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Friday, 30 April 2021
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Books in Electronic Format
E-books
DOAB
DOAB
is a digital directory of peer-reviewed Open Access books and Open Access book
publishers. The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open
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peer-reviewed books that are published Open Access and that meet academic
standards. 30,006 Academic peer-reviewed books from 393 publishers
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Project Gutenberg
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provider of free electronic books or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project
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Open Educational Courses and Resources
Open Educational Courses
SWAYAM is a programme initiated by the Government of India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching-learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto remained untouched by the digital revolution and have not been able to join the mainstream of the knowledge economy.
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Free Online Digital Resources for Teaching, Learning and Research
Digital Education Tools For Teachers And Students
In the new era of
learning, technology plays a fundamental role in the processes of teaching
children and adolescents. Here are 11 tools that facilitate communication
between teachers and students, among other things.
Free Tools To Create Infographics For Teachers
1.
amCharts Visual Editor This editor allows you to use
amCharts as a web service. This means that all you need to do is to configure
the chart and paste the generated HTML code to your HTML page.
2.
ChartsBinCreate
your own interactive map. It's free for now.
3.
DipityCreate an interactive, visually
engaging timeline in minutes. Use dynamic visualization tools to display
photos, videos, news and blogs in chronological order.
4.
Easel.lyCreate and share visual ideas online. Vhemes are
visual themes. Drag and drop a vheme onto your canvas for easy creation of your
visual idea!
5.
GapminderGapminder is used in classrooms around the world to
build a fact-based world view.
6.
GliffyGliffy.com is a free web-based diagram editor. Create
and share flowcharts, network diagrams, floor plans, user interface designs and
other drawings online.
7.
Google Chart
ToolsProvides several tools for making data more comprehensible.
Special URLs can be used to embed graph and chart images in users' own web.
8.
Hohli Charts Online Charts Builder
9.
infogr.am Create infographics and interactive online
charts. It's free and super-easy! Follow other users and discover amazing data
stories!
10.
Inkscape An Open Source vector graphics editor, with
capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C
standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
11.
Lucidchart With Lucidchart you can create flowcharts, org
charts, mind maps, concept maps and many types of helpful visual communication.
Lucidchart is completely free for students and teachers (no strings attached).
12.
PiktochartPiktochart- Make Information Beautiful. Create
infographics. Engaging presentation app.
13.
PixlrWelcome to the most popular online photo editor in the
world!
14.
Stat PlanetStatPlanet (formerly StatPlanet Map Maker) is free,
award-winning software for creating interactive maps which are fully
customizable. In addition to maps, the software also has the option of
including interactive graphs and charts to create feature-rich infographics.
15.
Tableau PublicTableau Public is a free tool that brings data
to life. Easy to use. Spectacularly powerful. Data In. Brilliance Out.
16.
VenngageVenngage is built for people who work with data. From
analysts who want to communicate their data better, to the executives who want
to understand insights faster and everyone else who uses data to make their
decisions, Venngage has been made to make insights easier.
17.
visual.lyLike infographics and data visualization? Visual.ly
is the world's largest community of infographics and data visualization. Come
explore, share, and create.
18.
What About Me?Create
an infographic of your digital life and become inspired by the people you know,
the things you see, and the experiences you have online.
19.
WordleWordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text
that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more
frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts,
layouts, and color schemes.
Free Text To Speech Tools For Teachers
1.
AnnouncifyListen to your web. After Announcify conquered
Android™ phones, it's now here to announcify your life at Google Chrome.
Announcify reads out loud every website you want. For example, if you're too
tired but still need to study one more Wikipedia entry, Announcify can help
your tired eyes relax.
2.
BalabolkaBalabolka
is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program. All computer voices installed on your system
are available to Balabolka. The on-screen text can be saved as a WAV, MP3, MP4,
OGG or WMA file. The program can read the clipboard content, view the text from
AZW, CHM, DjVu, DOC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, MOBI, ODT, PRC, PDF and RTF files,
customize font and background color, control reading from the system tray or by
the global hotkeys.
3.
Chrome SpeakChrome Speak (App Version), select the text and
right-click to speak with offline tts engine, TTS (text to speech). Chrome
speak provides native support for speech on Windows (using SAPI 5), Mac OS X,
and Chrome OS, using speech synthesis capabilities provided by the operating
system. On all platforms, the user can install extensions that register
themselves as alternative speech engines.
4.
DSpeechDSpeech is
a TTS (Text To Speech) program with functionality of ASR (Automatic Speech
Recognition) integrated. It is able to read aloud the written text and choose
the sentences to be pronounced based upon the vocal answers of the user. It is
specifically designed to quickly and directly provide the functions and
improved practical usefulness that are requested by this kind of program. In
the meantime, the evasiveness and resource consumption is minimal.
5.
FoxVoxFoxVox
will speak any text you highlight in a web page. FoxVox can also create
audiobooks in mp3, ogg, and wav formats. You can now easily turn your blogs and
articles into podcasts.
6.
Free Natural ReaderIt can
convert any written text such as Microsoft Word, webpages, PDF files, and
E-mails into spoken words.
7.
OdiogoOdiogo's media-shifting technology expands the reach of
your content: It transforms news sites and blog posts into high fidelity, near
human quality audio files ready to download and play anywhere, anytime, on any
device.
8.
PediaPhonLearning during jogging and driving! E-learning and
m-learning with MP3 players and mobile phones! A podcast and a winamp play list
will be generated too. MP3 files, play lists and podcast automatically
generated from Wikipedia! Let your computer read out the Wikipedia for you!
9.
PowerTalkPowerTalk
is a free program that automatically speaks any presentation or slide show
running in Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows. You just download and install
PowerTalk and while you open and run the presentation as usual it speaks the
text on your slides. The advantage over other generic 'Text To Speech' programs
is that PowerTalk is able to speak text as it appears and can also speak hidden
text attached to images.
10.
QR voiceQR Code allows users to converts text-to-speech,
generates QR Code for speech URL and Simplifies share text-to-speech files.
11.
Select and SpeakSelect and Speak uses
iSpeech's human sounding text to speech (TTS) to let you select text from
almost any website and make it talk.
12.
SpeakingFoxConverts text to audible speech on Mac OS X.
13.
SpeakIt!Select text you want to read
and listen to it. SpeakIt converts text into speech so you no longer need to
read. SpeakIt reads selected text using Text-to-Speech technology with language
auto-detection. It can read text in more than 50 languages.
14.
SpokenTextSpokenText lets you easily convert
text into speech. Record (English, French, Spanish or German) PDF, Word, plain
text, PowerPoint files, and web pages, and convert them to speech
automatically. Download your recordings as .mp3 or .m4b (Audio Book) files (in
English, French, Spanish and German) of any text content on your computer or
mobile phone.
15.
Text to VoiceTTS gives Firefox the power of speech. Select
text, click the button on the bottom right of Firefox window and this add-on
speaks the selected text for you. Isn't it brilliant? Audio is downloadable.
16.
text2speechFree online text to speech converter. Just enter
your text, select one of the voices and download the resulting mp3 file to your
computer. This service is free and you are allowed to use the speech files for
any purpose, including commercial uses.
17.
VokiVoki is a FREE service that lets you create customized
avatars, add voice to your Voki avatars, post your Voki to any blog, website,
or profile, and take advantage of Voki's learning resources.
18.
vozMeVozme
is an online text to speech program that lets you type-in any English or
Spanish text and then play it as an audio stream.
19.
WordTalkA free
Windows text-to-speech plugin for Microsoft Word. It will speak the text of the
document and will highlight it as it goes. It contains a talking dictionary and
a text-to-mp3 converter.
Free Digital Storytelling Tools For Teachers
1.
Animoto Unlimited Videos For Educators.
Enhance your digital classroom with Animoto, an ideal tool for creating videos
and presentations. It takes just minutes to create a video which can bring your
lessons to life. Educators can apply for a free Animoto Plus account for use in
the classroom. Its powerful features can be used to create stunning
presentations incorporating images, video clips, music and text.
2.
BubblrBubblr is a tool to create
comic strips using photos from flickr.com Begin searching images and add bubble
to them.
3.
Capzles All of your
media, your life, your stories together like never before. Create rich
multimedia experiences with videos, photos, music, blogs and documents.
4.
Cartoonist Cartoonists is an online tool to
create cartoons or personal digital stories, consisting of professional
backgrounds, characters, props, images and text. With Cartoonist, you can
create multimedia stories. You can use the tool to create comic strips or more
personal digital narratives.
5.
Comic Master Comic Master allow you
to create your own short graphic novel. With Comic Master you can decide how
you want the page or your graphic novel to look, to add backgrounds, choose characters
and props to appear in your scenes, to add dialogue and captions, and much more
6.
Domo animate Import your pictures, select a
nice song to accompany the slideshow and you are done! Your pictures will be
the hero of your own personalized Domo adventure. You can create your own Domo
adventures in minutes with their easy-to-use animation studio.
7.
Generator Generator is a
creative studio space, a space where you can explore the moving image, be
inspired, create your own moving image works and share your creations with the
Generator community.Gain a deeper understanding of the context of these
inspiring stories through their Education Themes section. Try
the Storyboard Generator and either choose a script or build your own
storyboard and share it with your friends.
8.
MakeBeliefsComix At MakeBeliefsComix you can
create your own comic strip with an easy and fun way. You have to choose a
character and emotion. Then you have to add talk or thought balloons and start
your character talking. You can add other characters and more conversation.
Also, you can add colored backgrounds, objects and panel prompts to keep your
viewers interested. Least but not last, you can continue to edit and make more
changes, and when you are done you can print or email your comic!
9.
MapSkip The purpose of
MapSkip.com is to create a weave of stories about the places in our lives.
Users are invited to create a free account and to mark up places in Google Maps
with their own stories and photos. Users can browse each other's stories and
can rate and discuss them. MapSkip is free to use and free of ads.
10.
PicLits PicLits.com is a creative writing site
that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to
inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the
right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture.
11.
Pixton Pixton empowers
the world to communicate graphically with comics. Pixton introduces the world
to Click-n-Drag Comics™, a revolutionary new patented technology that gives
anyone the power to create amazing comics on the web. From fully posable
characters to dynamic panels, props, and speech bubbles, every aspect of a
comic can be controlled in an intuitive click-n-drag motion. Pixton is free for
fun but has paid version for Schools and Businesses.
12.
Slidestory Combine
sharing pictures and narration and what do you get? Slidestory! Slidestory is a
new, exciting and FREE way to make presentations and share them on the
Internet.
13.
Smilebox Smilebox lets
you quickly and easily create slideshows, invitations, greetings, collages,
scrapbooks and photo albums right on your computer. To get started, download
and install the Smilebox application. Then simply, select the photos you want
to use, choose a template add comments and music and voila, you've made a
Smilebox! With more than 1000 customizable templates to choose from, you'll
find inspiration around every corner.
14.
Smories.com Smories are original
stories for kids, read by kids. The idea behind Smories is to publishes stories
for kids read by kids. Also, you will find a lot of stories in various subjects
submitted by teachers and authors.
15.
Storybird Storybird lets
anyone make visual stories in seconds. They curate artwork from illustrators
and animators around the world and inspire writers of any age to turn those
images into fresh stories.
16.
Zimmer Twins The Zimmer Twins is a
site devoted to kids and creative storytelling. Since 2005, the Zimmer Twins
has invited children to create and share their own animated stories. It is free
for Kids & Families to join, make and watch a movie and paid for Educators
and Schools.
17.
ZooBurst ZooBurst is a digital
storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up
books. Using ZooBurst, storytellers of any age can create their own rich worlds
in which their stories can come to life. ZooBurst books “live” online and can
be experienced on your desktop or laptop computer, or on your iPad via the free
ZooBurst mobile app. Authors can arrange characters and props within a 3D world
that can be customized using uploaded artwork or items found in a built-in
database of over 10,000 free images and materials. Basic accounts are 100% free
and let you get started using ZooBurst right away.Free apps for digital
storytelling
18.
Puppet Pals Create your
own unique shows with animation and audio in real time! Simply pick out your
actors and backdrops, drag them on to the stage, and tap record. Your movements
and audio will be recorded in real time for playback later.This app is as fun
as your own creativity. Act out a story of Pirates on the high seas, fight as
scary monsters, or play the part of a Wild West bandit on the loose. You can
even combine any characters however you want!
19.
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard
Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard! ShowMe allows you to
record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. It’s an amazingly
simple app that anyone can use, no matter how young or old!
20.
Sock Puppets Sock
Puppets lets you create your own lip-synched videos and share them on Facebook
and YouTube. Add Puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds and start creating.
Hit the record button and the puppets automatically lip-synch to your voice.
21.
Toontastic: FREE Toontastic is a
storytelling and creative learning tool that enables kids to draw, animate, and
share their own cartoons with friends and family around the world through
simple and fun imaginative play! With over 2 million cartoons created in over
150 countries, parents and teachers rave about the app... and kids can't stop
creating!
15 Free Podcast Tools For Teachers
1.
Ardour Ardour is a
free, fully-featured digital audio workstation, similar to other software like
ProTools, Nuendo, Sonar and Logic, and capable of replacing analog or
digital tape systems. Available for Mac OS X, Linux.
2.
AudacityAudacity is free, open
source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. Audacity is
available for Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.
3.
BlogAmpBlogamp is a web-based
audiocasting solution that combines a rich media on-demand experience with
podcasting. Blogamp's robust administration utility and content manager allows
site owners and bloggers the ability to customize the on demand presentation as
well as utilize the many add-on features depending on who the target audience
is.
4.
EasypodcastEasypodcast is a GUI tool
for easy podcast publication. Easypodcast is multi-language (english and spanish)
and cross-platform: tested on Windows and Linux (kde). This is possible thanks
to wxPython.
5.
EvocaCreate and Share Digital Voice
Recordings Using mobile, landline, Skype & smartphones, tablets and
computers.
6.
HuffDufferCreate your
own podcast. Find links to audio files on the Web. Huffduff the links—add them
to your podcast. Subscribe to podcasts of other found sounds.
7.
MP3myMP3 RecorderSaves any audio you hear on
your computer straight to mp3 or wav.
8.
OdiogoOdiogo's
media-shifting technology expands the reach of your content: It transforms news
sites and blog posts into high fidelity, near human quality audio files ready
to download and play anywhere, anytime, on any device.
9.
PodbeanPodbean.com is an
easy and powerful way to start podcasting. Easy to publish your podcast in 3
steps. No tech to learn. Powerful promoting tools, iTunes Preview, Statistics.
Wonderful income chances with ads, paid subscriptions.
10.
PodOmaticRecord video
and audio podcasts. Receive in-line calls from listeners.
11.
SoundCloudShare Your
Sounds. Capture a voice, moment or music in seconds or upload audio you’ve
already created. Everyone has sounds to share. Now you can share yours. Publish
to social networks or embed your sounds on your site.
12.
StudioRackStudioRack is
a modular live audio and video production system for the Windows O.S., intended
for the more demanding podcaster, audio and video producers, DJ’s, radio
stations, tv stations etc.
13.
TalkShoeCreate, schedule
and run a live show. Integrate the recording on your website.
14.
VozMeConvert text to MP3.
15.
YAKiToMe!Uses the world’s best text
to speech (TTS) software. Upload documents, cut and paste text or link to
feeds. Text reader converts text to speech automatically.
Free Survey, Polls, and Quizzes Tools For Teachers
1.
addpollThe easiest way
to create polls, surveys and html forms... on the web. Find out why we're the
greatest online survey and poll software in the world with integrated form
builder.
2.
AnswerGardenAnswerGarden
is a new minimalistic feedback tool. Use it as a tool for online brainstorming
or embed it on your website or blog as a poll or guestbook.
3.
Boo rooCreate online polls in minutes
with our free polling tool. Use our comprehensive poll builder in order to
create beautiful polling solutions in your browser, for free.
4.
DoculiciousEasily create
embeddable web forms that generate PDF documents.
5.
FluidSurveysOnline
Survey Software & Form Tools at their best! Create forms &
questionnaires with the best online survey software. Get started in seconds!
6.
Forms
on the FlyAmazing online forms made simple. Quickly create quizzes,
tests, surveys, diagnostics & assessments for your website.
7.
formsiteOur Drag &
Drop editor, combined with over 40 question types, enables you to easily create
almost any type of form or survey. Once you begin collecting results, we
provide the functionality to email, analyze, share, and download your data.
8.
FormspringFormspring is the place where you
can share your perspective on anything. Members express their point of view and
personality through engaging conversations and interact with friends,
followers, and people they just find cool.
9.
FoSpaceThe ability to
publish self-calculating order forms, online surveys, contact forms, employment
applications, rental applications or any type of online form imaginable,
without having to hire a programmer, has finally been realized.
10.
Freeonlinesurveys.comCreate
your own Free Online Survey. Over 1 million users!
11.
GFXPOLL.comThe best website to create
free graphical polls for your website, forum or even email.
12.
Google Forms (part of Google
Drive)Collect RSVPs, run a survey, or quickly create a team roster with a
simple online form. Then check out the results, neatly organized in a
spreadsheet.
13.
Kwik SurveysKwik Surveys makes your
job easy. Design surveys,forms, polls and feedback forms. It's free!
14.
MySurveyLabProfessional
online surveys. Fastest online survey tool on the market. Beautiful yet simple
color themes.
15.
Orbeon FormsOrbeon Forms
is your solution to build and deploy web forms. It handles complex forms
typical of the enterprise or government, implements the W3C XForms standard,
and is available in a free open source Community Edition, as well as a
commercially supported Professional Edition.
16.
PollDaddyThe most powerful
and easy-to-use survey software around. Create stunning surveys, polls, and
quizzes in minutes. Collect responses via your website, e-mail, iPad, Facebook,
and Twitter. Generate and share easy-to-read reports.
17.
PollhostIn a hurry?
Create a free poll as a guest at Pollcode.com ... No need to sign up, quick
free and easy!
18.
ScattervoxScattervox is a new kind of
poll! When you create a poll, you ask users to show how they feel about
different people, places, or things by plotting them on a two-dimensional
graph. It's like an interactive infographic!
19.
SISsurveyCreate free online surveys
and polls using SiS Survey. With SiS Survey you can now create surveys and
polls for your website, blog and social network profiles.
20.
SonarIf you need to feel the pulse of
your community, or to get feedback on anything, SonarHQ is the easy and
cost-effective way to get answers to your questions. The smarter, faster and
easier way to create surveys.
21.
SurveyMonkeySurveyMonkey
is the world's most popular online survey tool. It's easier than ever to send
free surveys, polls, questionnaires, customer feedback and market research.
Plus get access to survey questions and professional templates.
22.
Surveys EngineSurveys
Engine is lightwheight online surveys server software. This tool enables you
create various surveys and questionaires, from small and simple to large and
complex. Surveys are hosted in our site so you and survey respondents don't
need any software or server, just Internet browser.
23.
SurvsCreate online
surveys with simplicity and elegance. Survs lets you create, distribute, and
analyze online surveys and questionnaires with a friendly interface and
powerful features. Survs gives you everything you need to gather feedback.
24.
Vizzual FormsVizzualforms
is a web based service that will let you create forms and surveys, publish them
online and see the results!
25.
Web
Form FactoryWeb Form Factory is an open source web form generator
which automatically generates the necessary backend code to tie your form to a
database. By generating the backend code for you, WFF saves you time... time
you could spend doing more interesting stuff.
26.
Web
Online SurveysCreate questionnaires with point and click ease. This
is an all in one service designed for people who are not computer experts and
have the need to conduct surveys by themselves.
27.
WufooWufoo is a web
application that helps anybody build amazing online forms. When you design a
form with Wufoo, it automatically builds the database, backend and scripts
needed to make collecting and understanding your data easy, fast and fun.
Free Screen Capturing Tools For Teachers
1.
Aviary Compatible
with all modern browsers, including mobile devices which support Javascript and
HTML5 or Flash. Customize with our code generator and integrate within minutes!
Media creation tools: image editor, audio editor, screen capture.
2.
Clip2NetThis free
service allows you to upload desktop area image or files on the web really fast
such as Desktop area capture and upload, Video capture and upload, Upload image
from Clipboard, Upload text documents and much more.
3.
Faststone Capture A powerful,
lightweight, yet full-featured screen capture tool that allows you to easily
capture and annotate anything on the screen including windows, objects, menus,
full screen, rectangular/freehand regions and even scrolling windows/web pages.
It also allows you to record screen activities and sound into video files.
4.
Greenshot A free screenshot tool
optimized for productivity. Greenshot is a light-weight screenshot software
tool for Windows with key features such as quickly creating screenshots of a
selected region, window or fullscreen; capturing of complete (scrolling) web
pages from Internet Explorer, easily annotating, highlighting or obfuscating
parts of the screenshot and much more.
5.
JingSimple and FREE, Jing is the perfect way
to enhance your fast-paced online conversations. Create images and videos of
what you see on your computer screen, then share them instantly!
6.
KingKong CaptureCapture
onscreen images fast and easy. Quick capture of your desktop, selected areas
and objects. Easy printing of screenshots. Automatic saving in various
supported graphic file formats are some of the key features of KingKong
Capture.
7.
kwout"kwout"
is a way you quote a part of a web page as an image with an image map. To use
this service, all you need is to add our bookmarklet to your favorite browser.
Takes a screenshot, cut out an aread, and then embed it anywhere that you want.
8.
PrtScrScreen capture tool. Accessable through Ptr Scr,
Ctrl+Prt Scr, or custom hotkey. Captures full screen, rectangle selection,
freehand selection, or active window. Can capture mouse cursor. Supports
multiple monitors. Much better than Microsoft's own Snipping Tool.
9.
RumshotRumshot is an application for
Windows similar to SnapShooter (Mac OS X) developed by Andrew Powell.
Screenshots are a great way to show your desktop setup to friends and
colleagues. But why settle for thumbnail of your carefully constructed desktop?
Get classy - use Rumshot to automatically generate a themed and stylish
screenshot preview!
10.
ScreenDashCapture images
from your computer screen with ease. If you can see it on-screen, you can
capture it, including web-pages, PDF files, programs, etc.
11.
ScreenhunterAward-winning screen capture
solution to capture your screen, print and edit. Also with auto-scroll web
pages, auto-capture, webcam and video screen capture.
12.
ScreenpressoScreenpresso
captures your screen (screenshots and HD videos) for your training documents,
collaborative design work, IT bug reports, and more...
13.
Screenshot CaptorScreenshot
Captor is a best-in-class tool for grabbing, manipulating, annotating, and
sharing screenshots. It's different from other screenshot utilities in several
notable ways such as optimized for taking lots of screenshots with minimal
intervention; highly configurable to make it work the way you want it to but
stays out of your way in the system tray, excellent multi-monitor support, full
set of scanner acquisition tools and scanner image correction, and perfect
capture of Windows 7 partial transparency effects.
14.
ScreenSnaprScreenSnapr's aim is to
provide a simple and straight-forward approach to image capturing and sharing.
Without any of the extra fluff, ScreenSnapr makes sharing images as easy as
possible. Press the shortcut and go!
15.
SkitchAnnotate, edit and share your
screenshots and images... fast. Download now, it's free! Get your point across
with fewer words using annotation, shapes and sketches, so that your ideas
become reality faster.
16.
TinyGrab:Social Screenshot sharing.
Take a screenshot and share it with your clients or friends in less time than
it took you to read this sentence! TinyGrab 2.0 makes simple screenshot sharing
social. Taking the critically acclaimed original TinyGrab and building on it.
TinyGrab 2.0 adds a tonne of new features and proves on the existing service.
17.
Websnaprwebsnapr lets
you capture screenshots of (almost) any web page. Allow your visitors to
instantly visualize any web page before clicking. Increase site traffic,
click-through rate and site stickiness.
Free Social Bookmarking Tools For Teachers
1.
SymbalooeduOrganize and
Share the best of the web with your students. Organize teaching resources all
in one place. Encourage student to student communications. Promote innovation
while maintaining simplicity in teaching.
2.
PearltreesA place to
collect, organize and share everything you like on the web. Add everything you
like and organize it naturally. Enrich your collections and collaborate on your
favorite topics. Discover millions of pearls to your interests.
3.
19 pencilsDiscover resources for your
PreK-12 students from teachers around the world. Save thumbnails of web
resources to a class page for easy student access.
4.
A1-WebmarksA1-Webmarks is
a free service that combines the convenience of a personal webmark server with
the power of social webmarking.
5.
All my favoritesShare
your internet bookmarks. AllMyFavorites is free for personal use.
6.
BibSonomyBibSonomy is a
system for sharing bookmarks and lists of literature. Why dont you try it
yourself? Collect, organise, and share bookmarks and publications.
7.
BookmarkGSave and share interesting
sites and articles
8.
BuddymarksBuddyMarks.com
has been called "The online personal, group and social bookmarks
manager."
9.
DeliciousDiscover, remember, and
showcase your passions from around the web.
10.
Diigo Education EditionDiigo is a powerful
online research tool and collaborative research platform that integrates
several key technologies, including social bookmarking, web annotation, tagging,
and group-based collaboration, to enable a whole new process of online
knowledge management and participatory learning in the 21st century.
11.
EdshelfReviews &
recommendations of tools for education. edshelf is a directory of websites,
mobile apps, and desktop programs that are rated & reviewed by parents
& educators, for parents & educators. We help you find the right
educational tools for your specific needs.
12.
EvernoteRemember
everything. Save your ideas, things you like, things you hear, and things you
see. Evernote works with nearly every computer, phone and mobile device out
there. Search by keyword, tag or even printed and handwritten text inside images.
13.
GivealinkShare your bookmarks with the
community and help others navigate the Web. Use the GiveALink visualization
tool to visualize and organize your bookmarks.Play the GiveALink games to
create social links across the Web.
14.
Historioushistorious
saves you time by helping you find webpages you saw before. Bookmark sites with
a single click, then find them again by searching for any word in the content
of the page!
15.
ikeepbookmarks.comiKeepBookmarks.com allows
you to upload, and keep, your bookmarks on the web. You can access them at any
time, from any computer... anywhere!
16.
Jog The WebJOG THE WEB
is a web-based tool that allows anyone to create a synchronous guide to a
series of web sites. Its step by step approach of taking viewers through web
sites allowing the author to annotate and ask guiding questions for each page
is unique.
17.
Learn FizzFind, organize
and share the best free learning on the web.
18.
linkaGoGoThe free Online
Favorites manager and Social Bookmarking application. Storing your Bookmarks
(also known as Favorites, Anchors, Links or Hotlists) online. Your bookmarks
are available on any computer with access to the Internet, protected by a
password. So you can access them from everywhere, not only from home, but also
from work, when you are visiting friends, when you are traveling etc.
19.
LivebinderCollect your
resources. Organize them neatly and easily. Make an impression
20.
NetvibesEverything that
matters to you, all in one dashboard. Netvibes is a personalized dashboard
publishing platform for the Web and digital life aggregation.
21.
NetvouzNetvouz is a
social bookmarking service that allows you to save your favorite links online
and access them from any computer, wherever you are.
22.
PinboardSocial Bookmarking
for Introverts. Pinboard is a fast, no-nonsense bookmarking site. No ads, no
fluff.
23.
PinterestA content
sharing service that allows members to "pin" images, videos and other
objects to their pinboard.
24.
RedditUser-generated
news links. Votes promote stories to the front page.
25.
Save ThisSave links to your favorite web pages
from any site. Access your links from any computer or Web enabled wireless
device. Organize your saved links into folders that you create. Share your
saved links or folders with friends.
26.
SharetivityShare, Save
and Search. Your social network enhances your search experience
27.
SmubSmub is the
bookmarking, link-sharing & bookmark management tool for smartphones and
any PC or Mac.
28.
StumbleuponStumbleUpon
is the easiest way to find cool new websites, videos, photos and images from
across the Web. We make the best recommendations just for you.
29.
TwoBrainsTwo Brains is an application
that approaches the learning process in a different way. The application is
built around goals, because in the end that's what you truly care about
30.
Vi.sualize.usBookmark
the pictures you like around the web. Enjoy people's favorite images
Online Bibliography and Citation Tools For Teachers
1.
CitationGenerator -It's
cloud-based, ad-free and quick (and easy) to use!
2.
Citation
Machine - FreeCitation machine helps students and professional
researchers to properly credit the information that they use. Its primary goal
is to make it so easy for student researchers to cite their information sources
3.
Citefast - FreeCite your
work at APA, MLA, and Chicago without leaving http://www.citefast.com/ in three
easy steps. Your citations will be kept as long as you keep visiting the site.
After four days of inactivity your citations will be deleted.
4.
Citelighter - FreeStore,
organize, and share your education and research for free. Creating
internet-research bibliographies can be infuriating to say the least, so
Citelighter grabs all relevant info to create accurate citations for you.
Anything we miss you can add yourself, and we'll save your additions for future
users.
5.
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Citation Wizard
- FreeOffer three Citation Styles: APA, CSE, formerly known as CBE,
and MLA. All feature specific templates for citing online Journals, Web pages
with and without authors, electronic Books and Databases.
6.
Oregon Public Education Citation
Maker for MLA - FreeDo you need to cite your sources? You can use
this tool to create a Works Cited list of research sources following the MLA
and APA standard citation formats.
7.
Recipes4Success - FreeCreating
a complete and correctly formatted citation is a challenge for many students,
especially documenting sources such as art and music that aren't included in
traditional citation formats. Create a citation formatted in either APA or MLA
style. Students will still need to completely document the information, but the
Citation Maker will format it for them.
8.
RefDot - Chrome Extension - FreeMaking
citation easy. Cite and store books or journal references. Add books
automatically from amazon book pages. Cite books, journals and sites with this
handy little extension.
9.
Zotero - FreeZotero
[zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite,
and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the
web browser itself. Whether you need to create footnotes, endnotes, in-text
citations, or bibliographies, Zotero will do all the dirty work for you,
leaving you free to focus on your writing. Create citations in Word and
OpenOffice without ever leaving your word processor and add references to an
email, a Google Doc, or some other editor simply by dragging one or more
references out of Zotero.
10.
EndNoteEndNote enables you to move seamlessly
through your research process with flexible tools for searching, organizing and
sharing your research, creating your bibliography and writing your paper.
You'll save hours building and maintaining reference libraries and creating
bibliographies. With unique features to maximize your time like automatically
finding full text and updating records, EndNote lets you spend less time in the
details.
11.
NoodleToolsA powerful,
integrated platform for research & literacy. NoodleTools is your
instructional partner for differentiated teaching of literacy skills, critical
analysis, sound reasoning, and collaborative group research.
12.
ReferenceME - Android AppBetter essays,
faster! Simply scan the barcode of a book using your mobile phone camera, and
ReferenceME will create your bibliography and citations in moments. If there is
no barcode you can find the book's ISBN or simply enter the details yourself,
and turn them into references in any of the major styles used by universities
and libraries. ReferenceME creates Bibliographies and Citations/Footnotes for
Harvard, Chicago, Vancouver, MHRA, MLA, Oxford and APA.
13.
RefWorksRefWorks -- an
online research management, writing and collaboration tool -- is designed to
help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of
information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.
Free Sticky Notes Tools For Teachers
1.
CorkboardRemember and
share what's important to you. Collaborate with others on a single Corkboard.
Post and access on your computer or on-the-go. Organize your postings into
Corkboards. Share what you post on your Facebook wall and get notified of new
comments on your postings.
2.
Hott NotesFree sticky
notes reminders for your desktop. A simple, easy-to-use sticky notes software
for Windows.
3.
LinoitSticky and Photo
sharing for you. A free sticky and canvas service that requires nothing but a
Web browser.
4.
ListingsOnline sticky
notes. Take notes from your browser. Share and collaborate with others in
real-time. Reach your notes from anywhere. Super fast, free and ridiculously
easy.
5.
Notepad2A fast and light-weight Notepad-like
text editor with syntax highlighting. This program can be run out of the box
without installation, and does not touch your system's registry.
6.
PadletPadlet gives you a
blank page (a wall) and you put anything you want on it, anywhere. Perhaps the
easiest site for children to use. Pose questions, get their answers, and give
them feedback - all on the same page.
7.
ScrumblrScrumblr is a
web-based simulation of a physical agile sprint board that supports real-time
collaboration.
8.
Simple Sticky NotesWhat is Simple Sticky
Notes? It's a simple, easy-to-use, absolutely free, fast and efficient note
taking software.
9.
SpaazeSpaaze (pronounced
"space") offers it's users so called boards. Each board is an
infinite space which resembles a virtual cork. On these boards, items can be
put. Currently Spaaze offers 7 different items: Labels, Notes, Bookmarks,
Images, Files, Videos and HTML. These items can be edited in place, moved via
drag and drop and positioned freely on the board. Therefore it's possible to
arrange a bunch of items any way you like, which makes it possible to use it
for many different use cases.
10.
StickiesStickies is a PC utility. Just like a
real sticky piece of paper: Once on screen, stickies will remain where placed
until closed, even through reboots. Stickies appearance can be customised;
fonts, colours and buttons may be changed, and styles saved. Stickies can be
resized and store text or images. Stickies can snap to each other and to the
sides of the screen to keep them neatly lined up. Stickies can be attached to a
web site, document or folder so they only show when it's on screen, and much
more...
11.
StickrWith Stickr you can create
streams, subscribe to your friends’ feeds, form and join groups, follow people
you like, leave private comments. Stickr feed can be embedded to your homepage
or blog, your account can be associated with accounts on other social
networking sites.
12.
StickyPadStickyPad is an invaluable,
easy-to-use tool that lets you place sticky notes on your desktop. You can type
notes to yourself, set meeting and appointment reminders, keep track of a to-do
list, and anything else you would do with paper notes.
13.
StixyStixy helps users
organize their world on flexible, shareable Web-based bulletin boards called
Stixyboards. Unlike most personal productivity or project management software,
Stixy doesn’t dictate how users should organize their information. Users can
create tasks, appointments, files, photos, notes, and bookmarks on their
Stixyboards, organized in whatever way makes sense to them.
Free Photo and Image Editing Tools For Teachers
1.
Aviary A better
photo editing solution for web and mobile.
2.
Cacoo Cacoo is a
user friendly online drawing tool that allows you to create a variety of
diagrams such as site maps, wire frames, UML and network charts. Cacoo can be
used free of charge.
3.
Chart ChooserWe've rebuilt our favorite tool
for improving Excel and PowerPoint with HTML5 goodness. Use the filters above
to find the right chart type for your needs. Then download as Excel or
PowerPoint templates and insert your own data.
4.
ChartGizmoWith your free
account from ChartGizmo you can now create charts for your website, blog and
social network profiles.
5.
ChartToolCharts and graphs are a great tool because they
communicate information visually. On Onlinecharttool.com you can design and
share your own graphs online and for free.
6.
CoSketchCoSketch is a
multi-user online whiteboard designed to give you the ability to quickly
visualize and share your ideas as images.
7.
Creately100's of
thoughtful features to make creately diagramming quick and natural, its a joy
to use.
8.
Creative Docs.netCreative
Docs .NET is a vector-based graphic design tool with support for rich text,
ideal to quickly write short documents, manuals, posters, illustrations,
schemas, plans, flow charts, and much more.
9.
diagram.lyDraw Diagrams
Online, free. draw.io is an online diagramming application and github project.
It features the full range of visual configuration you expect, as well as web
application features such as a full range of export options, a large collection
of icons, real-time collaboration and embedded widget sharing.
10.
DoppelMeWith DoppelMe
you can create a cool graphical likeness of yourself, your friends, family or
any group of people for use as an avatar in forums, instant messenger, blogs
and almost anywhere else on the web. It's free and there are no Flash, ActiveX
controls, downloads or toolbars needed - just your browser and a few mouse
clicks. That's it!
11.
Flash PAINTThis is an
online full paint application. Draw online with paint tool. Save on your disk
your drawings and send your drawing to the public gallery.
12.
Flowchart.comFlowchart.com
is an online multi-user, real-time collaboration flow charts service. It's
Flowcharting made easy.
13.
Gickr.comInstantly
create Animated GIF online, free, right now! Just upload pictures or grab them
from your Flickr.
14.
GlogsterLooking for a new way to express yourself? Mash up
music, photos, videos, & more to express what you care about. Your ideas,
your emotions, your Glogster. Glogster costs 10 seconds to sign up. That’s it!
Everything on Glogster is free & always will be.
15.
GoAnimateMake Amazing
Animated Videos! Use our Video Maker to create videos for free.
16.
Google SketchUpIntuitive
and fun to use. Re-imagine your living space. Model buildings for Google Earth.
Use SketchUp for free.
17.
InkscapeAn Open Source
vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or
Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
18.
Paint.NETSimple, intuitive, and
innovative user interface. Every feature and user interface element was
designed to be immediately intuitive and quickly learnable without assistance.
19.
PencilPencil is an animation/drawing
software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional
hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is
free and open source.
20.
PhotoPeachOur idea is to
help you tell better stories online using photos. With PhotoPeach you can
create a rich slideshow in seconds to engage your friends or family. We also
support background music, captions, and comments so you can elaborate on your
story further.
21.
PicMarkrFree Watermark. Add Custom
Watermark with PicMarkr! PicMarkr lets you to add custom watermark (image or
text) to your images online and free.
22.
PixlrWelcome to the most
popular online photo editor in the world...
23.
ReshadeHere you can
resize images maintaining quality, edges and texture. This means Reshade
reduces or eliminates most of the usual side-effects of photo enlargement.
24.
Rich
Chart LiveCreate for free enjoyable and captivating Flash Charts
from your web browser.
25.
Roxio
PhotoShowMake Free Photo Slideshow. It's so easy that just about
anyone can tell an engaging, one-of-a-kind PhotoShow story in just minutes!
26.
Slidestory Combine
sharing pictures and narration and what do you get? Slidestory! Slidestory is a
new, exciting and FREE way to make presentations and share them on the
Internet.
27.
SplashupSplashup, formerly Fauxto, is
a powerful editing tool and photo manager. With the features professionals use
and novices want, it's easy to use, works in real-time and allows you to edit
many images at once.
28.
SUMO PaintWeb's best
image app, hands down! Our editor is full of unique features that let you
unleash your creativity.
29.
ToondooWorld's fastest
way to create cartoons!
30.
VokiVoki is a FREE
service that lets you create customized avatars. Add voice to your Voki
avatars. Post your Voki to any blog, website, or profile. Take advantage of
Voki's learning resources.
Free Testing and Quizzing Tool For Teachers
1.
ClassMarkerClassMarker's
secure, professional web-based testing service is an easy-to-use, customizable
online test maker for business, training & educational assessment with
tests and quizzes graded instantly - saving hours of paperwork!
2.
ClassToolsCreate free
games, quizzes, activities and diagrams in seconds! Host them on your own blog,
website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge!
3.
Easy
Test MakerEasyTestMaker is a free online test generator to help you
create your tests. You can create multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching,
short answer and true and false questions all on the same test. You can also
insert instructions and divide your test into multiple sections.
4.
Hot
Potatoes You can choose from the following six types of
questions to create your interactive quiz: crossword, multiple-choice,
short-answer, gap-fill, matching/ordering and jumbled-sentence.
5.
iQuiz MakeriQuiz Maker is an easy way
for you to create custom quizzes for the iQuiz game for the iPod. iQuiz Maker
works seamlessly so you can write, create, package your very own quizzes.
Download the free application today to begin putting the world to the test.
6.
ProProfs Quiz SchoolCreate Online Tests &
Quizzes Easily. Over 100,000 quizzes created. Over 1 million quiz takers.
7.
QuandaryQuandary is an application for
creating Web-based Action Mazes. An Action Maze is a kind of interactive
case-study; the user is presented with a situation, and a number of choices as
to a course of action to deal with it.
8.
QuedocOur quiz software not only
plays quizzes, interactive lessons and revision aids; it also helps you create
your own learning content and work cooperatively with others in the process of
authoring.
9.
Quiz RevolutionMake Free
Facebook Quizzes and Free Online Quizzes. Interactive Multimedia Quizzes That
Can Be Embedded On Any Site.
10.
YacapacaIf you are a
teacher you can use 15,000 quizzes in every subject or you can create quizzes,
surveys, tests, eportfolios and more.
11.
FunnelBrainFunnelBrain gives you and your
friends a new way to learn. You can form study teams, play games, take quizzes,
and show off your intellectual prowess. It's fun, it's free and you'll do
better in class.
12.
JeopardyJeopardyLabs
allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The
games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. Building your
own jeopardy template is a piece of cake.
13.
EdgamesUse games to enhance your classroom
teaching! On this site you will find more than just one or two games, we have
categories of games for all types of classrooms.
14.
QuizSlidesThe easy way
to create stylish, interactive online test!
15.
What2LearnThe fun and
effective way to learn. Play some of our thousands of revision games and
quizzes or make your own. Whether you are revising for examinations and tests
such as GCSE and SATs, or simply looking for a powerful and engaging way to
develop literacy and understanding, register today and start the learning fun.
Free Web Conferencing Tools For Teachers
1.
AnyMeetingAnyMeeting is
free with ads. It allows for meetings of up to 200 people, and has essential
functionality like screen sharing, VoIP and phone conferencing, meeting
recording and it even has a follow-up functionality.
2.
BigBlueButtonBigBlueButton
enables universities and colleges to deliver a high-quality learning experience
to remote students.
3.
Google+ HangoutWould you like to see, hear,
and share information to your online learners. With Google+ Hangouts you can
have a video group chat for up to 10 people for free! It is a powerful tool
much better than a Web Chat.
4.
ManagemeetManageMeet.com is a online
service that enables teams to collaborate on tomorrows solutions in real-time.
Share knowledge, collect ideas, analyze and decide.
5.
Meetin.GsUnlimited
meetings with 6 participants/meeting, material exchange, agenda & notes,
5MB size limit per file, and Skype integration.It’s also a great place to edit
documents together with a group and anyone can mail-in notes and other
materials via email.
6.
MeetingBurnerHost
up to 10 webinar attendees for FREE with no ads - forever! Instantly share your
screen with anybody. Works with iPhones, iPads, and Android Phones. You’ll also
get analytics for your meetings so that you can see how your guests interact
with your content.
7.
MikogoScreen sharing has
never been so easy! Have an online meeting, give a presentation, or provide
remote support with Mikogo. Sign up today and see how simple online meetings
can be!
8.
ShowDocumentShowDocument lets you do
quick and easy real-time collaboration with others with no software required.
9.
Sync.inSync.in is a web
based word processor for people to collaborate in real-time. When multiple
people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly
reflected on everyone's screen. The result is a new and productive way to
collaborate with text documents, useful for meeting notes, brainstorming,
project planning, training, and more.
10.
TokBox Video ChatTokBox
makes it easy to add video chat to your site using either the OpenTok API or
OpenTok Widgets.
11.
TwiddlaMark up websites,
graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web
with your friends or make that conference call more productive than ever. No
plug-ins, downloads, or firewall voodoo - it's all here, ready to go when you
are. Browser-agnostic, user-friendly.
12.
VyewVyew allows you to meet and share
content in real-time or anytime. Upload images, files, documents and videos
into a room. Users can access and contribute at anytime.
13.
WebHuddleMeetings can be conducted
either in conjunction with an enterprise’s existing teleconferencing service,
or utilizing WebHuddle’s optional voice over IP.
14.
YugmaYugma free web conferencing
allows anyone, anywhere to instantly share their desktop and ideas online with
others. To start hosting your own meetings, sign up today for FREE. Your Yugma
Free web conferencing account allows you to invite up to 1 attendees with 30
minutes meeting limitations.
15.
Zoho
MeetingGet started with online meetings, start sharing your desktop
to anyone, anywhere at any time.
Free Authoring Tools For Teachers
1.
Easygenerator Easygenerator provides
cloud-based eLearning authoring software. Easygenerator enables instructional designers
and subject matter experts to rapidly create the most engaging courses that
have the highest learning impact. Easygenerator is affordable, easy to use, and
future proof. Simply create, design and publish your eLearning courses. Used
and loved by 5000+ users in more than 120 countries in both enterprises and
universities. Easygenerator’s headquarter is located in Rotterdam, The
Netherlands.
2.
LCDSThe Microsoft
Learning Content Development System (LCDS) is a free tool that enables the
Microsoft Learning community to create high-quality, interactive, online
courses and Microsoft Silverlight Learning Snacks.
3.
SmartBuilderSmartBuilder
is the award-winning course authoring tool that enables you to create rich
Flash e-learning with an easy-to-use interface.
4.
The Multimedia Learning Object
Authoring ToolThe Multimedia Learning Object Authoring Tool enables content
experts to easily combine video, audio, images and texts into one synchronized
learning object.
5.
authorPOINT authorPOINT is an
authoring tool that allows users to capture presentations and add
pre-recorded audio/video, all inside of Microsoft PowerPoint.
authorGEN also offers authorPOINT Lite, which converts PowerPoint
presentations to Flash.
6.
DipityFrom what we can glean from
their website, Dipity is an online timeline creator. Users, known as Dipsters,
can create their own content on subjects that are meaningful to them and share
them with other users. Dipsters can also integrate social media into
their timeline, utilizing real-time updates.
7.
Document Suite 2008Document Suite 2008 is an
authoring tool that helps transform documents into online help modules.
8.
IzzuiIzzui is a hybrid
social learning application that can be linked with QuickLessons.
Izzui uses Facebook as an LMS to track and deliver
courses. Izzui also has an e-Commerce capability allowing
users to charge and pay for courses that they have created.
9.
JackdawJackdaw
produces SCORM 1.2 compliant content that is easily integrated
into any LMS. Users can create interactive content either from
scratch or with the the help of over 100 templates. Jackdaw also lets users
create content that they can then sell on the Open Elms web-store.
10.
LessonWriterFrom what we
can gather from their website, LessonWriter is a tool for teachers that
allows them to create lessons from any passage. These courses allow teachers to
be creative with their lesson plans and also saves them a great deal of time.
11.
MOS SoloMOS Solo offers
a way for users to create content on the go without having to rely on a
constant Internet connection. Even though they are using an offline content
creation tool, they do not lose any of the functionality or power to create
their multimedia content.
12.
myUdutuA free online
authoring tool with a suite of WSIWYG tools, allowing users to create courses
in an approachable environment. Claims to export SCORM 1.2/2004 conformant
courses to be used in a 3rd party LMS or integrate into social media sites,
such as Facebook.
13.
QuickLessons Authoring ToolQuickLessons
was built from the ground up to be a completely SaaS based content
authoring tool, requiring the user to only have access to a web-browser.
QuickLessons comes equipped with quizzes, games, characters,
out-of-the-box animations and other customizable content to allow
users to create truly unique and interactive flash-based content to meet their
needs. Users can either use QuickLessons for free, publishing their
content only to Facebook, or they can buy an individual, corporate or academic
account.
14.
ScratchFrom what we can
gather from their website, Scratch is a creative tool that helps users create
content that is beyond the barriers of traditional page-turners. Scratch users
can create interactive stories, animation, music, and art, then
share their creations on the web.
15.
xtimelinextimeline is a tool that
allows users to create timeline based content for free. Users can also
share their timelines with other users, creating a community.
Free Annotation Tools
For Teachers
1.
Diigo It’s one of
the most commonly used free web annotation tools which lets you bookmark and
tag web pages. In addition to that, you would also be able to highlight a part
of a webpage if you wish to emphasize something and attach sticky notes to it.
Its advanced search allows you to rummage through the text of pages you have
bookmarked which includes tags, titles, URLs and even your own comments and
highlights. One of the best features of Diigo is your ability to comment on
other users’ notes which can be set to either public or private.
2.
A.nnotate A.nnotate
is not just a free annotation tool but also a collaboration and indexing tool.
It can be used to catalogue images and other document formats. It also makes it
easier for you to work with a group especially when documents are needed to be
sent through email back and forth because of comments of different users. With
the use of A.nnotate, you can simply create a single read-only copy of your
document and share it with whomever you like so you could all comment on it.
Another good thing about it is, it is very easy to use and it works fine in
commonly used web browsers without you having to install software or plug ins.
You may sign up for a free account which gives you credits for annotating 30
items every month, anything above that will require payment.
3.
Bounce App Bounce
app is a very simple free annotation tool that works just as effectively as
others in the market. You simply log on to their website, enter the URL of the
webpage you’d like to comment on and then click on Grab Screenshot. Voila!
You’ll have a screenshot of that webpage and you’re now ready to comment on it
by dragging the mouse and creating red boxes (like the one you see below).
These red boxes are labelled with another box that contains your name and has a
space for your comments. One of the best features of Bounce is that you can
share your feedback on either Facebook or Twitter and let your friends see it.
4.
Crocodoc Crocodoc
Personal is a free annotation tool used for commenting on documents. Simply log
on to their website, upload a PDF file, Office Doc or image, modify it using
Crocodoc tools which allow you to highlight, draw or comment on it. When you’re
done, click on Share button at the upper right hand corner of the page and send
the link to whomever you’d like to share the document with. You may share it
through copying the link and sending it through email or IM, or you may even
embed it on your blog or website. However, if you would like to store your
files or view your upload history, you have to sign up for a Crocodoc account
but you need not worry because this app is absolutely for free.
5.
Markup.io Markup
allows you to draw on any webpage using built in tools. Simply go to their
website, drag the icon located at the lower right hand corner of the page to
the bookmark bar of your browser.
Free Video Tools For Teachers
1.
Ezvid Ezvid is a
100% free video creation tool that allows you to
capture everything that appears on your computer screen. It also allows you to
edit your recorded videos by splitting your recordings, inserting text and
audio, controlling the speed and even drawing directly on your screen. There’s
also a Gaming Mode specially designed for gamers to avoid black screen problems
when recording games such as Diablo III and Call of Duty which are full screen
games. You can save your edited videos for later use or you may directly upload
them on YouTube.
2.
BlueBerry Flashback Express Recorder This
recorder just, like other screencast tools, enables you to capture
your screen while recording yourself through a webcam. It
introduces quite a long list of features that will let you edit videos like a
pro. BB Flashback Express Recorder also has a very easy user interface that
allows you to decide what area of your screen you would like to capture and
whether to record sound and web activity or not. Another good thing about it is
that you can have scheduled recordings so you wouldn’t have to miss online
events. It also includes a player which works like a VCR and allows you
to review your recording frame-by-frame.
3.
ScreenrScreenr is a web-based
screen recorder. Yes, you read it right. It’s web-based so that means,
you wouldn’t have to install it on your computer but it requires Java to run.
Screenr allows you to easily capture your screen by
logging on to their website, clicking on the record button and keeping it open
while you are capturing your screen activity. Keep in mind that you only
have a maximum of 5 minutes per recording. Files are saved on the site. When
you’re finished, you’ll be given a link that can be easily shared by email or
can be embedded on websites. It’s absolutely free, works on both MAC and PC and
will work even on your iPhone.
4.
Rylstim Screen Recorder Rylstim
is a very simple and easy to use Screen Recorder which,
aside from capturing your screen, also allows you to record events happening on
the monitor including right and left clicks. It has a minimalistic and
intuitive interface but supports multiple CODECs. You can also customize the
video frame rates. Rylstim Screen Recorder works on Windows XP, Windows Vista,
Windows 7 and Windows
5.
Krut Krut is a screencast
tool that works in almost any Operating system and requires Java
to run. It’s a very simple program with only 3 basic controls: Record, Snap for
still pictures, and the Arrow button used to adjust the borders of your
recording area. It’s very minimalist without all those complicated features
that other screencast tools offer, but it can be powerful too because of some
additional features such as timer-controlled recording. You can also use it for
recording streaming video and audio.
6.
CamStudioCamStudio is a
pretty straightforward program that lets you record your screen and
audio and produce outputs in AVI or SWF format. It enables annotation
such as text and call out inserts and even provides you some cursor options
such as default, hidden or highlighted, which should be carefully laid out
prior to recording. You have some video options too which lets you control
compression, frame rates , quality and time lapse but aside from that, you
can’t really do much with the video because it doesn’t include editing
capabilities.
7.
Webineria Webineria
is an open-source easy-to-use screencast tool which
lets you capture your screen activity and do “picture-in-picture” video by
adding your webcam stream. It provides you 3 frame rate options: 5, 10 and 15
frames per second and outputs can be produced in either AVI or FLV format. It
has built in features too that let you adjust the boundaries of your record
area, use hotkeys to pause and resume recording. Outputs are saved on the site
and can be shared via email links or embedding on websites.
8.
Screen-O-MaticScreencast-O-Matic is a
screencast tool which has both web-based and desktop versions. It’s very easy
to use and will run so long as you have Java installed on your computer. It
has free video hosting and allows you to record
your screen or both your screen and webcam. You
may also publish your output directly to YouTube. The free versions of
Screencast-O-Matic has limited features though. For instance, there’s a
15-minute recording time limit, there’s a small watermark when recording, it
doesn’t allow webcam-only recording and it doesn’t allow you to zoom and
annotate while recording.
Free PDF Tools For Teachers
1.
Adobe
Reader XIAdobe Reader is a trusted high quality tool that allows you
to view and print your PDF files. It also lets you interact with PDF content,
including multimedia. Other features covered are adding and verifying digital
signature, annotating on PDF pages, creating and filling out PDF forms, and
printing out these documents.
2.
Doro PDF Writer by CompSoftDoro PDF
Writer is very easy to use and is pretty straightforward. It doesn’t have all
the other options that other PDF tools have but it works great in printing PDF
files. It is installed as a virtual print driver and converts any printable
document or image to PDF format. It can be powerful too as it lets you set the
author name and even protect it with a password before conversion. Just select
it from the program’s setting menu before printing a PDF document and it will
launch and provide you the option to change the document’s metadata. On top of
those mentioned is the ability to enable and disable copying, pasting and
printing functions of the document. It is compatible with XP, Vista, Windows 7
and 8.
3.
BullZip PDF Printer by BioPDFBullZip is
another PDF tool that works as a virtual print driver and uses Ghostscript to
convert documents. Like Doro, it also allows you to convert printable document
or image to PDF format but on top of that, it also lets you add watermarks,
merge PDF files and even add protection to your PDF files. It is free for up to
10 users and offers installation of promotional, third party components. You
may check the guidelines here.
4.
PDFTK BuilderThis is an
open source PDF tool used which allows you to easily reorder or merge selected
pages. It is also capable of splitting and rotating pages and adding stamp and
encryption to your file. Aside from those mentioned it doesn’t offer too much
and even lacks the basic function of watermarking with background text.
5.
PDFill PDF ToolThis is probably one of the
most user-friendly free PDF tools that offer you so many features. It provides
the most important functions such as merging, splitting, reordering, rotating
and cropping pages and even allows you to add headers, footers and watermarks.
It also offers additional features such as encrypting and decrypting security
options, and deleting, flattening and adding form fields. It requires
GhostScript and Java to run.
6.
jPDF Tweak It can be a good
choice when you want to get as many features as you can in just one
application. It lets you merge, split, reorder and rotate pages, and add
watermarks and encryption too. You can also digitally sign PDF documents
using it. There are features for attaching files to PDF and editing metadata as
well. jPDF Tweak requires Java 5, or even higher, to run. It uses iText library
to manipulate PDF documents and JGoodies Forms for its GUI.
Sites To Download Royalty Free and Creative Commons Music For Teachers
1.
Archive’s audio and MP3 library This
library contains over two hundred thousand free digital recordings ranging from
alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio
shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users.
Many of these audios and MP3s are available for free download.
2.
ArtistServer Free independent
music, 11,000 mp3 downloads by more than 10,000 artists.
3.
Audiofarm It´s the best and
easiest way to find new and interesting music, audio recordings, people and
friends from around the world.
4.
Audionautix All
music in this online collection created by Jason Shaw. Released under
Creative Commons license 3.0 You are free to use the music (even for commercial
purposes) as long as you credit “Music from - audionautix.com”OR provide a link
to this website from yours. Music must be part of some other created works. No
further permission is required.
5.
BeatPick Creative
Commons licenses allow the use of music for free for non-commercial projects,
provided that users credit your name in association with their multimedia
projects. Thus, we provide music for free for scholastic and socially involved
projects, while we require that governmental funded ones pay a licensing fee.
For personal use, we encourage our users to buy the albums/EPs from our site.
To obtain the download of the required files, all projects must provide us with
their name, e-mail and project description, allowing us to control that they
are indeed entitle to such uses.
6.
Brainy Betty Free Sound Clips and Music
for Presentations!
7.
Bump Foot Bump Foot
is a non-profit netlabel in Japan. There are two main branches. Bump side :
techno and house, or based on them. Foot side : ambient, IDM, or etc... other
than bump side.You are free: to Share - to copy, distribute and transmit the
work, and to Remix - to adapt the work.
8.
CASH MusicCASH Music is
a non-profit organization that hosts digital tools for musicians and labels to
share their music. The digital tool allows for uploads and downloads of songs
and sharing is made easy.
9.
ccMixter Looking
for music for a video, school project, game you’re developing, podcast or just
for listening in your cubicle or mobile music device? Find exactly the music
you’re looking for - podsafe, liberally licensed - using dig.ccMixter Music Discovery
tool.
10.
CCTrax All
showcased music is available under one of the six Creative Commons licenses.
They authorize free music download and enable the artists to promote their
music while protecting their rights.
11.
DanoSongs Hi, I'm
Dan-O and I post my original music as free MP3 downloads here on DanoSongs.com.
You can listen to the songs online or download the tracks. It's also legal to
use the music royalty free in your video, game, film, presentation, slideshow
or website.
12.
FMA The Free Music
Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads.
The Free Music Archive is directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio
station in America. Radio has always offered the public free access to
new music. The Free Music Archive is a continuation of that purpose, designed
for the age of the internet.
13.
Freeplay Music Library Freeplay's
first product, the Freeplay Music Library, is a comprehensive collection of
High End Broadcast production music spanning all the popular musical genres,
available for download either on-line or via our Portable Hard Drive.
14.
FreeSFXDownload free
sound effects.Stuart Duffield has been creating audio professionally for 18
years. Having worked predominately in the Games Industry, he has produced a
wide range of audio for various worldwide clients and numerous high profile
projects. Based in the UK, Stuart has a history of synthesising, recording,
designing, processing and editing audio of all types. Having worked in-house
for a number of major Game Developers, Stuart currently works on a freelance /
contract basis. This involves audio design, music composition and voice
production in various forms - for Games, Animation, TV and Film.
15.
Freesound Freesound aims to create a huge
collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps, ...
released under Creative Commons licenses that allow their reuse.
16.
iBeat Free Beats –
Download beats, loops, breaks and samples Free beats, loops, and breaks -
iBeat.org iBeat – pushing beats, loops and breaks since 2007. Free under
Creative Commons licensing.
17.
Incompetech Incompetech hosts a wide
variety of royalty free music. You can browse their selection by genre or feel.
"Feel" would include things like: Action, Relaxed, Intense or
Humorous; you can select a combination of ‘Feels’ and it will check its
database for selection matches. Clips can be played on the website and
instantly downloaded as well.
18.
Jamendo370,000 tracks.Free music for
all. Enjoy unlimited music, it's completely free and legal.
19.
JewelBeat Free Background Music. Easily
search thru over 4,000 free background music and sound effects simply by using
keywords. No need to download to preview - just type in keywords, listen
immediately then download what you need! Start searching for free background
music.
20.
Josh
Woodward Yes, you can freely download, share and use all
180+ of Josh Woodward songs.
21.
Kompoz Kompoz
is an online community that prides in collaboration between artists from all
over the world. Artists post their clips on the website where anyone can
download it and use it for their own productions. They can also add their own
instruments or creative mix to the original clip and upload it on the website
again.
22.
LifeSounds LifeSounds
works on the integration of music throughout the curriculum. Their desire is to
build each individuals’ ability to strengthen their emotional intelligence and
to encourage understanding between people.
23.
Musopen Set music
FREE. Musopen (www.musopen.org) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on improving
access and exposure to music by creating free resources and educational
materials. We provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for
free, without copyright restrictions. Put simply, our mission is to set music
free.
24.
Orphan Songs The
Orphan Songs website is running by Carl-Otto Johansson. Most of the music here
is free to download and use. (Creative Commons).
25.
PacDV This is a small database of free
audio clips organised by mood or emotion such as: Warm, Loving, Serious or
Lonely.
26.
Partners in Rhyme Royalty free music libraries for you
to download and start using right away in your commercial projects. These high
quality music tracks will make your projects more effective and sound more
professional.
27.
Public Domain 4U Great
Historical Music Recordings, Free to Download, Play, and Share. Our musical
heritage is our culture. The Past should be appreciated, not neglected. These
artists are so unique, they should never be forgotten. This site is designed
for your musical edification. This site can not grant any commercial uses of
this material.
28.
Purple
Planet Free Collection of Royalty Free Music available for
download, composed and performed by Geoff Harvey and Chris Martyn Music can be
used free of charge for web-based projects e.g. YouTube (see 'Using Our
Music' for more info) in exchange for a link to our site. Donations are
welcome!
29.
Restorm This is a platform
to sell music to the public. Also, you can download some of their free
selection of music just by creating an account.
30.
Royalty Free Music Library Royalty Free
Music Library is proud to offer one of the largest offerings of online
broadcast-quality royalty free music anywhere on the web. Download royalty free
music from 3 of the top royalty free catalogs online:
1.
Royalty Free Music Revolution - The
definitive royalty free music catalog with over 1000 songs from some of the top
composers in the industry.
2.
Radical Music Library - Royalty free
music with cutting edge productions and "indie" attitude. Created by
professional composers with a long list of film and television credits.
3.
Mojo Music Library - An offering of
top- notch royalty free music with broader coverage on each CD for those who
need a bit wider coverage for their budget.
31.
SampleSwap Creative
Commons Licensed Electronic Music for Commercial and Non-Commercial
Royalty-Free use(Free professional-quality MP3s for DJ'ing, film scores, radio,
TV, video games, podcasting, etc.). These pre-cleared songs were uploaded by
artists at sampleswap.org under a variety of Creative Commons licenses. Please
be sure to read the licensing information for each track carefully before using
any of this music.
32.
Sonnyboo 40 completely free pieces of
music. For each and every single song below, all you have to do is credit the
songwriter - Peter John Ross (www.sonnyboo.com) and the music is your to use
for free.
33.
SoundCloud SoundCloud is a
website where artists share their new tracks to the world. There is a section
under Creative Commons license where you can download other people’s tracks.
You can stream the available clips and it takes just a simple click to get the
MP3 file without any registration.
34.
Stock Music Boutique Stock Music
Boutique library offers high quality royalty-free production music. All tracks
have full music clearance ready for instant buy out. Find a track you like and use
it forever at no extra cost.
Free Stock Photos Sites For Teachers
1.
PublicDomainPictures.net is a repository
for free public domain photos. You can download high quality
photos, upload your own pictures, earn money to charity, get exposure and gain
popularity and improve your photographic and graphic skills.
2.
FreeImages is not
just another clipart graphic site!.... more than 6000 original stock
photos all for FREE! Free images is a high quality resource of digital
stock photographic images for use by all. All images in their collection are
free to use on websites and printed materials.
3.
FreeFoto.com is made up of 132232 images
with 182 sections organized into 3630 categories.
4.
Free stock photos, easy
to download, easy to browse. Use them for commercial or personal design
projects of any kind! Some are even public domain, so you can use those for
whatever you want. Whether you're looking for free stock designs for
your project, free stock photography for your next big design
or something in-between, freestockfor.us is your resource for quick downloads!
5.
FreePixels offers free
high resolution stock photos for use in both personal and commercial
design projects.
6.
Nearly 100% of their Royalty
Free Stock Photos are Free Download. Every image is
absolutely free, with some more options to buy individual higher
resolutions. They can be used either for private or commercial purposes. In
exchange, we only ask you to use the images according to our Licensing.
7.
The SXC (stock.xhng)
is a website providing free-to use stock photography and illustrations.
The stock.xhng operates as a hybrid of a picture library site and a social
networking site; registered users may set up a personal profile, upload their
photographic works to share with other users, write a blog and participate in
online forums to discuss and critique each others' work.
8.
The 4
Free Photos is an online community of photographers who enjoy
taking pictures and decided to share them with the public to use them
for free in their private or commercial projects. They hope you
will find the collection of free and public domain images useful.
9.
Morgue File is an
easy to use free photo site. Free images for your
inspiration, reference and use in your creative work, be it commercial or not!
10.
From Free Digital Photos you can download
royalty free photos and illustrations for websites,
newspapers, magazines, video and TV productions, iPhone applications,
PowerPoint presentations, forums, blogs and school work.
11.
Turbo Photo offers Free
stock images from 10 categories (3.4 GB). Stock images are in the
public domain.
12.
If you are a designer you can
download high resolution RF stock images for free from Dreams Time. If you are a photographer you
have the opportunity to achieve a great portfolio exposure by offering free
images.
13.
Image * After is a large online free
photo collection. You can download and use any image or texture from our
site and use it in your own work, either personal or commercial.
14.
In Public Domain Photos you can access
5,000 free photos, 8,000 free cliparts. All photos on
this web site are public domain. You may use these images for any purpose,
including commercial.
15.
The photos in the Flickr Free
Use Photos Group are available for use by anyone. There is no need to give
credit or to fear rights infringement. These images are posted by their
creators. By posting to this group, you're allowing freedom of use.
16.
Free photos and clip art
from Microsoft Office Online
17.
Every
Stock Photo is a search engine for free photos. These come from
many sources and are license-specific. You can view a photo's license by
clicking on the license icon, below and left of photos. Membership is free,
without advertising, and allows you to rate, tag, collect and comment on photos.
The Most Popular Digital Education Tools For Teachers And Learners
Hundreds of digital education tools
have been created with the purpose of giving autonomy to the student, improving
the administration of academic processes, encouraging collaboration, and
facilitating communication between teachers and learners. Here we present 11 of
the most popular.
1. Edmodo
Edmodo is
an educational tool that connects teachers and students, and is assimilated
into a social network. In this one, teachers can create online collaborative
groups, administer and provide educational materials, measure student
performance, and communicate with parents, among other functions. Edmodo has
more than 34 million users who connect to create a learning process that is
more enriching, personalized, and aligned with the opportunities brought by technology
and the digital environment.
2. Socrative
Designed by a group of entrepreneurs
and engineers passionate about education, Socrative is a system that allows
teachers to create exercises or educational games which students can solve
using mobile devices, whether smartphones, laptops, or tablets. Teachers can
see the results of the activities and, depending on these, modify the
subsequent lessons in order to make them more personalized.
3. Projeqt
Projeqt is
a tool that allows you to create multimedia presentations, with dynamic slides
in which you can embed interactive maps, links, online quizzes, Twitter
timelines, and videos, among other options. During a class session, teachers
can share with students academic presentations which are visually adapted to
different devices.
4. Thinglink
Thinglink allows
educators to create interactive images with music, sounds, texts, and
photographs. These can be shared on other websites or on social networks, such
as Twitter and Facebook. Thinglink offers the possibility for teachers to
create learning methodologies that awaken the curiosity of students through
interactive content that can expand their knowledge.
5. TED-Ed
TED-Ed is
an educational platform that allows creating educational lessons with the
collaboration of teachers, students, animators—generally people who want to
expand knowledge and good ideas. This website allows democratizing access to
information, both for teachers and students. Here, people can have an active
participation in the learning process of others.
6. cK-12
cK-12 is a website that seeks to reduce
the cost of academic books for the K12 market in the United States and the
world. To achieve its objective, this platform has an open source interface
that allows creating and distributing educational material through the
internet, which can be modified and contain videos, audios, and interactive
exercises. It can also be printed and comply with the necessary editorial standards
in each region. The books that are created in cK-12 can be adapted to the needs
of any teacher or student.
7. ClassDojo
ClassDojo is a tool to improve student
behavior: teachers provide their students with instant feedback so that good
disposition in class is 'rewarded' with points and students have a more
receptive attitude towards the learning process. ClassDojo provides real-time
notifications to students, like 'Well Done David!' and '+1', for working
collaboratively. The information that is collected about student behavior can
be shared later with parents and administrators through the web.
8. eduClipper
This platform allows teachers and
students to share and explore references and educational material. In eduClipper, you can collect information found
on the internet and then share it with the members of previously created
groups, which offers the possibility to manage more effectively the academic
content found online, improve research techniques, and have a digital record of
what students achieved during the course. Likewise, it provides the opportunity
for teachers to organize a virtual class with their students and create a
portfolio where all the work carried out is stored.
9. Storybird
Storybird aims
to promote writing and reading skills in students through storytelling. In this
tool, teachers can create interactive and artistic books online through a
simple and easy to use interface. The stories created can be embedded in blogs,
sent by email, and printed, among other options. In Storybird, teachers can
also create projects with students, give constant feedback, and organize
classes and grades.
10. Animoto
Animoto is
a digital tool that allows you to create high-quality videos in a short time
and from any mobile device, inspiring students and helping improve academic
lessons. The Animoto interface is friendly and practical, allowing teachers to
create audiovisual content that adapts to educational needs.
11. Kahoot!
Kahoot! is an educational platform that
is based on games and questions. Through this tool, teachers can create
questionnaires, discussions, or surveys that complement academic lessons. The
material is projected in the classroom and questions are answered by students
while playing and learning at the same time. Kahoot! promotes game-based
learning, which increases student engagement and creates a dynamic, social, and
fun educational environment.
Educational Technology Tools Free Educational Technology Tools Free Tools For Teachers K12 Education
Free Educational Technology Tools: Discussing 3 Musketeers For Your
Ninja Students
What if I tell you
that you can make a magical educational potion out of 3 free tools that can
make your teaching outstanding? This is possible only by using Edpuzzle to hold
students accountable, Google forms to evaluate their performance, and Badging
to reward them.
Edpuzzle, Badging,
And Google Forms: Discussing 3 Free Educational Technology Tools
The world of education keeps
morphing, changing and that requires constant adaptation to the new rules of a
game including empowering students agency on how they should pave their inner
teacher. This will call for a new set of soft skills such as the power of
managing your teaching experience and picking up the right tools from hundreds
that are available in the wild. While several ways have provided on how to
informatively choose the right tool, a simple approach would be based on
effectiveness and the manner of using these tools. In this article, I walk you
through three tools that have the potential to fulfill some of these learning
objectives namely: Edpuzzle, Google Forms, and Badging.
1. Edpuzzle
Edpuzzle is a platform that allows
you to share videos with students and also embed pop-in questions while keeping
track of your students’ progress through some metrics. However, the most salient
hallmark of this platform is the ability to check if students have really
watched the videos and hence accountability of both teachers and students will
increase.
Edpuzzle can be also integrated with
Google Classroom where teachers can import their classes from Google Classroom
to Edpuzzle. Edpuzzle is another way of kicking off a strong flipped classroom
practice by promoting students self-accountability. This is the first variable
of our formula here where Edpuzzle is the founding block since it offers an
optimal environment for students to set their journey toward learning agency,
thanks to the database of curated videos it has in addition to other videos
from a famous platform, such as Ted Ed and so on.
Another feature Edpuzzle has, that I
found instrumental, is the ability to add a voice note at a specific time, or
mute the entire video and include your own voice comment. This may add that
personal touch of a teacher to compensate for the face-to-face interaction.
If you want to go further, you may want
to finish the certification courses offered by Edpuzzle in order to get
familiar with this utility and to learn some foundational principles related to
the flipped classroom.
2. Google Forms
Google with its education section,
has provided over the years a set of tools designed for the education world
such as Google Classroom, and Google Scholar. It has also offered multifaceted
tools that can be used for a wide range of purposes such as Google Forms. This
tool is basically an online survey platform that allows users to design
questionnaires choosing from a wide range of questions and even offering the
possibility of giving respondents the possibility to upload different types of
files. Added to that, if you activate the quiz option, Google Forms turns from
just collecting responses to collecting and grading responses.
With Google Forms come along some
extra functionalities ensured by add-ons that can help effectively the
interaction between respondents, responses, and the creator of the form. To
mention just a few, Choice Eliminator 2 is an add-on that deletes a choice once
it’s selected after you set up how many times a given choice can be selected. I
use this add-on when I’m assigning every group of students a book to review
because I don’t want all students to choose the same book. Certify'em is
another add-on which sends out automatic certificates based on a template and
on a conditional passing grade. Another nice add-on that can be used with
Google Forms is Timify which sets a duration limit for your quiz once the
students click on the link you share with them. This add-on also has other
premium features such as the ability to take screenshots of the respondent to
increase accountability.
So the second variable of our formula
is Google Forms that we will use it to assess the performance of students, and
how well they did on Edpuzzle platform.
3. Badging
Badging system is a component of
gamification where students are given certain badges upon completing certain
tasks in recognition for their progress. This gives students a sense of
achievement and pride especially if it’s linked to authentic and meaningful
rewards. A lot of educational apps have incorporated this principle to boost
the engagement of learners and users as well. Teachers can also harness the
power of badging and use it in their favor. Badges showcase students'
achievement and progress throughout the course, and if the assessment
activities have meaning in the world of students' lives, it can even be a proof
of accomplishment to be submitted before potential employers, or even to
university for those who want to pursue their academic career further.
Hence, this is the third variable of
our formula where we highlight the power of acknowledging students progress
through meaningful rewards and clear signposts.
The Formula
We have talked about these three
variables of flipped learning with the value of Edpuzzle, an assessment with
the value of Google Forms assigned to it, and recognizing students achievement
with the value of Badging assigned to it. By that, we reach the result that a
meaningful students learning experience (symbolized by "SL") would
translate as a steady incrementation in flipped learning content quality (where
flipped learning is represented by "FL"), a constant reliable and
valid assessment (represented by "AS"), and also an authentic badging
system (represented by "BG"). To put it into an algebraic expression,
we would reach that equation:
Conclusion
In this article, we
have seen that Edpuzzle can be a nice platform to deliver your flipped learning
adventures with the bunch of features it has, especially, knowing whether
students have watched the video or not, and the second tool, which is Google
Forms, that we can use to assess students' understanding of flipped learning
content. Finally, we touched on the concept of Badging, and how it can turn
idle students into fully-energized learners, pushing them to quench their
thirst to learn new content, while being able to use it in meaningful
real-world situation.
EdTech: 12 Free Educational Technology Tools To Get Corporate Knowledge
Flowing
How can L&D
teams find the right solution while also keeping up with their companies'
fast-paced, business-driven learning needs? The answer is informal learning,
using a broad range of new, tech-driven tools.
Free Educational Technology Tools For L&D Professionals
Instead of waiting for one universal
tool that fixes everything, edTech should
be about getting the most out of a wide range of tools.
A recent survey by Deloitte [1]
found that limited budget is the top challenge Learning and Development
(L&D) teams face when planning new learning programs (CGS report). To make
matters even more difficult, spending on new learning tools and technologies
has dropped.
According to the survey, more
companies are now eager to replace traditional learning infrastructures with
affordable tools that tap into the power of innovative technologies. This
forces L&D teams to rethink their current approaches and look for cheaper,
lower-maintenance solutions.
Informal Learning Rules The Workplace
The survey found that 85% of L&D
managers were interested in creating so-called collaborative learning
environments [1]. That means empowering "Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in
the workplace community to share their expertise directly with their
peers".
This approach clearly reduces
spending on high-end learning tools, but how can L&D managers enable
Subject Matter Experts to share their expertise quickly so that they keep up
with the fast pace of business?
A strong teacher can share knowledge
successfully using only their voice and a chalkboard. In L&D terms, it
takes knowledge and a platform. Going forward, knowledge-sharing platforms must
be accessible, connected, and easy to use. Thanks to new technological
innovations, the buying process has become easier than ever for L&D
professionals in search of the right tools. The internet is loaded today with
choices of free/cheap visual, audio, video, and media tools.
Empower Your Subject Matter Experts
With These Intuitive Tools
We are witnessing a boom in new,
free, or cost-effective tools with zero learning curve. Take photo editing, for
example. Instead of tweaking hundreds of settings in Photoshop to improve a
picture, we can now simply apply a preset, which is as easy to use as an Instagram
filter. All we need are image templates, which are now readily available
online. The same goes for creating learning content: SMEs need a tool that a)
offers many templates, b) has zero learning curve for modifying the templates,
and c) allows SMEs to integrate media from other zero-learning-curve tools.
In almost every aspect of their work,
SMEs can now replace previous steep-learning-curve tools with easy-to-use
web-based options. Here’s a list of some of the new tools empowering SMEs to
create and share learning content:
Free Educational Technology Tools To Kickstart Corporate Knowledge
Sharing
Heavyweight
tool |
Low
learning curve solution |
|
Visuals |
Photoshop |
|
Data |
Excel,
Tableau |
|
Design
prototypes |
Paper
prototyping, Adobe Illustrator |
|
Podcasting,
audio broadcasting |
Recording
Studios, project studios |
|
Iconsets,
Graphic Design |
Adobe
Illustrator, Photoshop |
|
Infographics |
Adobe
Illustrator, Photoshop |
|
Project
management |
Excel,
Gannt |
|
Video
editing |
Adobe
Premiere, Final Cut Pro |
|
Photography |
DLSR
Camera's |
iPhones,
Samsung Phones |
Real-life
simulations |
Video
productions |
|
Sharing
knowledge / Courses |
Learning
Management Systems |
|
Creating
training, courses |
Adobe
Captivate, Rise |
Which tools do you use? If you have
any suggestions, place a comment and we will update this resource list.
If you want the agility to keep on
top of dynamic business changes, you cannot waste time getting used to slow,
hard-to-use tools. The new generation of tools enhances knowledge-sharing and
helps SMEs communicate more effectively. The focus is on converging these tools
and disciplines to collaboratively create and curate content.
Capitalize On Available Knowledge Of
SMEs And Converge It Using A Selection Of New Educational Technology Tools
Save yourself the hassle and expense
of giant learning systems. Now is the time to go lean - in terms of costs,
labor, and time.
A Few Tips For
Achieving This
· Package the resources.
Compile or arrange resources into a series, or let them stand alone. SMEs
should be able to decide the order or form that suits the resources best. After
all, they know the business better than anyone and can easily speak the
learners’ language.
· Publish and distribute among your peers.
Don't bother with transferring files. Just share a link.
The idea is to kickstart learning,
using knowledge that exists in the minds of SMEs and tools that exist online.
There's no need to become entangled in meticulous planning or excessive design.
Looking For A Low-Learning-Curve
Authoring Tool? Go SaaS.
Like the tools listed above,
Easygenerator belongs to the new generation of eLearning tools. It's designed
to support the flow of knowledge from SMEs.
Creating Content
Using Easygenerator Follows A Three-Step Process:
Sign up for your 14-day free trial
of Easygenerator.
References:
1. CGS 2017 Enterprise Learning Annual Report
2. 10 Social Media Tools For Learning
3. 12 Design Tools
To Make Your eLearning Course Look Good
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14 Free Educational Technology iPad Apps For Kids
If you are
interested in finding educational technology apps for your iPad, have a look at
the list below. It consists of 14 Free educational technology
applications that will make your iPad, iPod or iPhone device an even
more useful educational tool.
Free Educational
Technology Applications for Kids
At the following list you will find
training games for children and browsers that are completely customizable so
you can limit and control your children’s access on the internet. You will also
find news updating, and communication applications so you can stay in touch at
all times.
1. Best Browser for Kids - free The
#1 rated safe iPad browser with parental controls. You can decide on the level
of blocking. Perfect for families and schools that are looking for a safe,
fast, reliable browser, with no in-app advertising! You can also support our
cause by donating in our in-app purchases. Donations are not mandatory and are
hidden from kids behind parental control preferences - which are controlled by
you with a password.
2. Digital Passport for Kids -
free Played by over 300,000 kids in schools across the US, Digital
Passport is now available on your personal device. The games and videos inside
teach kids from 7-11 the essentials for staying safe online not only on laptops
and computers but on mobile devices too. On Digital Passport, kids will find
their favorite kinds of games and activities like platform games, tools for
creating digital mashups, and other fast-paced gobble 'em up games, all geared
toward teaching them important lessons about digital life.
3. Disconnect Kids -
free Disconnect Kids is a fun and unique educational app that
teaches parents and children about privacy on the internet. Disconnect Kids
also actively blocks requests for data about your web-browsing and in-app
activity. It’s the first iOS app that stops this personal data from ever
leaving your device.
4. Edmodo – free Edmodo makes a
teacher’s daily life easier by providing a safe and easy way for teachers and
students to engage and collaborate for free, anytime, anywhere.
5. Engadget Distro -
free Engadget Distro brings the best articles from the Engadget site
to your tablet in a rich, magazine-like format. Every week a new edition is
hand-crafted by the Engadget team featuring the best reviews and features
curated from the website along with a weekly editorial to bring you up to speed
on any news you might have missed. Once you have downloaded the application, we
encourage you to set Distro offline, grab a comfy seat, and enjoy all the great
stuff you might not have had time to enjoy during the week. Immerse yourself in
the world of gadget news.
6. Image Searcher – free Image
Searcher is a Google Image searching tool for iPad. Simply type in any keywords
you want and you will see the thumbnails of images. You can view the original
images, save them to your Photo Albums, email them to your friends, or open the
original web pages.
7. LEGO Creationary -
free You love those little LEGO® bricks. Creationary puts a fun new
spin on your creations. Build and guess with Creationary and the New
Creationary Assistant – fun for the whole family!
8. Lego Instructions - free LEGO®
Instructions is a fan-built application for those who is fond of creating with
their Lego pieces. It’s the only app in the Store which presents building
instructions in large step-by-step pictures to show parents and kids how to
make these items. This app is a handy tool for those who lost or somehow
doesn't have their building instruction for building LEGO items. The
instructions are clear and easy to follow – almost like the real instructions
from the box.
9. Little Bird - free Little
Bird’s Internet Security Adventure, is a book for children produced by AVG for
parents to use with their young Pre-School children. The book is designed to
help parents initiate conversations about Internet safety in an age-appropriate
manner. We hope it will be useful to you in helping your child begin to develop
lifelong patterns of safe and secure online activity. The Internet will be a
mainstay of your child’s life. Like the majority of us, your child will learn,
play, and do their homework using their computers, iPods®, gaming consoles, and
mobile phones while connected to the web. We will be with you each step of the
way, providing great technology and resources to help educate and keep them
safe. Please enjoy this complimentary copy of Little Bird’s Internet Security
Adventure, and feel free to share it with others. At AVG we are committed to
helping this generation of kids learn, play, and interact safely online.
10. Logo Draw - free Logo
Draw uses aspects of the Logo Programming Language to introduce users to the
fundamental concepts of software programming, computer graphics, geometry, and
logical thinking.
11. Maily - free
Maily is the safe messaging platform for kids aged 3+ to connect
with family and friends. It is fun, easy and safe. Do you have kids aged 3+?
Maily has been designed to supervise them. Create your account and add your
kids right after. Connect & send messages with your nieces, cousins or
other kid friends. For both grownups and kids, Maily provides a colorful and
creative messaging platform. You can also add and invite contacts. The more
contacts you add, the more fun Maily becomes.
12. Rover (web browser with Flash) – free Rover
is an educational app and the only education browser for your iPad designed for
teachers and students of all ages. Rover is targeted towards enhancing the K-12
education experience, bringing the best online learning content to your iPad-
including access to content ordinarily available on the Apple tablet. We have
partnered with major education brands to make sure you have access to leading
educational content on the iPad. Transform your classroom into a fun, easy to
use, and exciting learning lab! We have specifically designed Rover based on feedback
from teachers, IT directors and administrators from schools across the country.
13. SketchBook MobileX -
free Autodesk SketchBook Mobile Express is a professional paint and
drawing application designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch. SketchBook Mobile
Express offers a set of sketching tools and delivers them through a streamlined
and intuitive user interface. Use it to digitally capture your ideas or produce
artwork on-the-go. With the same paint engine as the renowned SketchBook Pro
software, SketchBook Mobile Express delivers sophisticated brushes and fluid
pencils.
14. TinyTap - Moments into Games - free Turn
your moments into games! TinyTap is the first user-generated app market that
lets anyone create fun educational games from pictures and creative ideas!
TinyTap is a free game creation platform that lets parents, teachers and kids
create, share and sell personalized educational games! Creating a game is very
simple. All you need to do is add photos or images, record questions, trace the
answers and you’re ready to play!
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23 Microsoft Free Teaching Tools for Educators
Are you interested
in a list of 23 free teaching tools that you can use
in your classroom? From helping students learn through interactive 3D
experiences to transforming ordinary classroom experiences into immersive
education and much more…
Free Educational
Technology: 23 Microsoft Free Teaching Tools for Educators
Would you like to engage your students with free classroom tools in an
active learning classroom environment? In the following list you will find
23 Free Teaching Tools that you can use to improve students'
learning.
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