Here you will find teaching links and resources which I use on a regular basis, and they may be of interest to you also. And they’re all free!

The best, free editor for recording and editing audio. Powerful and easy to use, it can be used to podcast by students/staff. Go to Audacity >>.

Jing is a really useful tool to screencast; you are able to record what is shown on your screen allowing you to narrate over the top. Good for video tutorials and fun for students. Go to Jing >>.

Edublogs is web space allowing you and your students to blog and show the world what they’ve accomplished. Slowly being replaced in schools by Glow. Go to Edublogs >>.

A good, free, open source vector graphics editor. Contains all the facilities required for school and there are numerous tutorials online to demonstrate its capabilities. Not as polished as commercial alternatives, so save often! Go to Inkscape >>.

A photo retouching and image editor that allows you full control over your images and digital photographs. Cloning, perspective correction, crop, rotate and all the usual tools are available. Go to GIMP >>.

A simple, basic painting program. More features than MS Paint and a nice user interface which is ideal for younger children. Contains lots of images/stamps and allows the ability to create digital colouring pages. Go to Tux Paint >>.

Really useful program which allows you to take important applications with you on USB. No need to install everywhere you go, they can run from USB. Applications that it can support include OpenOffice, Firefox, GIMP, FireFTP, Audacity, VLC and plenty more. Go to Portable Apps >>.