Here Are Top 20 Free Web Tools And Open Software For Students!

Here Are Top 20 Free Web Tools And Open Software For Students!

Students vying to save an extra buck without compromising on learning, here's some good news!       There are scores of free Web tools and open source software available for students that will get their 'study jobs' done without having to burn a hole in their pockets. Commercial software purchases can be quite a burden for students vying to save an extra buck, however good news is there are tools and software for most of the jobs out there and they are free! 1. Gmail -Google's online email service also offers you storage, search, built-in chat, mobile access, voice chat, spam filters and more apart from your mail of course! 2. Meebo -Access your buddies on all the major networks (AIM, Yahoo!, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber) in a single buddy list with the Meebo Messenger. Moreover, you can do all this right from your Web browser. 3. Opera Mail -Free email client that organises, indexes, and sorts your messages. There are also RSS feeds and a smart spam filter. 4. Thunderbird 3.1 -Free, customisable messaging and email client that helps you manage your online communications including email, instant messaging and social networking messages. 5. GanttProject -Free and open source desktop tool for scheduling and management of projects. 6. TimetoMeet -Web-based scheduling tool that automatically synchronises your calendar from Outlook, iCal or Google and shows your appointments all in one place. 7. EditGrid -Allows you to share, collaborate and publish your spreadsheet online. 8. Google Docs -Free Web-based productivity spread using which you can upload files from your desktop and access the files from any Internet-connected computer. 9. PDFCreator -Open source program that lets you create PDF files from any Windows program. 10. Zoho Writer -Online word processor that features a WYSIWYG editor for publishing directly to blog. 11. Embeddable Presentations -Lets you add text, images, video and more directly to your presentation slides. 12. Zoho Show 2.0 -Online tool for creating presentations that features pre-built themes, clipart and shapes. 13. Google Calendar -Create, organise and schedule assignments and also share them using this web-based tool. You can also send invitations, track RSVPs. Further the tool also syncs with Microsoft Outlook, Apple iCal and Mozilla Sunbird. 14. GNU Octave -Open source high-level interpreted language that provides numerical solution of linear and nonlinear problems. Also provides extensive graphics capabilities for data visualisation and manipulation. 15. Graphing Calculator from e-Tutor -Simply type one or more equations into the Graph box on the site to use the graphing calculator. 16. Mathway -Solves problems from Basic Math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Trigonometry, Precalculus, Calculus and Statistics. 17. NoteMesh -Free online service that allows students to share notes with each other by creating a wiki for individual classes that users can edit. 18. EasyBib -Free Web tool that provides automatic bibliography and citations. 19. Claroline -Open Source e-learning and e-working platform based on PHP/MySQL. 20. Sakai -Java-based e-learning platform with tools that aid in online teaching, learning, research and collaboration for education.