Make a comic! Drag characters, backgrounds, props, and speech bubbles into boxes, then type your own story. Or modify an existing comic with the Story Starter. Via Janet Bianchini 
Tell your story with comics. Easy to use tools to create comic strips to get your point across. Via Janet Bianchini 
Video Grabber is the best free online video grab app which helps you grab videos from YouTube, vimeo, dailymotion, break and other online video sites. By entering video URL address and click download, videograbber.net will automatically detect and find the real video file for you, you only need to save video to your PC. Via Nik Peachey 
Today’s 21st century students are not like their parents’ generation. Never before have we, as a civilization, experienced such a large generation gap — and the reason behind it is video games. Within the span of only one generation the world’s dominant form of entertainment has shifted from passive (TV, Novels, Comic Books, Theater, etc) to interactive. This represents a fundamental shift in individual interactions with the community, and other segments of society are struggling to keep up. Via Nik Peachey 
This is a great tool for developing storyboards based around scripts. Great for helping to visualise a text / script. Via Nik Peachey 
YouTube is packed full of great content for educators and students. A few great things about online videos... 
I always believe that the best sites and web tools are the simplest, and this is certainly the case with Phonetizer. It's a really easy to use tool that takes and text and adds the phonetic spelling below it. Via Nik Peachey 
Create a printable summary of your video with Vidinotes! |
This is a great free tool for creating sophisticated looking infographics. The tool uses well designed templates which you can edit and add your own information to. Via Nik Peachey 
This site gives you example pronunciation or words and also finds videos with subtitles that show the words being used in context. Via Nik Peachey 
You can use this simple free tool to create your own magazine based around a topic. You don't have to write anything, you can collect and curate information and links to videos, images and articles from around the web. Via Nik Peachey 
Booktype is a free, open source platform that produces beautiful, engaging books formatted for print, Amazon, iBooks and almost any ereader within minutes. Create books on your own or with others via an easy-to-use web interface. Build a community around your content with social tools and use the reach of mobile, tablet and ebook technology to engage new audiences. Via Nik Peachey 
This is a great free tool for making animated 'gif' images from either your photographs or using your web cam. You can also add a number of effects to the images and then download them or share them online. No registration necessary. Via Nik Peachey 
I often begin my workshop on personal learning networks (PLN) for educators by asking these questions: Who is in your learning network? Who do you learn from on a regular basis? Who do you turn to for your own professional development? |
