Ranking Tool
Votes
2
del.icio.us
81
2
1
Firefox
70.5
3
4
3=
Skype
4
3
7=
5
5
6
2008
Spring 2008
2007
1
1
2
Description
Cost
del.icio.us Social bookmarking tool
Free
Firefox Web browser
Free
56
Skype Instant messaging, VoIP tool
Free
Google Reader
56
Google Reader RSS / Feed reader
Free
3=
Google Search
53
Google Search Web search tool
Free
6
6
Wordpress
49.5
Wordpress Blogging tool
Free
7
7
5
PowerPoint
45.5
PowerPoint Presentation software
8
9=
11
Audacity
40
Audacity Sound editor and recorder
Free
9
11
14
Google Docs
40
Google Docs Web-based documents
Free
10
9=
9
Blogger
39
Blogger Blogging tool
Free
11
13
12=
Moodle
37.5
Moodle Course management system
Free
12
12
26=
Wikipedia
35.5
Wikipedia Collaborative encyclopedia
Free
13
8
7=
Gmail
33.5
GMail Web-based email
Free
14
15=
16
flickr
31.5
flickr Photo storage/ sharing site (and mobile version)
Free
15
17=
43=
31
twitter Microblogging tool
Free
16
15=
17=
iGoogle
27
iGoogle Personalised start page
Free
17
17=
22=
YouTube
27
YouTube Video hosting/ sharing site (and mobile version)
Free
18
17=
31=
Ning
24
Ning Social networking tool
Free
19
14
31=
Slideshare
24
Slideshare Hosting / sharing presentations
Free
20
20
15
Wikispaces
23
Wikispaces Wiki tool
£/$
Free/£
21
21
26=
SnagIt
21
Snagit Screen capture tool
22
22=
22=
Articulate
18
Articulate Presenter/Engage/ Quizmaker
£
23
22=
10
Word
18
Word Word processing software
£
24
35
50=
Camtasia Studio
17.5
Camtasia Studio Screencasting tool
£
25
24=
101=
VoiceThread
17
26
28=
17=
16.5
Facebook Social networking site
Free
27
26
26=
iTunes
15.5
iTunes Music and podcast player
Free
28
30
-
Jing
15.5
Jing Record/share screen captures/casts
Free
29
24=
12=
Bloglines
14
Bloglines RSS/Feed reader
Free
30
27
17=
Captivate
14
Captivate Demo and scenario-based tool
31
31=
36=
Google Calendar
14
Google Calendar Web-based calendar
Free
32
43=
57=
Google Alerts
12
Google Alerts Keep track of new information
Free
33
38=
31=
12
LinkedIn Social network
34
36=
43=
Flash
11
Flash Animation authoring tool
35
28=
43=
PB Wiki
11
PB Wiki Wiki tool
36
31=
17=
MindManager
11
MindManager Mind mapping tool
37
40
36=
Google Maps
10.5
38
52=
-
Blogs/ Blogging
10
Blogging tools Of all types
39
43=
26=
Netvibes
10
Netvibes Personal start page
Free
40
52=
36=
Google Scholar
9
Google Scholar Search for scholarly literature
Free
41
41=
57=
TypePad
9
TypePad Blogging tool
£
42
31=
17=
Outlook
9
Outlook Email software
£
VoiceThread Collaborative slideshows
Google Maps Maps of the US. UK, etc (and mobile version)
Free/£
Free/£
£
Free/£ £ Free/£ £
Free
Free/£
43
43=
-
Wetpaint
9
Wetpaint Wiki tool
Free
44
36=
57=
Zoho
9
Zoho Suite Online office suite
Free
45
48=
40=
Google Earth
8.5
Google Earth Geographic information
Free
46
31=
101=
Pageflakes
8
Pageflakes Start page
Free
47
52=
50=
Elluminate
7.5
Elluminate Web meeting / conferencing
48
63
22=
Thunderbird
7.5
Thunderbird Email client
Free
49
52=
72=
diigo
7
diigo Social bookmarking
Free
50
43=
26=
Dreamweaver
7
Dreamweaver Web authoring tool
£
51
43=
72=
Edublogs
7
edublogs Blogging tool for educators
Free
52
52=
50=
FreeMind
7
Freemind Mind mapping tool
Free
53
41=
31=
OpenOffice
7
OpenOffice Office software suite
Free
54
79=
-
Remember the Milk
7
Remember the Milk Manage your tasks
Free
55
41=
101=
SecondLife
7
Second Life Virtual world application
Free
56
48=
22=
Excel
6.5
57
52=
72=
eXe
5
eXe SCORM content authoring
Free
58
52=
-
Garageband
6
Garageband Personal recording studio
£
59
52=
72=
Keynote
6
Keynote Presentation software
£
60
64=
-
Opera
6
Opera/Opera mini Web browser
61
79=
-
Survey Monkey
6
Survey Monkey Survey and questionnaire tool
62
48=
43=
iPod
5.5
63
52=
72=
Adobe Connect
64
64=
50=
65
64=
-
Free/£
Excel Spreadsheet software
£
Free Free/£
iPod MP3 player
£
5
Adobe Connect Web meeting/conferencing
£
Adobe Photoshop
5
Photoshop Photo/Image editing tools
£
Basecamp
5
Basecamp Collaborative, project
Free/£
management tool
66
52=
101=
Google Apps
5
Google Apps Communication /collaboration
67
79=
101=
Google Sites
5
Google Sites Wiki tool
68
79=
-
iMovie
5
iMovie Video editing software
69
110= 101=
MindMeister
5
MindMeister Mind mapping tool
70
64=
72=
Notepad
5
Notepad HTML and text editor
Free
71
64=
50=
Scribd
5
Scribd Document hosting and sharing site
Free
72
52=
-
Stumbleupon
5
Stumbleupon Social bookmarking tool
Free
73
110=
-
Wikis
5
Wikis Of all types
Free
74
110=
-
Windows LiveWriter
5
Windows LiveWriter Desktop blogging tool
Free
75
64=
72=
Yugma
5
Yugma Web meeting/ conferencing
76
79=
72=
Zotero
4
Zotero Firefox add-on to support research
Free
78
76=
72=
Adobe Reader
4.5
Adobe Reader PDF Reader
Free
79
48=
-
Nvu
4.5
Nvu Web authoring tool
Free
80
76=
57=
TeacherTube
4.5
TeacherTube Instructional video sharing site
Free
81
110=
72=
Adobe Acrobat Professional
4
Adobe Acrobat Professional Create and control PDF documents
£
82
110=
72=
Adobe Presenter
4
Adobe Presenter Narrated presentations
£
83
79=
101=
Bubbl.us
4
Bubbl.us Mind mapping tool
Free
84
79=
101=
CutePDF Writer
4
Cute PDF Writer PDF Conversion tool
Free
85
79=
72=
Drupal
4
Drupal/DrupalEd Content management system
Free
86
79=
-
Filezilla
4
Filezilla FTP client
Free
87
79=
72=
Furl
4
Furl Social bookmarking tool
Free
£ Free £ Free/£
Free/£
88
52=
31=
Internet Explorer
4
Internet Explorer Web browser
Free
89
79=
-
Jott
4
Jott Voice to text
Free
90
79=
-
LibraryThing
4
LibrayThing Library catalogue/book club
Free
91
64=
-
Linux / LAMP
4
LAMP Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl
Free
92
79=
36=
MediaWiki
4
MediaWiki Wiki tool
Free
93
64=
-
OneNote
4
OneNote Personal Information Manager
79=
-
SMART interactive whiteboard
4
SMART Board Interactive whiteboard tools
Free
95
79=
72=
Tiddlywiki
4
TiddlyWiki Personal wiki tool
Free
96
110=
-
tumblr
4
tumblr Micro-blogging platform
Free
97
-
-
Twhirl
4
Twhirl Desktop client for Twitter and other social software
Free
98
64=
-
Ustream
4
Ustream Live, interactive broadcasting
Free
94
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