Nifty Tools for Instructors

Before using any of these tools, check the legal agreements. In some cases, you might forfeit ownership over your creative work. Nonetheless, these are some useful tools. For the most part they are free except where indicated. If you know of any additional tools, let me know . . . leave a comment.

Quiz tools

• Quizlet: http://quizlet.com/
  Can use it for mobile: iOS and Android

Concept Mapping

• Scrumbler: http://scrumblr.ca/

• Padlet: http://padlet.com/

Video Creation

• GoAnimate: http://goanimate.com
  Need yearly licence ($299)

• Animoto: http://animoto.com/
  Partially free

• Masher: http://www.masher.com/studio/
  Create videos with pictures, add videos
  If you’ve done some on an iPad or desktop computer, add music, add text, save. Then, you can link, embed, etc.
  Looks very easy

• Movie Masher: http://www.masher.com/
  Free, open source, online video editor

• Stupeflix: http://studio.stupeflix.com/en/pricing/
  Not free

• PhotoPeach: http://photopeach.com/
  Create a slideshow
  Educator’s version allows the creation of multiple student accounts good for group projects

• PowToons: http://www.powtoon.com/edu-home
  There is a free account with some limitations: max 5 min, watermark
  PowToons cannot be downloaded to your own account, but you can export to YouTube

• Sparkol VideoScribe: http://www.sparkol.com
  Really nice, but costs approximately $25/mo.

Image Capture

• Snagit – Screen Capture: http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html

Online Multimedia Posters

• Glogster: http://edu.glogster.com//what-is-glogster-edu/
  Not free

• Prezzi: http://prezi.com/
  Provides an interesting online interactive tool.
  Free version: presentations public, open to everyone; free for educators
  Various pricing options

iPad tools

• Educreations: http://www.educreations.com
  Looks like an excellent way to create a video/animated lesson with voice, writing, drawing, etc.

Mobile Tools

• Socrative: http://www.socrative.com/video-page
  Mobile classroom / Smart Student Response System
  Works on smartphones, tablets, and computers (multiple platforms)
  Students sign up by entering the “virtual room number” provided by the teacher (student privacy)
  Could be nifty for a blended environment
  Could be used for group work

• Infuse learning: http://teacher.infuselearning.com  and http://student.infuselearning.com
  Very similar to Socrative, free
  Other than the “My Quizzes”, it appears that it is a tool that is used in a face-to-face classroom where learners are asked a question, and they input their answers into their mobile device/computer.