Web tools for teachers

By: Jann Cleary and Debbie Loesel

Weebly

weebly.com• Website creator

• Free website hosting

• Easy & Free!

• YouTube Tutorial

Voki

voki.com• Create speaking avatars

• Great for website directions

• Easy & Free! • YouTube Tutorial

Prezi

prezi.com• Stunning online presentations

• Interactive

• 3D effects

• Templates available

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

SlideShare

slideshare.com• Upload, link, embed and present slides

• Check out other presentations

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

SlideShare

Pixlr

pixlr.com• Online image editor

• Popular online photo editing

• Sharp collages

• Powerful

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

Pixlr

Poll Everywhere

polleverywhere.com• Instant audience feedback

• Ask a question

• Students respond using cell phones or web browser

• Responses displayed

• Easy & Free!

• YouTube Tutorial

Poll Everywhere

Tube Chop

tubechop.com• Chop YouTube videos

• Select and cut interesting part of video

• Add pizazz to your presentations

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

Google Drive

drive.google.com• Cloud-based system

• Create documents

• Edit documents

• Collaboration tool

• Easy & Free!

• YouTube Tutorial

Edmodo

edmodo.com• Online learning network

• Blogs—you moderate and approve posts

• Polls for instant feedback

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial• 20 ways to use Edmodo YouTube Tutorial

Edmodo

Portaportal

portaportal.com• Never lose a link again

• Organize

• Sort

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

Portaportal

Quizlet

quizlet.com• Helps students learn vocab

• Good for reviewing

• Create and print flash cards

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

Easel.ly

easel.ly• Easily create killer infographics

• Merge text and graphics

• Visit, edit and use info graphics in the public visuals library

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

Easel.ly

PowToonpowtoon.com• Create animated videos

• Create animated presentations

• Captivate, engage, explain

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

• Converting PowerPoints to PowToons YouTube Tutorial

PowToon

Dropbox

dropbox.com• Virtual file storage and synching

• 2 GB free storage in the cloud

• Easy file sharing

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

Drop Box

Quia

quia.com• Helps you teach and students learn

• Create fun activities

• Games and quizzes

• Easy -- but $49.00 subscription fee• YouTube Tutorial

Blubbr

blubbr.tv• Play & create video trivia

• Create quizzes

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

Blubbr

Gimp

gimp.orgImage manipulation software

• Powerful

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

Gimp

Socrative

socrative.com• Classroom response system

• Engage students

• Super easy to use

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

Blabberize

blabberize.com• Image manipulation software

• Make images talk

• Fun

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

Sample

Blabberize

Capzles

capzles.com• Create media-rich

timelines

• Interactive

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

Wordle

wordle.net• Create word clouds

• Extend Wordle a bit

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

Wordle

Docs that Teach

docsthatteach.com• Find and create interative

learning activities

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

WeVideo

wevideo.com• Full-featured video editor

• In the cloud!

• Edit videos collaboratively

• Easy & Free!• YouTube Tutorial

Remind101

remind101.com• Great for group texting

• Schedule texts from computer and phone

• Easy & Free• YouTube Tutorial

Tagxedo

tagxedo.com• Create word clouds in

different shapes

• Easy & Free• YouTube Tutorial

Tagxedo

This PowerPoint file is loaded on every computer in this room. To take

a test drive on any of these web-based tools:

1. Log onto a computer

2. Open and play the PowerPoint file that is saved to the desktop

3. Advance to the tool you wish to explore

4. Click on the links to open the Web Site and the tutorial

We are here to help you. Just whistle when you need help.