Creation
VUVOX ("visual voice") was an easy to use production and sharing service that allowed you to instantly create and share stories. You could create, mix, and personalize media - videos, photos and music - to share with others. More information is available at https://sites.google.com/site/glogsterandvuvox/home/vuvox It was acquired by ebay in 2008.
Collaboration
VoiceThread is a collaborative cloud based service into which users upload over 55 types of documents and other users can comment in five different ways (using voice, text, audio, or video). VoiceThreads can be embedded to show and receive comments on other websites, and exported to play as archival movies. It can be used for asynchronous learning with students commenting and adding discussions to a started VoiceThread. The original creators in 2005 were Ben Papell and Steve Muth.
Annotating
MLA, APA, Chicago / Turabian and most-common Bluebook forms as an integrated citing and note-taking platform for individual or group projects. Prompts for analysis of source types and is unique in offering teaching support and personal help on any citation. Instructor / librarian view allows teacher to comment on work-in-progress providing just-in-time feedback in-context. Archives copies of web pages and pdfs which can be annotated. Dashboard provides long-term access to a portfolio of work. NoodleTools MLA Lite is a free version with a Bibliography component and limited set of citation types appropriate for elementary or middle-school students.
Gathering
myPeers is a scholars social network that allows you follow your peers' research, get notified when their papers are published, and have access to their published work. It was only available for mac users
Organizing
Reference management entails the collection, annotation, curation, and citation of published information. Bookends simplifies these tasks. Bookends can perform Internet searches to retrieve references and associated pdfs or web pages, or immediately find and import references for which you already have the pdf. Versatile groups (static, smart, and virtual), term lists (keywords, authors, etc.), reference cross-linking (links), multiple notecards per reference, PDF annotation, tag clouds, and instantaneous live searches help organize and find information in your personal collection. Highly configurable displays let you view the reference information and attachments the way you want. Scan your word processor manuscripts to create publication-ready documents complete with bibliographies and footnotes. Sync references and pdfs in your library with your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad (requires separate purchase of Bookends On Tap from the iTunes App Store). Create and edit PDF annotations and highlighted text, which instantly appear as Bookends notecards. And much more. Compatible with Microsoft Word, Mellel (including Live Bibliography, updating of citations and bibliographies as you type), Apple Pages '08, ’09, and (provisionally) Pages 5, Nisus Writer Pro, and OpenOffice 3.
Organizing
Bibus is a bibliographic and reference management software. As with other such tools, Bibus allows one to search, edit, and sort bibliographic records. In addition, Bibus contains features that makes it unique among open source and even commercial bibliographic databases: Hierarchical organization of the references with user defined keys Designed for multiuser environments Database sharing among an "unlimited" number of users Individual classification for each user Ability to define read-only and read-write users Live queries; that is searches that update as the database changes Online PubMed queries Online eTBLAST queries Insertion of references and formatting of bibliographies into three widely used Word Processors (LibreOffice.org,OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Word) Foreign language support through Unicode and gettext. As of version 1.4, Bibus is available in English, Chinese, Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish.
Organizing
BibMe is an automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills information, allowing you to build easily a works cited page. You can download your bibliography in either MLA, APA, Chicago, or Turbian formats.
Organizing
Use BibDesk to edit and manage your bibliography. It will keep track of both the bibliographic information and the associated files or web links for you. BibDesk’s services will simplify using your bibliography in other applications and are particularly well suited for LATEX users.
Capture
Wink is a tutorial and presentation creation software, that allows you to create tutorials on how to use software, by capturing screenshots, mouse movements, and accompanying audio.
Annotating
WebSlides allows you to convert your bookmarks and feeds to present them as live web pages in an interactive slideshow. Each WebSlide has a unique URL, or comes as a widget. Users may create a guided tour of any website, group course information for students, provide a simple tutorial on any subject, or share images on the web. Additionally, content publishers may use this presentation format for repacking and remixing content.