibrayThing
90 79= - LibraryThing 4
Library catalogue/book club
Free

LAMP
91 64= - Linux / LAMP 4
Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl
Free

MediaWiki
92 79= 36= MediaWiki 4
Wiki tool
Free

OneNote
93 64= - OneNote 4
Personal Information Manager
£

SMART
SMART Board
94 79= - interactive 4
Interactive whiteboard tools
Free
whiteboard
TiddlyWiki
95 79= 72= Tiddlywiki 4
Personal wiki tool
Free

tumblr
96 110= - tumblr 4
Micro-blogging platform
Free

Twhirl
97 - - Twhirl 4 Desktop client for Twitter and Free
other social software
Ustream
98 64= - Ustream 4
Live, interactive broadcasting
Free