Some of Mrs. Trimble's Favorites!
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Cool Tools For School
Tons of tools and demos! |
Hipster Google
Google Tools You Probably Never Heard Of |
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Comic Creators
Chatter Pix It Make Beliefs Comix Read Write Think Witty Comics File Converters Zamzar - couldn't do without it Maniac Tools - audio converter Miro - download videos (requires software download) Infographics Canva Easel.ly Infogr.am Piktochart Daily Infographic Visual Complexity Mindmapping Bubbl.us Popplet Photo Editors Picmonkey Pixlr |
Social Online Bookmarking
PortaPortal (FREE) Symbaloo SiteJot Storytelling Cube Creator Mixbook StoryBird Find a picture from the collection and write a story about it. Others can comment. FREE. Once students are added to your class they will be given a username and password. Can download and print stories for small fee ($1.50). Could make this a fundraiser (??) Storyjumper Tikatok Toontastic - Google 3D Storytelling App Story Publishing Booksie Figment Teen Ink |
Video Creators
Animoto Powtoon Toontastic (Android and iOS) Voki (FREE) Avatar WeVideo (Google App - see Mrs. Trimble for district login) Xtranormal Avatar movie Video on Demand PBS TED Talks Veritasium Word Clouds Image Chef Tagxedo Tagul Word Word It Out Wordle Other Essay Map Plagiarism Tool Printing Press make brochures and newspapers |
Other Useful Tools
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Admongo.gov
Created by the Federal Trade Commission to teach kids ages 8-12 about advertising Bitly Helps you shorten, share, and track your links Blabberize (FREE) Make images talk Blackle Changes Google search from white to black background. Edmodo Online community - secure social learning network FloorPlanner The easiest way to create floor plans facts4me.com Online encyclopedia for kids. Great graphics. Kid-friendly text. Subscription Fee |
Glogster
Online interactive posters - use educational Infotopia A Google alternative safe SEARCH ENGINE for students Netvibes A free cloud-computing tool for building information dashboards. Aggregator used to feed all information into one location. Padlet Anonymous response system - similar to posting sticky notes on your wall. Great for shy kids. Quia Create your own educational games, quizzes, surveys, websites, etc. Quizlet Create flashcards Search, Find, Know Huge Portal with tons of links for educators |