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ISTE (International Society for
Technology in Education)
www.iste.org
ETAN (Ed
Tech Action Network)
www.edtechactionnetwork.org
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FEBRUARY 2012 "HOT
LINKS"
http://keepvid.com
Keepvid
Keepvid
allows you to download any YouTube video and save it as
a MP3, MP4, FLV, and other video formats.
http://ning.com/
Ning
Ning is
the world's largest platform for creating custom social
websites, social networks and communities. Requires
an account – minimum $2.95 per month or $19.95 per year
for a school.
http://www.scoop.it/
Scoop It
A tool that lets people
gather and distribute content from around the Web based
their interests. Requires
a free account
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JANUARY
2012 "HOT
LINKS"
http://blabberize.com
Blabberize
Blabberize allows you to add your own voice to any
uploaded picture, animal, or character. Requires a
free account.
http://www.photopeach.com/
PhotoPeach
PhotoPeach allows you to
create a rich slideshow in seconds with background
music, captions, and comments so you can elaborate on
your story further. Similar to PhotoStory 3. Requires
a free account.
http://www.slideshare.net/
SlideShare
Offers users the ability to
upload and share publicly or privately presentations,
documents, and videos. Also includes a free web meeting
tool. Requires a free account.
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DECEMBER
2011 "HOT
LINKS"
http://www.reqall.com
reQall
reQall is a voice-enabled memory aid that seamlessly
integrates your mobile phone, email, text messaging and
IM into a powerful organizer, reminder system and
productivity assistant. r eQall lets you capture your
ideas, tasks and commitments before you forget, and it
proactively keeps you well-prepared and memory-strong.
Requires a free account.
http://www.scribblar.com/
Scribblar
Simple, effective online collaboration. Multi-user
whiteboard, live audio, image collaboration, text-chat
and more. Requires a free account.
http://goanimate.com/
Go! Animate
Make
a Movie. Create a character. Make a skit. Make your
first video in minutes! Choose some characters. Record
some lines. Done! Requires a free account.
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NOVEMBER 2011 "HOT
LINKS"
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/
Read Write Think Comic
Creator
The Comic Creator invites
students to compose their own comic strips for a variety
of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading
activities, response to literature, and so on). The
organizers focus on the key elements of comic strips by
allowing students to choose backgrounds, characters, and
props, as well as to compose related dialogue (shown at
left). This versatile tool can be used by students from
kindergarten through high school, for purposes ranging
from learning to write dialogue to an in-depth study of
a formerly neglected genre. The tool is easy to use,
made even easier with the
Comic
Strip Planning Sheet, a printable PDF that
comic creators can use to draft and revise their work
before creating and printing their final comics. After
completing their comic, students have the ability to
print out and illustrate their final versions for
feedback and assessment.
http://www.awwapp.com/
A Web Whiteboard
Touch-friendly whiteboard app that lets you use your
computer,
tablet
or
smartphone
to easily draw
sketches,
collaborate with others and
share
them with the world. Works on all
modern browsers,
no installation needed.
http://domo.goanimate.com/
Domo Animate
Create
animations. You can also import your own pictures,
select a nice song to accompany the slideshow and you
are done! Your pictures will be the hero of your own
personalized Domo adventure.
OCTOBER
2011 "HOT
LINKS"
http://tuxpaint.org/
TuxPaint
A
free,
award-winning
drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example,
preschool and K-6). It combines an easy-to-use
interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon
mascot who guides children as they use the program.
Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a variety
of drawing tools to help them be creative.
http://www.xtranormal.com/
Xtranormal
Xtranormal’s mission is to
bring movie-making to the people. If you can
type, you can make a movie. Requires an account.
Windows XP and 7 only. Mac users can use iMovie.
http://www.dabbleboard.com/
Dabbleboard
Dabbleboard is an online collaboration application
that’s centered around the whiteboard with an easy to
use drawing interface.
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SEPTEMBER
2011 "HOT
LINKS"
http://zooburst.com/
Zooburst
ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone
easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books.
http://popplet.com/
Popplet
Popplet is a platform for your ideas. Collect
inspiration. Explore ideas. Organize thoughts. Present
work. Invite others. Education examples are shown.
http://www.timetoast.com/
TimeToast
Create timelines and share them on the Web.
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AUGUST
2011 "HOT
LINKS"
http://www.tumblr.com/
Tumblr
An
easy to use
microblogging platform that allows users to
post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio to
their tumblelog, a short-form blog. Users can follow
other users, or choose to make their tumblelog private.
http://www.yousendit.com/
YouSendIt
Send
large files (50 MB free or up to 2GB for a fee). Files
are stored securely and recipients are sent a link to
download the files.
http://www.kerpoof.com/
Kerpoof
Create
cards, pictures, drawings, tell a story, or make a
movie. Great for younger students. The Kerpoof website
is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company.
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JULY
2011 "HOT
LINKS"
http://www.mindomo.com/
Mindomo
Mind
mapping - organize
your thoughts and ideas around a subject. Similar to
Inspiration.
http://www.airset.com/
Airset
Registered users get a “personal cloud computer” that
helps to manage their personal life. The personal cloud
computer helps them keep track of personal calendars and
contacts on the web and across different devices (cell
phones, PDAs, desktops, etc.) and makes it possible for
users to access their files anywhere anytime.
http://quizlet.com/
Quizlet
Quizlet is the largest flash
cards and study games website with over 5 million free
sets of flashcards covering every possible subject. It's
the best place to play educational games, memorize
vocabulary and study online.
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JUNE
2011 "HOT
LINKS"
http://www.delicious.com/
Delicious
Delicious is a Social Bookmarking service, which means
you can save all your bookmarks online, share them with
other people, and see what other people are bookmarking.
http://sites.google.com/
Google Sites
Google
Sites is a free and easy way to create and share
webpages easily, all in one place. You can also control
who can view and edit. Requires a gmail account.
http://posterous.com/
Posterous
Posterous is a simple
blogging that supports integrated and
automatic posting to other
social media tools such as
Flickr,
Twitter, and
Facebook. It is particularly designed for
mobile blogging.
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MAY
2011 "HOT
LINKS"
http://edu.glogster.com
Glogster (for education)
Create
online, interactive
multimedia posters to
share - with text, photos, videos, graphics,
sounds, drawings, data attachments and more.
http://www.wordle.net/
Wordle
Generate “word clouds” from text that you provide. The
clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more
frequently in the source text. You can tweak your
clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color
schemes. Similar to Tagxedo.
http://www.diigo.com/
Diigo
Collect and organize
anything (bookmarks, pictures, audio, docs, screenshots,
notes, etc.) that can be accessed anywhere and easily
shared.
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APRIL 2011 "HOT
LINKS"
http://animoto.com
Animoto
Create stunning video
slideshows. Turn your photos, video clips, and music
into video masterpieces to share.
http://voicethread.com/
Voice Thread
A collaborative, multimedia
slide show that holds
images, documents, and
videos and allows people to navigate
slides and leave
comments in 5 ways
- using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio
file, or video (via a webcam).
http://www.tagxedo.com
Tagxedo
Turn words -- famous
speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, -- into a
visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized
appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence
within the body of text. (Similar to Wordle.)
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MARCH 2011 "HOT
LINKS"
http://polleverywhere.com
Poll
Everywhere
Get
responses in any venue: conferences, presentations,
classrooms, radio, tv, print — anywhere. People can
reply via text messaging - it works with the web (in
many countries) or Twitter.
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https://www.dropbox.com/
Dropbox
Offers
free, secure file storage and sharing, along with
automatic syncing across multiple computers from any
location. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux and a
broad range of devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod/Touch,
Android, Blackberry); free download.
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http://www.evernote.com
Evernote
Chances
are, if you can see it or think of it, Evernote can help
you remember it - type a text note, clip a web page,
snap a photo, or grab a screenshot. Everything you
capture is automatically processed, indexed, and made
searchable.
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FEBRUARY 2011 "HOT
LINKS"
http://prezi.com/
Prezi
Create presentations alive
and on the web. Login/account required.
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http://www.eyejot.com/
Eyejot
Send video messages as easy
as sending email. Recipients get an email message
indicating they have a new video message that they can
watch with a single click. Login/account required for
senders, not recipients.
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http://www.weebly.com
Weebly
Create student or teacher
websites using an easy drag and drop interface with the
ability to blog. Login/account required.
Note: It was named by Time
Magazine as
number four of the 50 best websites of 2007.
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Disclaimer:
Websites listed are not necessarily endorsed by LACUE
and LACUE is not responsible for broken links or the
content. As of publication, all links were working.
Please note that LACUE does not control and cannot
guarantee the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of
these outside materials.
Educators
are advised to check their school or district policy
when accessing any website.
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