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Web tools

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PODOMATIC: Create a free podcast and share with your teacher and others. Well-conceived podcasts are an effective, portable, convenient and intimate way to deliver and produce content suited to your audience.

 

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PADLET: Padlet is a great platform for bookmarking and sharing digital content. Add text, images, video etc. Share this page with your teacher and others. You can also add word documents from your laptop to your Padlet wall.

 
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BLABBERIZEBlabberize is a photo editing tool that creates talking animations from a photo or other image. Brows the ready-made blabbers or create new ones. Upload an image from your computer, select an area to become the talking "mouth," and record sound from the microphone on your laptop. You will need to "allow" access to your computer's microphone. You have 30 seconds to narrate your photo. When you complete the Blab, click SAVE.
 
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VOKI: Need a character to talk through your event? An expert? A witness? Use Voki to create talking heads to capture or share. Choose a likely 'head', add your script, choose a voice and let them talk.
 

The Newspaper Clipping Generator

Newspaper

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You control the look of your video including transitions, fast/slow motion, Green Screen, and more! 

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 ThingLink makes it easy to embed images with audio, video, and informational links. The media-embedding process simply involves uploading an image or video and linking it to other resources on the Web. Links can lead users to informational Web pages, audio recordings, and videos.

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Create your picture book pages using PowerPoint. Then save this PPT as a pdf and upload to Flipsnack and it will be hosted as a flipping page online digital book. Simply share its unique link with your teacher.

TIMEGLIDEROnline timeline generator. Web-based timeline software for creating and sharing history, project planning and more ... Create, collaborate, and publish zooming and panning interactive timelines. It's like Google Maps, but for time.

 

Web Tools

Fonts

Font Squirrel has fonts that are 100% free for commercial use.

www.fontsquirrel.com

Infographics

Infogram requires a free account, but it's easy to use and will save the images.  It even does the math for you!

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Animations

Pixton creates image boxes with text -- cartoons!  

PowToon lets you create animations and presentations.

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