Tech+Tools

**Prezi - Introduction Videos**

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**iMovie:** https://sites.google.com/a/woodward.edu/wn-it-technoinfo/

**TIP:** graphics-heavy site that allows for only limited text (e.g. a [|ToonDoo]comic strip, or an [|Animoto]slideshow, [|Rockyou]A brief video (~2-3 minutes long), created with a webcam, Flip camera (or other digital video camera) or digital storytelling software such as [|Photostory]or iMovie,Windows Movie Maker, uploaded to the wiki page (must be under 20 MB) or embedded from [|YouTube]or other video sharing site.

**Digital Story ** created with images and text/audio using a site such as [|VoiceThread]or [|MixBook], Photostory

**Podcast** brief podcast (MP3 format) created in [|Audacity](or GarageBand) and uploaded to the wiki (must be under 20 MB) or embedded from a podcast hosting site such as [|Podbean],
 * An embedded audio as a [|Vocaroo]recording. Or [|Gabcast]free phone podcast.

 **Concept map**
 * A concept map embedded in the wiki page using a site such as [|Gliffy]or [|Bubbl.us]

**Animated Movie**  using Frame, Share, Animoto,

**Webpage**


 * [|Wix] Create your own website with tabs
 * Students can be asked to use text from history to make it come alive! e.g historic speeches or major laws that were passed and made a marked difference
 * It can be used to prepare presentations to introduce themselves.
 * Students can be asked to use it to demonstrate their content knowledge.

**Comic and Cartoon Tools**

 * 1) [|Bitstrips] – here’s a [|BitStrop embedded in a blog post]
 * 2) [|ToonDoo]
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Pixtonor

**Poll and Survey tools**

 * 1) [|Google Forms]
 * 2) [|PollDaddy] – Here’s a [|PollDaddy embedded in a blog post].
 * 3) [|PollEverywhere]
 * 4) Socrative

Presentation Tools

 * 1) [|AuthorStream] - - A site where you can host your presentations and share with others. Check out this [|Authorstream embedded in a blog post here]!
 * 2) [|Fotobabble] – lets you create a talking photo. Excellent for speaking practising.
 * 3) [|Glogster] – lets you combine images, video, music, photos and audio to create interactive posters. Here’s [|Glogster’s embedded in a blog post].
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Digital collage/bulletin board using <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Wallwisher <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">or <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Stixy <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">.
 * 5) [|Prezi] – is an online presentation and story telling tool that uses a single canvas instead of traditional series of slides. The images, text, videos and other objects are placed on the canvas and users can zoom in and out. Here’s a [|Prezi embedded in a blog post].
 * 6) [|SlideShare] – A site where you can host your presentations and share with others. Ideal for those who want to embed Presentations in their posts and websites rather than upload their PowerPoints directly and insert as a link. It’s also an excellent site for locating Presentations created by others. Check out a [|SlideShare embedded in a blog post here]!
 * 7) [|Scribd] – allows you to upload your MS Word documents, PDFs, PowerPoints and then share them within an embedded viewer on your blog. Here’s an example of a [|Scribd embedded in a blog post] – check out the Scribd as it contains cool tips for backing up your blog!
 * 8) [|VoiceThreads] – Creates an interactive slideshow using images or videos. Allows others to leave comments on each photo by adding text, audio or video. You can check out the [|VoiceThread in our post for advanced bloggers].
 * 9) [|Voki] – allows you to create talking avatars. Excellent for speaking practise and engaging students. Here’s a [|Voki embedded in a blog post].

Slide Show Tools
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 * 1) [|BookR] – Super easy slide show maker.
 * 2) [|Flickr] – Flickr is a PhotoSharing website for hosting and sharing your photos online. SlideShows of photo sets or tags can be embedded into blog posts.
 * 3) [|PhotoPeach] – lets you quickly upload photos to make great looking slideshows and even simple quizzes. Here’s a [|PhotoPeach embedded in a blog post] and here’s [|instructions for creating PhotoPeach quizzes].
 * 4) Pixie2, Frames, Share- Tech4learning
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">A slide show using an online tool such as <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Google Presentations] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">, or a Powerpoint presentation uploaded to <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|Slideshare] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">and embedded into the wiki page. (**Do not upload a Powerpoint file to the wiki** -- you must upload it to Slideshare or a similar service and **embed it** into the wiki).
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> [|Rockyou]

Quiz Creation tools

 * 1) [|QuizRevolution] – allows you to quickly create quizzes with images and/or videos.
 * 2) [|PhotoPeach] – lets you quickly upload photos to make great looking slideshows and even simple quizzes. Here’s a [|PhotoPeach embedded in a blog post] and here’s [|instructions for creating PhotoPeach quizzes].

Video Creation Tools
**Other Tools**
 * 1) [|Animoto] – great site for quickly creating professional looking videos from your images. Here’s an [|Animoto embedded in a blog post].
 * 2) Go animate- Creates animated videos
 * 3) Scratch- Create animated, interactive stories, games, music and art - and share them online.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 130%;">[|Google Docs] Docs, Spreadsheets, Powerpoints, Forms
 * 2) <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 130%;">[|Blabberize] Talking picture
 * 3) [|Thoughtboxes]
 * 4) [] makes posters of all kinds out of pictures.