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Themeefy - themeefy.com
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4 to 12
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Create and publish your own e-magazine of web content using Themeefy! Curate information from around the web or create your own content. Click Browse to see examples. Choose "start...more
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Create and publish your own e-magazine of web content using Themeefy! Curate information from around the web or create your own content. Click Browse to see examples. Choose "start creating" to begin. Add a title and a brief introduction to your magazine. Choose to import information from Google searches, Flickr images, YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter. Add your own content as desired. Explore results using the Read More icon or use the arrow to include in your magazine. Use the Change Content Order option to drag and drop information into the desired order. Edit articles imported to weed out any extra text or images not wanted for your magazine. Add your own text or questions. Publish your magazine when finished, but you must be logged in to publish. You can password protect magazines to limit access. Share using the url provided or links to social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. Not ready for publishing? Browse ready-made magazines around your interests. There is a LONG demo video at the Tools menu. A classroom version with additional teacher controls (currently free) is in beta testing. Click at the Classroom Beta to sign up and learn more. A bookmarklet to add to your browser makes it easy to "collect" things from around the web to use in a Themeefy magazine.
tag(s): digital storytelling (69), portfolios (18)
In the Classroom
Use Themeefy to create student-navigated lessons or review materials for any topic. Have students work together in groups to create their own e-magazine instead of a traditional book report or research project. Challenge students to use an e-magazine to explain the life cycle of various plants and animals. Create stories about famous events or people from the past. Demonstrate a new math concept. Write a magazine about all of the main characters from a book recently read or for an author study. Create a class study guide for students to access to (via the Internet) before the big science test! Make a "Meet the Class" book to share with families on your class website. You can password protect it to avoid safety issues. Publish students' photos (drawings) and stories about themselves. (Of course you would want parental permission and possibly a password before posting student work on the Internet.) Even the youngest of students can draw a picture to be shared in a whole-class e-magazine! To find Creative Commons images for student projects (with credit, of course), try PhotoPin, reviewed here. As the classroom beta features evolve, this may be a tool you want to use more. Students who have created many projects across the web could collect them into an annotated "me-portfolio" using this tool. They could even share them as part of job or college applications.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)
Products can be shared by URL
Multiple users can collaborate on the same project
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Crocodoc - Crocodoc
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6 to 12
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Upload documents, mark them up online, and share with others. Upload a document and use the easy tools to mark up the document. Comment by creating a point, marking an ...more
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Upload documents, mark them up online, and share with others. Upload a document and use the easy tools to mark up the document. Comment by creating a point, marking an area, or highlighting text and then adding your comment. Draw using the pen tool with your choice of colors. Add text boxes, highlight passages, or strike-out words. View annotations along the right side that show document changes. Invite collaborators, share, or download easily. Click on my documents to find your document list quickly and easily.
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tag(s): writing (300)
In the Classroom
Be sure to monitor student use. Require students to invite you as a collaborator in order to monitor use in the group. Check district policy about sharing student information including email addresses.Anything students can do on a single computer, they can do collaboratively using Crocodoc, accessing their work from any online computer. Have students collaborate on revisions and editing exercises using their own writing or drafts you share with them. Share a poem for literature students to analyze and annotate together or a text passage for students to mark key terms and generate a main idea statement as part of reading comprehension exercises in small groups. Have student groups collaborate on sample open-ended test responses for high stakes tests, then compare the group responses on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Even better, re-share results with other groups jigsaw-style for multi-layer collaboration.
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Sound Bible - SoundBible.com
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K to 12
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Find or upload sound clips in wav or MP3 format -- with clear information about digital rights -- at Sound Bible. Thousands of files are available for easy download. Use ...more
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Find or upload sound clips in wav or MP3 format -- with clear information about digital rights -- at Sound Bible. Thousands of files are available for easy download. Use the search bar to locate a specific sound or browse through sound effects or royalty free sounds available on the site. Click the arrow to hear the sound clip, then click on the name to go to the download section. Choose from wav, mp3, or zip file, and click to download. Share your own sounds using the link provided along with a short description of your sound file. The sound file information includes licensing information for the sound. If you search solely in Royalty Free sounds, you are safe to use them, but follow the attribution requirements as explained on the lower portion of the "Royalty Free sounds" page.
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In the Classroom
Use Sound Bible to find short sound clips for use in presentations, videos, or interactive whiteboard lessons. In primary grades, play sounds as cues for classroom management, such as bird sounds to gather "at the nest" for circle time. Use sound clips as story or journal starter ideas. Play a clip and have students create a story that incorporates that sound. Take your students on an audio tour of the rainforest as you learn about the various animals and sounds. Use this site during units about weather to share sounds from storms, wind, thunder, and more. Explore ocean sounds, animals sounds, etc. Use in world language classes to spark conversations and build vocabulary. Play background sounds during creative writing class. Challenge students to write about how the sounds make them feel. Challenge gifted or digitally-clever students to use these sounds to create an all-audio story to accompany a drawing or image. Use a tool such as Brainshark, -reviewed here.
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Ustream - Brad Hunstable and Gyula Feher
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4 to 12
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Stream live video from your classroom using Ustream. View current events and live streamed courses right from your classroom. Watch live streaming events in categories such as news...more
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Stream live video from your classroom using Ustream. View current events and live streamed courses right from your classroom. Watch live streaming events in categories such as news or animals and wildlife. Watch a bald eagle or view a black bear den. Can't make it to Africa to study animals? Choose the Pete's Pond cam to watch and wait for animals to arrive! Create your own channel to live stream events right from your classroom. Create an account, pick a title, category, and description of your channel. Follow a few prompts to allow access to your webcam and start recording or broadcasting. Share the unique url provided with followers through email or social networking links provided. This review is for the FREE portion of the site. The freebie includes 10 Gb video storage, manual recording, no branding, basic analytics, and HD broadcasting. Note that live streams also include an online chat that isn't monitored, so keep that in mind when viewing with students. Also, if you plan to allow students to explore on their own, be sure rules and consequences are established. Not all topics are educational or relevant for the classroom.
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tag(s): animal homes (20), animals (202), fashion (9), news (149), sports (65), video (117), webcams (6)
In the Classroom
This site would be a great addition to any science, social studies, or world cultures class. Select specific web cams and create shortcuts on your classroom computers. Students can "see what's happening" in a certain place as you learn about animals or events. Use animal webcams for students to observe animal behavior and keep a "lab journal" of what they see. Share the videos on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Create your own live stream for parents to view student presentations, classroom visitors, or other events. Since video connections can sometimes be tricky, we suggest pretesting before planning any major events! Create a live stream to share classroom lessons with homebound students (within school policies). For a great example of a live streaming project and detailed directions on how to do it, see this visit to a school garden.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
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UtellStory - utellstory.com
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1 to 12
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UtellStory is a multimedia storytelling and sharing community. Easily create and share stories with audio, image, video, and words. Create an account using email information or login...more
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UtellStory is a multimedia storytelling and sharing community. Easily create and share stories with audio, image, video, and words. Create an account using email information or login with Facebook to begin. Upload slide(s) from your computer, create a text slide, or insert YouTube or Vimeo video links. Free accounts may make up to 24 slides. Arrange slides in your preferred order after upload. Add background audio or change background style. Record your own audio for each slide or choose from existing mp3 files on your computer. Insert when finished. Audio in the free version is up to 30 seconds per slide. Preview and make changes as desired. Save to your account and return if not finished. When complete, choose from publish as a story or publish as a topic. Publish as a topic allows others to share and add to the story. Share your story using your custom url, embed into your website or blog using code provided, or share using social media buttons provided. This site could be used with all ages. However, with younger students, an adult would need to offer a lot of support. At the time of this review, all of the stories on the homepage were "kid-appropriate." However, be sure to preview before you share! The educator tools for managing student registrations are not free.
tag(s): digital storytelling (69), images (165), multimedia (28), slides (33)
In the Classroom
UtellStory is a great way for students to create and share short stories about things that they photograph. Have students take pictures during field trips to use in an UtellStory report about what they saw and learned on the trip. Photograph steps of a science experiment. Or have students search for Creative Commons and Public Domain images to use as part of an audio slideshow biography about a notable person in history or tell the story of the water cycle or other process. Create a UtellStory to use for review of classroom topics or to demonstrate how to perform different steps in a math problem. Have students create UtellStory presentations demonstrating learning in any subject area such as Civil War Events, different characteristics of animals, etc. Create a UtellStory for your elementary classroom: upload a picture that each student has drawn and have students narrate the picture in their own words.Edge Features:
Includes an education-only area for teachers and students
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
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Lore - Lore.com
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6 to 12
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Lore is created for instructors to design their own MOOC type courses without needing adoption by a whole school or district. Most importantly, creating a course is unbelievably SIMPLE....more
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Lore is created for instructors to design their own MOOC type courses without needing adoption by a whole school or district. Most importantly, creating a course is unbelievably SIMPLE. Not sure what a MOOC is? A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is (usually free), open course offered by a teacher or university for anyone willing to learn. It is a student and community centered place for learning developed by university students. In Lore, teachers control who is in the network through use of a class membership code. Course materials, tests, and grades can be added and managed through Lore. Teachers can contact students and decide what to make public or private. Students are able to interact with and learn from each other. Learning becomes more interactive and extends beyond the classroom. Lore also features a discussion area, calendar, library, and gradebook. Each student and teacher have profiles which others can follow. Teachers and students can create academic groups for learning. Teachers can create a group with other teachers to develop a PLN.
Not sure where to begin or not ready to start on your own? Use elements of ready-made courses at Lore to experiment and enrich your curriculum. Search through the popular courses to look at what other teachers and professors are offering.
Not sure where to begin or not ready to start on your own? Use elements of ready-made courses at Lore to experiment and enrich your curriculum. Search through the popular courses to look at what other teachers and professors are offering.
tag(s): classroom management (35), social networking (76)
In the Classroom
Create your course and offer it to your students for greater interaction and learning through community building. Find great ideas from other existing courses. Teachers of gifted can use courses to challenge students in their areas of interest. You can also have gifted students create or collaborate on a student-made "course." Explore the topics yourself for some new, engaging topics to round out your own expertise. Allow students to enroll in a course that would fit into their career goals as an exploratory opportunity in that field.Edge Features:
Includes an education-only area for teachers and students
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
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One True Media Video Creation - onetruemedia.com
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K to 12
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Mix photos and videos and add text and effects easily with this quick video creation tool. Create an account using your email address to start. Upload photos or videos directly ...more
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Mix photos and videos and add text and effects easily with this quick video creation tool. Create an account using your email address to start. Upload photos or videos directly from your computer, Flickr, url, or Facebook account. Choose Done when images upload, and your video is ready to share or edit for a more personal feel. Choose editing style choices such as slide, scrapbook, celebrations, and others. Create text slides for titles, transitions, or ending. When complete, share online using links to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and email. You can also get codes to link directly or embed into a blog or website. The free version limits videos to 30 seconds or less. Choose from share options such as allowing others to add comments or remix videos.
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In the Classroom
Demonstrate this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. The 30 second video length is perfect for students to create commercials advertising or explaining anything. Have students advertise reasons for biodiversity, where to find polygons around us, create a campaign ad for Lincoln, or make a real estate ad for the setting of a novel. In lower grades, make videos together as a class. Have students create short book reviews for classmates, explain a math concept or procedure, provide a short overview of a class field trip, or demonstrate a quick science experiment. Be sure to include copyright-free public domain images from a resource such as the one (reviewed here).Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
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
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Meograph - Meograph.com
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K to 12
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Create multimedia stories, maps, and timelines! Easily create a timeline of any event that includes images, videos, and map locations. Create points on the timeline by adding what,...more
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Create multimedia stories, maps, and timelines! Easily create a timeline of any event that includes images, videos, and map locations. Create points on the timeline by adding what, when, and where information. Use the record button to narrate events or insert images from your computer or YouTube videos. Share completed timelines on Twitter, Facebook, embed onto a website or blog, or share using social media links on the site. Create pure narratives to tell a story about anything as long as you can place it somewhere and assign it a date. Don't miss the video that demonstrates how to create a story (on the homepage). Best part: you can start without even signing up! However, to "save" your work registration is necessary. Want to learn more? View this Vimeo video.
tag(s): digital storytelling (69), multimedia (28), timelines (46)
In the Classroom
Consider creating a class account for easier access. You may want to send students directly to URLs for their own projects or use the site as a whole-class activity using a teacher-created Meograph to spark discussion. Create Meographs that introduce new topics and content for great student discussion. In lower grades, use a teacher or whole-class creation done on your interactive whiteboard. Students can use pieces of the timeline to brainstorm questions, initiate research, and learn more about the topic. Meographs are an interesting way for students to tell stories about a project, research, or as a class activity. Use to showcase fun items such as "what I did on my summer vacation," "the story of my dog," and more. Create Meographs from the point of view of a literary character or historical figure telling his/her story. Remember to teach about copyright, since using copyrighted images in a Meograph would not be "fair use" due to unlimited distribution. Look for images in the public domain or with Creative Commons licensing and model giving attribution for them. See TeachersFirst's Copyright and Fair Use collection for safe sources and more information.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Meet.fm Online Meeting Channel - Cary and Staci Cole
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7 to 12
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Host virtual presentations, virtual meetings, and webinars on any device using Meet.fm. Create your own channel to begin. Register using email and a password. Schedule meetings or begin...more
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Host virtual presentations, virtual meetings, and webinars on any device using Meet.fm. Create your own channel to begin. Register using email and a password. Schedule meetings or begin immediately using links provided. Upload files from your computer or links to web pages, videos, or maps to use during the meeting session(s). Add user emails to allow others access to files. Join meetings via phone or url provided with meeting invitation. Once the meeting has started, options include sharing your screen or webcam access. You can also display files and websites uploaded. Be sure to watch the Meet.fm tutorial video for further information on using the site. The free plan is limited to 500 minutes and 3 additional participants, perfect for online tutoring sessions.
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tag(s): chat (27), homework (42), microblogging (26), multimedia (28)
In the Classroom
Use Meet.fm to host tutoring for small groups of students. Share with students as a resource for collaborating on group projects from home. Use Meet.fm to set up an online interview with authors located across the country, veterans who can discuss their personal experiences with war, or experts to discuss careers in their field. You could also use this site to meet up with absent students as needed.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Glossi - Make Your Own Magazines (Beta) - Glossi.com
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4 to 12
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Create your own digital magazine using Glossi's easy click and edit format. Add images, audio files, videos, links to external items, and much more to create a flippable online magazine....more
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Create your own digital magazine using Glossi's easy click and edit format. Add images, audio files, videos, links to external items, and much more to create a flippable online magazine. Several video tutorials and a help guide are available to get you started and answer questions. Once finished, select publish to create a url for your magazine. You can also embed into your blog or website. There is the option to make your magazine private (requiring a password). To sign up for this site you must request an invitation. At the time of this review, it was still in beta. Some of the user created Glossi's include videos hosted on YouTube. If your district blocks YouTube, then they may not be viewable. You could always view the videos at home and bring them to class "on a stick" to share. Use a tool such as KeepVid reviewed here to download the videos from YouTube. Many magazines on the site are public which means there is a possibility of content being unsuitable for schools. Be sure to preview anything that you plan to share.
tag(s): creative writing (102), digital storytelling (69), graphic design (27), multimedia (28), writing (300)
In the Classroom
In social studies or government class have students design magazines for the candidate of their choice. Remember those travel brochures your world language students used to make with glue sticks and scissors? Try this online tool instead. In science class students can design a booklet to explain to a younger student about cells, life cycles, or any science topic. Instead of a book report, try a digital magazine. Do an author study via a digital magazine. Create a poetry magazine. Have world language students create an interactive magazine telling a story in their new language. Create digital magazines for any subject or topic: explain an event in history, demonstrate different types of animals or habitats, create an ongoing Glossi magazine of class activities, and more. The possibilities with Glossi are endless!Edge Features:
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Scoop.it! - Scoop.it Inc
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5 to 12
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Scoop.it considers itself a free "publishing-by-curation" tool on the web. You create a Scoop topic and add articles and websites to the topic. People who view your Scoop see...more
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Scoop.it considers itself a free "publishing-by-curation" tool on the web. You create a Scoop topic and add articles and websites to the topic. People who view your Scoop see what you want them to see. This is a way to deliver subject focused articles and information to a specific audience. Scoops can be shared through social media or using a widget to embed on your website.
tag(s): bookmarks (37)
In the Classroom
Create Scoops for projects so that students have a one stop shop to research. Create a Scoop with information and sites for students to use as a study guide. This also gives you some control over the information to which your students are exposed. Have students sign up for their own free account. Students could use this as a working bibliography of the resources they use for research, posters, and presentations for all classes. Assign students to create a collection of online literature about a specific topic as an assignment. Have students use the "add your insight" text box to provide a mini review of the articles.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mural.ly - Tactivos, Inc.
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7 to 12
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Collaborate with multiple users in real time on this FREE multimedia canvas. Add documents, audio, video, images, and more by uploading them or grabbing them directly from the web....more
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Collaborate with multiple users in real time on this FREE multimedia canvas. Add documents, audio, video, images, and more by uploading them or grabbing them directly from the web. Embed websites in the canvas as well. Click and drag content into place. Invite others to collaborate and share or embed the canvas on your site.
tag(s): book reports (24)
In the Classroom
It is best for the teacher to create a mural (canvas) and provide the link for students to collaborate on for greater accountability. This is great for any class and especially with ESL/ELL or special ed students where pictures, audio, and images are very useful to promote understanding. Students could create book reports like no other. Create a mural of what students think they know about a given topic, and edit the mural to reflect their new understandings as a unit progresses. Even very young students will enjoy suggesting what to add to a whole class mural. Create a presentation for any group project. Prepare your own mural about various subtopics of content to share with students. Create a class bulletin board mural to embed on your site or wiki. Use a mural to collect image references or inspiration for an art project. Visually share what you have been learning with parents and class visitors. Murals are also a wonderful idea collector or "idea bin" for beginning projects. Read more about the idea bin strategy in TeachersFirst's Cycles vs. Checklists: Fostering Creativity in an Accountability World.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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GoCast.It - GoCast.it
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7 to 12
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This free app creates an online shared video space so collaborating is so much easier. Use the web or your mobile device to access a GoCast learning or collaboration session. ...more
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This free app creates an online shared video space so collaborating is so much easier. Use the web or your mobile device to access a GoCast learning or collaboration session. Be sure to take the tutorial to be able to manipulate the various parts of GoCast. Each person and whiteboard appear as icons that can be rotated on your screen like a carousel. Use the icons below your video to change from normal color to black and white or sepia. Turn off your video or microphone easily with a simple click. Add more whiteboards to the session by clicking the whiteboard icon. A tool tray is found below each whiteboard. Hover over the icon on each whiteboard to expand it. Take notes using the collaborative notepad and comments using the comment bar. Wikipedia is just an icon away and is useful for sharing and research. Send an invitation to others by making a general Facebook announcement (if permitted) or sending a specific invitation by email. At the time of this review, a download of a required program is needed to use GoCast, but this download is not supposed to be needed in the future.
tag(s): video (117)
In the Classroom
Create a collaborative space for homework help before or after school or on snow days. Students can meet whenever help is needed or teachers can create a session that can be accessed on any device easily by those who need it. Use this app for group work - no more excuses about not being able to meet for cooperative learning projects!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Tackk - Creatively Share Your Message - Erick Bockmuller and Dan Klammer
Grades
3 to 12
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Tackk is a new way for sharing and creating web content. It is almost like designing a one page web site. Start with an image or idea, NO membership required ...more
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Tackk is a new way for sharing and creating web content. It is almost like designing a one page web site. Start with an image or idea, NO membership required (for short term pages). Personalize the look of your content using the editor to change colors, fonts, and background. You can also add tags. Choose from themes on the left to begin customization or just click on different portions of the page to upload a picture, edit your title, and write a description. Add additional information using links provided. Paste a link to your Youtube, Vimeo, Hulu, Instagram, or Soundcloud to embed songs, photos, and more. Sign up isn't required. However, your Tackk will only be available for a week if not registered on the site. Free registration allows multiple Tackks, available indefinitely. Share completed Tackks using social media links at the bottom of the page or via the unique url created and available at the top of the page.
tag(s): creative writing (102), journals (13), multimedia (28), posters (22)
In the Classroom
Share any short term announcement visually without joining or set up a class account (or individual ones). Have students create a Tackk instead of a book report. Have students copy a story into Tackk and expand using multimedia and photos. Have students make Tackks as online posters advertising healthy eating or reminding others about grammar rules. Create a Tackk to introduce any unit. Use it to compile review materials; then share the link on your classroom website. Have students create a Tackk for upcoming book fairs, math or science night, or any school activity then print the finished items for display around the classroom or school. As a back to school introduction, make a cooperative Tackk of class rules or allow students to make a Tackk introducing themselves without a photo. Have others try to match the Tackks to their classmates.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
Products can be shared by URL
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Check This - Check This
Grades
K to 12
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Create beautiful online posters at Check This, a free, instant web publishing program. Add text, website links, pictures, videos, maps, sounds, tweets, web links, polls, and...more
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Create beautiful online posters at Check This, a free, instant web publishing program. Add text, website links, pictures, videos, maps, sounds, tweets, web links, polls, and more. An optional account lets you save your poster creations, customize urls for the products, and return to edit later. If you wish to simply share a non-editable version, click Share and choose "no edit." Choose to share by email to see and copy the url. Here is a sample. Every poster you create has its own url, customizable if you create an account. You can also share via Facebook, Pintrest, or Twitter. Develop your own "poster" in a few clicks. Check This offers a wide variety of uses for no cost. Be aware: There could be questionable posters and/or comments on the homepage or by clicking "explore." Please preview before sharing this site with students.
tag(s): journals (13), posters (22), social networking (76)
In the Classroom
Check This can be used for school, personal, or family use. No class blog? Use Check This to create a free instant blog without memberships. Use for students to create their own personal posters. In lower grades, create posters together featuring class rules, sight words, and more. Share the finished products ad links from your class web page for parents and students to access together from home to reinforce concepts. Projects, written work, posters, blog posts, etc.. become "published" with the unique url given when you simply push the Publish button. Keep student portfolios under a whole class account so you can easily review and update from any computer (even from home). Students can read your comments and reflect. Create a class poster/page about famous inventors, habitats, natural resources, authors, scientists, parts of speech, science experiments, role-plays, character sketches, or math riddles. Have students illustrate idioms or vocabulary and terms using posters (in English or a world language). Have students (or groups) make health, nutrition, of fitness posters. Add each student's url on your class website to share all student work without space limitations. Enhance writing portfolios with sound, video, and website links. Keep guided notes in your own space so you won't lose them. Share your lesson plans, ideas, and suggestions in an easy to find place, your own account! Create pages for after school clubs to keep current information. Add a parent blog to encourage communication between your class families. Your room parent will appreciate his/her own web page. Have each student create study pages for any content area. The sky is the limit for what each page includes.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
Products can be embedded
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Slide.ly - EasyHi
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7 to 12
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Easily create a slideshow of your photos! Simply upload your photos or pull your Flickr, Instagram, or Facebook photos into your slideshow. Create beautiful slideshows by adding music...more
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Easily create a slideshow of your photos! Simply upload your photos or pull your Flickr, Instagram, or Facebook photos into your slideshow. Create beautiful slideshows by adding music and then sharing them with others. Connect all the accounts that you use for your photos. Click on the photos from any of your sources to be included in your slideshow. Drag your photos around to put them in the order that you want. Add music to the show by using YouTube videos or SoundCloud music. Finish by adding a few effects to your show to liven it up a bit. Embed the slideshow on your site or share it on Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, or Facebook easily. There are public slideshows created by others on this site. Some may not be appropriate for the classroom setting so please preview..
In the Classroom
Use to create educational videos and projects to introduce and interest students in a topic. Use to generate questions prior to the discussion of topics. Create a multi-image slideshow where students brainstorm how the images are all connected. Students can use Slide.ly to create projects for class. Be sure to add the link to your blog, wiki, or site for easy access when needing a tool for projects.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
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Products can be embedded
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Zoho Sites - ZOHO Corp
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K to 12
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Zoho Sites provides simple, easy, free solutions to all your website needs! Using an email address, join Zoho use the simple, drag and drop website designer. Add images, audio, social...more
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Zoho Sites provides simple, easy, free solutions to all your website needs! Using an email address, join Zoho use the simple, drag and drop website designer. Add images, audio, social media widgets, and google apps. Built in blogs allow an instant interactive website. The free version includes permission to create and host two websites, a mobile website, 2 forms per site, blogs, uploads of up to a 5 MB file, and more. Zoho also gives an email address. Zoho also offers other services, such as Zoho Show, reviewed here.
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This site includes advertising.
tag(s): portfolios (18)
In the Classroom
Create separate websites In addition to your regular class website for student writing, after school clubs, webquests, or literature groups. Coaches can update practices, schedules, and up to date information. Parent groups can collaborate easily and effectively. Create a website for all the science, art, language arts, or math teachers in your district. Students can also create websites as ongoing "presentations" or me-portfolios showcasing their work. Start me-portfolios in middle school or earlier for students to manage their own "digital footprint" as 21st century learners.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
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Mentor Mob - MentorMob, Inc.
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6 to 12
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Mentor Mob collects, organizes, and shares information on any subject. Create collections of subject matter information (called playlists) and share with anyone. This site is easy to...more
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Mentor Mob collects, organizes, and shares information on any subject. Create collections of subject matter information (called playlists) and share with anyone. This site is easy to follow in creating the playlists. Hint: It is easier to collect the sites and information before creating the playlist, even though you can create the playlist as you find the sites. To view existing playlists, follow the step by step directions found on the left side of the site. Find playlists such as the Solar System with sites arranged in the playlist as you move out from the Sun through the Solar System. As the site grows, more educational playlists will be available. Be sure to play in the sandbox to practice making a playlist before creating your first one.
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This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Use a playlist to share lessons with other teachers or your students. Create differentiated playlists for students to use for web scavenger hunts or other research projects. When researching together in small groups, students can use MentorMob to share different sites they find and want to use in their project or report. This is a great tool for cooperative group work. IN world language classes, have students create playlists of cultural information. In social studies, have groups collect varying sources on current events topics to show differing points of view.Edge Features:
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CanvasDropr - Canvasdropr.com
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3 to 12
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Use this collaborative platform for photo and video sharing. CanvasDropr has many terrific features. Collaborate in real-time using text, images, videos, and other visual content. View...more
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Use this collaborative platform for photo and video sharing. CanvasDropr has many terrific features. Collaborate in real-time using text, images, videos, and other visual content. View canvases on any device regardless of platform. Make elements blink on others' screens to draw attention to them. No longer view one image at a time; with CanvasDropr, you see everything in a fully editable overview. Create a page and share the link with others to view and add media to the canvas in real-time. Use the drag and drop media for quick sharing. Click 'arrange' to distribute items evenly on the canvas; then click again to arrange the content in a different way. Embed the canvas on to your blog, wiki, or site.
tag(s): images (165), photography (114), video (117)
In the Classroom
Share ideas or plan projects and presentations with this simple tool. Students can easily exchange media by sharing the link, assuming they have memberships. Thinking of assigning a class project? Create a canvas for the class and share the link for students to add their ideas. You may wish to have students assign their name to the items they share for proper attribution. Use this tool to collect images and files that students make or find as they research. For example, have students take digital pictures or videos during a lab or field experience and share them in one place for the entire class to use and remix in their own projects or digital story telling. Share students' own pictures for local history or Creative Commons-licensed images found on the web. Use as an "idea bin" for small group projects.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Projeqt - Dynamic Presentations for a Real-Time World - Pilot.is.
Grades
8 to 12
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Looking for a quick and easy way to share dynamic presentations? Try Projeqt! This is a simple tool with onscreen, embedded instruction (i.e.drag here). Update previously created presentations...more
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Looking for a quick and easy way to share dynamic presentations? Try Projeqt! This is a simple tool with onscreen, embedded instruction (i.e.drag here). Update previously created presentations by uploading images, documents, and PDF files, video, or create slides from scratch. See your Projeqt as a film strip or in grid view, and there's a full-screen option, too. Add a Google map, Flickr page, and more! Projeqt aims to establish itself above other presentation tools through the direct integration of social media dynamics, and that it certainly does! Unlike many web tools, this one works on mobile devices, including iPads and iPhones. Here is a simple sample Projeqt.
tag(s): multimedia (28), slides (33), social networking (76)
In the Classroom
Use this presentation tool to have students express themselves creatively in your classroom. Have them share their projects with Projeqt as an alternative to a writing assignment or other traditional method. Set requirements for how much and what types of information they must have, and watch what they develop. They may just surprise you! Have students create end of year portfolios to share during spring fairs or open houses. Save Projeqts for fall open house to share the work students will be doing! Students can present in person or link their presentations to a media site that has a recording of them giving a summary. This could also be used to showcase a long-term community service project or show off a season's accomplishments for a sports team.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
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