This is a list of websites and tools that I have reviewed at my Web 2.0 Teaching Tools blog. Things are a bit disorganized on that site, so this list complements it well. These websites are either completely free or have a free version that can be used with small groups of students. -- Alan

VIRTUAL OFFICES - online editing and sharing of text files, spreadsheets, chats and emails, calendars, etc.

1. 37Signals.com's Basecamp - http://37signals.com/
2. activeCollab - http://www.teamworklive.com/TeamWork.htm
3. ProjectSpaces - http://www.forumone.com/section/services/projectspaces/
4. TeamworkLive - http://www.teamworklive.com/TeamWork.htm
5. Zoho Vitural Office - http://zoho.com/
6. SPresent - online flash presentations - http://www.spresent.com/v2/

   
   

WORD PROCESSING / TEXT / WIKIS

1. Jotspot - http://www.jot.com/
2. Schtuff - http://www.schtuff.com/
3. Web Collaborator - http://webcollaborator.com/
4. Writeboard - http://writeboard.com/
5. Writely - http://writely.com
6. Designing Learning Spaces - Example of a Class using an Open Wiki

SPREADSHEETS only

1. EditGrid - http://www.editgrid.com/home
2. iRows - http://irows.com
3. Tracker (Jotspot) - http://tracker.jot.com/
4. wikiCalc - http://www.softwaregarden.com/wkcalpha/

DATABASES only - those I don't think any of the Virtual Office have this feature

1. Lazybase - http://lazybase.com/
2. My Own DB - http://www.myowndb.com/

MAPPING

1. Map Hacks.net - http://www.gisuser.com/maphacks/ - for GIS users
2. Quickmaps - http://quikmaps.com/

PICTURE TOOLS

1. Flickr Magazine Cover tool - http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/magazine.php
2. Other Great Flickr-based tools
3. Scanr - http://www.scanr.com/ - scan and send from a photo phone
4. Stickam - http://www.stickam.com/ - upload photos, videos & audio to post on blog pages

BLOGS

1. Learning Blogs - http://learnerblogs.org/ - for K-12 students
2. Uni Blogs - http://uniblogs.org/ - for University students
3. Edu Blogs - http://edublogs.org/ - for Education professionals (teachers, etc.)
4. ESL Blogs - http://eslblogs.org/ - for ESL & EFL educators

VOICE / AUDIO / PODCASTING

1. Yack Pack - http://www.yackpack.com/
2. Utterli - http://www.utterli.com
   
3. Posterous - http://posterous.com/
   

ONLINE MEETINGS

1. Vyew - http://vyew.com/

ACADEMIC SEARCH

1. Google Scholar - http://scholar.google.com/
2. Post Genomic - http://www.postgenomic.com/

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT - classroom tools that span the needs of Students, Parents, Teachers and School Administrators

1. My Note It - http://www.mynoteit.com/
2. Schoopy - http://www.schoopy.com/
3. School Tool - http://www.schooltool.org/
4. Engrade - http://www.engrade.com/ - online grading tool
5. Moodle* - http://moodle.org - open source course management system (CMS)