Text Graphics – Create in Seconds, No Software to Download Cool Text I’ve written before about the importance of design and aesthetically engaging media for students. Cool Text allows you to spice up the appearance of basic text online, for free, and with nothing to download. Choose a Text Style With 119 text styles to… Read more
StoryJumper – Publish Student Books and Inspire Passion for Writing StoryJumper.com StoryJumper is a free, online storybook maker. With awesome resources for teachers, StoryJumper provides an easy way for to empower students to make their own storybooks. Students write the story and illustrate them with artwork from StoryJumper, or by uploading their own images. Student… Read more
Make Talking Pictures with Blabberize Blabberize.com Blabberize is a simple tool for content creation. Students can make any picture talk with just a few quick clicks. Click play on the koala below for an example. Create an Account A free account is required to save your work, so you’ll want to take care of that… Read more
An Online Drawing Tool That Makes Everyone an Artist AutoDraw AutoDraw.com Teachers have so many assignments that ask students to demonstrate learning through drawing. I can’t say how many times in the past I’ve had students sketch the water cycle or a food web. Unfortunately drawing can be daunting task for a lot of us…. Read more
Create Infographics and Presentations Like a Pro with Visme Visme.co Visme is a powerful tool to help you create stunning infographics and presentations. Most tools in this category are either easy to use but lacking in quality, or of professional quality with a steep learning curve. Visme is in a category of its own with professional-quality tools… Read more
The Easiest Way to Create a Mind Map Text 2 Mind Map Quickly Make a Mind Map Text 2 Mind Map is a free site that lets users create a mind map by simply typing text. Each line of text becomes a new node in the mind map. Want to add a branch to your… Read more
An Interactive Timeline Maker That Works on Any Device Timetoast Looking for a Timeline Maker for Your Students? With several timeline makers to choose from, Timetoast has consistently been one of my favorites. The timeline editor is incredibly easy to use. Another useful feature not found in all timeline makers is the ability to add… Read more
Transform Student Writing into Professionally Illustrated Books Storybird What if, instead of giving students another writing assignment that they are likely to dread, you could tell them that the stories they were about to write were going to be professionally illustrated and published and shared? Storybird provides everything you need to make that happen. From beautiful… Read more
Student Blogs – Everything You Need to Get Started for Free – Edublogs I’m often asked about my favorite site for student blogs. Over the years, my students have used Google Sites, Weebly, and Wix, just to name a few. Edublogs has always offered some of the best features teachers look for, but most of… Read more
The Fastest, Easiest Way to Make Cartoons Online – ToonyTool ToonyTool provides the easiest way to make single-frame cartoons online. It’s free and doesn’t require users to create an account. If you’re looking for a quick solution for students and don’t need a lot of extra bells and whistles, you won’t find an easier option than ToonTool…. Read more
