Ranking Tool20

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=

twitter

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=

Facebook

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=

LinkedIn

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

£