For those online teachers who like to get technical, these resources are provided for your late-night  viewing pleasure.

Adobe AfterEffects - powerful tools you need to produce visually innovative motion graphics and effects for film, video, DVD, and the Web
Animagic - powerful gif animation tool
GIF Construction Set - instant gif animation using a wizard, inexpensive
Macromedia Flash - interactive content and video

BoldChat - Free live chat tool you can integrate into your course, good for 1-on-1
GoldWave - Free download of an easy-to-use audio recording software
ParaChat - Another freebie, nice for group chats up to 100
RogerWilco - Real-time live voice chatting technology, download & go!
Yahoo Messenger Voice Chat -Free voice chat download

Yahoo Groups - free discussion board and calendar tools
Snitz - Free bulletin board software

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Dreamweaver MX - The professional designer's dream to web design
FrontPage - Microsoft's official site for FrontPage.  It has interactive tours and FAQs
FrontPage World - Tools, tips and secrets of FrontPage
TopStyle Pro - Edit HTML, CSS (cascading style sheets), and XHTML in one program!

Adobe Illustrator - industry-standard vector graphics software
Corel Draw 12
Groundlayerz.com - Links to free trial downloads of many image editors, animation, screen capture, image compression programs
Macromedia Fireworks - import files from all major graphics formats and manipulate both vector and bitmap images to quickly create graphics and interactivity. Images can be easily exported to Dreamweaver, Flash and third-party applications
Paint Shop Pro
PhotoImpact
Photoshop 7.0 - Adobe's premiere software for photos and images
Photoshop Elements 2.0 - A simplified version of Photoshop, easy to use and inexpensive

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Actions for Photoshop - A collection of downloadable Photoshop actions.
Free Photoshop Presets - More presets for Photoshop.
How to Install Photoshop Presets (PPT) - A PowerPoint tutorial for how to install presets in Photoshop CS2.
How to Optimize Performance in Photoshop CS2 - An article with great tips for improving performance when working with Photoshop
Photoshop Presets - A collection of free Photoshop presets.
Photoshop Fonts - Free fonts to download for your Photoshop projects.
Stock Photos - A collection of stock photos for Photoshop projects.

Blackboard - Used by many schools and universities around the country
ECollege - Another popular LMS
Edu-Tool.com - online platform comparison tool, great resource
Macromedia Breeze - communication, training, collaboration online
Microsoft NetMeeting - audio/video conferencing, file exchange, chat, more
Moodle - Another free LMS available to you; constructivist orientation, open source, available in 40 languages!
Nicenet - free e-learning platform for your classroom
Web Courseware Comparisons - links to comparisons of online platforms
WebCT - Another popular LMS

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ezedia - Multimedia authoring software, kids can use it!
PowerPoint - Microsoft's official website with tips, tutorials

Camtasia Studio - Tools to record, enhance and publish professional demos, training and tutorials
SnagIt - Software with the ability to capture anything on your screen is simply unmatched
RoboDemo - Record screen activity to create interactive flash tutorials, free trial!

iMovie - The product of choice for video editing on Macs
Sorenson Squeeze
Quicktime 7- Apple's media player

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Please submit your favorites links to the Center for Online Educators, and we'll include them on our expanding list.