Tools for Teachers & Learners
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A collection of web and mobile based tools to help teachers and learners exploit digital resources
Curated by Nik Peachey
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May 9, 2012 3:28 AM
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MindMeister for iPad

MindMeister for iPad | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is a great free app for the iPad which enables you to create mindmaps / spidergrams. Great for note taking and brainstorming.

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May 8, 2012 4:00 AM
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SpeakPipe - listen to your students

SpeakPipe - listen to your students | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is a great tool for adding voice communication to your blog, website or Facebook page. It provides a small widget which visitors can use to leave you voice messages.

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May 7, 2012 3:31 AM
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Search Education – Google

Search Education – Google | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners.

With the materials on this site, you can help your students become skilled searchers- whether they're just starting out with search, or ready for more advanced training

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May 4, 2012 4:02 AM
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Create Infographics with easel.ly

Create Infographics with easel.ly | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

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. 

Aris P. Louvris's comment, May 5, 2012 7:55 AM
Crashes when loading themes, still in beta. Needs more time perhaps...
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May 2, 2012 5:58 AM
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All-New Collage Maker

All-New Collage Maker | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is a great free tool for creating photo collages online. It has lots of different templates and is quick, easy to use and free.

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April 26, 2012 5:49 AM
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App Store - Use Your Handwriting

This is a great tool which enables you to use your finger to write notes etc on your iPad or iPhone. Very quick and easy to use.

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April 25, 2012 2:58 AM
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StudyStream - The Future of Language Learning

StudyStream - The Future of Language Learning | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

StudyStream is a useful tool for practicing your reading or listening in a language you want to learn. It has a range of different mdia and language activities and is free.

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April 23, 2012 2:59 AM
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The social-scrapbook

This is a great free tool for creating scrapbooks. You can collect together text and images and arrange them on the page in any way you like. Great tool for class projects and assignments.

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April 19, 2012 3:24 AM
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Quipper - Share your knowledge

Quipper - Share your knowledge | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is a great free app for creating and sharing quizzes. There are also lots of quizzes already created which you can take.

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April 17, 2012 4:51 AM
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EUscreen - Providing online access to Europe's television heritage

EUscreen - Providing online access to Europe's television heritage | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is a great way to develop your language abilities. EUscreen offers free online access to videos, stills, texts and audio from European broadcasters and audiovisual archives. Explore selected content from early 1900s until today.

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April 14, 2012 5:15 AM
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iMindMap App for iPad

This is a free mindmapping app for the iPad. Really great for brainstorming, note taking or planning.

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April 5, 2012 5:10 AM
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webcast.berkeley | UC Berkeley Video and Podcasts for Courses & Events

webcast.berkeley | UC Berkeley Video and Podcasts for Courses & Events | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Webcast.berkeley is the campus service for recording and publishing course and campus events for students and learners around the globe. Choose from a huge list of lectures and courses.

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April 4, 2012 3:11 AM
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myHomework -App

This is a useful free app for students to help them keep up to date and organised with homework assignments etc. It should help you to better manage your time.

Abilio 's comment April 4, 2012 7:24 AM
Wish something like that for my desktop.Can you recommend one?
Miss O'Dea's Middle School Apps's curator insight, March 2, 2014 6:19 PM
App Title-myHomeworkDevelopers Name-RodrigoDescription of the app-Students can use this app to keep track of homework, tests, and quizzes.  It can also be used for long term project planning.Why did you choose to share this app?  I choose this app because a lot of my students have difficulty keeping track of everything but their phones,iPods,and iPads.  This would be a great way for them to use these devices to aid in their school success.Lesson-How to successfully use this app daily in school.
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May 8, 2012 4:09 AM
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AudioLiterate - Free Audio Books

AudioLiterate - Free Audio Books | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This site has a great collection of audio recordings of books and short stories. You can either listen to chapters online or download the complete books.

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May 8, 2012 3:35 AM
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Sketchpad - Online Paint/Drawing application

Sketchpad - Online Paint/Drawing application | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is a very useful free online paint type tool. You can use it to create your own sketches, images and artwork.

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May 4, 2012 4:03 AM
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Nik's QuickShout: Digital Study Skills - Gist Reading

Nik's QuickShout: Digital Study Skills - Gist Reading | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Studying and researching online is becoming an ever more important element of our digital skill set. I spend a lot of time reading online and skimming through numerous articles from journals and blogs, so I'm always keen to find useful tools which can assist me or my students in this and make the process more efficient. One tool which I have just discovered and which I hope will help with this process is Cruxbot.

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May 3, 2012 3:05 AM
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Chill - Video Curation

Chill - Video Curation | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Chill is like the Pinterest of video. It enables you to collect curate and share video clips from around the web. Not recommended for younger students.

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April 26, 2012 8:15 AM
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The Chat Slang Dictionary

The Chat Slang Dictionary | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

A chat slang dictionary with meanings of acronyms, abbreviations, and emoticons used online and in text messaging.

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April 25, 2012 7:16 AM
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Videolicious

Videolicious | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is a very useful free tool which can be used to create and edit video on your iPhone or iPad. It's a great tool for project work as well as entertainment.

André Norbim's comment April 28, 2012 6:30 PM
amazing, amazing, amazing!!!
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April 24, 2012 3:37 AM
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Make your iPad Speak

iOS has a number of accessibility features that even those without visual or hearing impairments may want to use. One of those is the voice over feature called 'speak selection'. You can select any word, or text and have the iPad speak it.

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April 19, 2012 3:30 AM
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Snapguide

Snapguide | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This is a great free app for creating step by step instruction guides. It combines video, images and text. Also a great tool for learning how to do something new. The instruction guides can be viewed online or on mobile devices.

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April 17, 2012 6:09 AM
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Create PDF from text images or html FREE

Create PDF from text images or html FREE | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Very easy to use free tool for creating PDF documents online.

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April 16, 2012 11:31 AM
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Adobe Reader for iPhone & iPad

A great free app for reading and marking up PDF documents.

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April 5, 2012 5:24 AM
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Amidst a Mobile Revolution in Schools, Will Old Teaching Tactics Work?

Amidst a Mobile Revolution in Schools, Will Old Teaching Tactics Work? | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

Just a few years ago, the idea of using a mobile phone as a legitimate learning tool in school seemed far-fetched, if not downright blasphemous. Kids were either prohibited from bringing their phones to school, or at the very least told to shut it off during school hours.

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April 4, 2012 8:38 AM
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How to pronounce words (and use them) | A video pronunciation dictionary

How to pronounce words (and use them) | A video pronunciation dictionary | Tools for Teachers & Learners | Scoop.it

This site gives you example pronunciation or words and also finds videos with subtitles that show the words being used in context.

Alejandro Restrepo's curator insight, March 27, 2013 1:00 AM

Intersting concept for some that cannot pronounce certain words. 

David Montero's curator insight, March 30, 2013 4:00 AM

people in real situations naturally speaking and using the word in context. 

Ruth Vilmi's curator insight, April 1, 2013 9:52 AM

The best site I know for teaching you how to pronounce any word, and to hear it in authentic situations on You Tube. Please share!