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Tools to consider

Page history last edited by Janet Chow 11 years, 10 months ago

Most of these tools can be used with the plugins for your wiki.  As with any tool, your purpose

will dictate when and where you will use any of them.  In the meantime, have fun exploring.

 

 

 

  Visual Ideas Organized 

Wordle 

Word cloud generator extraordinaire. 

* plugin embed shows up as thumbnail which you can click to expand or use screen capture for image. 

Click link for my sample lessonmore ideas.

TRY: Consider using it for pulling out themes of text, introduction of topic or unit of study, extend vocabulary, launch powerpoint slide, newspaper headings. Other ideas?

 Tagxedo

Word cloud with words that flip horizontally. Can insert words, or websites. Can change shapes to reflect an uploaded image (simple outlined shapes work best).  Click link for ideas.

* requires Silverlight installed

ABCya

Word clouds from text (import or type). Closest to Wordle in view. Has background colour and choice of fonts and the ability to delete words from cloud.

* great for elementary

Tagul

Word Clouds: When clicked, words open to Google search page providing another layer of "go to"

* consider adding lessons in good web search practices

WordItOut

Word Clouds: Does the basics of Wordle but includes the ability to delete certain words. Only horizontal text view and minimal choice of fonts

bubbl.us

Mindmap online to organize ideas.  Click link for my sample about Crocodoc.

TRY: digital storytelling

Webspiration Graphic organizer to categorize your ideas and writing (from Inspiration). This online version allows for collaboration.

 

  Video, presentations, audio, screencasts

PhotoStory3

Although this is a download, its simplicity and flexibility warrants a place here.

* It is on our base image.

TRY: Use it for a no-fail option of creating movies or digital stories that may include images, sound, voice recordings, music (personally created or uploaded), animation transitions. Even use it to podcast.

Animoto 
Video with glitz - use images to capture a splashy presentation video, text can be inserted.
VoiceThread

A bit of an album look, it allows comments (text or audio) on images, videos. Differentiation!

TRY: inquiry process

Prezi 

Take powerpoint to a new level - has the ability to load images, video, audio into a graphic representation that is not linear.

* This takes a bit of learning. The pan/zoom feature can be detracting. 

Slideshare Upload your powerpoints and embed in your wiki
 Vocaroo (audio) Do simple online voice recordings and embed on wiki. No registration needed.
Jing Screencast (download) program - narrate as you go. Create video presentations.
Cam Studio

Part of Camtasia - screen recording and narrate your work for presentation. 

* is on our base image

TRY: students teaching a concept

 

 

 

 Create Online Presence

Voki 

Create a personalized speaking avatar. Options for voice recording, text-to-speech.  Click link for my sample.

TRY: students practicing oral language; enhance ESL or other languages; design instructions or convey an informational message; use in epal communication

Blabberize 

Upload a silly image, insert a mouth and record some content.

TRY: research photosynthesis and create a talking plant; students teach a skill; give a news report

Avatars

Portrait Illustration Maker - Put together your own avatar with this online tool 

Build Your Wild Self - Create a wacky avatar

My Avatar Editor - build it yourself

Portrait Icon Maker - create the sitdown version

 

 

  

 

 Image Editors, Screen Captures   

PicMonkey online image editor, resize etc  (simple, simple) 
iPiccy online image editor, resize etc  (simple, simple)
FotoFlexer

Online image editor

* Great for editing or cartoonizing photos to use in movies, presentations

IrfanView v4.27

Image editor (download) that will screen capture and crop, and do basic image editing (sharpen, blur, colourize, text...)

* is on our base image

ScreenHunter v5.1

Screen capture (download) -one click capture and crop

 

 

 

 Walls, Boards, Chat, Surveys

Glogster  (use Edu)

Creates an interactive posterboard of information (text, images, audio, animation, video). Click here for instructions.  Click on the link for my sample in About.  Or click here for another sample.

* Consider bandwidth - loading too much will detract from message content and slow down stream

TRY: use as presentation tool (instead of powerpoint)

 Wallwisher

Online bulletin board with sticky notes. Can host text, images, video, mp3. Ability to move sticky notes around the wall. Click here for 21 ways to use Wallwisher.  Click on the link for my example, secondary example.

TRY: share books and thoughts; brainstorm prior to topic and post learning; Inquiry - generate good critical questions

Meebo 
Connect and communicate through a 2-way avenue (between sender and you).  Look at the SideBar for an example.
Google Docs

Docs include Forms (surveys), Spreadsheet.  Forms created can be used as survey polls with responses inserted directly into a spreadsheet. For an example of a survey, see Learning Session 1.

TRY: formative assessment or quick poll of audience

 

 

 Digital Projects, Digital Skills

Google Docs

Docs include Word, Spreadsheet, Forms (surveys), Drawing.  Invite collaborators.

* ability to have realtime chat while editing with collaborators

TRY: use in collaborative process, writers workshop and editing, literature circles, research organization of content, formative assessment

Crocodoc

One of the best online tools for annotation - upload pdf, word, website or image; mark it up, collaborate and respond to each others' notes. Embed or download link to your wiki.

Click link for my example of using a rubric.

TRY: use in research note-taking; shared analysis of text

 Storybird
Collaborative storytelling online - create short stories, be inspired by the art
PicLits

Be inspired by the online photos. Create poetry from a word bank just like 'refrigerator poetry'.

Click link for my sample lesson.

* availability of a wordbank makes it great for ESL, LSS.

Timetoast 

Create timelines (insert images, text) to embed in wiki. Clink link for my example of a novel.

TRY: digital storytelling, science experiment, historic event in multi-literacies, problem-solving process

Shelfari  Create a virtual bookshelf of great reads. Click on the link to see my bookshelf.
Jigsaw Planet

Create puzzles of varying degrees of difficulty to promote multi-literacies. Great for boys literacy.

TRY: vocabulary review, launch a new unit of study and have students guess the topic, create layered puzzles for a mystery or science journey

 

 

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