Tools for Teachers & Learners
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Tools for Teachers & Learners
A collection of web and mobile based tools to help teachers and learners exploit digital resources
Curated by Nik Peachey
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Fly Video Editor

Fly Video Editor | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Fly is unlike any video editor you've ever seen. It's dead simple. And it's FAST.
Works best on iPhone 5 and above.
- Import from your Camera Roll, or record right in the app
- Craft videos up to five minutes long
- Add dissolve transitions, split screen & picture-in-picture
- Add music and voiceover
- Trim and rearrange clips
- Make multi-angle videos with multiple devices

Nik Peachey's insight:

This looks like a very useful free video editing app for the iPhone. There are some in-app prchase packs available too.

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Field Trip - Augmented reality app

Field Trip - Augmented reality app | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Field Trip runs in the background on your phone. When you get close to something interesting, it will notify you and if you have a headset or bluetooth connected, it can even read the info to you.

Nik Peachey's insight:

This looks like a great app for real world and situated learning.

Julie Cumming-Debrot's curator insight, August 22, 2014 7:28 AM

Looks very interesting.

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Movenote for getting presentations online

Movenote for getting presentations online | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Movenote is available on any browser and can be accessed with your Google account. Create video presentations quickly with your webcam and share them worldwide.

Nik Peachey's insight:

This looks like a really simple to use tool for recording presentations and getting them online.

Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D.'s curator insight, August 1, 2014 11:41 AM

A way to do video presentations for gmail. Looks fairly simple. 

Miguel Paul Trijaud Calderón's curator insight, August 4, 2014 6:41 AM

Movenote - Record and send your elearning lesson through your Gmail inbox. 

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PresentationTube: Record & Share Online Video Presentations

PresentationTube: Record & Share Online Video Presentations | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

PresentationTube Recorder is a simple tool designed to help instructors, students and business professionals record their presentations from the comfort of home or office, and without the need to have Internet connection while recording. The Recorder synchronizes a variety of visual aids including PowerPoint slides, Webcam streaming, whiteboard, drawing board, Web browser content, Desktop recording .

Nik Peachey's insight:

This looks like a very useful desktop tool for creating flipped and online learning. Unfortunately the software is only for Windows at present.

Marisol Araya Fonseca's curator insight, July 30, 2014 12:23 PM

Let me see, I{m going to try it.

Adilson Camacho's curator insight, August 2, 2014 12:28 AM

Recursos ...

Adilson Camacho's curator insight, August 2, 2014 12:34 AM

Resources!

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UnlockYourBrain

UnlockYourBrain | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Imagine you could learn four new words in a foreign language a day - by integrating it into your every day life. Imagine you could improve your logical thinking and math skills with no effort.

Nik Peachey's insight:

A free brain training app for Android users.

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Record screencasts fast & free!

Free and paid versions for both Mac and Windows.

Nik Peachey's insight:

Needs to be downloaded and installed, but looks useful. Not sure how much you get for free.

Tracey Duffy's curator insight, July 24, 2014 4:43 AM

Useful. Check out our screencasting infokit to further software ideas:

http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/infokit/screencasting/screencasting-home

 

And our presentation on mobile apps for screencasting:

 

http://www.slideshare.net/tduffy23/e-learning-2-0-conference-brunel-university-see-is-believing-screencasting

 

 

Daniel Compton's curator insight, July 30, 2014 11:10 AM

Easy to use screencaster

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Splashbase for free public domain images

Splashbase for free public domain images | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Search & discovery platform for free hi resolution photos

Nik Peachey's insight:

You can also send in and share your own images.

Maru Peltonen's curator insight, July 28, 2014 7:29 AM

Kirjatrailerimateriaaleja?

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ClassDo - Learn. Teach. Anytime, Anywhere

ClassDo - Learn. Teach. Anytime, Anywhere | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

The best teachers from more than 90 countries are offering online lessons on ClassDo. Be a student : Reach out to teachers worldwide. Anytime, Anywhere. Be a teacher : Your own page. Set your own rates. Teach anything you like

Nik Peachey's insight:

This is a free platform for delivering one to one classes online.

Julia Echeverría's curator insight, July 24, 2014 5:33 AM

Interesante sitio

Juan Fernández's curator insight, August 1, 2014 2:50 PM

Nik Peachey's insight:
This is a free platform for delivering one to one classes online.

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PurposeGames.com - Create & Play Online Games

PurposeGames.com - Create & Play Online Games | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Create your own games, host your own groups / classes, study for a test, or just dazzle us with your knowledge. PurposeGames is a completely FREE service!

Nik Peachey's insight:

Useful website to build games and quizzes based around images. Great for developing vocabulary.

Filomena Gomes's curator insight, July 11, 2014 10:01 AM

Requires Flash to play

Darleana McHenry's curator insight, August 16, 2014 7:25 PM

This really interests me.  I want to learn to use gaming to teach academics.

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Tackk - Simply create beautiful pages

Tackk - Simply create beautiful pages | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it
Quickly publish and share your message with one simple page. No signup, just easy, beautiful design.
Nik Peachey's insight:

This is a simple free tool for creating single page websites. Great for multimedia posters and project presentations, etc.

Елена Гончарова's curator insight, July 10, 2014 12:27 PM

добавить понимание ...

Mirta Liliana Filgueira's curator insight, July 11, 2014 7:59 AM

Tackk.

Julia Echeverría's curator insight, July 24, 2014 5:34 AM

Compartiendo enlaces interesantes

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Improve Your Vocabulary - VocabMonk

Improve Your Vocabulary - VocabMonk | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

VocabMonk is a virtual guide to improve your vocabulary skills. Test your vocabulary today and gain the extra edge required to crack exams like GRE, GMAT, SAT and CAT for free.

Nik Peachey's insight:

This looks like an interesting attempt to make vocabulary learning more interesting, competitive and collaborative. Much of the content is quite high level though.

Daniel Compton's curator insight, July 7, 2014 10:25 AM

Another vocabulary builder- the standardized test features are a plus.

Barbara Paola Garcia's curator insight, August 4, 2014 2:06 PM

add your insight...

Ricard Garcia's curator insight, August 5, 2014 2:51 AM

Time for drills.... always useful!! Worth a look

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Channelkit

Channelkit | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Organize links, articles, places, books or anything on the web into neat channels for personal or public use.

Nik Peachey's insight:

Interesting visual bookmarking site that allows you to create 'channels' of content that you can share with specific users. Looks like a nice tool for collecting materials for student projects, webquests or SOLE.

Juan Fernández's curator insight, July 2, 2014 3:36 AM

It could be used, for example, to share resources and material for your students.

Sonya Kew's curator insight, July 2, 2014 1:48 PM

Another alternative is always good.  I think people need to find the one that works for them.

Patty Ball's curator insight, July 21, 2014 12:20 AM

collections online, 

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Zaption - Interact With Video

Zaption - Interact With Video | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Add response elements throughout your tour, including multiple-choice questions, continuous polls, discussions, and more.

Nik Peachey's insight:

Great tool for making video and flipped learning more interactive. Some really nice interaction types. Fantastic.

Kathy Lynch's curator insight, June 22, 2014 10:32 AM

Thx Nik Peachey! Interactive video, ppolls and quizzes

Tom Cockburn's curator insight, June 24, 2014 5:47 AM

Another one to test drive yourself and see if it works for you

Juan Fernández's curator insight, August 1, 2014 2:52 PM
Nik Peachey's insight:

Great tool for making video and flipped learning more interactive. Some really nice interaction types. Fantastic.

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Free PhraseExpander Alternative

Free PhraseExpander Alternative | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

WordExpander increases your productivity by inserting frequently used text phrases into any Windows application. Type a text shortcut, and WordExpander expands it into the full phrase

Nik Peachey's insight:

This looks a bit date and has to be downloaded and installed (Windows only) but could be a handy tool for English students.

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Render Sketch Game

Render Sketch Game | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Rules

  • - Select a 3d Tool of your Choice
  • - Start with a Cube, Plane, Light and Camera
  • - Set a 10 minute timer
  • - Make something beautiful
Nik Peachey's insight:

Interesting game to get students learning Blender and creating 3D objects in Google Hangouts.

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DropEvent - Photo sharing made easy

DropEvent - Photo sharing made easy | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it
Tracey Duffy's curator insight, August 5, 2014 4:39 AM

Looks a really interesting tool for collaborative photo sharing.

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Vellum

Vellum | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Vellum puts a spotlight on content, making it easy to find what you should read next. Links are ranked by how often they have been shared by those you follow on Twitter, so you can stay up to date with the news that the people you care about are discussing.

Nik Peachey's insight:

This looks like an interesting way to ensure you get to the best content from your Twitter feed.

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A free 3D modeling app for iPad

A free 3D modeling app for iPad | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

We believe in the power of 3D thinking and our vision is to make 3D modeling, designing + printing more accessible and affordable for people of all ages, skill levels and backgrounds.
There are many potential uses for Morphi - prototyping, visualization, making functional products and wearables, creating decorative items, rendering quick architectural models, building 3D models to teach STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art + Math), literacy and much, much more.

Nik Peachey's insight:

This is a great app to get students started creating and designing 3D objects and printing them on a 3D printer.

Maru Peltonen's curator insight, July 28, 2014 7:28 AM

Ja lisää kokeiltavaa.

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Create comic conversations

Create comic conversations | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Episode presents players with dozens of animated stories where their choices matter. Episode also empowers writers to write and animate their own stories for our community.

Nik Peachey's insight:

This looks like a great free app (iOS + Android) to help students learn conversational English.

Marisol Araya Fonseca's curator insight, July 30, 2014 12:51 PM

A great free app (iOS + Android) to help students learn conversational English.

sitiaisha2's curator insight, August 2, 2014 10:06 PM

try

Tessa van Zadelhoff's curator insight, August 12, 2014 5:44 PM

Digital storytelling

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Mazwai - Free to use HD video

Mazwai - Free to use HD video | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it
Download free creative commons HD video clips & footages.
Nik Peachey's insight:

This is a small but really fantastic collection of HD video that can be used in both educational and commercial projects. Great materials for prompting discussion.

Mirta Liliana Filgueira's curator insight, July 21, 2014 3:59 PM

Mazwai Uso libre de video HD.

Alfredo Corell's curator insight, July 22, 2014 5:13 PM

a new useful HD video collection

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YoouKids | Sync educational YouTube videos to children's tablets, PCs and TV

YoouKids | Sync educational YouTube videos to children's tablets, PCs and TV | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

From the playroom to the classroom or homework desk, YoouKids brings the benefits of YouTube's selection of educational videos safely into the hands of tots and K12 youngsters, and helps grown ups refresh and sync them remotely to kids’ mobile devices, tablets, iPods, TVs

Nik Peachey's insight:

This looks like a useful tool if you have or are working with younger learners. You can create a playlist for them to access through their iPad.

Ness Crouch's curator insight, April 4, 2015 10:26 PM

I really like the sound of this!! I'll be doing some trialling in the classroom.

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Embody different characters on your webcam

Embody different characters on your webcam | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

FaceRig is a program enabling anyone with a webcam to digitally embody any character they want. For now we're focusing on just the portrait, but we aim to do more in the future. The video next to this paragraph will explain it better than tons of text.

Nik Peachey's insight:

I love this idea. Great to get students chatting online and protect their identity. Also good for creative projects.

Kathryn Dalton's curator insight, July 11, 2014 8:04 PM

Could make video conferencing more interesting!

Marian Royal Vigil's curator insight, July 14, 2014 4:25 PM

What fun!  I love this idea and students will, too.  Since it's still in alpha testing, it's inexpensive as long as you already have a webcam and microphone. 

brooklyn hubbard's curator insight, July 22, 2014 2:30 PM

oh so cute

 

 

this gonna be my dog btw

 

 

 

 

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TimeAway - Android Apps on Google Play

TimeAway - Android Apps on Google Play | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

A Parental Control App That Let's You Monitor Your Kids' Device Usage, App Downloads and Location.

TimeAway helps you balance the awesome educational opportunities your kids get from the internet while also preventing addiction. It lets you set and enforce an agreement with your child about their daily internet time.

Nik Peachey's insight:

This might be something to recommend to the parents of device obssessed students.

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Blendspace - Create lessons with digital content in 5 minutes

Blendspace - Create lessons with digital content in 5 minutes | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Blendspace allows educators to blend their classroom with digital content. Collect web resources in one place and share with just one link.

Nik Peachey's insight:

This looks like an interesting free tool for creating blended learning.

Gary Harwell's curator insight, July 3, 2014 2:56 AM
Great place to make online lessons
Ionel Nedelcu's curator insight, July 5, 2014 7:01 PM

Mi-am făcut cont aici.

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5iler Personal organizer

5iler Personal organizer | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

ou can organize your files using colors and customizable labels, and repurpose them to fit the contexts relevant to you at a given time. Unlike most other text editors, 5iler's working space is limited — so things remain maintainable.

Nik Peachey's insight:

Nice tool to use as away of getting students to organize their life and work.

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