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PowToon

PowToon is a program for making small videos, presentations, and animations. It has several characters that can be animated, with different backgrounds and colors that make the construction of your presentation very easy. Web-based animations allow users to create presentations by manipulating pre-created objects, imported images, provided music and user-created voice-overs. PowToon PowToon Quick…
Duolingo

A top-rated language learning app that is both addictive and fun. Duolingo uses game-like activities allowing learners to earn points, race against the clock, and level up while participating in bite-sized lessons. This application is available in the form of a website as well as an app. It has a huge database for many languages and provides…
Grammarly

This online grammar checker corrects mistakes and other writing errors across a variety of programs and directly in the browser. Grammarly Keywords: Lifelong Learning
FutureLearn: Free Online Courses

FutureLearn is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) learning platform that includes a number of international partners, including non-university partners. They also push learning further with online Programs and Degrees. “Whether anyone wants to develop as a professional or discover a new hobby, there’s an online course for that.” Future Learn provides a variety of courses from leading universities…
Atavist for Education

..and as you leave you say goodbye to the place with a very heavy heart….promising to come back for even longer next year.
Jigsaw Classroom – Elliot Aronson

The Jigsaw Classroom is a cooperative learning technique that reduces racial conflict among school children, promotes better learning, improves student motivation, and increases enjoyment of the learning experience. Jigsaw Classroom Keywords: Lifelong Learning, Websites
PBWorks

PBWorks offers a variety of collaboration tools including free wikis for education. Editing and formatting of the wiki is very easy and needs only minimal instruction. Students can collaborate on projects outside of the classroom. Student accounts can be created without email addresses. Educators can get automated notifications to see when and how often students…
JoinMe

JoinMe is an online meeting app, with powerful collaboration features, such as customization of your meeting background, one-click screen-sharing and personalized URLs. JoinMe Keywords: Collaboration, Video
Google Forms

Google Forms lets you easily collect online survey responses. It’s completely free and has no restrictions on the number of surveys you can create the number of questions in each survey or the number of responses you can collect. You can also automatically export your results to Google Sheets for online access and sharing. …
Buffer

Buffer is an app that lets you pre-post your social media posts and “release” them at a specific time. This app allows you to schedule your posts to be visible during the times and days your audience is online. Buffer How to use Buffer Keywords: Mobile Apps, Productivity Tools, Social Media
Loom

This Chrome extension provides simple screencasting with just a single click to record and then one click to finish, resulting in a publicly shareable URL automatically copied to your clipboard. Individual videos on the LOOM free plan are limited to up to 5 minutes. Collaborative features allow teams to co-develop videos. Loom has a free…
Flipboard

Flipboard is is your personal e-magazine, at your desk, in your back pocket or on your wrist. Filled with stories, photos, and videos on any interest, it’s a single place to keep up with your world. And now, the top ten stories can be sent right to your Apple Watch. Flipboard Keywords:…
24 Tips for Creating High Quality Screencasts

This article provides useful tips for creating screencasts. Screencasts capture the content on the computer screen which can also be combined with additional graphics, presentations, and audio. 24 Tips for Creating High Quality Screencasts Keywords: audio, podcasts, presentations, recording, screencast, video
SoundBible

SoundBible is a search engine for free and royalty-free sound clips and sound effects. This website updates weekly and all downloads are free. SoundBible Keywords: audio, Creative Commons, Open Educational Resources (OER), podcasts
The Fundamental Elements of Design

This 3-minute video, from PepRally, shares the basics of the elements of design. Gain an understanding of the basic building blocks behind design principles. The Fundamental Elements of Design The Fundamental Elements of Design from PepRally on Vimeo. Keywords: Photos & Images, Presentations, Publishing, Visual Design, Websites
Elements of Design Quick Reference Poster

This poster, created by Paperleaf, is a handy reference that provides a quick overview of the C.R.A.P. principles of design; a refresher for those in the know, and a starting point for design newbies. C.R.A.P stands for Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity. Keep these concepts in mind to remind yourself of prominent design principles. Principles of…
Shadow Health

Shadow Health is a fee-based virtual clinical patient simulation experience. It is a robust experience which simulates virtual patient examination for courses across the Graduate and Undergraduate Curriculum. Shadow Health Video demonstration Keywords: 3D, Simulations, Virtual Labs
UberConference

UberConference is a web-based teleconferencing system. UberConference offers features such as call recording, screen sharing, document sharing, and call summaries are just a few features that are offered. UberConference Keywords: audio, mobile apps, productivity, recording, screencast, video, podcasts, webconference, webconferencing
17 Web Tools and Apps to Create Interactive Video Lessons and Quizzes

This blog post was written by Shelly Terell shares a number of tools that can be used to add interactivity to video. 17 Web Tools and Apps to Create Interactive Video Lessons and Quizzes Keywords: Quiz, Video
TED Talk: Creative collaboration — a 21st century imperative

“Paul Roe plays the clarinet and has particular musical interests in performance, coaching, research, education and participative music making. Paul’s talk is entitled Creative Collaboration — A 21st Century Imperative. His talk begins with a short performance. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people…