Online Resources that ROCK
Some of Kile's go to Faves...Obviously they're free :)
Presentation Tools:
- Smore: https://www.smore.com/
- Google Slides (collaborative; syncs with Google Apps account): https://drive.google.com/
- Padlet (aka Wall Wisher...syncs with Google): http://padlet.com/
- EduGlogster (online poster/presentation; sign up with Google): http://edu.glogster.com/login
- Prezi (collaborative): http://prezi.com/
- ThingLink: (link everything on an image; great home base page) https://www.thinglink.com/
Class Response Systems:
- Kahoot: (game based) https://getkahoot.com/register/
- Pear Deck: (beta, sign up) https://peardeck.com/
- Socrative: http://www.socrative.com/
- InfuseLearning: http://www.infuselearning.com/
URL shorteners:
- If you're at Region 18 ESC, you can use this shortener: http://go.esc18.net/
- Goo.gl (syncs with Google, creates a QR code, and tracks traffic; get the Chrome extension version too!): http://goo.gl/ [note: case sensitive]
- Tinyurl.com (name your own): http://tinyurl.com/
Other Cool Things You Need:
- Animoto (easy to make videos; get an educator code for you and your students and FREE services): http://animoto.com/
- Create talking avatars: Voki, Blabberize
- Word Clouds: Tagul (works with no flash [aka Chromebooks]), Wordle, Tagxedo
- Classroom Timers (my favorite is the snails) http://www.online-stopwatch.com/classroom-timers/
- Random Name Picker - http://www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/
- Remind 101 (text your class/group/club/cohort/etc): https://www.remind.com/
- Google Classroom (online classroom platform; requires staff and students to have Google Apps for Education accounts) http://www.google.com/edu/classroom/
- Edmodo (online classroom platform): https://www.edmodo.com/
Laura Kile
Contact me with questions or suggestions of additional resources to add!
Email: lkile@esc18.net
Twitter: @mslkile