Photo Library and editing software for Macintosh: http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/

Free online "lite" version of Photoshop: http://www.photoshop.com

Jim's favorite graphic utility is "Graphicconverter" for Macintosh: http://www.lemkesoft.com/. It opens any format, and can do "batch" processing of lots of pictures at once.

Camoes explains how to create animated charts with the standard Excel application.  This can also be done with Google docs:

Teachers talk about their use of Powerpoint.

“It’s dangerous because it can create the illusion of understanding and the illusion of control,” General McMaster said in a telephone interview afterward. “Some problems in the world are not bullet-izable.”

This page includes a helpful list of verbs to use in writing learning objectives.