Kay Cantwell's List: Excellent online tools for educators

A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or phone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.

voicethread.com/about - Preview

web2.0 multimedia voicethread on 2009-01-10 and saved by 81 people

Mix graphics, photos, videos, music and text into slick Glogs. Glog yourself every day! A terrific way for students to create a multimedia product that demonstrates their learnings.

www.glogster.com/edu - Preview

web2.0 tools presentation glogster on 2009-01-10 and saved by 639 people

Kid-cast.com is a website for kids to publish their own Podcasts so that other kids can listen. The idea is to make sure that there's a kid-safe Podcast out there for our young minds to hear. Contribution by kids makes it that much better, by allowing kids to listen to their peers on subjects they love!

www.kid-cast.com - Preview

podcasting on 2009-01-10 and saved by 48 people

Create customised videos intuitively, complete with music! A creative way to share learning that is far more exciting than a slideshow.

animoto.com - Preview

slideshow web2.0 animation music presentation on 2009-01-10 and saved by 2254 people

Create personalised scrapbooks with your photos, video and thousands of creative elements, and share them online.

www.scrapblog.com - Preview

blog photos web2.0 on 2009-01-10 and saved by 739 people

The KIDO’Z browser is a protected environment made for young kids that enables children to surf sites ,watch videos and play games

kidoz.net/about.html - Preview

search_engines on 2009-01-13 and saved by 9 people

This tool allows you (if you have permission from the creator) to download youtube videos which you can then use in powerpoint presentations or just save to your harddrive to watch at a later time (without needing to have access to the internet).

www.vconversion.com - Preview

youtube converter tools on 2009-01-16 and saved by 77 people

Google Docs is an easy-to-use online word processor, spreadsheet and presentation editor that enables you and your students to create, store and share instantly and securely, and collaborate online in real time. You can create new documents from scratch or upload existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations. There's no software to download, and all your work is stored safely online and can be accessed from any computer.

www.google.com/...p_docs.html - Preview

GoogleDocs web2.0 on 2009-01-17 and saved by 79 people

Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online.
You can:
* Create colorful mind maps online
* Share and work with friends
* Embed your mind map in your blog or website
* Email and print your mind map
* Save your mind map as an image
And it's FREE!

bubbl.us - Preview

web2.0 mindmap brainstorming mindmapping on 2009-01-17 and saved by 1029 people

On this web site you can:
* Create your own puzzles.
* Play your own and common puzzles.
* Send puzzles to friends.
* Put created puzzles on your web pages.

www.jigsawplanet.com - Preview

web2.0 puzzles on 2009-01-17 and saved by 103 people

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:
* Record live audio.
* Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
* Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
* Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
* Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
* And more! See the complete list of features.

audacity.sourceforge.net/about - Preview

podcasting audio web2.0 on 2009-01-17 and saved by 63 people

Using Google Earth's Sky : With the new Sky feature, you can teach your students about astronomy while zooming around the universe. Real imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope is stitched together with imagery of the rest of the sky to give your students a unique experience.

www.google.com/...skyideas.html - Preview

science earth and beyond on 2009-01-25 and saved by 10 people

Digital Storytelling is a fantastic way to engage students, teachers and just about anyone else who has ever wanted to be the next Ken Burns or Steven Spielberg. There are many different definitions of "digital storytelling," but in general, all of them revolve around the idea of combining the longstanding art of telling stories with any of a variety of available multimedia tools, including graphics, audio, video animation, and Web publishing.

Digital stories are "mini-movies" created and edited by people like you and your students - using cameras, computers, scanners and their own photo albums. Everyone has a story to tell and new technology means that anyone can create a story that can be shown on a website or in a digital presentation.

www.cap.nsw.edu.au/...digital_storytelling.htm - Preview

storytelling on 2009-01-25 and saved by 5 people

This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more!

www.googlelittrips.com - Preview

literature googleearth Web2.0 reading on 2009-01-27 and saved by 279 people

Educational activities using google earth

www.google.com/...directory - Preview

googleearth Web2.0 on 2009-01-27 and saved by 9 people

Hello and welcome to the VoiceThread 4 Education wiki. This wiki was started by Colette Cassinelli but because of contributors like YOU - it has grown to be comprehensive collection of VoiceThread examples from students and teachers of all ages and groups. The purpose of this wiki is to gather examples of how educators are using Voicethread in their classrooms (or for professional development) and to share those examples.

voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/ - Preview

Voicethread web2.0 digitalstorytelling tools on 2009-09-07 and saved by 541 people

create any size wall posters from any size images
Totally Free To Use!

www.blockposters.com - Preview

images webapps photos on 2009-01-31 and saved by 648 people

edmodo is a communication platform specifically designed for students and teachers. Being designed specifically for this audience, privacy of students was a main concern for developers. edmodo is a communication platform specifically designed for students and teachers. Being designed specifically for this audience, privacy of students was a main concern for developers.

www.edmodo.com - Preview

web2.0 socialnetworking microblogging education on 2009-02-04 and saved by 685 people

Fantastic 'thinking guides' / graphic organisers that help kids visualise their thinking. Register for the ability to save and share your thinking guides with others.

www.exploratree.org.uk - Preview

mindmapping web2.0 visualization graphic_organizer on 2009-02-05 and saved by 743 people

So what does museumbox do?
museum box provides the tools for you to do just this. It allows you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view the museum boxes submitted by other people and comment on the contents.

museumbox.e2bn.org/about - Preview

presentation web2.0 on 2009-02-06 and saved by 7 people