Publishing / Sharing

KidWidget Win / KidWidget Mac from astoundit is an inexpensive publishing toolkit; including Write, Draw, Paint, Music, Games, Calculator, and Dictionary. Speech output is included.

Comic Life for Mac from Plasq enables students to take pictures and create their own personal comic books.

Kidspiration Win / Kidspiration Mac X from Inspiration give young students a free form graphic environment to organize thoughts and write. Speech output is included.

Inspiration Win / Inspiration Mac X from Inspiration give older students a free form graphic environment to organize thoughts and write. Speech output is included.

CMAP Win / CMAP MAC X from IHMC is a free concept mapping software program. You can also download versions in Linux and Solaris.

Curio (MacX) from Zengobi is a new and full featured information organization software program. You need to see this one.

OmniOutliner (MacX) from OmniGroup is one of the best idea organizers and writing tools on the Macintosh. The Pro version includes the ability to record audio with the notes. The unlicensed version will work with up to 20 entries per file.

NoteTaker (MacX) from AquaMinds is an information organizer based on spiral pads. Great interface. You can download a 30 day trial from the website. Check out the NoteTaker tutorial videos. You will need high speed Internet connection.

OneNote (Win) from Microsoft is an information organizer based on a tab metaphor. It includes handwriting recognition, drag and drop Internet references, and quick search categories. You can demo OneNote without downloading it, or download a trial OneNote.

Voodoo Pad (MacX) from Flying Meat is a very cool and simple information organizer with a great automatic linking feature.

MORE for Mac 9 - This program is now discontinued and is free. It is one of the best outline and writing software programs for older Mac operating systems, and will work on almost any old Mac. Outlines can quickly be turned into presentations.

EverNote Win from EverNote is a free information organization tool that includes fast search and retrieval features, including categories and automatic labeling. EverNote Plus Win is a commercial version that includes hand writing and shape recognition and ink note search. You can download a trial of the Plus version from the website.

ScreenPlay Outliner (Win) from Kitchona is a tool for guiding students in writing plays. Good tool for students who handle text well.

LifeJournal (Win) from Chronicles Software is a full featured journal program. This provides a different format for students to organize information in. You can download a trial version at the website.

PlanPlus (Win) from Franklin Covey is a day planner software program. This can be a great information organizer for students who want to use a tool that looks professional or who need to start learning to organize their information and activities. You can download a trial version from the website.