Web tools open a host of new doors for our students. By incorporating the use of the simple, FREE tools, collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving skills are sharpened. Check out these fun tools! Remember: you can’t possibly find a way to use them all. Start small!
| Bookmarking Tools |
| Diigo |
Free social bookmarking. Share links, work on projects collaboratively, and annotate your work. |
www.diigo.com |
Delicious
|
Social bookmarking. Never lose your bookmarks
again. Share links for your classes. |
delicious.com |
| Productivity/Meeting Tools |
Doodle |
Schedule an event, make a choice, poll the group. |
www.doodle.com |
YacaPaca |
Create quizzes, surveys, tests, eportfolios, and more. Use others assessments or create your own. Enter class lists for analysis. |
yacapaca.com |
| Clocking It |
ClockingIT is a free hosted application,
keeping track of all your
tasks and the time you
spend on them |
www.clockingit.com |
| Poll Everywhere |
Poll Everywhere replaces expensive proprietary audience response hardware with standard web technology. It's the easiest way to gather live responses in any venue: conferences, presentations, classrooms, radio, tv, print — anywhere |
www.polleverywhere.com |
| Skype |
Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chats over the Internet |
www.skype.com |
| Tokbox |
Add vidoe chat to your site |
www.tokbox.com |
| Todays Meet |
TodaysMeet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime. |
todaysmeet.com |
DimDim |
Totally free web meetings in a browser. Create webinars for others to view. |
www.dimdim.com |
WikiSpaces
|
Create simple web pages that groups, friends, families can edit together. Track input, etc. |
www.wikispaces.com |
WetPaint
|
Simple, secure collaboration. Same as wikispaces. |
www.wetpaint.com |
Gaggle |
Provide safe, teacher-controlled email accounts for students. |
www.gaggle.net |
Store With |
A new “sky-drive” for the saving documents on the web. |
storewith.com |
| Google Docs |
Google Docs is one of the best online word processing and spreadsheets applications available, and it offers great collaboration features that allow you to work together on group assignments |
docs.google.com |
| Easy Bib |
EasyBib is one of the most popular online bibliographic tools, letting you automatically create citations in APA, Chicago/Turabian, and MLA styles |
www.easybib.com |
| CiteMe |
This Facebook application from the Online Computer Library Center lets you search the world’s largest library catalog by title, author, subject, or ISBN and get properly formatted citations in APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, or Turabian style |
apps.facebook.com/citemeapp/ |
| Time Toast |
Create timelines, share them on the web |
www.timetoast.com |
| Tiny URL |
By entering in a URLthis site will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires |
tinyurl.com |
| Bit.ly |
Helps share, track, and analyze links...shorten, share, track |
bit.ly/go |
| EverNote |
Save ideas, things you like, things you hear, etc. Works with computers, phones, and mobile devices. |
evernote.com |
| Chatzy |
Free, private chat rooms |
www.chatzy.com |
| Photo/Video/Publishing Tools |
PhotoShow |
Turn your photos into a musical PhotoShow in just minutes. |
photoshow.com |
WebSpiration |
Web version of Inspiration. |
mywebspiration.com |
| Copyright Free |
The copyright (royalty) free photos available on this site have been made available, free of charge, for any application as you require |
www.copyrightfreephotos.com |
| Pics4Learning |
Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students |
pics4learning.com |
| Free Stock Photos |
A portal of the many free stock photo web sites. |
freestockphotos.com |
Wordle |
Generate “word clouds” from text you provide. |
wordle.net |
| PicJuice |
With picjuice you can easily edit your photos: resize, crop, rotate, flip and adjust contrast and color levels |
www.picjuice.com |
| Pixler |
Quick fix photos or add cool effects |
www.pixlr.com |
| Glogster |
Collaborative online learning platform for teachers and students to express their ideas |
edu.glogster.com |
| Voice Thread |
A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. |
voicethread.com |
| Be Funky |
Do amazing things with your photos |
www.befunky.com |
| Flickr |
Share your photos with anyone in the world...through multiple types of digital devices |
www.flickr.com |
| Pixorial |
Access, view, edit, share and show off your viedos |
www.pixorial.com |
| Picassa |
Upload, edit, share, and print your photos from one place |
picasa.google.com |
| Animoto |
Create video slideshows in minutes |
animoto.com |
| Snipshot |
Edit pictures online |
snipshot.com |
SplashUp |
Editing tool and photo manager. Allows you to edit many images at once. Also, save work in progress. |
www.splashup.com |
| Seenly |
Take and send webcam pics quickly and easily |
www.seenly.com |
| Bubble Comment |
Send video messages |
www.bubblecomment.com |
| JibJab |
Make video greeting cards |
sendables.jibjab.com |
| Flash/Presentation/Music Tools |
Audacity |
FREE download. Record and edit sounds. Crop audio files. Lots of transitions to explore. |
audacity.soundforge.net |
PodBean
|
Easy and powerful way to start podcasting. Easy to publish. No tech to learn. |
podbean.com |
Voki
|
Use a speaking avatar to speak your text. |
www.voki.com |
| One True Media |
Mix video, photos, music and more |
www.onetrumedia.com |
| Prezi |
Create online presentations with flare |
prezi.com |
| Pandora |
Online radio...hundreds of playlists |
www.pandora.com |
| SlideRocket |
Make create presentations online |
sliderocket.com |
| SlideShare |
Share presentations, documents, and professional videso |
www.slideshare.com |
| Masher |
Create videos by mixing video, musics, and photos for free |
www.masher.com |
| Capturing/Converting Tools |
Zamzar |
Convert almost anything. Word to PDF. Online video to wmv files. And more. |
www.zamzar.com |
Jing |
Snap a picture of anything on your desktop, or record video of what you do or what you see. |
www.techsmith.com/jing/ |
| Skitch |
Screen capture, crop, resize, sketch, and share with people |
skitch.com |
| SaveVid |
Tool which gives you the ability to download videso from streaming video sites |
www.savevid.com |
| Text2Mind Map |
Create mind maps from a simple outline |
www.text2mindmap.com |
| Interactive Whiteboards |
| Scriblink |
An online whiteboard tool |
www.scriblink.com |
| Web Canvas |
World's largest collaborative painting |
webcanvas.com |
| Writeboard |
Write, share, revise, compare... |
www.writeboard.com |
| Other Cool Tools |
| 15 Essential Tools |
A great listing of new tools every teacher and students should know about! |
mashable.com/2009/09/03/web-apps-students |
| Bean Bag |
Beanbag is a free service that enables parents and tutors to connect without the middleman. |
beanbaglearning.com |
| Toon Doo |
Create your own cartoons, characters, and books. Share from this site, as well. |
www.toondoo.com |
| Lively |
Lively was a network of avatars and virtual rooms created and decorated by its users. Google launched Lively on July 8, 2008 as an experiment in providing people with more ways to express themselves on the Web. |
www.lively.com |
| Second Life |
The most developed avatar world on the net. |
www.secondlife.com |
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