The Best of Teachers' Web Tools

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The Best of Teachers' Web Tools

All the web tools teachers need to integrate technology into their teaching

By Med Kharbach

12/31/2012

This eBook features some of the best web tools you might need in your work as a teacher. It covers a wide variety of web applications from digital storytelling to bibliography tools, all amassed in one single place.

The Best of Teachers' Web Tools 2012

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning| www.educatorstechnology.com

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Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 4

Telling Web tools .................................................................................................................................... 5

Video Tools ........................................................................................................................................... 11

Sticky Notes Tools ................................................................................................................................. 13

Mind mapping Tools ............................................................................................................................. 16

Note Taking Tools ................................................................................................................................. 22

Presentation and Slideshows Making Tools .......................................................................................... 24

Bookmarking Web Tools ....................................................................................................................... 32

Collaborative Web Tools ....................................................................................................................... 34

Drawing and Painting Web Tools .......................................................................................................... 40

Comic Strips Tools ................................................................................................................................. 44

Word Cloud Tools ................................................................................................................................. 47

Flashcard Making Tools ........................................................................................................................ 50

Screenshot Taking Tools ....................................................................................................................... 53

Four Screen Sharing Extensions

Chrome Screenshot Extensions : ......................................................................................................... 54

File Sharing Tools .................................................................................................................................. 56

Audio Tools ........................................................................................................................................... 58

Bibliography and Citation Tools ............................................................................................................ 60

Timeline Creation Tools ........................................................................................................................ 62

Grading Tools ........................................................................................................................................ 64

Photo Tools ........................................................................................................................................... 66

Infographics Creation Tools .................................................................................................................. 71

Map Creation Tool ................................................................................................................................ 73

PDF Tools .............................................................................................................................................. 76



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Survey / Poll making Tools .................................................................................................................... 79

Tools to Publish Students Work ............................................................................................................ 83

Tools to Create eMamagazines and Newspapers for your Class ........................................................... 85

Quiz Creation Tool ................................................................................................................................ 88

Resources to Learn and Teach about Copyright Issues.......................................................................... 93

About The Author ................................................................................................................................. 95



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Introduction



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Digital Story Telling Web tools

Here some of the pluses of digital storytelling in education :



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ZimmerTwins

Digital Story Telling in The Classroom

Story Bird

Someries



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5- PicLits

Generator

Capzles

Slidestory



8

Domo Animate

Animoto

Smilebox

Make Belief Comix



9

Creaza

Pixton

Voice Thread

Comic master

Picture Book Maker



10

Bubblr

Pinball

Mapskip

ZooBurst



11

Video Tools

Animoto

Stupeflix

Vimeo

Xtranormal



12

vReal

Pixorial

Viewbix

Overstream



13

WeVideo

Magisto

Sticky Notes Tools

Wall Wisher

Stixy



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Popplet

Linoit

Corkboard

Primary Wall



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Discovery Box

Stickr

Noterr

Spaaze



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Listings

Scrumblr

Mind mapping Tools



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Some pluses of using mind mapping tools in education :

Here is a list of free mind mapping tools for teachers :

SpiderScribe

Edistorm



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Wridea

Wise Mapping

Lucid Chart

Text 2 Mind Map



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Spicynodes

Mind42

Popplet

ChartTool



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Chartle

Slatebox

Gliffy

Creately



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Diagram.ly

Mindomo

Mindmeister



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Note Taking Tools

mySchoolNotebook

Nottez

Gumnotes



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Minutes.io

Catch

Primary Wall

iSearch Notes



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Evernote

Springpad

Presentation and Slideshows Making Tools

SlideShare



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Animoto

Knovio

Ahead

HelloSlide

Jux



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Slidestaxx

Present.me

PhotoPeach

Slideboom

Zentation



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Empressr

VoiceThread

Slidesix

Zoho Show



28

Prezentit

Popplet

AuthorStream

SlideRocket

Prezi



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Web Annotating Tools

Advantages of the use of annotation tools in education



30

Diigo

Webnotes

Awesome Screenshot



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iCyte

Bounce

Mark.up

Screen Draw

Draw Here



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Bookmarking Web Tools

Diigo

Edshelf

Scoop.it



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Pinterest

Evernote

Livebinder

Historious

Delicious



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Jog The Web

Netvibes

Collaborative Web Tools

ChannelME

Search Team



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Mind42

Entri

Bounce

Wiggio



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My Simple Surface

Hackpad

Synchtube

Dabbleboard



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Wizehive

Wunderkit

Skype in Education

Titan Pad

Thinkbinder



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Dweeber

TeachBook

TodaysMeet

Chatzy

Scribblar



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CoSketch

Twiddla

Slideshare Meetings

Neat Chat

Stinto



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Zoho Writer

Drawing and Painting Web Tools

Sketchfu

Sketchpad

Comics



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Quickmaps

Tux Paint

Drawing Game Maker

Livebrush



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FlockDraw

DoInk

Chogger

Colour Lovers



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Psyko Paint

Kerproof

Odosketch

Pencil



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Comic Strips Tools

1- Cartoon Resources

Cagle Cartoons

Today's Cartoon

Andertoons



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Cartoons for The Classroom

ABC Tooner

Teacher First Comic

Flummery



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2- Cartoon Creation Tools

Witty Comics

Comic Creator

Make Belief Comics



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Strip Generator

Chogger

Word Cloud Tools

Tips for teachers on how to use word clouds tools



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Worlde

Tagul



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Word It Out

ABCYa

Tagxedo

Word Mosaic



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Tag Crowd

You are your Words

Flashcard Making Tools

FauxFlash



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Flashcard DB

FunnelBrain

4- StudyDroid

Braineos

ProProfs Flashcards



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Cobo Cards

Study Stack

Edisco



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Screenshot Taking Tools

Site2Pic

Puush



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Four Screen Sharing Extensions

Chrome Screenshot Extensions :

LightShot

Explain and Send Screenshots



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Pixlr Grabber

Aviary

Webpage Screenshot

Awesome Screenshot



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Screen Capture

File Sharing Tools

Transfer Big Files

Fileai.com



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File Dropper

Drop Send

Big 2 Send

Giga Size

Drive



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Audio Tools

AudacityAudacity audio web2.0 tool

Audacity

Wavosaur free audio

software

Audioboo

audio



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Audio ExpertAudioExpert

File Lab

Aviary



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Bibliography and Citation Tools

Bibme

Easy Bib

RefWorks



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Oregon Public Education Citation Maker for MLA

Citation Machine

refDot

Citelighter



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Citefast

Timeline Creation Tools

TikiToki

Time Glider



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OurStory

Capzles

Read Write Think

Xtimeline

TimeToast



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Dipity

Grading Tools

Engrade

Engrade



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Plan Boo Edu

School Crcuit

LearnBoost



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Schoology

Edmodo

Photo Tools

Aviary



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Pixenate

Picresize

Dr Pic

Pixlr



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BeFunky

Foto Flexer

Clipica

Cropp.me

PicMonkey



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Picozu

Any Making

Pic Ghost

PiZap



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iPiccy

Pictful

Clip your Photos

Tuxpi Photo Editor



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Infographics Creation Tools

Easel.ly

Stat Planet

Hohli



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Creately

Many Eyes

Wordle



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Tableau

Inkspace

Map Creation Tool

Umapper



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MapTiler

Build A Map

World Map

Map Faire



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MapFab

Target Map

Scribble Maps

Animaps



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PDF Tools

PDF Aid

PDF Reader

PDF to Excel Converter



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PDF Converter

Web2PDF

Booklet Creator

PageFlipFlap



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I Love PDF

PDF to Word

Bee PDF

Bee PDF

HTML to PDF



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BlogBooker

Survey / Poll making Tools

Kwiqpoll



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Flisti

Urtak

Vorbeo



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Polldaddy

Micropoll

Quizsnack

Obsurvey



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Kwik Surveys

Polleverywhere

Poll Junkie

Yarp



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Swayable

Survey Mapper

Tools to Publish Students Work

Flipsnack



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Issuu

Tikatok

Mixbook

ePub Bud



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Lulu

Tools to Create eMamagazines and Newspapers for your Class

Uniflip

Joomag



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Scribd

Issuu

Zinepal

Build A Newspaper



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Fodey

Open Zine

Calameo



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Quiz Creation Tool

Yacapaca

Hot Potatoes



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Web Quest

Quiz Me Online

Learn Click



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Seterra

Google Forms

Flubaroo



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Snacktools

Road to Grammar

Testmoz

Zoho Challenge



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ProProf Quiz Maker

That Quiz

Quiz Tree

Fling the Teacher



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Resources to Learn and Teach about Copyright Issues

Teach Copyright

Copyright Advisory Network

Center for Social Media



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Copyright Confusion

Creative Commons

WVTI

Teachers First



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About The Author

Med Kharbach

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