Evernote

Evernote http://evernote.com/
has been a tool in my box for a long while.  It is a great way to save, organize  and curate sites across devices.  I love the Firefox add on web clipper,

 which lets me clip a page, or a section , and organize and annotate the clip very quickly.

I really like the ipad app, which lets me use my ipad to take pictures and add them to my various collections.
Classroom idea:  If you have an ipad, you can use Evernote and your ipad camera to quickly make a record of a students project, or presentation. Create notebooks on Evernote  for each student. Add your images and quick notes. Then when you access the work  later, you have a visual record of what you originally saw.

Picmonkey

Picmonkey

http://www.picmonkey.com/

 has been my go to photo editor since the demise of picnik,  It is a very handy tool for adding text and effects to photos.



Classroom idea;  Encourage students to acknowledge their sources by requiring a creator caption on all used images.  Picmonkey makes this easy.

Xtranormal

Xtranormal http://www.xtranormal.com/  
lets you create animated movies to tell your story
Here is one I did.
Pocahontas and Queen Elizabeth Discuss Website Evaluation
by: joantracy
Classroom Idea; Have your students use this tool to create animations that demonstrate their knowledge on a subject.

Google Search Education

http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/
Lesson Plans to help students become better searches.

Classroom idea:  Could these lessons be fit into any research project?

Present me

Present me  http://present.me/  lets you upload a slide deck and record yourself presenting these slides by video or just audio.   The fee account lets you do 3 15 minute presentations a month.


Classroom idea:

1.  Gives student the opportunity to hone their presentation skills. 
2. Reward the best of classroom presentations by allowing students to record their presentation and present it online on your Moodle.. 

TED-Ed

http://ed.ted.com/



Many times I don't post something I know I will hear about again and again ( avoiding the echo chamber).  However, I have been  looking at TED Ed and think I should  acknowledge it . It is really flexible, and the ability to create lessons from any You tube. is pretty amazing..  This can really be a great supplement to teaching.

Thinglink

http://www.thinglink.com/
I have looked for an easy way to link portions of an image and this tool is the easiest I have found .  It lets you upload or choose an image from Flickr,Facebook or  the web.  You then can select portions of that image and  add description and links. You can also record and  add video. 






Classroom Idea:
 Health and PE. Students take pictures of athletes and link body positions to appropriate stretches and strengthening exercises.

Art: Students studying an specific artist could choice her most repernattive work and tell her story interactively.

Thanks to http://www.freetech4teachers.com