Tech-a-roni Tool Box
Web tools you need with a side of cheese
My top 3
Instead of Power Point...
Edu.Glogster.com
A unique social network based on the creation and sharing of Glogs - interactive posters loaded with text, graphics, music, videos, and more.
Prezi.com
Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software with a zoomable canvas. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery.
Video Tools
Creazaeducation.com
Creaza offers you an integrated, web-based toolbox for creative work. This site contains a movie editor, audio editor, cartoon creator, and mind mapping.
Masher.com
Masher lets you easily create a video by mixing together video clips, music tracks, and photos and adding your own creative touch with effects, skins, and text.
Wevideo.com
Wevideo allows you do create professional videos with audio and video editing. Finished products can easily be uploaded to YouTube.
Digital Storytelling
Storybird.com
Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print.
Storyjumper.com
StoryStarter makes telling stories easy. We'll help you write a story in just 7 steps.
Littlebirdtale.com
Create and share your own story. Create or upload your artwork to each page. Record your voice and add text to each page. Email friends and family your finished book.
Animations
Doink
This is an iPad app for easy animations.
Goanimage.com
GoAnimate is the world's #1 “do-it-yourself” animated video site. We allow everyone to make videos quickly and easily, without having to draw or download anything. Click, Drag, Action! There is a text to speech feature which is great for making quick videos with kids. An education version is available for a price at goanimate4schools.com
Scratch.mit.edu
Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. By using Scratch, students develop important design and problem-solving skills, learning how to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.
Audio Tools
Flashcards
Backchannel
Comic Creation Tools
Talking Avatars
Voki.com
Create a talking avatar.
Blabberize.com
Make your photo talk.
Fotobabble
Add audio to photographs.
Word Cloud Creators
Extra Cheese - Cool Tools
PaperCritters.com
Create custom critters, print them out, and assemble into 3D figures.
Smore.com
Create beautiful digital flyers (like this one).
Tripline.com
Create a movie from customized Google Maps.
My Simplebooklets
An easy tool to create online, interactive brochures and booklets. Add your own art, text, music, and photos.
How to do research infographic.
Slideshow Tools
(ok, I cheated...I couldn't narrow it down to 3)
Animoto.com
Animoto is a video creation service that makes it easy and fun for anyone to create and share extraordinary videos using their own pictures, video clips, words and music. Free accounts can only create 60 second slideshows.
PhotoPeach.com
With PhotoPeach you can create a rich slideshow in seconds. You can also add background music, captions, and comments.
Kizoa.com
Create stunning slideshows with effects, text and music, make collages, enhance photos, and share with friends.
Onetruemedia.com
Free accounts can only create 30 second videos.
Stupeflix.com
Great simple slideshow site but it is becoming increasingly less free.
Pics.com
Stylize your Flickr images into an amazing slideshow.
What Did I Miss?
by Jessica Jundef
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