Tools

 

 

 

 

Aggregators Archive Blogs Bots Chat embeddable tools Clocks and world times Comic Creators Exercise Creators File conversion Free Images Games and Game Creators Graphic creators Heavy online file delivery Image Editors Learning Management Systems (LMS) Maps Microblogging Miscellaneous resources Online Storage (and embed) Online Virtual Offices Painting tools Photo albums Photo Stories Podcasting blogs Polls Recording Rubric Creators Screencasts - Slidecasts - Videos Screen captures Social Bookmarking Social Networks Shortening URLs Start Pages Survey Creators Text creators Text-to-Speech Tutorials Voice/Audio tools Video tools Videos with captions/subtitles Video capture Video lessons Video: Live streaming Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) or vClassrooms VoIP tools (chat) Widgets Wikis

 

Aggregators

 

Bloglines: http://www.bloglines.com

Feedly; http://feedly.com

The Old Reader; http://theoldreader.com

 

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Archive

 

Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/

 

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Blogs

 

Blogger: http://blogspot.com

Edublogs: http://edublogs.org

Kidblog: http://kidblog.org/home.php

Wordpress: http://www.wordpress.com

 

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Bots

 

ALICE Bot: http://alice.pandorabots.com/

MyBot: http://www.a-i.com/mybot.asp?uid=T%2FC8BBXAxr%2Flw4YyQ7plTg%3D%3D

Oddcast Bot: http://demo.vhost.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk-oddcast?botid=e10677c3ee36f742

Santa Bot: http://www.santabot.com/ 

Web Hal: http://www.zabaware.com/webhal/index.html

 

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Chat embeddable tools

 

Cbox: http://www.cbox.ws 

Xat: http://xat.com/

 

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Clocks and world times

 

24TimesZones.com: http://24timezones.com/map.htm (find the time in "your" neck of the woods)

Clock Link: http://www.clocklink.com (free online clocks for your site)

Qlock: http://www.qlock.com/time/ (find the time in "your" neck of the woods)

The World Clock: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html (find the time in "your" neck of the woods)

 

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Comic Creators

 

Comic Creator: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/comic-creator-30021.html

DVolver moviemaker: http://www.dfilm.com/live/home.html

GoAnimate: http://goanimate.com/?utm_source=embed

MakeBeliefsComix: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

Pixton: http://pixton.com/

ToonDoo: http://www.toondoo.com/

WriteComics: http://writecomics.com/  

ZimmerTwins: http://www.zimmertwins.com

 

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Exercise Creators

 

ClassMarker: http://www.classmarker.com/

Directory of Testing, Quizzing & Other Interactivity Tools: http://c4lpt.co.uk/directory-of-learning-performance-tools/instructional-tools-testing-quizzing-other-interactivity-tools/

DJordan's Self-Correcting Quizzes: http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/resources/quizzes/quizzes.html

Educaplay: http://en.educaplay.com/index.php

ESLvideo: http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php

Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher: http://www.cpr4esl.com/gerrys_vocab_teacher/index.html  (no longer free, a limited demo is available).

Hot Potatoes: http://hotpot.uvic.ca/

Interactive Exercise Makers: http://languagecenter.cla.umn.edu/makers.php
JClic: http://clic.xtec.cat/en/index.htm

Lingt Classroom  http://lingtlanguage.com/

ProProfs: http://proprofs.com/

 Quizlet: http://quizlet.com/

Rich Internet Applications for Language Learning: http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/ (Click on Close at the bottom to get an access to the applications)

Script-O!: http://www.scriptopro.com/ (no longer free, 30-day free trial)

SMILE: http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/mimea/smile/v2/index.php 

WordLearner: http://www.wordlearner.com/

Quiz Star:  http://quizstar.4teachers.org/index.jsp

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File conversion

 

VidToMP3 : http://www.vidtomp3.com/

Zamzar : http://www.zamzar.com

 

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Free Images

 

A big list: http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/

Classroom clipart  http://classroomclipart.com/

Clipart Pictures: http://www.free-clipart-pictures.net/

ESL Flash Cards: http://www.eslflash cards.com/

Kizclub:  http://www.kizclub.com/flashcards.htm

Openclip:  http://www.openclipart.org/

School Clip-art: http://www.school-clip-art.com/ 

UVIC Clipart: http://hcmc.uvic.ca/clipart/

 

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Games and Game Creators

 

Content Generator: http://www.contentgenerator.net/ 

Crossword Creator:  http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/  (used often and liked!)

Crossword Puzzle Games: http://www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/create.html

Discovery Channel: http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/   (click on "Teachers" in top menu. Select "puzzlemaker")

Game Makers: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/games/index.htm

Hangman: http://www.manythings.org/hmf/

Hangman Script: http://javascript.about.com/library/blhang1.htm

Jigzone: Online jigsaw puzzle creator: http://www.jigzone.com/

Novel Games: http://www.novelgames.com/  (some knowledge of code is needed to use this tool)

Online Crossword puzzle maker: http://www.puzzle-maker.com/CW/

TeAch-nology.com's Crossword Puzzle Maker: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/crossword/

The Hangman Game: http://www.hangman.learningtogether.net/

 

 

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Graphic creators

 

Gliffy: http://www.gliffy.com

Toonlet: http://toonlet.com

 

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Heavy online file delivery

 

TransferBigFiles: http://www.transferbigfiles.com

Mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/  (file sharing and transfer) 

Ge.tt: http://ge.tt/

 

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Image Editors

 

Offline 

Easy Thumbnails: http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/ (resize images)

iPiccy: http://ipiccy.com/ (easier than Photoshop)

Quick Screen Capture: http://www.etrusoft.com/ (capture and edit images)

 

Online

Aviary: http://aviary.com/ (for mobile) 

Clipping Magic: http://clippingmagic.com/ (great for removing background) 

Image Editor: http://www.imageeditor.net/

My Imager: http://www.myimager.com/

Pixrl: http://www.pixlr.com/ (edit pics)

 

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Learning Management Systems (LMS)

 

Canvas (free for educators): http://www.instructure.com

Edmodo (free for educators): https://www.edmodo.com/
Free Blackboard: https://www.coursesites.com/

Lore: http://lore.com./

Moodle: http://www.moodle.org

Nicenet: http://www.nicenet.org

Ninehub: http://ninehub.com/

OpenClass (from Pearson): http://www.openclass.com

Schoology: https://www.schoology.com/home.php

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Maps

 

Bravenet: http://www.bravenet.com/webtools/guestmap/ 

Clustrmaps: http://clustrmaps.com

Google: http://google.maps.com

 

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Microblogging

 

Edmodo: http://www.edmodo.com/ 

Foursquare: https://foursquare.com/

FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/

 

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Miscellaneous resources

 

Authoring Tools for language teachers: http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/authoring_tools.htm

Directory of Learning and Performance Tools: http://c4lpt.co.uk/directory-of-learning-performance-tools/

Online Tools for Language Teaching: http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume15/ej57/ej57int/

The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book (Terry Freedman, ed.): http://www.terry-freedman.org.uk/web2_2010/Amazing%20Web%202%20Projects%202%20online%20version.pdf

The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators (Richard Byrne, Dec. 2010:

http://issuu.com/richardbyrne/docs/super_book_of_web_tools_for_educators 

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Online Storage (and embed)

 

Box.net: http://box.net/

DivShare: http://www.divshare.com/

DocStoc: http://www.docstoc.com

Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/

Livedrive: http://www.livedrive.com/ (two-week free trial)

Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/ (free month trial)

 

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Online Virtual Offices

 

Google Documents: http://docs.google.com

ThinkFree: http://www.thinkfree.com

Zoho: http://www.zoho.com/

 

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Painting tools

 

Aviary: http://aviary.com/

Inkscape : http://inkscape.org/

Painter: http://www.valspar.com/painter.html 

 

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Photo albums

 

Animoto: http://animoto.com/

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com

Mixbook (for Education): http://www.mixbook.com/

Photobucket: http://photobucket.com/

Photopeach: http://photopeach.com/

Picasa: http://picasa.google.com/

Picturetrail: http://www.picturetrail.com

Slideroll: http://www.slideroll.com/

 

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Photo Stories

 

DVolver moviemaker: http://www.dfilm.com/live/home.html

PhotoPeach: http://photopeach.com/

PhotoStories3: http://microsoft-photo-story.en.softonic.com/

ZimmerTwins: http://www.zimmertwins.com

 

 

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Podcasting blogs

 

Podbean: http://www.podbean.com

Podomatic: http://www.podomatic.com

 

 

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Polls

 

Easy Polls; http://www.easypolls.net/

 

 

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Recording

 

Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Callburner: http://www.callburner.com/

MP3 Skype Recorder: http://voipcallrecording.com/

Powergramo: http://www.powergramo.com/

 

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Rubric Creators

 

iRubrics: http://www.rcampus.com/help/about/rubrics.cfm?

Rubistar: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

 

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Screencasts - Slidecasts - Videos

 

Animoto: http://www.animoto.com/ 

Google pres: http://docs.google.com/ (click on create and select "presentation")

Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/

Stupeflix: http://www.stupeflix.com/

Toufee: www.toufee.com  (no longer free)

VoiceThread: http://www.voicethread.com (only five voicethreads with free account)

 

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Screen captures

 

Irfanview: http://www.irfanview.com/

Jing: http://jingproject. com (and video)

MWSnap: http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html

Screenr: http://screenr.com/

 

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Social Bookmarking

 

Blinklist: http://www.blinklist.com

Delicious: http://www.delicious.com/

Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/

 

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Social Networks

 

Cloudworks: http://cloudworks.ac.uk/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/

FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/

Ning: http://www.ning.com/ (no longer free)

Google+: https://plus.google.com/

 

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Shortening URLs

 

Bit.ly : http://bit.ly/ 

Google URL Shortener: http://goo.gl/ 

Tinyurl: http://www.tinyurl.com

 

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Start Pages

 

Netvibes: http://www.netvibes.com

Protopage: http://www.protopage.com

Ustart; http://www.ustart.org/

 

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Survey Creators

 

Polldaddy: http://polldaddy.com/

SurveyMonkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/

 

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Text creators

 

Cool Text: http://cooltext.com/

Myspace glitter text generator: http://glitter-graphics.com/myspace/text_generator.php

Fodey: http://www.fodey.com/generators/animated/ninjatext.asp

 

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Text-to-Speech

 

iSpeech: http://www.ispeech.org/free.text.to.speech.tts.software

ReadtheWords: http://www.readthewords.com/

Text to Speech: http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/

VozMe: http://vozme.com/

Voki: http://www.voki.com/

 

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Tutorials

 

Second Life tutorials:

• CTER Portal: http://cterport.ed.uiuc.edu/technologies_folder/SL/
• Nichola Scher: http://nicolaescher.com/tutorials.php
• Robin Wood: http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/SL-Tuts/SLTutSet.html
• Torley´s channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Torley

 

Teacher Training videos: http://teachertrainingvideos.com/ (Russel Stannard)

 

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Voice/Audio tools

 

Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net (recorder - MP3 converter)

AudioPal: http://www.audiopal.com/ 

Aviary: http://aviary.com/

Chirbit: http://www.chirbit.com/

Evoca: http://www.evoca.com

Viewpoint: http://clear.msu.edu/viewpoint/index.php

Vocaroo: http://vocaroo.com/

VoiceThread: http://voicethread.com/ (only five voicethreads with free account)

Voxopop: http://www.voxopop.com/

 

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Video tools

 

Google videos: http://video.google.com

Ourmedia: http://www.ourmedia.org

TeacherTube: http://www.teachertube.com/

Vimeo: http://vimeo.com

Yahoo videos: http://video.yahoo.com

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com

 

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Videos with captions/subtitles

 

dotSub.com: http://dotsub.com

 

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Video capture

 

Jing: http://jingproject.com 

KeepVid: http://keepvid.com/

 

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Video lessons

Real English: http://www.real-english.com/ (Mike Marzio)

 

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Video: Live streaming

LiveStream: http://www.livestream.com/

Ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/

 

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Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) or vClassrooms

 

BigMarker: http://www.bigmarker.com/

Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate):  http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Overview.aspx
Learning Times: http://www.learningtimes.org

Scribblar: http://scribblar.com/

Twiddla: http://www.twiddla.com/ 

Vyew: http://vyew. com/site/

Webhuddle: https://www.webhuddle.com/

WiZiQ: http://www.wiziq.com (no longer free)

 

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VoIP tools (chat)

 

Skype: http://www.skype.com

Oovoo: http://www.oovoo.com/  (free for 2-way video )

Yahoo Messenger: http://messenger.yahoo.com

IMO: https://imo.im/ 

SpeakPipe: http://www.speakpipe.com/ (embeddabe tool for voice messages) 

 

 

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Widgets

 

Widgetbox: http://www.widgetbox.com/widgets/gallery/

Widgets for your wiki: http://www.scribd.com/doc/4965117/Widgets-for-Your-Wiki

 

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Wikis

 

PBworks: http://pbworks.com

Wetpaint: http://www.wetpaint.com

Wikidot: http://www.wikidot.com/

Wikispaces: http://wikispaces.com