Face Your Manga www.FaceYourManga.com Avatars have proven handy for a variety of uses in the classroom. Teachers can create one for each of their students, or allow students to create their own likeness. Face Your Manga is easy to use and offers a wide variety of ways to customize your avatar. With a little work,… Read more
emaze www.emaze.com Death by PowerPoint is one of the greatest fears of today’s students. While so many of my instructional materials were made in PowerPoint, I am making every effort to move completely away from it. I’m a big fan of Prezi and will continue to use it, but I recently came across something… Read more
Recite.comI received a lot of positive feedback about my post on Quozio, so today I’m sharing another resource for students and teachers to share quotes in a creative, visually appealing way. Recite.com offers a very straight-forward interface. Just enter your quote, select your style and click create. You can enter your quote by typing, copy/paste,… Read more
Note: RefME is now Cite This For ME – Check it out here. RefME RefME.com RefME is a free online citation / bibliography maker. It features many of the ways to cite references that you would expect – including URL, ISBN, ISSN, or search by article title. What got my attention was the ability… Read more
Quozio www.quozio.com Quozio is a fast and easy way to turn quotes into visually appealing images that can be printed or shared online. It’s a great way for teachers and students to share content-related quotes. Made in seconds with Quozio Simply type the quote and choose from one of several themes offered. A free… Read more
Snaggy www.Snag.gy Snaggy is the easiest way to crop and annotate screenshots without downloading software. Software options like Skitch and Jing offer a lot more features, but not everyone can download software at school. Students sometimes need screenshots, but maybe not often enough to justify downloading software. Basic screen capture is a… Read more
ZooBurst ZooBurst.com ZooBurst provides students with a quick and easy way to create interactive 3D Pop-Up Books that can be shared online. This is a great resource for creative digital storytelling assignments. Free accounts allow users to create up to 10 books with 10 pages each, while paid accounts offer many more features including… Read more
iFakeSiri iFakeSiri.com iFakeSiri allow students to create iPhone Siri conversations and screenshots. Like the previous virtual impersonation tools I wrote about (Fake iPhone Text, FakeBook, and Fake Tweet Builder), students can write fake Siri conversations from historical figures, book characters, politicians, authors, etc. It’s another fun option for a short, entertaining assignment. Just type your message… and view your screenshot! Creating a… Read more
An Easy Way to Make a Great Venn Diagram, Concept Map, etc. Gliffy http://www.gliffy.com/ Create professional-looking flowcharts, Venn diagrams, SWOT analysis, technical drawings, and more in any web browser. Gliffy is well equipped with templates and shapes, and very easy to use. Examples of Gliffy Diagrams Free accounts allow for 5 diagrams and 2 MB storage space. Discounted… Read more
Improve Public Speaking Skills – Assign a Pecha Kucha Presentation Pecha Kucha is a presentation format that allows the speaker 20 slides presented for 20 seconds each. The slides automatically advance every 20 seconds for a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds. You can click here to learn more. It’s a great format for improving… Read more
