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eHub Category: Education
Apps that fall under an educational area.
Mar 19, 09
Direct Textbook
Receive book pricing information via Twitter. Simply follow @textbook on Twitter, submit a request as '@textbook ISBNNUMBER', and you will receive pricing information back via direct message automatically. (Link:
Direct Textbook)
Mar 09, 09
Academic Earth
Videos of full-length lectures from top universities like MIT, Stanford and Harvard on topics ranging from Chemistry to Mathematics to Psychology. You can download lectures for later viewing. Registered users can grade lectures, and more features are expected to come. Currently in beta. (Link:
Academic Earth)
Dec 26, 08
GlobalScholar
An online tutoring platform, where parents and students can safely connect with trusted educators who provide one-on-one tutoring, homework help or self-paced learning. "Can be used by schools and school districts to enable teachers and administrators to more efficiently and effectively create, manage and align content, assessments, curriculum, standards and supplemental learning to drive educational performance." (Link:
GlobalScholar)
Nov 13, 08
Brightstorm
An online learning network designed to help high-school students deepen their understanding of important subjects and better prepare for college through video-based courses designed and taught by expert teachers from across the country. (Link:
Brightstorm)
Nov 04, 08
internshipIN
Helps startups recruit interns. Started by a couple of Berkeley students bothered by the vast resources available for large companies, internshipIN is helping the underdog (the startup and small company) get closer to universities. (Link:
internshipIN)
Oct 16, 08
Social Media Classroom
The Social Media Classroom (SMC), started by
Howard Rheingold, includes a free and open-source (Drupal-based) web service that provides teachers and learners with an integrated set of social media that each course can use for its own purposes - integrated forum, blog, comment, wiki, chat, social bookmarking, RSS, microblogging, widgets, and video commenting are the first set of tools. The Classroom also includes curricular material: syllabi, lesson plans, resource repositories, screencasts and videos. The Collaboratory (or Colab), is the web service part of it. Educators are encouraged to use the Colab and SMB materials freely, and SMC will host your Colab communities if you don't want to install your own.
Disclosure: eHub founder, Emily Chang, and her company, Ideacodes, worked on the public website for the SMC. (Link:
Social Media Classroom)
Oct 09, 08
GPABook
Geared toward college students to not only help them succeed in school, but also helps them find the best deals on expensive textbooks. GPABook also prepares students for their future careers by providing common interview questions so they can prepare for job offers. (Link:
GPABook)
Oct 02, 08
Mendeley
Part desktop software and part collaborative web application, Mendeley is free academic software for managing and sharing research papers online. Manage research papers, discover new trends in research, and collaborate with like-minded people. Mendeley Desktop software is also available as a standalone research management tool without the online component. (Link:
Mendeley)
Sep 19, 08
Edmodo
A private microblogging platform developed for use in the classroom by teachers and students. Edmodo provides teachers and students the ability to share notes, links, and files to foster communication inside and outside of the classroom. Teachers also have the ability to post alerts, assignments, and events to share with their students. (Link:
Edmodo)
Sep 15, 08
SchoolRack
Provides a free service for K-12 teachers and faculty to establish a classroom website or weblog for sharing information online with students and parents. Encouraging collaboration among its users, it's a safe environment for students to learn, parents to participate, and teachers to educate. (Link:
SchoolRack)
Jul 17, 08
Busuu
An online community for learning languages where our user can improve their language skills by directly having access to native speakers from around the world using our video-chat application and peer-to-peer learning features (e.g. writing reviews etc.). Users can also use picture based learning material covering a wide range of topics. (Link:
Busuu)
May 06, 08
MeadMap
An online, collaborative, flash-based mind mapping system from Mead, maker of school supplies. Mead Map allows students and other users to instantly organize their notes
and group projects from any computer with an internet connection and no downloads required. As a courtesy to eHub followers, Mead is offering up to 250 readers
an opportunity to preview the site with six months of free, full access. Just click on the "Try Mead Map free" icon and enter the promo code EHUB1. (Link:
MeadMap)
Apr 28, 08
Voluminous
A Mac OS application that finds, downloads, and organizes your personal library of public domain books. You can search, filter, and get automatic updates from over 20,000 books. Read on screen or export to PDF. (Link:
Voluminous)
Mar 23, 08
Phrasebase
Language learning social network. (Link:
Phrasebase)
Mar 05, 08
Communiversity
A community where real students share their college experience so that others can explore and learn what post-high school is really like by giving pictures to look at and blog like entries to read. (Link:
Communiversity)
Jan 30, 08
SciVee
SciVee allows scientists to create multimedia presentations of their work. Other scientists can freely view uploaded presentations and engage in virtual discussions with the author and other viewers or create communities around specific articles and keywords. From the website: "Use this medium to meet peers and future collaborators that share your particular research interests." (Link:
SciVee)
Jan 23, 08
MonkeySee
Find free professional and user submitted how-to videos. Offers a large and growing library of video demonstration on a wide variety of topics. Easy navigation allows users to find videos quickly, and a sidebar introduces featured experts. Individual videos can be rated, saved, and shared. Future releases promise downloadable video as well. [Open beta] (Link:
MonkeySee)
Jan 08, 08
Neulio
Create structured online courses easily with Neulio. Neulio provides intuitive, and free, tools to help you create online learning courses. Videos and screencasts can be uploaded in most popular file formats, and flexible password protection allows you to decide who can view which parts of your course. Courses are stored using your free account. (Link:
Neulio)
Dec 04, 07
Howjsay
Type a word or phrase and hear it spoken back to you. Howjsay is an English pronunciation dictionary that uses recorded sound rather than text-to-speech synthesis. Enter a word or phrase, wait for it to appear on the page in pink, then hover your mouse over the word(s) to hear the pronunciation. Supports both UK and American spellings. (Link:
Howjsay)
Nov 16, 07
WiZiQ
A platform for anyone and everyone who wants to teach or learn live, online. With a virtual classroom, educational content and a session scheduler, WiZiQ works best for anyone's online teaching and learning needs. It's free to boot as well.
(Link:
WiZiQ)
Nov 09, 07
Masqot
A social community for international students around the world. Useful for students who want information about exchange studies and want to network with other students. This is a social networking site that shares 70% of its ad revenues with all the members. (Link:
Masqot)
Oct 19, 07
NoteStar
An internet application designed to help teachers and students prepare research papers. NoteStar is a tool for both teachers and students. Teachers can create and assign projects, monitor progress, help organize notes, and check the authenticity of sources. Students create, track, and organize notes, assign subtopics among a group, and create a printable bibliography. NoteStar even provides a NoteCard browser bookmarklet to make note-taking easier. (Link:
NoteStar)
Oct 16, 07
HotChalk
A free education tool for teachers, students and parents from grades 12 and below. Teachers can use it to manage their coursework, collaborate with their students, and communicate with parents. Students can organize their work online in a centralized location. Parents can stay current with their child's schoolwork and their teachers. Plans for adding features and tools for school administrators for the new school year are in the works.
(Link:
HotChalk)
Oct 14, 07
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus
An interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps with meanings and related words. Available in an Online Edition for $19.95 a year or $2.95 a month or Desktop Edition at $39.95. Aimed at educators and writers seeking to improve there linguistics and vocabulary skills. (Link:
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus)
Oct 11, 07
ePrep
Online SAT and PSAT test preparation. ePrep combined the concepts of private tutoring and text book methodology into an online video lesson program. (Link:
ePrep)
Oct 11, 07
Kindersay
[Site closed down in June 2007] A video site for preschoolers (Ages 1 to 4) to learn new English words, ABCs, numbers, colors and shapes from web videos.
(Link:
Kindersay)
Sep 27, 07
Connexions
Educational material for everyone, organized in small chunks called modules. Connexions is a learning platform where knowledge is grouped into non-linear modules that can be combined to create courses. Modules are meant to be shared and collaboration is encouraged. All content is free to use and reuse under the Creative Commons "attribution" license. (Link:
Connexions)
Aug 30, 07
edu 2.0
Free web-based education site with comprehensive features for teachers, students and parents. Anyone can teach and/or learn using the system, whether it's at school, at home, or on the move. (Link:
edu 2.0)
Jul 31, 07
TalkBean
This South Korean startup is creating a marketplace where English language students can connect with overseas language tutors. Tutors charge per minute and the website leverages technology to offer a diverse array of methods for students and tutors to connect. Lessons can be given using voice, video, text-chat, or whiteboard. The site also features a built-in rating system. Those rated highly by students appear higher on the list of available tutors. (Link:
TalkBean)
Jul 24, 07
Notely
An online tool for students. Designed from a student's perspective, this application offers an extensive list of free tools to help students get, and stay, organized for school. Features include a calendar, to-do list, homework organizer, course manager, notebook, and a link/contact/file manager. Notely is free and accessible via popular web browsers anywhere there is a student and an internet connection. (Link:
Notely)
Jul 10, 07
Scriptovia
A website where students can submit their essays and reports for editing and critiquing.
(Link:
Scriptovia)
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