Tools for Teachers & Learners
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A collection of web and mobile based tools to help teachers and learners exploit digital resources
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September 17, 2012 6:54 AM
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SiteCake, simple, drag and drop CMS for fast editing

SiteCake, simple, drag and drop CMS for fast editing | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

SiteCake is a very simple to use tool for building your own website based on a content management system (CMS). You simply drag and drop in the parts of the structure you want and choose a look and style for your site. Then you just need to add your own content.

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September 12, 2012 2:50 AM
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Draw Mania

Draw Mania | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is a free app for iPad or iPhone that is great for revising vocabulary. It works a littl like pictionary, you have to draw images to represent words or guess words from images. You can play with friends or be teamed up against a random player. Great vocabulary tool.

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September 7, 2012 3:13 AM
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Watch free documentary films online | Chockadoc.com

Watch free documentary films online | Chockadoc.com | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This site has a huge collection of free to view documentaries on a really wide range of topics. Great to reinforce or extend your knowledge. Also great listening parctice.

Helena's comment, October 11, 2012 7:44 PM
Love, love, love this.
Sue Valdeck's curator insight, February 16, 2013 1:26 AM

Another way to add variety to your ESL lessons!

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September 6, 2012 3:46 AM
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Online Diagram Software and Flowchart Software - Gliffy

Online Diagram Software and Flowchart Software - Gliffy | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is a great free tool for creating infograhic type images based around any data you have at hand or results from research. The site supplies templates that you can then modify with your own content.

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September 4, 2012 3:29 AM
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Mozilla Popcorn Video Editor

Mozilla Popcorn Video Editor | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Popcorn Maker 1.0 will empower you to make cool web-based media, whether you’re a beginner or pro. With over 20 plugins—ranging from Twitter to Google Maps to video processing—you’ll be able to stitch up a stylish video that’s woven into the web. And, of course, it’s 100% free and open source.

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September 3, 2012 4:42 AM
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How To Make Your Own eBooks And Publish Them On Amazon

How To Make Your Own eBooks And Publish Them On Amazon | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

I’m sure that more than a few of you readers have a half-written book or useful guide you’ve put together to help people learn something. You’ve probably wondered if it would be possible to make money off of your book, or at least gain some exposure, by selling it as an eBook on Amazon.

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August 28, 2012 11:15 AM
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Definitions.net

Definitions.net | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is a huge multilingual dictionary with some interesting features and socil network integration.

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August 24, 2012 5:09 AM
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Mobento - Search For What They Said

Mobento - Search For What They Said | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is site doesn't just find educational videos, but it can find specific words or phrases within the script of the video and help you find them in context. Very useful tool.

 

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August 23, 2012 3:57 AM
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Hallo - Just like texting, but with your voice.

Hallo - Just like texting, but with your voice. | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Useful tool for recording and sending voice messages. can be sent 1 to 1 or to groups. Good for developing speaking and listening skills.

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August 23, 2012 3:14 AM
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PresentationTube Recorder

PresentationTube Recorder uses a simple and straight forward technique to capture your own PowerPoint presentations from the comfort of your home or office, and without the need to have Internet connection while recording.

PresentationTube provides a FREE version and FULL version of PresentationTube Recorder.

The free version is limited to:

1. Only 15 mins video recording time length.
2. Limited video recording options.
3. Personal and home use only license.

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August 21, 2012 6:26 AM
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Quilt: Create multimedia scrapbooks from your mobile ph

Quilt:  Create multimedia scrapbooks from your mobile ph | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Collaboative scrapbook app for creating multimedia scrapbooks. Ideal for group events projects or dihital narrative. Create multimedia scrapbooks from your mobile phone.

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August 17, 2012 2:32 AM
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Improve your ICT Skills - Become a 21st Century Teacher

Improve your ICT Skills - Become a 21st Century Teacher | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This course has been designed for practicing language teachers and trainers who have a good basic+ level of IT skills and want to build on these skills to enhance their teaching and understand how to use technology in a pedagogically effective way.

 

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August 16, 2012 11:30 AM
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Sqpad - Easily save and search for notes

Sqpad - Easily save and search for notes | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This a is a very simple free online note taking tool. It stores your notes and allows you to share them online.

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September 15, 2012 2:08 AM
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VocabularySpellingCity App

VocabularySpellingCity App | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

The VocabularySpellingCity app has word games, vocabulary games, and spelling games from the popular SpellingCity website. This is a great free app for lower levels to develop their spelling and vocabulary. Lots of audio support and interactive games.

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September 11, 2012 6:29 AM
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PicView - Add Voice to Images

PicView is a free app which enables you to add voice tags to the images you create on your iPhone or iPad. The images can then be sent to people. It looks from the reviews like there are still a fee bugs with this, but still worth investigating as a way to create an audio visual dictionary.

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September 6, 2012 7:52 AM
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Creating a Visual Dictionary on the iPad with PicCollage

Creating a Visual Dictionary on the iPad with PicCollage | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

The ideas was for the students to take photos, email photos from home or find photos online to represent their weekly Hebrew vocabulary words. Once the images are on the iPad, tap on the blank canvas and choose “Photos From Library” to import photos into PicCollage.

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September 5, 2012 5:33 AM
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Do for Project Management

Do for Project Management | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is a great free and simple project management tool. Create projects and assign tasks. Great for organising project work with students.

Scopidea's curator insight, June 25, 2015 3:47 AM

Scopidea is one of the best project management software. Project management software helps to issue tracking, document management, time tracking, invoice & estimate.

https://www.scopidea.com

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September 3, 2012 4:45 AM
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Family Tree Builder - Free genealogy program

Free software for building a family tree. Great project for students.

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August 29, 2012 2:46 AM
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Picture to People - Online Graphic Effects

Picture to People - Online Graphic Effects | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This site has a huge collection of photo and graphics effects that you can use to transform your images or text. The layout of the site could be better, but if you take some time to look through all the different effects that are possible you'll soon find your way around.

Helena's comment, September 27, 2012 7:51 PM
My teen book club are going to love this as we go about rebranding their image.
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August 25, 2012 5:17 AM
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Unused Words - Discover a new word every day

Unused Words - Discover a new word every day | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is a great resource if you want to amaze people with the depth aand complexity of your vocabulary. Although it is called 'Unused words', many of the words are still in use. The site gives some interesting information about the history and origin of th words too.

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August 24, 2012 3:14 AM
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What is Naiku

What is Naiku | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Naiku is a very well designed platform that runs on web or mobile and enables teachers or students to create assssment tests and quick questions which can be answered using mobile devices in the classroom or from home. Really handy tool.

 

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August 23, 2012 3:28 AM
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Linxy - Augmented reality encyclopedia

Linxy - Augmented reality encyclopedia | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is a fantastic augmented reality dictionary / encyclopedia. Simply donload the app to your phone then point the camera at any word and see the entry on screen. Great free app.

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August 22, 2012 3:14 AM
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Everyday.me - Record your life. Store it forever.

A free daily life journal for your mobile phone that integrates with other social media sites. Nice tool for building a narrative of your life.

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August 18, 2012 3:48 AM
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Voscreen

Voscreen | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is an interesting tool for developing your understanding of different languages through the use of short video clips. Just watch the video clip and test your inderstanding.

Juan Fernández's comment, August 21, 2012 11:05 AM
it´s a shame it is only for learners of English...
Ricard Garcia's comment, August 22, 2012 2:16 AM
Indeed, Juan, una pena... espero que alguien lo pueda adaptar...
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August 16, 2012 11:39 AM
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GeoGebra

GeoGebra | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Great free siftwar for creating math related infographics and interactive charts.

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