Tech Tools
Welcome to the Innovation Lounge Tech Tools!
Here in the Alliance Innovation Lounge, we are dedicated to sharing what we know best about books and more. We want to help students develop the information literacy skills necessary for postsecondary education.
This web site is designed to serve as an "after hours" extension of the Innovation Lounge so please use the links to access information about research, databases, MLA citations, book recommendations, tech tools, and other useful tools that will help you. Need help? Stop by to see us . . . we are here for you! We can't wait to see you in the "hub" of the school!
Presentation Tools
SlideRocket: Import your Power Point or Google presentations to store in the cloud or build presentations that include audio, video, and visual components
Mixbook: Create custom photo books, scrapbooks, or cards
Voicethread: Online meeting and collaboration tool that allows a group to meet, share, or edit together using written, typed, or voice notes for each other
Voki: Create a digital avatar to deliver your message in the classroom, on a blog, a website, or as part of a presentation
Yodio: Create, produce, and share presentations with a voice narration, visual components, and production options
ToonDoo: Create custom cartoons and comic strips
SlideShare: Upload and share presentations, documents, and videos
Glogster: Create interactive digital posterboards and presentations
Popplet: Create digital idea webs, collect materials related to a subject, or create a digital posterboard
Tagul: Create word clouds of tags or links to present ideas visually
C-SPAN: C-SPAN's entire repository of videos about Congress, Politics, books, and American History
TED Talks: Videos of talks given at TED conferences on subjects ranging from education to particle physics, sortable by subject, length, or rating
HippoCampus: Find educational media by subject area (especially math and sciences), create your own playlist, and share with students
Watch Know Learn: Educational videos organized by subject and audience
Show Me: Online video lessons organized by subject
Pictures and Images
PicMonkey: Edit photos and create custom collages
Pics4learning: Free educational images with no copyright restrictions
Tagxedo: Word clouds created in a customizable shape (faces, countries, letters) that can be printed on shirts, mugs, etc.
Tagul: Create word clouds of tags or links to present ideas visually
Piktochart: Create easy, fun infographics to convey information visually
iPiccy: A free web-based photo editor. This is a copycat of Picnik that was shutdown by Google Infographics.
Audio Resources
Classrooms
Weebly: Easy website creation tool
Schoology: Classroom management system that organizes lesson plans, helps create and manage tests and quizzes, and provide online access to students
Remind 101: site that allows teachers to safely text students homework, project, and test reminders, and stay in touch with parents
Jing: Create videos of what you see on your computer screen to share with others
Screencast-o-matic: Create videos of what's happening on your computer screen to share with others
The Flipped Class Network: A professional learning network for teachers using screencasting in education
iSpring: Convert PowerPoint to Flash presentations
Tagul: Create word clouds of tags or links to present ideas visually
Tinyurl: Create short, customizable, easy to remember web addresses in place of long, unwieldly addresses to easily direct students to a site
Conversion Tools
Zamzar: Free online file conversion service. No longer converts YouTube videos.
iSpring: Convert PowerPoint to Flash presentations
Study Tools
Diigo: Highlight and add sticky notes to webpages.
USA Test Prep: Online resources that allow students to join a class, study for a specific test, and view their results
QR Codes
Kaywa: A QR code generator that's great for beginners.