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Answer Garden (http://www.answergarden.ch/) -- Answer Garden is a digital “Scribble Space.” It can be used as a brainstorming or feedback tool in the classroom. It can be embedded directly into a website or blog. You create an Answer Garden by entering a topic or question. The next step is to share the garden live or embed within a site. As students begin posting answers, a word cloud begins to form. Students are limited to 20 characters. Results can be exported into tools such as Wordle.
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Evernote (http://www.evernote.com/) -- An elephant never forgets, and neither does Evernote. Evernote is the app that keeps all of your ideas and allows you to access them on any device -- laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc. Type notes, format the text and then save them or share them with a link on social media or by e-mail. The Evernote Web Clipper extension on Google Chrome is a lifesaver; it grabs anything on the web and saves it to your Evernote account to access later.===================================================================
Socrative (http://www.socrative.com/) -- Socrative makes formative assessment quick and easy. Students go to your Socrative room with a number (via m.socrative.com) and you send out an assessment for them. Choose from simple pre-made multiple choice quizzes (it's just the letters A, B, C, D and E ... you tell students what they represent in class), custom-made quizzes with a variety of answer options, or a space race game where teams work together to answer questions. Answers can be e-mailed or downloaded in spreadsheet form.===================================================================
Weebly (http://www.weebly.com) -- Weebly is a website creation tool. It creates a site for you for free (using its own URLs -- yoursite.weebly.com) and gives you a powerful drag-and-drop user interface. Pages can be quickly created and updated with a variety of content, including embedded content from other sites, images, videos, maps, contact forms and more. If you like what you've created and want to buy a .com domain for it, Weebly helps you. It's simple enough to create a class website and elegant enough to make a serious professional-looking site.===================================================================
Today'sMeet (http://www.todaysmeet.com) -- Today'sMeet may be the easiest web tool you ever encounter, and it can be used in a variety of situations. Create a chat room with your own Today'sMeet URL (www.todaysmeet.com/yoursite). Distribute the URL to your participants. As they arrive in the room, they enter their display names and they add comments to the room. Comments can be 140 characters or less and can include clickable links. Comments appear instantly. TodaysMeet can be used for in-class backchannels, website link distribution, professional development and more. See my "20 useful ways to use Today'sMeet in schools" post.===================================================================
Symbaloo (http://www.symbaloo.com) -- Symbaloo is a bookmarking tool, which enables students and teachers to organize and share the best of the web. This is especially a great way for teachers to organize all of their resources in one place. The tool is very easy to use. To get started you simply add tiles. Next, attach the URL address to your website- title it and categorize by color. These can also be created to use with units of study... the ideas are endless. ===================================================================
Diigo (http://www.diigo.com) -- Diigo makes collecting, curating and commenting on information on the web easy in one place. Users can collect information and ideas in the cloud. They can sort and organize that information. It archives web pages, so even if they're changed or removed users still have access. Users can annotate their resources using highlighters and sticky notes. Plus, they can be shared and commented on.
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Thinglink (http://www.thinglink.com/) -- Every image tells a story. Begin by uploading an image. Next, add links to every site imaginable inside a ThingLink image. This can include websites, videos, music, poetry ... endless possibilities. Finally, comment, embed, and share.===================================================================
Piktochart (http://piktochart.com) -- Piktochart is among the first online web applications to autonomize the creation of infographics. Why sit and read passively, when you can actively interact with information? The ultimate key is simplicity. All you need is to drag, drop and you’re finished. You can create stunning visuals with just a few clicks. Piktochart allows you to share the created infographics via Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+ with just a click away. Additionally, there is a presentation mode when sharing your product live.
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Google Voice (http://www.google.com/voice) -- Turn your assignments into interesting audio presentations with Google Voice! Google Voice is, among other things, digital voice mail. Students can call and leave assignments via voice message. Those voice messages are handled by the teacher in an inbox similar to e-mail. Voice messages can be played back and even saved as an mp3 file. Google Voice transcribes every voice mail, so you can read the transcription and/or listen to it. Read my article about 15 ways to use Google Voice in class and check out my session resources on creating podcasts (shared digital audio) in class.
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