http://ankisrs.net/
A great flashcard maker that works on iphone and ipod.  I like this one, because it also works well on a plain old computer.

Screenjelly

Screenjelly http://www.screenjelly.com/ another really easy to use screencast tool.

Jaycut

Jaycut http://jaycut.com/

I just used Jaycut to make  a simple movie. If you have used Windows Moviemaker, or Photostory, the learning curve will be easy.   This is free, and while a tiny bit slow, I liked it.    Easy to import an existing video. I needed to learn a dance and words to a song, and I the  options Jaycut gave me for adding text were just what I needed  Here is the video . If you are interested in the Cool Water Hula Event go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdEJpiELgYc&feature=related .


What I really like is using Jaycut may make  the biggest problem I see in using MovieMaker go away.  Students often  don't save their collections  of images on the same computer they make their movie.  Jaycut is all in the clouds and thus  everything imported into the project is available everywhere.

Noodletools

Noodletools  http://www.noodletools.com/ is one of the best values for schools out there.  They offer a free citation maker  that  produces correct citations. ( Some citation makers don't, alas).  Their subscription product has a wonderful notecard  module  that gives studnets a way to save their research and also make it their own.  Another great feature is the "sharing with teacher" whereby the teacher can make ongoing comments on a research project.

Glogster revisited

I have been using Glogster as a way to present pathfinders for student assignments. I like the customizable background

The edu version has a class management feature. I wish there was a mass uenroll and unenroll, but I like the resulting projects.

Memorize Now

I see so many students using flashcards to memorize. While reading Demo Girl , I came across an online flashcard maker I like, as it adds a little extra memorization tool. It deletes words from phrase to allow gradual a few clues, but still lets students think and memorize. It also has a first letter tool that just shows the first letter of the words to be memorized. I thought this would be useful for all those mnemonics people use to remember

http://www.memorizenow.com/



Classroom idea:
Have students enter the words, phrases concepts and start memorizing.

Going with Geography

Richard Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers is a great blog to read. I get so many ideas and inspirations from his posts. He wrote about Geo Coded Art recently. I liked this tool for showing landscape paintings and the actual inspiration for them via Google maps
Classroom ideas:
1)A class studying a country could use this gathering of art and geography to personalize the study.

2) Create your own class database of Geo-coded studies. Chemistry classes doing element study could Geo-code the elements.