The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies has released the new Top Tools for 2008!  The new list is in two parts: Personal Tools and Producer Tools. For the full article visit: http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/toolbox2008.html

TOP 100 TOOLS FOR LEARNING – SPRING 2008
By Type of Tool

Personal Tools

Web browsers Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera
RSS readers Google Reader | Bloglines
Players and other readers iTunes | Adobe Reader
Email Tools Gmail | Outlook | Yahoo Mail | Thunderbird
Personal start pages iGoogle | Netvibes | Pageflakes
Social bookmarking del.icio.us | diigo | Furl | Stumbleupon
Social networks Facebook | LinkedIn
Instant messengers Skype
(Re)search Tools Google Search | Wikipedia | Google Scholar
Productivity Tools (online) Google Calendar | Google Maps |
Productivity Tools (desktop) Filezilla | Google Desktop | OmniOutliner | Portable apps | Tiddlywiki | OneNote

Producer Tools
Document and Spreadsheet Tools Google Docs | Word | Zoho | Excel | OpenOffice | Scribd
PDF tools OpenOffice | CutePDF Writer
Presentation Tools PowerPoint | Slideshare | Articulate | Keynote | Adobe Presenter
Blogging Tools WordPress | Blogger | TypePad | Edublogs
Microblogging tools twitter | tumblr
RSS feed tools FeedBlitz
Podcasting Tools Audacity | Garageband | Gcast
File hosting tools Slideshare | flickr | YouTube | Scribd
Wiki Tools Wikispaces | PB Wiki | MediaWiki | Wetpaint | Tiddlywiki
Mindmapping Tools MindManager | FreeMind | Bubbl.us
Web Authoring Tools Nvu | Dreamweaver
HTML/Text editor Notepad
Graphics, image and photo Tools flickr | Adobe Photoshop | Paint.NET | iPhoto
Course authoring Tools Articulate | eXe | Lectora
Interactivity Tools Flash | Polldaddy | Survey Monkey
Course/Learning Management systems Moodle | Blackboard
Screencapture / screencasting Tools Captivate | SnagIt | Jing | Camtasia | Wink | Skitch
Web Meeting Tools Adobe Connect | Elluminate | Yugma
Social networking Tools Ning
Content management Systems Joomla
Collaborative tools VoiceThread | Basecamp
Virtual world Tools SecondLife
Specialist educational tools Geogebra