Tools+and+Sites

Some potentially useful tools.....maybe we need to categorise these....

Animoto Use Animoto to easily create presentations and videos with your own images and music, or choose from a library of stock files. Teachers can apply for a free Animoto Plus account.

[|Bookr] Bookr is a tool to create your own photobook using flickr images.

[|Bubblr] Bubblr is a tool to create your own comic strip using flickr images.

Creative Commons Search Easily find images and files that can be freely used for worksheets, presentations and more with the Creative Commons Search. Every once and a while you’ll come across something that isn’t licensed for use; however, the majority of results can be shared and edited.

Edmodo Edmodo is a social network that you set up for your class. It looks like, feels like and smells like Facebook; however, it employs many safety precautions that keep students on task. Students cannot have private chats with each other, invite anyone to the class group or make private posts. It’s great because you can use it as a resource to answer questions and stay connected with your students outside of school.

Edublogs With Edublogs, you can create and manage your own teacher blog as well as student blogs. You can customize designs and include videos, images and podcasts. Best of all, it’s safe and secure.

[|ePals] ePals is the leading provider of safe collaborative technology for schools to connect and learn in a protected, project-based learning network. With classrooms in 200 countries and territories, ePals makes it easy to connect learners locally, nationally or internationally.

Gizmoz Animate a picture of yourself with Gizmoz’s avatar creation studio. Your students will get a kick out of it!

[|Glogster] Glogster is a social network that allows users to create free interactive posters, or Glogs. A "Glog", short for "graphics blog", is an interactive multimedia image.

[|Goanimate] GoAnimate is the world's #1 do-it-yourself animated video website.

Make Beliefs Comix Create your own comic strip for free. You can write in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Latin. After you’re done creating, you can print your customized comic or email it to yourself.

[|Markin] Digital marking an annotation tool for teachers.

[|Pechaflickr] Random [|Pecha Kucha] tool - enter a tag, and see how well you can make sense of 20 random flickr photos (or any other number), each one on screen for 20 seconds.

Prezi Prezi is a really neat cloud-based presentation program that allows you to zoom in and out. If you don’t mind your slides being public, you can sign up for a free account with 100MB of storage.

Primary Pad PrimaryPad is an online word processor that allows students and teachers to work together in real-time.

[|TypeWithMe] TypeWithMe is an online word processor that allows students and teachers to work together in real-time.

VoiceThread VoiceThread’s group conversations are stored and shared in one place, from anywhere in the world. It allows you to create multimedia slideshows with images, videos and documents. Others can view the slides and then leave text, audio or video comments.

[|Voki] Voki is a FREE service that lets you create animated speaking avatars. Post your Voki to any blog, website, or profile.

Wikispaces With a free option for K-12 teachers, Wikispaces is a great tool for making custom webpages that your students can edit together. You can manage privacy settings, create student accounts without email addresses, embed media and even customize the design of your Wiki pages.

Wordle Create beautiful word clouds from text that you provide. It gives prominence to words that appear most frequently. You can save, print and share your creation.

WordPress WordPress is a blogging platform that allows you a lot of versatility in the kind of content you can offer. Create a class blog where you post links to helpful readings and give updates on assignments. It’s free to sign up and start a blog.