Useful ICT Tools for Teaching collated by Aidan Cornelius-Bell
Please find below a range of useful ICT tools that you might want to employ in your assignments, workshop activities and in your teaching practice.
Flipping the Classroom
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
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| Explain Everything |
iOS |
Creating videos and classroom projects with this unique interactive screencasting whiteboard. |
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| ShowMe |
iOS |
Record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. |
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| Screencast-O-Matic |
Windows |
Record on-screen activity for short tutorials, visual presentations, and communicate while you demonstrate. |
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| Quicktime |
Mac |
You can create brief tutorials for your students that demonstrate common tasks they need to know how to complete on their computers. You can also plug in an iOS device and record its screen. |
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| Snagit |
Chrome / Windows / Mac |
Snagit helps you capture great looking images and videos with just a few clicks. |
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| EDpuzzle |
Chrome / iOS / Android |
Engage your students with videos - pick a video, add your magical touch and track your students' understanding. |
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| NearPod |
iOS / Android / Web |
Engage students with fun and interactive content, collect and share students responses, track student comprehension in real time. |
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| Pear Deck |
Web |
Put inquiry at the center of your lesson and create self-motivated learners. Ask questions that spark curiosity and challenge intuition instead of just delivering facts. |
Download
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| Office Mix |
Windows |
A free add-in for PowerPoint Everything you need to easily create and share interactive online videos. |
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Learner Management
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| Edmodo |
Web |
Edmodo is an easy way to get your students connected so they can safely collaborate, get and stay organized. |
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| Google+ |
Web |
Google+ is a place to connect with friends and family, and explore all of your interests. Share photos, send messages, and stay in touch with people. |
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| Planboard |
Web / iOS |
Planboard makes it simple to plan lessons, add curriculum sets, and organize your schedule. Take lessons with you using Planboard for iPad. |
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| Articulate E-Learning Heroes Community |
Web |
A community for e-learning creators. Get free downloads and examples and connect with 100000+ e-learning pros. |
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| Schoology |
Web |
Collaboration at the heart of the learning experience by connecting the people, content, and systems that fuel education. |
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| Blendspace |
Chrome / Web |
Blendspace allows educators to blend their classroom with digital content. |
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| Ning |
Web |
Ning is an online platform for people and organizations to create custom social networks. |
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Shared Workspaces
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| Wikispaces |
Web |
A free wiki host providing community wiki spaces, visual page editing, and discussion areas. |
Download
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| Moodle |
Web / iOS / Android |
Moodle is a course management system designed to help educators create effective online courses. |
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| Blendspace |
Chrome / Web |
Blendspace allows educators to blend their classroom with digital content. |
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| OneNote |
Web / Mac / Windows / Mobile |
Capture your thoughts, discoveries, and ideas with OneNote, your very own digital notebook. |
Download
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| Google Classroom |
Web / Chrome |
Google Apps for Education: A suite of free productivity tools for classroom collaboration. |
Download
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| Beenpod |
Web / Chrome |
Create and organize as many different collections of pages and people as you want, with as many Beens as you need. |
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| Etherpad |
Web |
Etherpad allows you to edit documents collaboratively in real-time, much like a live multi-player editor that runs in your browser. |
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| WritePad |
iOS |
WritePad lets you take notes in your own handwriting with your finger or an iPad stylus. Handwriting recognition software. |
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Writing Support
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| Unplag |
Web |
Online plagiarism checker Unplag scans across Web, repositories, open content sources and institution databases. Real time results and no cached data. |
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| No Red Ink |
Web |
A fun way to practice and master grammar & writing skills. |
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| Literary Analysis Guide |
Android |
Literary Analysis Guide is a reference tool for students of literature, rhetoric, and writing. The elements of literature are arranged around three clickable interface wheels. |
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| BibMe |
Web |
BibMe quickly generates citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard and thousands of other styles for your bibliography. |
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| Citation Machine |
Web |
Citation Machine helps students and professionals properly credit the information that they use.. |
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Student Management
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| Remind |
Web / iOS / Android / Chrome |
Remind is a communication tool that helps teachers reach students and parents where they are. |
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| NearPod |
iOS / Android / Web |
Engage students with fun and interactive content, collect and share students responses, track student comprehension in real time. |
Download
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| Pear Deck |
Web |
Put inquiry at the center of your lesson and create self-motivated learners. Ask questions that spark curiosity and challenge intuition instead of just delivering facts. |
Download
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| Office Mix |
Windows |
A free add-in for PowerPoint Everything you need to easily create and share interactive online videos. |
Download
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| Basecamp |
Web |
Basecamp is the leading web-based project management and collaboration tool. Free for educators. |
Download
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| Microsoft Excel |
Web / Windows / Mac / Mobile |
Microsoft Excel is now much more than just spreadsheet software. Work with and share your data across multiple devices. |
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| Google Docs (Sheets) |
Web / Chrome |
Basecamp is the leading web-based project management and collaboration tool. Free for educators. |
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| Asana |
Web / Mobile |
The easiest way for teams to track work, and get results. Do great things together. |
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Blogging and Blog Management
Blog Management
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| NetNewsWire |
Mac / iOS / TVOS |
Feed reader for Mac OS X, traditional, widescreen, and combined views. |
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| Feedly |
iOS / Android / Web / Chrome |
Organize all your favorite publications, podcasts and YouTube channels into collections and receive updates when new stories and videos are publishes. |
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| Reeder |
Mac / iOS |
A news reading and feed coordinating app. |
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Blogging Tools
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| Blogger |
Web |
Free weblog publishing tool from Google, for sharing text, photos and video. |
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| Wikispaces |
Web |
A free wiki host providing community wiki spaces, visual page editing, and discussion areas. |
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| Weebly |
Web |
Weebly makes it surprisingly easy to create a high-quality website, blog or online store. |
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| Edublogs |
Web |
Edublogs is the largest education blogging platform on the web. |
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| Wix |
Web |
A cloud-based web development platform that allows users to create HTML5 web sites and mobile sites. |
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| Wordpress (dot com) |
Web |
Create a free website or easily build a blog on WordPress.com. Hundreds of free, customizable, mobile-ready designs and themes. Free hosting and support. |
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| Tackk |
Web |
Tackk is a place to connect with friends, be creative and have fun conversations. |
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Game Making & Quizzes
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| Kahoot! |
Web / Android |
Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn. |
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| GameMaker: Studio |
Web / Steam |
GameMaker: Studio caters to entry-level novices and seasoned game development professionals equally, allowing them to create cross-platform games. |
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| Quizlet |
Web / iOS / Android / Chrome |
Quizlet makes simple tools that let you study anything, for free. |
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| Learningpod |
Web |
Learningpod is a site that offers question content from publishers like Kaplan and open education partners like OpenStax College. |
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| QuestBase |
Web / Chrome |
QuestBase gives you the freedom to ask. Whether you need to create quizzes, build assessments or make exams. |
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| Socrative |
Web / iOS / Android / Chrome |
Socrative empowers you to engage and assess your students as learning happens through the use of real-time questioning. |
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| Poll Everywhere |
Web / iOS |
Audience response system that uses mobile phones, twitter, and the web. Responses are displayed in real-time on charts. |
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| ThatQuiz |
Web |
Math test activities for students and teachers of all grade levels. |
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| Quizalize |
Web / Mobile |
Quizalize lets you engage your class and deliver instant assessments for personalised learning on any computer, tablet or smartphone. |
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Social Bookmarking
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| Delicious |
Web |
Keep, share, and discover the best of the Web. |
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| Instapaper |
Web / iOS / Android |
A simple tool for saving web pages to read later on your iPhone, iPad, Android, or computer. |
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| Diigo |
Web |
A social bookmarking website that allows signed-up users to bookmark and tag Web pages. |
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| Pocket |
Web / Mobile |
When you find something you want to view later, put it in Pocket. |
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Notebooks
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| Evernote |
Web / Mobile |
Evernote is the modern workspace that syncs between all of your devices. |
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| Notability |
iOS |
Combine handwriting, photos and typing to bring your projects to life. |
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| OneNote |
Web / Mac / Windows / Mobile |
Capture your thoughts, discoveries, and ideas with OneNote, your very own digital notebook. |
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| Paper (53) |
iOS |
Paper allows you to capture and connect your notes, photos, and sketches. |
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Free Images
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
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| PhotoPin |
Web |
A free tool that helps bloggers and designers find beautiful photos. |
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| CC Search |
Web |
A free tool that helps people find creative commons licensed content. |
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| Unsplash |
Web |
Do whatever you want high-resolution photos. |
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| FreeImages |
Web |
Free membership to resources for designers' backgrounds, images, and photo collections. |
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Rubric Creators
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
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| Quick Rubric |
Web |
Free, fast and simple rubric creation site. |
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| RubiStar |
Web |
RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics, but does not have the time to develop them from scratch. |
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| iRubric |
Web |
Free rubric builder and assessment tool. |
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Mindmapping
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| MindMaple |
Windows / iOS |
Free Mind Mapping Software for Windows and iPad, increasing productivity in concept mapping and project planning. |
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| MindNode |
Web |
MindNode makes mind mapping easy. Mind maps are a visual representation of your ideas, starting with a central thought and growing from there. |
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| Coggle |
Web |
A clear way to share complex information. Coggle is a collaborative mind-mapping tool designed to help you make sense of complex things. |
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| iThoughts |
Mac / iOS |
iThoughts is a mindmapping application that enables you to visually organise your thoughts, ideas and information. |
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| Conceptboard |
Web |
Work on visual content & brainstorm ideas with anyone, from anywhere. |
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Feedback
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| Classkick |
iOS |
Give students more feedback than ever! Classkick is a magic whiteboard that students work on and get help instantly from their teacher and peers. |
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| ExitTicket |
Web / Chrome / iOS / Android |
ExitTicket is a student response system, designed by teachers to accelerate student achievement. |
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| Formative |
Web |
Frequent formal and informal checks for understanding guarantee student growth. |
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| Plickers |
iOS / Android |
A tool that lets teachers collect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices. |
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| Wiggio |
Web |
Wiggio is a completely free, online toolkit that makes it easy to work in groups. |
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Brainstorming
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| iBrainstorm |
iOS |
A multi-device collaborative brainstorming tool made up of sticky notes and a marker. |
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| Padlet |
Web / Chrome / iOS / Android |
Padlet is a digital canvas to create beautiful projects that are easy to share and collaborate on. |
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| Stormboard |
Web |
Brainstorm, organize, prioritize and act on the best ideas, in the same room or around the world, on a realtime sticky note whiteboard. |
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| Google Docs (Sheets) |
Web / Chrome / iOS / Android |
Create a new spreadsheet and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. |
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| Ideament |
iOS |
Ideament lets you easily draw a diagram - mind map, concept map, or flow chart - and convert it to a text outline, and vice versa. |
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| Etherpad |
Web |
Etherpad allows you to edit documents collaboratively in real-time, much like a live multi-player editor that runs in your browser. |
Download
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Story Apps
Storyboarding
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| Glogster |
Web |
Glogster lets you create online multimedia posters. Combine all kinds of media on one page and create fantastic posters that really tell the story. |
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| Boards HD |
iOS |
Boards is a functional, easy-to-use app that will allow you to better organize text and photos. |
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| iBrainstorm |
iOS |
A multi-device collaborative brainstorming tool made up of sticky notes and a marker. |
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| Storyboard That |
Web / Chrome |
Storyboard That makes it incredibly easy for students to create amazing storyboards on their computer or tablet. |
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| Strip Designer |
iOS |
Personal comic strips, created on your iPad, iPhone or iPod using photos from your photo album or iPhone camera. |
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| Ideament |
iOS |
Ideament lets you easily draw a diagram - mind map, concept map, or flow chart - and convert it to a text outline, and vice versa. |
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Story Apps
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| Book Creator for iPad |
iOS |
Book Creator is ideal for making all kinds of books, including children's picture books, comic books, photo books, journals, textbooks and more. |
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| Book Creator for iPad |
iOS |
Book Creator is ideal for making all kinds of books, including children's picture books, comic books, photo books, journals, textbooks and more. |
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| iBooks Author |
Mac / iOS |
iBooks Author, free from the Mac App store, allows you to create beautiful Multi-Touch textbooks — and just about any other kind of book — for iPad. |
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| Toontastic |
iOS |
Toontastic is a creative storytelling app that enables kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons. |
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| Storykit |
iOS |
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/storykit/id329374595?mt=8 |
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| SonicPics |
iOS |
Turn your photographs into narrated slideshow movies to share. |
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| Storyrobe |
iOS |
A tool for creative self expression with the digital media that matters most - your own. |
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| Storyrobe |
Web / Chrome |
An endless library of free books, picture books, & poetry or use simple tools to create books in minutes. |
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Presentations
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| Prezi |
Web / Mobile |
Presentation software that uses motion, zoom, and spatial relationships to bring your ideas to life. |
Download
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| emaze |
Web / Mobile |
A presentation maker that will create the slideshows, video presentations and even 3D presentations. |
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| Canva |
Web / Mobile |
An app to support simple design for everyone. Create designs for Web or print: blog graphics, presentations, Facebook covers, flyers, posters, invitations, and more. |
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| PowToon |
Web / Chrome |
PowToon is an online business presentation software tool that allows you to create free, cool, and awesome animated video explainers. |
Download
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| Google Docs (Sheets) |
Web / Chrome / iOS / Android |
Create a new spreadsheet and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. |
Download
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| VoiceThread |
Web / iOS |
Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting. |
Download
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| Pear Deck |
Web |
Put inquiry at the center of your lesson and create self-motivated learners. Ask questions that spark curiosity and challenge intuition instead of just delivering facts. |
Download
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Audio
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| iTalk Recorder |
iOS |
A full-featured recording app with a streamlined and intuitive user interface. |
Download
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| AudioNote |
iOS |
AudioNote combines the functionality of a notepad and voice recorder to create a powerful tool that will save you time while improving the quality of your notes. |
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| Vocaroo |
Web |
a quick and easy way to share voice messages over the web. |
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| VoiceThread |
Web / iOS |
Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting. |
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| Audacity |
Windows / Mac / Linux |
A free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. |
Download
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Video
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| Screencast-O-Matic |
Windows |
Record on-screen activity for short tutorials, visual presentations, and communicate while you demonstrate. |
Download
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| Jahshaka |
Windows / Mac / Linux |
An open source media management, playback, editing, compositing and special effects suite. |
Download
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| WeVideo |
Web / Chrome / iOS / Android |
Online video editing software. |
Download
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| Video Editing By Magisto |
Web / Chrome / iOS / Android |
Magisto turns your everyday videos and photos into exciting, memorable movies. |
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| VideoScribe |
Web / iOS |
Make your own whiteboard video animations. |
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Evaluating Information
| Name |
Platform |
Description |
Get |
| Snopes |
Web |
Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. |
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| FactCheck |
Web |
Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. |
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| Wolfram|Alpha |
Web |
It gives you access to the world's facts and data and calculates answers across a range of topics. |
Download
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Last modified: Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 4:35 PM