Online Tools: Suggestions from TeachersFirst
These online tools, from simple to elaborate, offer timesaving ways for teachers to make rubrics, create flashcards, record a screencast, convert a file, make a certificate, and much more. Some require memberships and have more sophisticated sharing/social features more. For a full listing of "creation" tools by category, try the TeachersFirst Edge, reviews of today's hottest tools for creating teacher and student projects online.
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Hoot - Hoot.me
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9 to 12
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Hoot.Me is a Facebook application that changes Facebook into a big study session. Allow the app access to Facebook. Enter topics you are working on and team up with others ...more
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Hoot.Me is a Facebook application that changes Facebook into a big study session. Allow the app access to Facebook. Enter topics you are working on and team up with others users online. As part of this app, extra Facebook features that can be a distraction while studying are eliminated. Participate in video or text chats. The smart text editor can be used to enter complex equations easily. Build a study group with other Facebook users. Note: only a small fraction of schools allow Facebook access at school, so you may want to tell students about this app so they can use it at home for study groups.
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tag(s): social skills (5)
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Encourage students to study together online using a tool with which they are familiar. If you can, test it out while at school, demonstrating to students how the application works. This would be useful for any type of collaboration project (much more practical than driving to each others' homes) or even for a study group.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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FooPlot - FooPlot
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9 to 12
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Use FooPlot for a web-based graphing calculator and function plotter. This tool is easy to use and functional for those needing complex graphing calculator functions. This site allows...more
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Use FooPlot for a web-based graphing calculator and function plotter. This tool is easy to use and functional for those needing complex graphing calculator functions. This site allows you to save your project as a svg, pdf, eps, or png file. Since it does not use Flash, the site will work on iOS devices like iPads.
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tag(s): calculators (21)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site on your own computer for projection on an interactive whiteboard and make the link available on your class web page for students to access from individual computers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Grabbabeast - Tangible Worldwide
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1 to 8
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View various beasts and then create your own! Share your beast with others via an ecard or by saving on the site and using its unique URL. You can either ...more
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View various beasts and then create your own! Share your beast with others via an ecard or by saving on the site and using its unique URL. You can either make a unique "beast" or begin with a basic beast. If permitted, you can also share the beast on Facebook or as a tweet. Those wishing to save their creations must complete a free registration, but it is totally optional. You can also check out beasts made by others. Professional posters are available for a FEE (close that window!). If you email the poster to yourself, you can then print it for free.
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tag(s): creative writing (53), creativity (53), fathers day (10), mothers day (11)
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Students can create ecards and send them out for birthdays, grandparent's, mother's and father's day. Student's can use the ecard part of the site to create a story about their monster and send it to the teacher, themselves, or anyone else. Through email your Grabbabeast will print, free. This activity would work well for individual or pairs of students in a lab or on laptops. This is a great find for gifted students or as a capstone project in which students imagine the various parts of the "beast" they create represent parts of a project they need to summarize. Use your creativity to imagine other uses for it. This site would be useful for ESL or world language students trying to learn vocabulary for parts of the body, colors, textures, patterns etc.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes Interaction w general public/ public galleries with unmoderated content
Includes social features, such as "friends," comments, ratings by others
Requires registration/log-in (WITH email)
Premium version (not free) includes additional features or storage
Products can be embedded
Products can be shared by URL
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iCharts - iCharts, Inc.
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2 to 12
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iCharts creates a new place to publish online charts (with interactive info on mouse-clicks) based on public or private data. Format charts as you see fit. Share charts using Facebook...more
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iCharts creates a new place to publish online charts (with interactive info on mouse-clicks) based on public or private data. Format charts as you see fit. Share charts using Facebook or Twitter or embed them in a website or blog. Clip and save iCharts that you like into your account. You can also browse all types of interesting charts made by others.
tag(s): charts and graphs (113)
In the Classroom
This site is great for classroom work or teacher-created mapping. You will want to play with this tool before using it in class, but it is very simple to use. Use with any numerical data that is best shown in a chart. Collect data in a science lab, survey, or math class, and display it using different graphs to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using each graph type. In reading class, practice reading charts/graphs that accompany informational texts using the various examples here. Use for quick creation and sharing of graphs. Create charts together easily on an interactive whiteboard (or projector) when introducing the different types to elementary students, then embed your examples on a class web page for students to revisit. Have students operate the board so their peers can see how the tool works and give each other oral directions as they problem solve together. Then make the iChart site a small group center during math class for further practice on a computer or interactive whiteboard. Save this site in your favorites for quick retrieval any time students need to make a quick chart. For student practice, have them chart time spent on homework or hobbies, choice of favorite pet, etc. Reinforce good study habits in middle school by having students make charts of their average grades or time spent on independent reading.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Biodigitalhuman - Healthline Networks
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7 to 12
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Use this exceptional tool to look inside the human body in a detailed 3D view. Definitions, descriptions, and common conditions of that structure show in the pop up text. View ...more
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Use this exceptional tool to look inside the human body in a detailed 3D view. Definitions, descriptions, and common conditions of that structure show in the pop up text. View male or female anatomical structures down to the most incredible detail. Use the slider along the bottom to rotate the image 360 degrees. View the videos, health tips, injury or disease causes or symptoms, and other structures. Choose which system to view: urinary, digestive, reproductive, muscular, nervous, or many others. Of course, this site is "anatomically correct."
tag(s): body systems (28), human body (46), medicine (27), reproduction (7)
In the Classroom
Use this resource in an anatomy/physiology, biology, or health class. Use as a resource to understand structure and function as well as common health ailments and their effects. Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Provide this link on your website for students to use who are studying human body systems. Assign a different "system" to each student (or cooperative learning group). Challenge students to create multimedia presentations on their system using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Small QR - smallqr.com
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6 to 12
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Interested in making a QR code, but think it is too difficult? Use this site for a quick and easy way to make a QR code of web links. Simply ...more
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Interested in making a QR code, but think it is too difficult? Use this site for a quick and easy way to make a QR code of web links. Simply enter the url. (Be sure that SmallQR is selected under Advanced options.) Save your QR code as a png image file and be sure to read the tips: a.make sure that the image is not printed too small and b. test the QRcode out before using it elsewhere.
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Create a QR code for your class site or blog and include it on handouts for Back to School night. Create a QR code scavenger hunt for students, making a webquest more engaging. Add QR codes to documents for students to check their answers to questions. Expand knowledge of a topic by adding a QR code to a site that expands upon what is in the textbook. Create a data chart accessible via a QR code. Students access the data and manipulate the information. Have students create a book trailer or review and affix a QR code to the outside of the book. Students may be more apt to read a book that has been reviewed by another student. Make a display completely interactive with a QR code that describes the assignment, the process, the research, student's reactions and more! Add extra help information to any assignment that asks students to solve problems. Create an online help tutorial accessible via a QR code, and place the code beside a similar problem. Link directly to a Google Map. Place QR code contact information for you and your school on contact cards to give to parents. Attach QR codes to physical objects around the room to provide information about the object. Place the links in a newsletter using QR codes instead of a series of words that need to be typed.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SuperLame - Superlame.com
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4 to 12
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Super-hero your images! Use this image editor to add speech and thought bubbles to photos and images. Upload your image (such as a photo from your digital camera or a ...more
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Super-hero your images! Use this image editor to add speech and thought bubbles to photos and images. Upload your image (such as a photo from your digital camera or a copyright safe image), add a text balloon, insert a sound effect (like kaboom!), and change the background or border. Save to your computer or email to yourself or others (note that the image is deleted from the website after 24 hours.)
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tag(s): bulletin boards (7), comics and cartoons (46), digital storytelling (30), images (99), photography (91)
In the Classroom
This would be a great way to make comic strips using images from class! Use in any subject area and for any topic to add a twist to your digital storytelling project. Have students create a comic rather than a traditional book report. The main character or a minor character could "talk" about the book. Or have students create comic strips to go along with science topics, math concepts, historical figures, and more. Have students email you the images/comics. Share the finished products on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Share the saved images on a class wiki or make a student generated bulletin board of comics.
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Tildee - tildee.com
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4 to 12
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Create tutorials for anyone about anything using this tool! Start from an easy to use template and share your tutorial via a unique URL. Your tutorial can have text, screen ...more
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Create tutorials for anyone about anything using this tool! Start from an easy to use template and share your tutorial via a unique URL. Your tutorial can have text, screen shots, and videos. You don't need to register to start a tutorial, but if you want to save, edit or delete it, you'll need to sign up with your email address. Tildee is free. You can also view public tutorials by searching. At the time of this review, there were many well done Tildees on topics such as: How to Use Google Translate, Camtasia: The Beginnings, Glogster, How to Make Professional YouTube Background, and much more.
tag(s): assessment (27), tutorials (35)
In the Classroom
Tildee could become a very powerful tool in your classroom. Have students use it to demonstrate what they understand about any concept you teach. Tildee would be the ultimate in "show your work" to explain how students came to a conclusion. Students could use Tildee for persuasive speeches, or speech and debate by uploading facts, videos, and images to prove their point during their speeches. They can also use it to write sequenced directions. Students in history, math, science, art or music classes could showcase their knowledge by creating a tutorial about any topic: how an animal became endangered and the steps to reverse this, the major events that led up to the Civil Rights Movement, or the Holocaust, how to reduce a fraction, the cycle of a cell, or anything else you feel would be worthy of assessment. Physical Education teachers could create tutorials for any move for any sport or exercise, i.e. how to do a proper sit-up or push-up. Teachers can use this site to create tutorials for absentees and/or review and post the URL on your webpage.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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PDF to Word Converter - Nitro PDF, Inc.
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K to 12
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PDF to Word Converter is a convenient tool to take files that are currently in PDF form and change them to Microsoft Word documents. The advantage is that you can ...more
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PDF to Word Converter is a convenient tool to take files that are currently in PDF form and change them to Microsoft Word documents. The advantage is that you can edit a Word document to customize it. Type right into PDFs by making them Word documents. The FREE online portion of this site allows one conversion from PDF to Word at a time. There is no limit, just the fact that you must do each file separately. Pay attention to copyright when converting files. Give credit where it is due, and make sure that you note that the pdf form has been adapted. A downloadable version of the tool is available for a fee.
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tag(s): worksheets (26)
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Ever find really neat activity sheets, but feel they need to be tweaked a little to make them work for your classes? This tool helps you save time by allowing you to edit PDF files in Word to avoid reinventing the wheel. To use, simply locate the PDF file you want to convert on your computer (even if it is only in your download folder), enter your email address. Be sure to check your "junk filter" on your email in case it does not show up directly in your inbox. Click on the attachment and download your brand new Word file! Science teachers can take lab activities and refine questions or add instructions as needed for their classrooms. English teachers can add standardized test prompts to preexisting general worksheets to tailor the activity to suit their state's test needs. This is a helpful utility for students entering contests or completing applications offered only in pdf form.
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Engrade - Engrade
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3 to 12
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Engrade is a comprehensive grade book program complete with tools to create quizzes, wiki pages, calendars, flash cards, create discussions and send messages to and from students, parents...more
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Engrade is a comprehensive grade book program complete with tools to create quizzes, wiki pages, calendars, flash cards, create discussions and send messages to and from students, parents and administrators. The best part is all of this is free and both FERPA and EU Safe Harbor compliant. Student information security is a top priority for this company. This is a great way to slim down the number of log-ins and passwords students must have. Instead of using three different log-ins and passwords in three different programs for grade book, online tests and quizzes, and wikis, it is one stop shop. This site could help you save time and confusion for both teachers and students.
In the Classroom
Sign up for an account (email required) and keep track of student scores, create quizzes for students, and make discussion boards for online conversations about things that happen in your classroom. Quizzes can be graded from the grade book program, directly entering the scores into your records. Be sure to provide this information (link) on your class website for parents to access.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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skrbl: easy to share online whiteboard - ruveka.com
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K to 12
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Skrbl is an online, sharable whiteboard. It can be used to collaborate online in real time simply by sharing the board URL with colleagues or classmates. It can do ...more
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Skrbl is an online, sharable whiteboard. It can be used to collaborate online in real time simply by sharing the board URL with colleagues or classmates. It can do much of what a real white board does but all while your audience is in different parts of the cyber world. This collaborative feature provides the opportunity to discuss appropriate sharing of information and the dangers and safety precautions for using online interactive tools. Be cautious when sharing information and even your own URL. The boards can be shared online or saved as html. Email an invitation to any live board.
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Try introducing this tool to students who are working on group projects. Or have students use this to work as partners or small team to complete complex math problems or equations. Give students a problem by typing it on their board. Then have them work through it together, noting all of their reasoning and steps of work along the way. Have them "turn in" their work by url or post the url on the class wiki to compare with others. Use a Skrbl board as a brainstorming or sketching space as groups or the class share ideas for a major project or to solve a real world problem. Starting a board does not require registration, but saving it to "My Boards" does.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Calculator - Athera Corporation
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K to 12
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Use Calculator.com to access a variety of calculators to use in a classroom or as a reference tool. Choose from standard, fraction, scientific, percent, mortgage, area, units converter,...more
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Use Calculator.com to access a variety of calculators to use in a classroom or as a reference tool. Choose from standard, fraction, scientific, percent, mortgage, area, units converter, as well as other calculators. Note: This site has many ads as calculators are chosen.
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tag(s): calculators (21)
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Use these tools whenever calculators are needed in class. Share this link on your class website for students (and parents) to access at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Caffein - Caffein Team, Nota, Inc.
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7 to 12
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Create a video chat room site quickly and easily. Choose the name of your room and invite others through the sharing of a link. Video chat rooms are private by ...more
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Create a video chat room site quickly and easily. Choose the name of your room and invite others through the sharing of a link. Video chat rooms are private by default and can be changed easily. Share your chat room easily by link, embedding, or sharing on Twitter or Facebook. Controls for the chat room are easy to find and use.
In the Classroom
Some schools may block this tool. If you set up a room for currculum use, you may be able to request that specific url be unblocked. Use this tool as an easy video chat when collaborating with other students in different schools. Set up a chat space to interview older people about events in history. (You may need to have someone tech-savvy help set up the webcam at their end.) This resource would also be beneficial for students who are home for an extended illness or on vacation when discussion with group members may be necessary. Use this tool in any subject that requires collaboration and video chats. Save this link for snow days when you would like to set up a quick update chat with your students. You might even have webcam parent conferences!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ge.tt - Mathis and Tobias, Ge.tt Founders
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6 to 12
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Ge.tt is an easy to use tool for file sharing via the web. One user can still be uploading while his friends are downloading from his files. This eliminates the ...more
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Ge.tt is an easy to use tool for file sharing via the web. One user can still be uploading while his friends are downloading from his files. This eliminates the need for flash drives if you have access to the Internet. You can work from remote locations to create collaborative projects for home, work, or school. This is a free service with free sign up and 2GB of free storage space.
In the Classroom
When assigning group projects to be worked on outside of class, have students share work via Ge.tt. This eliminates the need to actually be in the same place at the same time, which can be difficult for students to arrange due to their schedules and their parents' schedules. Use this to have students share files with you. Students can send you any file up to 2GB with a few simple clicks. Use this as an extra file back-up when transporting files for a grad presentation or other important event.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bounce - ZURB
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6 to 12
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Bounce allows you to upload from your computer or grab an image from the web to share with others. Make "bouncing around" on the web easier and more directed by ...more
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Bounce allows you to upload from your computer or grab an image from the web to share with others. Make "bouncing around" on the web easier and more directed by guiding people to what you want them to see. Once you grab or upload an image (screenshot), you can add notes and comments. Share via email or using the url on the page. Free registration is required to be able to share links, view projects, and collaborate.
tag(s): images (99)
In the Classroom
Create a detailed and guided "web quest" for students. This way they cannot be confused about what they should be looking for on a page; they can simply look for your comments and find their information. Help special education students and others keep track of and organize what they have found on the web for research projects. This would be an excellent tool for showing and teaching reading comprehension. Assign students a web article or story and have them notate it with their pre reading questions, main idea sentences or summaries of what they have read. They can share their links with you as an assignment submission or for others to view. Use Bounce for students to critique or analyze bias or misinformation on websites as part of an information literacy unit. Students could also use a picture of an animal or plant and add the taxonomical information to it in science class and create a "web trail" of insects using Bounce as an alternative to an old fashioned insect project. Collect and annotate from all over the web!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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authorSTREAM - authorSTREAM.com
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4 to 12
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authorSTREAM, an internet based presentation maker that is based on PowerPoint formatting, is easy to use and offers some very useful and unique features. Offering more than the basic...more
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authorSTREAM, an internet based presentation maker that is based on PowerPoint formatting, is easy to use and offers some very useful and unique features. Offering more than the basic PowerPoint creation greatly expands its value. Special features of authorSTREAM include the ability to make public presentations, download presentations as FLV, MP4, AVI, and WMV files, present live to an online audience anywhere in the world, and the ability to create a "channel" or collection of all your online work. With this application, you can add YouTube videos and sound narration directly to your presentations. Of these features, perhaps the two most unique are the ability to download in different formats. Using this, you can create a movie to be played on a television or create a file that can be shared by all of your audience on iTunes, since MP4 is iTunes language! With private presentations -- or even public ones -- you can protect access with a password. Also, this program has an add-on in PowerPoint that allows you to search web content directly from the application. This add-on is also free but does require a Windows machine; even if your Mac has Microsoft PowerPoint, it will not work properly. Talk about a time saver for Windows users!
In the Classroom
Have you been contemplating a "flipped classroom" teaching style where you do the activities and hands-on things during class and the students listen to the information and lectures outside of class? This is a great tool for a flipped classroom or any use of sharable media. You can create your notes and lectures in PowerPoint, adding video clips and narration, download as an MP4, and then share with all of your students through iTunes. This greatly enhances the opportunities for extended thinking and active time in the classroom. More simply, try recording yourself giving an informational presentation, saving it here, and sharing with students via your website or wiki to access from home as a review tool or a catch-up for absentees. Have older students create their own presentations and share with the class and teacher via iTunes. Students who are normally very shy and uncomfortable can feel safe "presenting" in front of the class! High school students can also share links to their best work as part of a digital portfolio or college application. Art students can create online portfolios with narrated artist notes. Student-made book talks can be shared on iTouches in the library/media center. Link to them by QR code! Teachers at any grade level can share back to school night information with parents unable to attend.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes Interaction w general public/ public galleries with unmoderated content
Requires registration/log-in (WITH email)
Premium version (not free) includes additional features or storage
Products can be embedded
Products can be shared by URL
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My Fake Wall - myfakewall.com
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4 to 12
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Create a fake Facebook wall with this site. Upload images, write wall posts, create likes (just like in Facebook,) and comment on fake posts you create. Click Change or Edit ...more
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Create a fake Facebook wall with this site. Upload images, write wall posts, create likes (just like in Facebook,) and comment on fake posts you create. Click Change or Edit to add images or click "Add" to add posts or comments. At the time of this review, the site was fairly slow to open. Be patient - it is worth the wait..
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tag(s): digital storytelling (30), social networking (40)
In the Classroom
Create a fake Facebook page using My Fake Wall to publish biographical information about any historical figure in any subject area. Use My Fake Wall to create a fake Facebook pages about a character in a novel. Create posts that outline the tension that the characters have for one another in the Facebook page. Create Facebook type pages about scientists and their contributions including reactions of others to their discovery or invention. Research why these inventions were particularly very important and the scientific knowledge that changed as a result. Create a Facebook page about artists, musicians, politicians, etc. Challenge the students to step into the person's character to create an informative understanding about the person and their contribution. Create a blog post that discusses their thoughts about the process, linking the My Fake Wall page in the body of the post. In upper elementary grades, have all students generate a starter "Fake Wall" offline about a famous person (or people) you are studying. Then vote on one to maintain as a class using this online tool.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Time Kiwi - CodeArtists
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9 to 12
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Create a visually beautiful timeline for your Twitter tweets. For log-in purposes, you must have (and allow connection to) a Twitter or Facebook account. Pictures and links are also...more
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Create a visually beautiful timeline for your Twitter tweets. For log-in purposes, you must have (and allow connection to) a Twitter or Facebook account. Pictures and links are also included in the timeline. This tool does not appear to create timelines for Twitter accounts belonging to others. New to Twitter? Find information about this tool reviewed here.
tag(s): microblogging (18)
In the Classroom
This site could be used for students to submit an assignment of tweets they did over a period of time. Use it as a record of tweets sent from a class account, too. Or use this site during a presentation on how Twitter works, showing the information contained in a succession of tweets. Have students submit a record of tweets that show their learning over time. Looking for more ways to use twitter in the classroom? Read more about Twitter on TeachersFirst's Twitter for Teachers page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Disapainted - Matus Lestan
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4 to 12
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Make a series of sketches; then turn them into an animation with one click! Set up an account (free) and create an avatar to practice using the simple drawing tools. ...more
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Make a series of sketches; then turn them into an animation with one click! Set up an account (free) and create an avatar to practice using the simple drawing tools. Draw "cells" in which the action slowly progresses. Finally, click to see your cells together as animation! Typical basic drawing tools include a brush, a line, curvy lines, rectangle and circle shapes, polygons, paint, spray, colors, and an eraser. You can save and publish final animations. Be certain to preview anything you wish to share with your class. This site does not require Flash, but rather Java. It therefore will work on iOS devices!
In the Classroom
Use this site to draw a quick sketch to show to your class instantly. Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Use this site as the way to add another dimension to individual or group projects. Encourage your students to use this tool for projects, such as simple animations of the rock cycle or water cycle, cells dividing, etc. Share the various projects on your interactive whiteboard or class wiki by url.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes Interaction w general public/ public galleries with unmoderated content
Includes social features, such as "friends," comments, ratings by others
Requires registration/log-in (WITH email)
Products can be embedded
Products can be shared by URL
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Zinepal - Zinepal
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5 to 12
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Create a magazine, PDF, or eBooks from any online content you choose. Select content from a blog or blogs, RSS feeds, or other websites. Enter the address of the site ...more
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Create a magazine, PDF, or eBooks from any online content you choose. Select content from a blog or blogs, RSS feeds, or other websites. Enter the address of the site where the content exists. Choose whether entire posts or previews are used in the creation of your ezine. Select or deselect the stories to be portrayed and choose fonts and sizes. Continue editing by customizing eBook or finalize your eBook when you are finished. Use this website to turn the chosen content into a printable PDF or an eBook that can be used with eBook readers. Email to your friends or provide the subscription feed. Broadcast your eBook through Facebook or Twitter. If you simply want to take online content with you when going somewhere "offline," Zinepal allows you to collect it all into on printable pdf. Note that the free version only allows up to 5 stories per book.
tag(s): blogs (47)
In the Classroom
Create an eBook for each student's individual blog or from a class blog. Create an eBook from a class wiki or other feed. Create eBooks about class projects, topics for units of study, sharing student work, and more. Share with parents or other classes. Make a class eBook on a current unit topic to be read on iPads or eBook readers. Teachers can make social studies topics into eBooks for reading practice in time-crunched elementary classrooms. Make the eBook yet another alternative for sharing projects and presenting information. For a high-level thinking challenge, have students create eBook collections of different political leanings to compare during an election year. My selecting and grouping content from multiple sources into one eBook, students can show relationships between disparate content. In world language class, have students collect and generate eBooks with cultural or recipe information in their new language.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Requires registration/log-in (WITH email)
Premium version (not free) includes additional features or storage
Products can be shared by URL
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