On the homepage they have a search function pictured above where you can find a school that caters to a course you want to do. Here are some of the search results for a Bachelor’s Degee in Business. As you can see, they’re well presented.

Each school has a full profile with photographs and details of the courses available there. There are also user reviews which discuss the tutoring of the students and how the examination and project system works and about the degrees one can achieve.

They also have ‘Online College Ranking’ which shows the top 25 schools by their merit and results achieved there by the online students.

This website is a great resource for those thinking of doing an online course. It helps mak

e a decision which would normally be solved by visiting the actual college.

Features:

• Web directory of online schools and courses
• Lists thousands of online colleges and courses.
• Search and browse by categories.
• Provides reviews and rankings.
• Resources for decision making.

Check out GuideToOnlineSchools @ www.guidetoonlineschools.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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Voicethread works with the idea that each picture is worth a thousand words. User can view slideshows, zoom and pan through images, and leave comments through voice, text, audio file, video, or even via telephone). With Voicethread, viewers are encouraged to actively engage in discussions using these commenting tools. All group discussions (or voicethreads) happen on one simple page.

Voicethreads are more organized than the usual live web conferencing interfaces since each comment are posted one at a time and stored in the thread so that future viewers can see them.

The features are designed to work well for educators in a distance learning environment. Students can create digital stories and reports, and teachers can demonstrate their research or prepare remote lectures.

Voicethread demo video:

Features:

• Start group conversations around images, documents, and videos.
• Embed and share voicethreads from your website.
• Comment in one of five ways: voice, text, audio file, video, or telephone.
• Free for educators.
• Draw doodles on top of images and videos.
• Moderator options for voicethread comments.

Check Out Voicethread @ www.voicethread.com

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• WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information
• WatchKnow: 1000s of Educational Videos
• TalkShoe: Live Talk Shows and Conference Calls
• Plagium: Online Plagiarism Tracker
• Lectr: Educational Video Sharing Website

Features:

• Easily create class schedules online.
• Print generated schedules.
• Create as many schedules as you like.
• Free and doesn’t require email or registration.

Check out Schedulegenerator @ www.sealandserpent.org/schedgen/schedulegenerator (by Alex Ainsberg)

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• RotaBoard: Online Schedule Maker
• PrintFreeGraphPaper: Generate and Print Graph Paper
• MyAwardMaker: Free Custom Certificate Templates
• GraphPaper: Make Your Own Graph Paper Online
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It shows you the relevant book results and next you need to hit ‘Get Prices’ button. It then scans Amazon, eBay, Half.com, Chegg and Better World Books to fetch you the top 5 lowest prices from these vendors. Click on ‘Buy now’ link (which appears to be their affiliate link) and you are directed to the vendor to purchase that book.

Features

• Online price comparison engine for books.
• Search by title, author name, ISBN or keyword.
• It gets data from Amazon, eBay, Half.com, Chegg and Better World Books.
• Get the top 5 lowest prices and click on buy now to purchase the book.
• Similar sites: DirectTextbook and EbookPrice.

Check out BookLookr @ www.booklookr.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• DirectTextbook: College Textbook Price Comparison Site
• Chegg: Online Book Renting Site
• Wowbrary: Get Alerts on New Book Arrivals From Your Library
• SocialBib : Swap TextBooks Online
• RealCarTips: Find Out How Much Others Paid for Their Car

Like Google Analytics for college applications, AcceptEdge also allows you to track and follow competition among universities using real-time admissions data. This way, you will know where you stand amongst other students hoping to get admitted to the same college.

Features:

• Find schools based on city size, campus setting, school size, academic focus, acceptance rates, and more.
• Admission statistics for every college and university in the United States.
• College predictor gives probabilities (0%-100%) of getting accepted in your choice schools.
• Suggested list of schools that you might be interested in based on your academic and social profile.
• AcceptEdge’s Edge Scores gives you a quick look on your chances of admission into your favorite college.
• Similar sites: Courseopedia.

Check out AcceptEdge @ www.acceptedge.com

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• University Of The People: Tuition-Free Online University
• TrackClass: Track & Organize Your School Work
• The Plagiarism Checker: Check Papers For Plagiarism
• Plagium: Online Plagiarism Tracker
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Features:

• Collection of quotes by famous people.
• The quotes are submitted by website users.
• Browse quotes by author or category.
• Register for an account to submit quotes.
• Rate individual quotes and add your comments.
• Subscribe by RSS for the daily “Quote of the Day”.
• Similar sites: QuoteStumbler, In Quotes and some more in recent MakeUseOf article ( 10 Websites For A Daily Fix Of Sayings & Quotations ).

Check out Quotegasm @ www.quotegasm.com

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• QuoteStumbler: Discover Random Quotes & Sayings
• Zinepal: Online Ebook Creator
• ZAPReader : Practise Speed Reading Online
• YourVersion: Scans Web for Stuff You Find Interesting
• Wordds: Read Articles from Top Magazines On Mobile

You can search for books by author, book title or keyword. The search can be narrowed down by format (Epub, PDF, Mobipocket, Palm, Kindle etc), store name, and price. There is also an option to limit your search only to free eBook sites.

Additionally to providing you with eBooks search eBooks.Addall has a number of sister sites where you can search and find best deals for printed books, used books and magazines.

Features:

• Search and compare eBook prices across multiple online bookstores.
• Searches over 20 major and independent eBook stores including Amazon Kindle, eBooks.com, Booksonboard, Fictionwise, Borders.com and many others.
• Narrow down your search by format (Epub, Pdf, Mobipocket, Microsoft, eReader, Kindle, Palm, Sony, eBookwise, HTML and Audio)
• Sort results by author, title and price.
• In print book, Used book, Magazine search option is also available.
• Free, no sign up needed

Check out eBooks.Addall @ www.ebooks.addall.com

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• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
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If you are a beginner, start reading “Instructions” and learn which fingers correspond to which keyboard keys. Then take the lesson and practice typing different character combinations’. Once you have mastered the keys, you can improve your error rate and typing speed by typing short texts and more advanced news articles. At the end of each exercise, you will see your full stats including typing speed, error rate, total time spent and other stats.

Features:

• Free touch typing lessons online.
• Choose among different keyboard layouts – QWERTY, DVORAK, AZERTY.
• Practice different character combinations, simple texts and advanced news articles.
• Site available in English, Spanish, German and Dutch.
• No registration needed.
• Similar web tools: PowerTyping, TypingWeb, Typeracer and others.

Check out TypingLessons-Online @ www.typinglessons-online.com

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• Keybr : Practice Touch Typing Online
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To start using the bookmarklet, simply drag and drop it onto your browser toolbar. Next time you come across a page you want to print, click on the bookmarklet and easily remove the items you don’t want printed. See the ThePrintliminator in action in the video below.

Features:

• Print only what you need.
• Remove all unnecessary junk (ads, text and graphics) with a single click.
• Free, easy to use and doesn’t require installation.
• Similar tools: PrintFriendly and PrintWhatYouLike. Also see our article on how to save printer ink.

Check out ThePrintliminator @ www.css-tricks.com/examples/ThePrintliminator

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• Vanishd: Hide your Web Surfing from Prying Eyes of Co-workers
• ReadBag : Save Links to Read them Later
• PassPack : Free Password Manager
• PaperSpan: Save Webpages To Read Later
• PageSlider: Put Your Favorite Sites on a Single Page

And if you use Outlook as your email tool then you could download and use their Outlook add-in to check your emails for any errors in English.

Features:

• Correct grammatical errors in your English writing.
• Web based, easy to use and does not require registration.
• Search Bing from the page to find usage examples on the web.
• Outlook add-in available for Outlook users.
• Similar tools: AfterTheDeadline, Spellify, Orangoo, Spellist, WebSourceIt and SpellJax.

Check out ESLAssistant @ www.eslassistant.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation

Doing these calculations manually takes quite some time. If you want to quickly perform these and other matrix operations, check out Online Matrix Calculator. Simply enter your matrix into the text area below (numbers separated by spaces), check operations you want to perform and click “Calculate”.

Features:

• Online matrix calculator for Math students.
• Perform matrix operations including finding determinant, trace, rank, inverse, matrix multiplication and other operations.
• Enter matrix elements separated by spaces and click “Calculate”.
• Free, online, no registration.

Check out Online Matrix Calculator @ www.bluebit.gr/matrix-calculator/

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Basically, this tool is targeted at those who analyze and share the web such as researchers, power- web users, PR firms and big businesses.

After downloading the toolbar and completing the very helpful tutorial on the website you’ll be able to highlight portions of the webpage, add sticky notes to it and then save it to your profile. It also allows you to convert the webpage along with all of your notes into PDF format so you can e-mail it to people to see your thoughts about the page.

It’s really easy to set-up and use. Within ten minutes I had a PDF webpage saved and was familiar with the toolbar. It will work on multiple browsers including IE, Firefox and Chrome; all of which have their own tutorial to meet the needs of the user.

To learn more watch demo below:

WebNotes is not the only app for annotating web pages, other such tools that we profiled on MakeUseOf include RoohIt, iCyte, Ibrii, Markkit, AwesomeHightlighter and some more.

Check out WebNote @ www.webnotes.net (by Dean Sherwin)

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It works by announcing the Word of the Day on its homepage and on its Twitter account. For example, today the word was ‘maven’; meaning an expert in one’s field who rejoices at passing on his/her wisdom. Then the users must tweet, using the word ‘maven’ in context. So my tweet read:

‘While I like writing, it’ll be some time before I’m looked upon as a maven in my field.’

Tweets appear on the Artwiculate homepage ready to be judged by the community. If it is more popular then you’ll earn more points which in turn will make you rise through the leader boards.

Artwiculate has just come out of its Beta phase and is now completely live and has a following of almost 2,000.

I think that Artwiculate is a simple, yet effective way of learning new words. The words that they choose are interesting and you may even use them in every day life. After all, their slogan is “The twitter-based Word of the Day competition that helps clever people look clever and helps the rest of us learn new words.”

If you liked this tool you may also check out similar websites VocabSushi and WordSpy profiled earlier.

Go to Artwiculate @ www.artwiculate.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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You may search for definitions using the search engine or browse terms by topic like Graphics, Mobile Computing, Open Source etc. Term definition also includes a short history about the term and a list of related terms.

Features:

• Look up definitions of technology and Internet terms.
• Search for definitions using search engine or browse terms by categories (Graphics, Mobile computing, Open source etc.).
• View Top 15 terms and recently added definitions.
• Similar site: NoSlang.

Check out Webopedia @ www.webopedia.com

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• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool
• WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site
• VocabSushi: The Easy Way To Build Your Vocabulary
• SaveTheWords: Explore and Share Rare English Words

Click on the book you like to view contents and read it online on a clean clutter-free interface. The site is free and doesn’t require registration.

Features:

• Online resource where you can read whole books for free online.
• Over 8,000 online books.
• Search and browse books by category.
• Read books online on a clean distraction free interface.
• No registration needed.
• Similar websites: BookGlutton and Book-bot.

Check out ReadPrint @ www.readprint.com

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• Wattpad : Read and Share Books on your Mobile
• Mygazines: Read Latest Issues Of Print Magazines Online for Free
• MagMe: Read Print Magazines Online
• eBookHood: Convert Text, Webpages, RSS Feeds to iPod Format
• BookSeer: Tells You What Book To Read Next

Moreover, you can choose the tournament system (Brackets or Round-robin), specify the number of participating teams (up to 32), assign names to competitors, generate schedules, add game dates, times, results and much more.

Getting started is really simple, just enter the tournament title, select system and the number of participants, and you are ready to go. You can then further customize and update the details the way you want. Each tournament and match gets a dedicated page, where both participants and spectators can follow scores and leave comments.

Features:

• Create and manage tournaments online for free.
• Create as many tournaments as you like.
• Customize the tournament system and number of participants.
• Assign names to competitors, generate schedules, add game dates, times, results and much more.
• Each tournament and match gets a dedicated page from where everyone can follow scores and leave comments.
• For more detailed info check out demo tour.
• Similar site: PrintYourBrackets.

Check out Konkuri @ www.konkuri.com

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The errand runners are required to go through a background check. The site’s services are currently only available in Boston, U.S. but it will soon expand to other cities.

Features

• Outsource your everyday household chores.
• Currently available only in Boston but will expand to other cities soon.
• Services given by background-checked errand runners.
• Buy credits on the site to pay the runners.
• Communicate with the runners via email or SMS.
• Similar websites:  DoStuffForMoney.

Check out RunMyErrand @ www.runmyerrand.com [via Lifehacker] (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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There is also an option to become a contributor and help others. In return the site will reward you with a free t-shirt.

Features:

• Search for idioms and the meanings in English language.
• Browse idioms alphabetically.
• Hear how idioms are pronounced.
• Translate idioms to different languages.
• Similar website: IdiomSite.

Check out Phrases @ www.phrases.net

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Apart from filling your own forms the tool allows anyone publish blank PDF forms online and then invite others to fill them online.

In addition to PDF files the site also allows you to upload and edit JPG, GIF and PNG images. Completed forms can be shared with others. You can either let everyone edit shared forms or keep them on view only mode.

The site offers a free account which is limited to 1 user and currently allows to save and share up to 5 blank and 50 filled forms (premium accounts with more options are available as well).

Features:

• Fill in and share PDF forms online.
• Type, write, sign, redact, whiteout, highlight and print PDFs.
• Upload and make edits on image files.
• Supported file formats: .jpg, .gif and .png.
• Share forms by forwarding a link or embedding on your site.
• Let everyone edit shared forms or keep them on view only mode.
• Free account lets you save and share up to 5 blank and 50 filled forms.
• Similar tools: PDFescape, PDFHammer and PDFVue.

Check out FillAnyPDF @ www.fillanypdf.com

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The application is dead easy to use. Basically, you need to type simple sentences describing your diagrams (ex. “Microwave belongs to Mark” or “Jeorge owes money to Mark”) and Diagrammr will simultaneously convert them into diagrams.

With Diagrammr you may create as many diagrams as you like and share them with others by forwarding them a URL or use the provided code to embed the diagrams on your website. There is also an option to change the diagram layout and size.

Features:

• Create diagrams online using simple text sentences.
• Create as many diagrams as you like.
• Share diagrams with others by adding them to your site.
• Customize diagram layout and size.
• No registration needed.

Check out Diagrammr @ www.diagrammr.com

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When you search for books it returns all available options (new, used, ebook, rental) and presents them on one table. You can then scroll through cheapest book prices and select a book type and a bookstore from where you want to purchase it.

In addition to that the site offers you a way to cash in on your used college textbooks using their college textbook buyback price comparison search.

Features:

• New, used, ebook and rental text book price comparison site.
• Searches over 30 online bookstores including Amazon, eBooks.com, Powell’s, Buy.com, Walmart, Book Closeouts and more.
• Textbook buyback price search also provided.
• Search for books using ISBN, title, author or keywords.
• Browse books by subject
• Compare prices for multiple ISBNs.
• Similar websites: EbookPrice.

Check out DirectTextbook @ www.directtextbook.com

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• CompareMyFiles: Compare Two Text Files Online

It supports simple and scientific math functions (sin, cos, log etc), instantly highlights any errors in your input and automatically saves a history of your previous calculations. Simply enter any short or long calculation like 6*(5+10) and hit Enter to calculate. You can give names to your previous calculations (i.e 2+3=5=a) and use them in other calculations (a*2=10). No need to register.

There is also a unit converter that lets you convert between various dimensional units.

Features:

• Easy to use virtual scientific calculator and converter.
• Clean and simple interface.
• Automatically saves history of previous calculation results.
• Give names to previous calculation results and use them in future calculations.
• Convert between various units (distance, currencies, speed, weight etc).
• Save history of previous conversions below.
• No registration needed.
• Similar tools Encalc, eCalc and InstaCalc.

Check out Calcoolate @ www.calcoolate.com

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• Web2.0cal: Web2.0 Styled Cool Online Calculator
• Graphing Calculator: Create Complex Graphs Online
• eCalc : Quick Online Calculator and Unit Converter

Features:

• Collection of browser based text editing tools.
• Huge number of nice tools available.
• Use any of the tools without the need to sign up.
• Javascript should be enabled in the browser.
• Free and no sign up.

You can also check other similar apps that we have profiled earlier such as TextTop.us, Text Utilities, TextFixer, Alphabetizer, Textop.us and Textris.

Check out MyTextTools @  www.mytexttools.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• WordCountTool: Tool For Counting Words in Text
• TextFixer: Text to Capitals, Remove Line Breaks & Whitespaces etc.
• CountOnIt: Count Words in PDF, Text, HTML, XML & CSV Files
• CompareMyFiles: Compare Two Text Files Online
• Citatoe: Store Your Favourite Quotes & Citations Online

All you have to do is paste a list of names onto provided field and then click on the “Pick Random Line” button. The application will then randomly pick and display the name.

Features:

• Helps you randomly pick a winner from a list of names.
• Save picked names during session.
• Option to pre-randomize the list.
• Similar web tool: Random Name Picker.

Check out Random Line Picker @ www.my-i-p.com/Pick_Random_Line.html (via Lifehacker.com)

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• Random Name Picker
• YourFonts: Creating Fonts Online From You Own Handwriting
• YourDraft: Create and Share Drafts Online
• WriteBoard: A Collaborative Text Editor
• Write Like An Egyptian

Registered users not only have an option to read essays online but save favorite items in their account and even download them. The site adheres to strict plagiarism guidelines and despite the fact that listed essays are free to access and use, members agree to give proper reference and credits to the source.

Note: When searching on the website make sure to set it to search essays only on AllFreeEssays.com. While there is also an option to search on PeerPapers.com that service is not free and requires a subscription fee.

Features:

• Database of more than 50,000 free student written essays, term papers and reports.
• Browse essays by topic categories, search with keywords and view popular papers.
• Sign up and donate one essay to get full access to content on the site.
• For free essays, search only from AllFreeEssays.com.

Check out AllFreeEssays @ www.allfreeessays.com

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Features:

• Practice typing online.
• Lessons are available for Dvorak and Qwerty keyboards.
• Free typing games included.
• Option to set wpm goals.
• Listen to provided audio track  for rhythmical typing.
• Similar sites: TypingWeb, 10-Fast-Fingers, Typeracer, Keybr and a list of free typing games.

Check out PowerTyping @ www.powertyping.com

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Users may also browse flashcards shared by others by a subject or search using relevant keywords. Furthermore, flashcards can be saved to favorites for later reference.

Features:

• Create and share interactive flash cards for studying.
• Share your flashcard sets with others.
• Browse flashcards created by others, by subjects or search with keywords.
• Over 75,000 public flashcard sets.
• View printer-friendly HTML version of your flashcard sets or export them to your iPod.
• Free, sign up to get started.
• Similar tools: CoboCards, Cramberry and FlashCardDB.

Check out Flash Card Machine @ www.flashcardmachine.com

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It uses open-source technology and courseware and incorporates peer-to-peer teaching methods where students form online study groups and help each other with homework assignments and exam preparation. To apply you must have a high-school diploma and sufficient level of English.

Students only pay $15-50 fee for enrollment and $10-100 for exams, with students from poorer countries paying lower fees. However, for 2009 Fall semester all fees have been waived.  For those strapped for cash, or looking to restart their lives, this may be a good option. Worth checking out.

Features:

• First ever non-profit free online university
• Incorporates online peer-to-peer learning methods and social networking features
• Fees: $15-50 for enrollment and $10-100 for exams, with students from poorer countries paying lower fees
• All fees are waived for 2009 Fall semester
• Minimum requirements: high-school diploma and sufficient level of English
• Apply and get enrolled online

Check out University Of The People @ www.uopeople.org

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• TrackClass: Track & Organize Your School Work
• The Plagiarism Checker: Check Papers For Plagiarism
• Plagium: Online Plagiarism Tracker
• MBAvid: Free MBA Video Lectures
• Courseopedia: US College Course Directory

Features:

• Free science ebooks (textbooks, lecture notes) in different subjects.
• Read ebooks online or download them in PDF format.
• All listed texts are offered legally on the site and have been authorized by their respective authors and publishers.
• Similar sites: Project Gutenberg, Wowio and eBooksDB. Also check out earlier MakeUseOf article on The Best 6 Sites to Get Free Ebooks.

Check out ScienceBooksOnline @ www.sciencebooksonline.info

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• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• Wowio : Download Copyrighted eBooks for Free. Legally.
• PDFse: Search for PDF Files on Google
• PDFind: PDF Document Search Engine
• PDFgeni: Comprehensive eBook Search Tool

The site requires sign-up and is free to use. It currently supports ten of the most widely used languages – English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.

Additionally if you are good in languages you can become an expert and help out others.

Features:

• Submit foreign language text and get it corrected by experts.
• Registration is free.
• Ten main languages supported.
• Request a sound recording of the spoken version of the text.
• Become an expert to start doing text corrections for others.

Those of you who are currently studying a foreign language might be also interested in recently published 18 Great Sites to Learn a New Language.

Check out CorrectMyText @ www.correctmytext.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Popling: Learn Languages Online The Easy Way
• Phrases: Search for Idiom Phrases & Get Meanings
• MangoLanguages : Online Language Tutor
• ListenAndWrite: Online Audio Dictation
• Lingro : Translate Words on any Web Page

Currently application can identify several hundred languages and you need a minimum of 250 characters in order to identify the language.

Features:

• Language identification tool.
• Helps you identify several hundred languages.
• Free and easy to use, no registration required.
• For more similar apps check our related article “5 Tools to Identify Unknown Languages“.

Go to What Language is This? @ www.ruphus.com/identify (by Srikanth from Firefox Ninjas)

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• LangId: Foreign Language Identifier
• Woxikon: Online Dictionary And Translation
• NiceTranslator: Translate Text To & From 36 Languages
• Mobile Translator : Free Online Dictionary for your Mobile Phone
• Mloovi: Translate RSS Feeds into 24 Languages

Here’s how it works for a student.

1. He/She creates a 3-D model of dorm using this tool.
2. Then select the products He/She would like to have in his room.
3. Collaborate with his/her roommates and discuss the design.
4. Finally, when the design is finalized, the items can be added to cart and shipped directly to the university.

The orders are handled by Amazon.com. This tool also benefits parents. There is a special option called “care packages” which allows parents to send gifts/care packages to their children. These packages can be shipped directly from the store to the university.

If you liked this tool you can also check 3 Web Apps to Decorate and Plan your House.

Visit DesignYourDorm @ www.designyourdorm.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• SmallBluePrinter: House Plan Creator
• ProjectDragonfly: Design 3D Floor Plans Online
• IKEA SpaceMaker: Visual Room Designer Online
• Buildy: Create A Floor Plan Of Your House
• Wowbrary: Get Alerts on New Book Arrivals From Your Library

In addition to watching videos users may rate them and leave their comments. There is also an option to contribute by adding quality educational videos from other video sharing sites like Youtube.

Features:

• Search educational videos online.
• Browse by categories and subcategories.
• Rate and leave comments.
• Check out recently posted, most viewed and highest rated videos.
• Contribute by adding educational videos from other websites.
• Browser toolbar to add videos from other sites in snap.
• Similar websites: Lectr, AcademicEarth and MBAvid.

Check out WatchKnow @ www.watchknow.org

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• WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information
• SchoolOfEverything: Find Local Teacher On Any Subject
• Plagium: Online Plagiarism Tracker
• Lectr: Educational Video Sharing Website
• BuddySchool: Online Tutors in All Subjects

To search, simply enter a keyword (e.g. marketing, Carpenter, Chinese ) or zip code and hit “Search”, Courseopedia will then list all available courses related to your query offered by different colleges. Clicking on a particular course listing brings more detailed information.

Additionally, if you represent a college/university or offer your own private courses, you can sign up for free online and submit your offerings on the site.

Features:

• Search college courses in one place.
• Browse results by class name, program, school and relevant career.
• Submit and publicize your own courses and classes.
• Lists a 30,000 courses available in  State of California.
• More us cities will be added soon.

Check out Courseopedia @ www.courseopedia.com

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• University Of The People: Tuition-Free Online University
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• Plagium: Online Plagiarism Tracker
• MBAvid: Free MBA Video Lectures

You can search books by keywords and filter results by authors, subjects, publication date, language and publisher. If the book is in a public domain you can read the full text online, and if its not, you can buy it from one of online book stores.

Site is maintained and updated by Internet users worldwide. Anyone can edit records for any book, add photos and translate the records into different languages.

Features:

• User-edited book covers database.
• Cover info for 20 million published books in multiple languages.
• Full text for 1 million scanned books from public domain.
• Search records by keywords, filter results by authors, subjects, publication date, language and publisher.
• Edit records for any book, add photos and translate the records into different languages.

Check out OpenLibrary @ www.openlibrary.org

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• gdgt: Wikipedia For Electronic Gadgets
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• Yedda : Ask Questions. Get Answers.
• Yahoo Answers: Biggest Q&A Community on The Web

You can practice words by filling out the sentence completion questions and learn the correct word pronunciations by playing the MP3 files. Words have been compiled from the actual word sets used in ISEE, ACT, GRE and other standardized tests that feature vocabulary sections.

System tracks progress of your overall vocabulary, skips the words you know and suggests words that are most challenging for you based on your learning curve. The service is free, and you need to sign up to get started.

Features:

• Interactive vocabulary builder.
• Learn new words by their usage in daily news.
• Words are taken from actual word sets used in GRE, ISEE, ACT, SAT and other standardized tests.
• System tracks progress of every word and suggests the most challenging words based on your learning curve.
• Practice new words by filling out sentence completion quizzes.
• Download printouts, MP3s and podcasts to learn words while you are offline.
• Similar website: WordAhead.

Check out VocabSushi @ www.vocabsushi.com

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• WordAhead: Video Vocabulary Site
• WordSpy: Dictionary of New Words
• WordSift: Visualize Text & Related Information
• Wordnik: Comprehensive Word Search Tool
• Webopedia: Dictionary Of Internet Terms And Their Meanings

You can also check out presentations shared by other users, search and browse them by popularity, rate and leave comments.

Features:

• Upload and share PowerPoint presentations online.
• Share and embed your presentations online.
• Browse presentations shared by other users sorted by popularity, tags and categories.
• Download the software plug-in to upload presentations directly from the PowerPoint.
• Sign up to upload and comment on presentations.
• Similar websites: SlideSix.

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• ZohoShow
• ThumbStacks

Additionaly, you can edit flash cards as many times as you want and go back to previous versions. CoboCards also provides features like posting comments on the cards, setting deadlines, tracking your progress, collaborating with fellow students and sorting the card deck by dragging & dropping cards.

Features:

• Create your own flashcards online free.
• Include pictures and graphs on your card.
• Get RSS updates when a team member edits the cards.
• Link cards to each other electronically.
• Keyboard Shortcuts for easy editing.
• Similar websites: Cramberry, Popling, FlashCardFlash and FlashCardDB.

Check out CoboCards @ www.cobocards.com (by Tehseen from Ijaar.com)

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Since I was pretty good at maths and physics, I tried out certain equations to check the accuracy of the tool. I have to say that I wasn’t disappointed. It comes up with fairly accurate graphs.

You can also drag points on the graph or locate specific coordinates. You could zoom in too if you need to take a better look. It’s certainly a useful tool for school and college students.

Check out Graphing Calculator @ www.e-tutor.com/et2/graphing (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• HohliCharts: Create Bar Graphs, Pie Charts and Venn Diagrams.
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• eCalc : Quick Online Calculator and Unit Converter

Features

• Web note organizer for taking notes and tracking assignments.
• Tools like to-do lists and calendar are also included.
• Option to set and get alerts for upcoming assignments available.
• Notes can be shared
• Users can create or join class groups.
• Similar tools: Notefish, Luminotes and Helipad.

Check out MyNoteit @ www.mynoteit.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• NoteSake : Share Lecture Notes Online
• Notefish: Simple And Effective Online Note Taking App