Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012

Jane Hart, Consultant, speaker and writer at Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies, has created an excellent presentation on the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 as voted for by 500+ learning professionals worldwide. The presentation is available from Slideshare and embeded below.

The tools list is perfect for online learning, collaboration and remote working, and is embedded below.

Personal/Professional use, in Education and/or in the Enterprise.

↑↓	rank	Tool	Notes	Pers	Edu	Ent
=	1	Twitter	Social network & micro-blogging service	✔	✔
=	2	YouTube	Video-sharing site	✔	✔
=	3	Google Docs/Drive	Office suite and data storage service	✔	✔	(✔)
↑ 11	4	Google Search	Web search engine	✔
=	5	WordPress	Blogging/website tool	✔	✔	✔
=	6	Dropbox	File synchronization	✔	✔	✔
↓ 3	7	Skype	Text and voice chat tool	✔	✔	(✔)
↑ 11	8	PowerPoint	Presentation software	✔	✔	✔
↑ 5	9	Facebook	Social network	✔	✔
↑ 1	10	Wikipedia	Collaborative encyclopaedia	✔	(✔)
↓ 3	11	Moodle	Course management system		✔	(✔)
↑ 5	12	Evernote	Note-taking tool	✔
↓ 4	13	Slideshare	Slide sharing site	✔	✔
↓ 7	14	Prezi	Presentation software	✔	✔
↓ 3	15	Blogger/Blogspot	Blogging tool	✔	✔
=	16	Google Reader	RSS aggregator	✔
↑ 9	17	Google+ / Hangouts	Social network/video meetings	✔	✔
↓ 5	18	Diigo	Social bookmarking/ annotation	✔	✔
↑ 23	19	Word	Word processing software	✔	✔	✔
↑ 11	20	Yammer	Private social networking engine	(✔)	✔	✔
↓ 11	21	EduGlogster	Interactive posters		✔
=	22	Edmodo	Educational social learning network platform		✔
↓ 2	23	LinkedIn	Professional network	✔		✔
↑ 9	24	Scoopit	Curation software	✔	✔
↑ 5	25	TED Talks /Ed	Inspirational talks/lessons	✔	✔
↓ 8	26	Jing	Screencasting tool	✔	✔	✔
↓ 7	27	Gmail	Web mail	✔	(✔)	(✔)
=	28	Camtasia	Screencasting tool		✔	✔
=	29	Audacity	Audio recorder/editing tool	✔	✔	✔
↓ 7	30	Wikispaces	Wiki hosting platform	✔	✔
↓ 6	31	Voicethread	Digital storytelling platform		✔
↑ 27	32	Adobe Connect	Web conferencing software			✔
↑ 10	33	Google Sites	Web/wiki hosting platform	✔	✔	(✔)
↑ 10	34	iPad and apps	Apple tablet and apps	✔	✔
↑ 10	35	Google Chrome	Web browser	✔
NEW	36	Pinterest	Virtual pinboard	✔	✔
↑ 9	37	Articulate	E-learning authoring software		✔	✔
=	38	Google Maps	Interactive maps	✔	✔	✔
↓ 12	39	Animoto	Video creating software	✔	✔
↓ 3	40	Tweetdeck	Social media dashboard	✔
↑ 32	41	Hootsuite	Social media dashboard	✔
↑ 5	42	Snagit	Screen capture software	✔	✔	✔
↑ 5	43	Adobe Captivate	E-Learning authoring software		✔	✔
↑ 20	44	Livebinders	Digital organizer	✔	✔
↑ 20	45	Sharepoint	Collaboration platform		(✔)	✔
↑ 6	46	Mindmeister	Mindmapping software	✔
↑ 19	47	iTunes and iTunesU	Audio/video player / course distribution platform	✔	✔
↓ 24	48	Delicious	Social bookmarking tool	✔	✔
↑ 20	49	Outlook	Email client	✔		✔
↑ 10	50	Blackboard Collaborate (previously Elluminate)	Web conferencing software		✔
↑ 23	51	SurveyMonkey	Survey software	✔	✔	✔
BACK	52	Google Scholar	Search engine for scholarly works	✔	(✔)
BACK	53	Adobe Photoshop	Image editing software	✔		✔
BACK	54	WebEx	Web conferencing software			✔
↓ 20	55	Google Apps	Branded Google apps	✔	✔	✔
↑ 18	56	Khan Academy	Video learning platform		✔
NEW	57	Google Translate	Online language translator	✔
↑ 24	58	Quizlet	Flashcards & study games		✔
↓ 3	59	Scribd	Document sharing site	✔	✔
↓ 24	60	flickr	Photo sharing site	✔	✔
NEW	61	Flipboard	Social magazine for iPad etc	✔
NEW	62	Bing	Web search engine	✔
↓ 6	63	Ning	Community platform	✔	✔	✔
↓ 13	64	Screenr	Screencasting tool	✔	✔	✔
BACK	65	Firefox + addons	Web browser	✔
NEW	66	Instapaper	Read it later tool	✔
↑ 2	67	Udutu	Collaborative course authoring		✔	✔
BACK	68	MovieMaker	Movie authoring tool	✔	✔
BACK	69	Mindjet (prev MindManager)	Mindmapping tool	✔
↑ 12	70	Kindle	E-book reader	✔
↑ 29	71	OneNote	Note-taking software	✔
↓ 18	72	Wallwisher	Online noticeboard		✔
NEW	73	Zite	Social magazine for iPad	✔
↓ 19	74	iPhone and apps	Apple smartphone and apps	✔	✔	✔
↑ 7	75	Poll Everywhere	Live polling	✔	✔	✔
↑ 14	76	Pocket (prev Read it Later)	Read it later software	✔
↓ 3	77	Edublogs	Educational blogging platform	✔	✔
↓ 29	78	Vimeo	Video sharing site	✔	✔
↓ 40	79	Wordle	Word cloud generator	✔	✔
↓ 39	80	Symbaloo (and Edu version)	Visual bookmarking dashboard	✔	✔
=	81	Excel	Spreadsheet software	✔	✔	✔
↑ 8	82	Paper.li	Curation tool	✔
↓ 15	83	lino.it	Sticky note service	✔	✔
↓ 44	84	Voki	Speaking avatars		✔
↑ 5	85	Buddypress	Social engine (WordPress plugin)		✔	✔
↓ 28	86	eFront	Course/Learning Management System		✔	✔
↓ 26	87	OpenOffice	Office software	✔	✔
↓ 54	88	PBWorks	Wiki software			✔
NEW	89	Learnist	Pinboard learning sites	✔	✔
NEW	90	MentorMob	Create Learning Playlists	✔	✔
↓ 24	91	Mahara	ePortfolio/social networking platform		✔
NEW	92	Doodle	Event scheduling	✔		✔
BACK	93	Keynote	Presentation software	✔		(✔)
↓ 6	94	Android phones and tablets	Devices using Google mobile operating system	✔		(✔)
↓ 6	95	Blackboard	Course management system		✔
BACK	96	Tumblr	Micro-blogging platform	✔
NEW	97	Quora	Q&A platform	✔
NEW	98	Windows Skydrive	File synchronization	✔
NEW	99	Popplet	Visual bookmarking	✔	✔
↓ 6	100	iMovie	Video creation software	✔	✔