Collaborative Tools/     Sticky Notes   Example  ?How to use        Tutorial Wallwisher is an online notice board maker. It is a Web 2.0 free online tool that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily by posting messages on a wall                                                                                                                                                                                           Wallwisher   Collaborative Video Tutorial ?How to use MailVU is a full featured video platform which enables individuals to record and distribute video content  MailVu    Collaborative Documents    Introduction ShowDocument is an online web application that allows multiple users to conduct web meetings, upload, share and review documents. Users can collaborate on and review documents in real time, with annotations and text being visible to all users and accessible for co-.editing Showdocument                      Introduction          Crocodoc takes any Word/PDF document,PPT presentation,image or a web page and lets you view and mark it up online Crocodoc   How to use? Tutorial Upload your files, edit anytime from anywhere, choose who can access your documents share and collaborate online Google Docs   Multimedia Posters Tutorial Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Lesson Plan Glogster EDU is the leading global education platform for the creative expression of knowledge and skills in the classroom and beyond.  We empower educators and students with the technology to create GLOGS - online multimedia posters - with text, photos, videos, graphics, sounds, drawings, data attachments and more. Edu Glogster     Example-1 Example-2 Example-3 Example-4                      Tutorial Popplet is a virtual bulletin board where students can  add images, text, videos, maps, and more to create a project and to show what they know.  Popplet can easily help your students to create flow charts, image galleries, graphic organizers, and mind maps. Eight ways to Use Popplet App as Graphic Organizer  Popplet   How to use tutorial WebPoster is a  FREE tool that allows educators to create a lesson, worksheet, or class page and immediately publish it online. Teachers can also set up classes and assign projects to students. Students complete the assignments by creating their own online projects or reports. Teachers and students can even add images and links to their pages WebPoster   Blogs, Wikis & Social Networks   Introduction Tutorial 1   Tutorial  2                   ?How to use Twiducate is website designed to allow teachers and students to continue their learning outside the classroom. It is a social networking tool that is safe for students and lets teachers monitor what is taking place As a teacher you create a network for you and your students. -Share inspiration, ideas, readings, thoughts -Post discussions, deadlines, homework -Embed pictures, links and video -Keep parents informed -Collaborate on work by providing feedback -Connect with students outside the classroom in a secure manner!     Twiducate       Tutorial Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows private or multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries Blogger   Tutorial Kidblog.org is designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with an individual blog Kidblog   How to use Tutorial Edublogs lets you easily create & manage student & teacher blogs, quickly customize designs and include videos, photos & podcasts - it's safe, easy and secure Edublogs     Tutorial 1 Tutorial 2 Introduction What is it? Edmodo is a free, secure, social learning platform for teachers, students, schools and districts. Application in the Classroom: Edmodo provides teachers and students with a secure and easy way to post classroom materials, share links and videos, and access homework, grades and school notices.  Teachers and students can store and share all forms of digital content – blogs, links, pictures, video,      documents, presentations, and more   Edmodo     Audio Creation and Uploaders Tutorial ?How to use Are you looking for answering machine software? Do you want to send voice messages online? Vocaroo.com is the website of Vocaroo, a company that offers a voice messaging service Vocaroo     Tutorial   ?How to use  With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install.A VoiceThread is 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 Voicethread       Tutorial   ?How to use Audacity is a free, easy-to-use  audio editor and recorder for Windows 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.   Audacity     Tutorial Fotobabble allows you create and share Talking Photos in three simple steps: 1) Upload a photo, 2) Record your voice, and 3) Share with friends and family Fotobabble   Tutorial Chirbit is a free online tool that enables you to upload, record and share your audio easily.You can record directly from your browser using a webcam or microphone.Upload up to 120MB mp3, m4a or wav file from your computer. That is over 2 hours of audio Share your chirbits with your twitter and facebook friends using our short URL Chirbit    Presentation/Slideshow Tools Introduction Tutorial ?How to use Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Prezi is a cloud-based  presentation software and storytelling tool for exploring and sharing ideas upon a virtual canvas Prezi is a Flash-based pre­sen­ta­tion sys­tem that allows users to cre­ate incred­i­bly dynamic pre­sen­ta­tions. Pre­sen­ta­tions where you can zoom in and out across a large area (no slides), cre­ate motion paths, embed images and video and do things   Prezi     Tutorial ?How to use With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install. A VoiceThread is 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).   Voicethread     Animoto turns your photos and video clips into professional video slideshows in minutes Animoto   Tutorial Create beautiful presentations, access them from anywhere, and share them with the world. With 280 Slides, there's no software to download and nothing to pay for – and when you're done building your presentation you can share it any way you like 280 Slides    Slide lets you use photos and other digital content to publish and discover the people and things that matter to you Slide   Tutorial Offers users the ability to upload and share publicly or privately PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and Adobe PDF Portfolios Slideshare     Tutorial AuthorSTREAM enables presenters to upload and share PowerPoint presentations online and embed slideshows in blogs, convert to video and share Authorstream   Tutorial This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box MuseumBox   VCASMO is an online multimedia presentation and sharing solution Users can also synchronize video and music and skip to specific portions of the video rather than waiting for an entire video to be downloaded. Vcasmo also allows users to subtitle presentations, link to other websites within a slide and work with a user friendly visual editor to position slides in a timeline format   Vcasmo     Using Photoshow you can turn your photos itno dazzling PhotoShow Photoshow Tutorial Make animated slideshows of your picture  PictureTrail       Tutorial One True Media makes video creation fun, easy and free. Mix your video and photos with our effects, text and music and post One True Media   Tutorial Tutorial Automatically make your own free slide show in seconds. Upload photos, pick music, add captions in the show, and more Photopeach   Tutorial Create amazing greeting cards, scrapbooks, slideshows, birthday cards, and more using your photos, videos, and music with Smilebox. Email, blog or print Smilebox   Avatar Maker Example Tutorial Voki enables users to express themselves on the web in their own voice using a talking character Voki   With DoppelMe you can create a cool graphical likeness of yourself, your friends, family or any group of people for use as an avatar in forums, instant messenger, blogs and  almost anywhere else on the web Doppel Me Video Hosting Sites /British Council/Using Youtube in the Classroom YouTube     TeacherTube is a video sharing website similar to, and based on, YouTube. It is designed to allow those in the educational industry, particularly teachers, to share educational resources such as video, audio, documents, photos, groups and blogs. The site contains a mixture of classroom teaching resources and others designed to aid teacher training TeacherTube   SchoolTube is a media-sharing website for students and educators. It is safe, world-class and FREE School Tube   ESL video sharing site  ESL video   Welcome to English Club ESL Videos, where you’ll find a growing collection of short films and video clips, some with subtitles, quizzes and classroom  materials  English Club ESL Videos       Writing Tools How to use Example Wordle is a toy for generating “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. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like Wordle   Tutorial Example Example Tagul is designed for web masters who want to place nice clouds on their web pages Tagul     Tutorial Example Tagxedo allows you to create custom pictures from words Tagxedo   Questions WordItOut is the word cloud generator that gives you control with many custom settings. Free to use and no sign up required WordItOut   Tutorial Example-1 Example-2 PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture Piclits          Example   This quasi experimental web site is designed to foster visual thinking. You are dealt five random photos for each draw, and your task is to select one each time to add to a selection of images, that taken together as a final set of 5 images- tell a story in pictures. When you are done, you the option to add a title and explanation, then you can save the story so you can put a link in your resume or send to your friends Five Card Flickr    How to use   aMap is short for ‘argument map’.  The idea’s very simple – to promote the art of arguing by mapping out complex debates in a simple visual format. aMap     Tutorial   What is linoit? It is a web-based sticky note service. What is the web-based sticky note service? This service provides its registered users (lino users) with virtual stickies operable on a web browser along with “canvas”, a user specific bulletin board-like online area. Both lino users and non-registered users (guests) can post stickies on a canvas, and relocate or remove them when needed.   Linoit Image Tools Tutorial Picasa is a free software download from Google that helps you 1.Locate and organize all the photos on your computer 2. Edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks 3. Create great galleries with just a few clicks  Picasa Tutorial BigHugeLabs helps you edit your pictures with easy-to-use templates, to make even everyday pictures special. You can add effects, style and drama to your digital pictures and unleash your creativity while doing it. The program provides a wide a range of options to make your digital photos more attractive, creative and memorable. Here is a look at the software offered. Big Huge Labs Publishing Tools How to use Tutorial Storybird is a service that uses collaborative storytelling to connect kids and families. Two (or more) people create a Storybird in a round robin fashion by writing their own text and inserting pictures. They then have the option of sharing their Storybird privately or publicly on the network. The final product can be printed, watched on screen, played with like a toy, or shared through a worldwide library. Storybird Tutorial Bookr is a tool to create picture story books using images from Flickr.  Simply find images from Flickr through their search engine located on the same screen as the book editor.  It is extremely simple to use. Bookr Flipbooks, where you can flip the page instead of scrolling down, is quite the trend nowadays. PageFlipFlap lets you use this sleek format by helping you convert any Word orPDF document and even images into a flip book. All you have to do is upload the documents or images and provide an email address when you want to receive the link to your flip book. PageFlip-Flap Tutorial Make your own online picture book with ArtisanCam's Picture Book Maker. ArtisanCam Introduction Tutorial Questions   Tikatok is a website where parents and their children can write, illustrate, and publish their original stories into professional-quality hardcover and paperback books or eBooks. Tikatok Comic Strip Makers Tutorial Toondoo is another Web 2.0 application with wonderful potential for teachers and learners. Toondoo offers a convenient platform for creating and sharing cartoons. Toondoo   Flashcards Maker   Tutorial Quizlet is the largest flash cards and study games website with over 7 million free sets of flashcards covering every possible subject. It's the best place to play educational games, memorize vocabulary and study online. Quizlet   Movie Maker Dvolver is a website where you can make a cartoon comic strip type movie online using pre-made graphics.   Dvolver        ... Interesting Ways To  Use Google Tools Use Google Forms in the Classroom Use Google Docs in the Classroom Use Google Earth in the Classroom Use Google Search in the Classroom Use Google Maps in the Classroom Online Tools Class Blog Posts Use Search Engines in the Classroom Prezi in the Classroom Use Voicethread in the Classroom Use Twitter in the Classroom Use Wordle in the Classroom Use a Wiki in the Classroom Use a Learning Platform in the Classroom Use Wallwisher in the Classroom Use Audio / Visual Use Audio in Your Classroom Use Your Pocket Video Camera in the Classroom Images in the Classroom Use Devices Use Your Interactive Whiteboard in the Classroom Ideas for Class Blog Posts