Tools

DOWNLOAD YOUTUBE VIDEOS?

Articles:

• The Real Way to Download-Convert-Insert YouTube Videos into PowerPoint!
• 2 Juicy Ways to Insert YouTube Videos into PowerPoint

USE POWERPOINT TO CREATE GRAPHICS?  

 

 CLICK HERE!

Article:

• Forget Photoshop, PowerPoint 2010 Rocks for AHA-G! 

UPLOAD POWERPOINT SLIDES & CREATE SLIDECASTS (WEBINARS)?

Creativity & ZaidLearn

View more webinars from Zaid Alsagoff.

Recommended Tool:

• SlideShare
  
  Offers users the ability to upload and share publicly or privately PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and Adobe PDF Portfolios. Also, you can upload (or link) audio files and create a slidecast (e.g. Creativity & ZaidLearn), whereby the slides and narration is synchronized.

Other useful options include:

• SlideBoom 
• authorSTREAM

CREATE SCREENCASTS?
 

My Favorite (not necessarily the best option):

• Screenr (Works great on the iPhone!)
• Other Options

Salman Khan Uses...

 

ANSWER

CREATE CARTOONS, MOVIES & ANIMATIONS?

3 sizzling authoring tools to explore:

• Xtranormal (text-to-movie)
• Go! Animate (animated cartoons)
• Toondoo (comics)

WORDLE YOUR LEARNING?

WORDLE

 Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. 

MORE LEARNING TOOLS?

Let's explore the idea that there is at least one excellent free learning tool (or site) for every learning problem, need or issue!

I want a FREE:

1. Easy-to-use and secure Internet browser? Firefox
2. e-Mail system? Gmail
3. Social bookmarking tool? del.icio.us
4. Social bookmarking tool with collaborative learning features (groups, forums, etc.)? Diigo
5. Social curation community? Pearltrees
6. Tool that enables me to capture, visualize, organize and share my bookmarks? SimplyBox
7. Tool to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform? Evernote
8. Tool to translate text or a webpage? Google Language Tools
9. RSS reader? Omea Reader
10. Online RSS reader? Google Reader
11. Online Calendar? Google Calendar
12. Tool to aggregate all my resources, mail, RSS feeds, etc, in one place? Netvibes, iGoogle or Pageflakes
13. Platform to incorporate all my favorite tools within one environment? Elgg
14. fully featured electronic portfolio tool? Mahara
15. Learning Management System (LMS)? Easy, Moodle
16. Hosted LMS? Click Here!
17. Tool to assist me in evaluating and selecting a LMS? EduTools
18. Learning Activity Management System? LAMS
19. Collaboration tool? Connect with Ning
20. Social Networking tool? Tricky one! Facebook
21. Social Learning Network for education? LearnCentral
22. Professional social network? LinkedIn
23. Tool to create study groups and manage group projects? GroupTable
24. Tool to keep track of my schoolwork (assignments)? Soshiku
25. 3D online virtual world where I can socialize, connect and learn? Second Life
26. Content Management System (CMS)? Joomla
27. Tool to create my own website? Google Sites or Webnode
28. Virtual Classroom? DimDim
29. Hosted Virtual Classroom? WiZiQ
30. Tool to broadcast myself to the world? USTREAM
31. Tool to make calls from my computer? Skype
32. Videoconferencing chat service? Vawkr
33. Content authoring tool? How about two? eXe & CourseLab
34. Alternative to Microsoft Office? OpenOffice
35. Online suite of office tools? Google Docs or Zoho
36. Tool that accurately converts my PowerPoint to Flash (including animations)? iSpring Free
37. Presentation tool to create zooming (and awesome) presentations? Prezi
38. Web authoring tool alternative to FrontPage and Dreamweaver? NvU or KompoZer
39. Personal online notebook? Google Notebook
40. Blogging tool? WordPress! Why aren't you using WordPress? Good Question!
41. Blogging tool for educators? Edublogs
42. Directory of edubloggers from around the world? International Edubloggers Directory
43. Microblogging tool? Twitter
44. Twitter client? Hootsuite or Tweetdeck
45. Microblogging tool for education? Edmodo
46. Private micro-blogging platform? Yammer
47. Wiki tool? Wikispaces, Wetpaint or Google Sites
48. Encyclopedia, which I can add to or edit? Wikipedia
49. Community dedicated to collaborative development of free content? WikiEducator
50. Tool to transform media into collaborative spaces with video, voice and text commenting? VoiceThread
51. Tool for storytelling? Here are 50!
52. Tool for Collaborative Storytelling? Storybird
53. Screencasting (recording) tool? Wink
54. Hosted screencasting tool (more options)? Screenr, Jing or Flowgram
55. Mindmapping tool? FreeMind
56. Tool to brainstorm and create mindmaps online? Bubbl.us or MindMeister
57. Easy-to-learn 3D authoring software tool? Google SketchUp
58. Alternative to 3D Studio Max? Blender
59. tool to make 3D models? Sculptris
60. Tool to create comics and cartoons? ToonDoo
61. Tool to create animations? GoAnimate
62. Revolutionary real-time movie making software? xtranormal
63. Audio recording tool? Audacity
64. Tool to broadcast from any phone to the Internet live? ipadio
65. Tool to create my own 'Internet Talk Radio Show'? Blog Talk Radio
66. Tool using my real voice to discuss my interests and passions with anyone? Voxopop
67. Tool to record and host my audio recordings online? Odeo Studio
68. Tool to convert text to speech? vozMe or iSpeech
69. Tool for real-time spelling and translation? eType
    
70. Tool to create personalized avatars? Voki
    
71. Photo/image editing tool? GIMP or Picasa
72. Tool that turns my photos/video clips into professional video slideshows in minutes? Animoto
73. Exciting word cloud generator? Wordle
74. Tool to make an interactive poster? Glogster
75. Online photo/image editing tool? Splashup
76. Tool to create cool personalized images? Custom Sign Generator Widgets
77. Image Resizer? Dosize
78. Watermarking tool? uMark
79. Screen Color Picker? ColorSchemer
80. Tool to highlight text in a webpage? The Awesome Highlighter
81. Tool to create flowcharts, diagrams, technical drawings? Gliffy
82. Tool to make screenshots from different browsers with one click? Browsershots
83. Tool to create PDFs from any Windows program? PDFCreator
84. Tool to convert PDF to Word? PDF2Word Online
85. Online file conversion tool (e.g. Word >PDF>PowerPoint)? Zamzar
86. Online OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool? Free OCR
87. QR Code, Semacode and Data Matrix Barcode Generator? QR Code Generator
88. Tool to share my slides? SlideShare, SlideBoom or authorSTREAM
89. Tool to share my videos? YouTube, TeacherTube or Vimeo
90. Tool to share any type of file with unlimited storage capacity? Internet Archive
91. Online noticeboard? Wallwisher
92. Online science research sharing portal? SciVee
93. Online community to share and discuss instructional teacher videos? TeacherTube
94. Online community to share, discuss and learn about the uses of educational technology? EdTechTalk
95. Online community to test my big ideas? Big Think
96. Service for engaging in conversation about news, thoughts and ideas people share? Amplify
97. Tool to download videos from any video sharing site (YouTube, Metacafe, etc.)? ClipNabber
98. Self-publishing tool (books, papers, articles, etc)? Scribd or Issuu
99. Tool to share my pictures? Are you joking! Flickr
100. Space to upload and share my files? eSnips
101. File hosting solution to share huge files up? FileCrunch
102. Tool to sync files online and across computers? Dropbox
103. Tool for real-time file sharing and collaboration? drop.io
104. Tool to save pages from my computer or phone for later readings? ReadItLater
105. 3-ring binder for the Web? Livebinders
106. URL shortener and tracker? bit.ly
107. Online quiz tool? ClassMarker
108. Tool to create interactive quizzes and puzzles? Hot Potatoes
109. Tool to create quizzes with videos? ESL Video
110. Tool to create web and print-based crossword puzzles? EclipseCrossword
111. Inquiry-oriented lesson tool? WebQuest
112. Multimedia flashcard software? MemoryLifter
113. Online polling tool with a bit of fizzle? Polldaddy
114. Online survey tool? Click here to choose!
115. Tool to track plagiarism? Plagium
116. Tool to test which sites loads faster in my browser? Which Loads Faster?
117. Tool to create Flash games (templates)? ClassTools.net
118. Investment Simulation Game? Virtual Trader
119. Interactive 3D business simulator? INNOV8
120. Game to understand cancer better? Re-Mission
121. Game to understand the scientific method and 21st Century Skills? River City
122. Game to understand variable manipulations for urban management? SimCity
123. Game to understand social studies better? Quest Atlantis
124. Game to understand world hunger and efforts to alleviate it? WFP Foodforce
125. Game to learn more vocabulary and help hungry people? Seriously! FreeRice
126. List of at least 100 free juicy learning games to spice up my course(s)? Click Here!
127. Range of interactive tools to help me understand maths concepts? Shodor Interactivate
128. Step-by-step math problem solver? Mathway
129. Tool to publish my data online and create comparison tables? Tablefy
130. Tool to create my own search engine tailored to my needs? Google Custom Search Engine
131. Personalized search world? Historius
132. Human-powered search engine? Mahalo
133. Metasearch engine with visual display interfaces? What! Here is KartOO!
134. Search tool presenting results from a large number of websites in different visual ways? Spezify
135. Search engine that groups the results by topic via automated clustering technology? Vivisimo
136. Science-specific search engine? Scirus
137. All-in-one research search tool? Schoolr
138. Tool to search query and then select a credible resource? SearchCredible
139. Tool to help me collect, manage, and cite my research sources? Zotero
140. Tool that generates detailed statistics about the visitors to my website? Google Analytics
141. Tool to search, discover, rank and compare different sites around the world? Alexa
142. Tool to search the full text of books? Google Book Search
143. Tool to search for scholarly literature? Google Scholar
144. Tool to search for patents? Google Patent Search
145. Tool that sends me email updates of the latest relevant Google results (e.g. e-Learning)? Google Alerts
146. Energy saving search engine? Blackle
147. Online visual dictionary and thesaurus? Visuwords
148. World digital library? World Digital Library
149. Tool to build and distribute my own digital library? Greenstone
150. Site to find and search across all OpenCourseWare (OCW) courses? OpenCourseWare Consortium
151. Repository and learning network of Open Educational Resources (OER)? OER Commons
152. Site to get the latest updates on OER and OCW? OER Blogs
153. Site to get access to thousands of free lectures? Academic Earth, iTunes U or YouTube EDU
154. Portal to non-formal OER and training resources? Open Training Platform
155. Encyclopedia of video tutorials to help me learn any software? Edumax or Wikivid
156. Site to practice speaking English while I watch great videos? EnglishCentral
157. e-Book to learn more about e-learning 2.0? Learning 2.0 eBook
158. Site to learn more about rapid e-learning? The Rapid e-Learning Blog
159. Site to learn more about Online Course Development? Hitchhiker’s Guide to Course Development
160. Crash course in learning theory? Click here!
161. Database of Learning Theories? Click here & here!
162. Tool to help me understand and use learning styles effectively? Learning Styles Online.com
163. Repository of creative and critical thinking tools? Mycoted to the rescue!
164. Route to learn more about the 21st century skills? Route 21
165. Repository of how everything works? HowStuffWorks
166. Repository of lectures from the world's top scientists? Videolectures.NET
167. Repository of resources and simulation tools to learn more about nanotechnology? The nanoHUB
168. Directory of academic open access repositories? OpenDOAR
169. Site covering today's top social, political, and tech issues? FORA.tv
170. Site to improve my learning skills? Study Guides & Strategies
171. Gaming tool to help me learn ICT? ReviseICT.co.uk
172. Tool to improve my typing skills? Peter's Online Typing Course
173. Tool to improve my reading skills? ZAP Reader
174. Interactive courseware to improve my workplace skills? ALISON
175. Multimedia site that enhance our understanding of war and its history? Maps-of-War
176. 3D human anatomy visualization tool? Visible Body
177. Site to learn languages? Free Language
178. Tool to explore the World? Google Earth
179. Tool to search and zoom maps of any country? Google Maps
180. Tool to explore the Universe? WorldWide Telescope
181. Tool to visualize human development? Gapminder
182. Tool to answer all my questions? Wolfram|Alpha, Google Squared or Answer.com
     
183. Site with talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers? TED is a good starting point!
184. Article to reveal the secrets of the super-learners? Click here!
185. Link to the most innovative web 2.0 (and 3.0) lab in the world? Google Labs
186. Tool to stumble upon and discover great websites, videos, photos, etc. ? StumbleUpon
187. Daily newsletter that keeps me updated with the latest news on online learning? Stephen's OLDaily
188. Site where I can learn more about social media and social learning? Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies
189. Site dedicated to tracking the changes occurring in education today? Open Education
190. Site to update me on the latest free instructional resources for Higher Education? Educational Technology
191. Site to discover delicious free tools, resources, and sites? ZaidLearn's Del.icio.us Discoveries
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