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Discovering Open Educational Resources OER – Temple University
This guide by Temple University is an introduction to open educational resources. It provides information about what open education resources are and how to discover and use them. Temple University Libraries – Discovering Open Educational Resources OER Keywords: Open Educational Resources (OER) & Open Access
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HTML G
This free HTML WYSIWYG editor allows you to edit your source code online in a browser without downloading any application for times when tweaking source code for a website is necessary. Side-by-side views instantly show what the HTML code looks like in a browser. HTML G Keywords: Websites
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H5P Interactive Content Creator
Hello HTML5! Goodbye flash! You can create, share and re-use interactive content in your browser or integrated right into your LMS! Create Richer HTML5 Content in Existing Publishing Platforms. Share Content Seamlessly Across Any H5P Capable Site. Reuse and modify Content in Your Browser at Any Time. Explore over 40 different types of interactive content…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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Blinkist
Blinkist is an app that takes a non-fiction book, summarizes it and reads it back to you (in audio or text) within 15 minutes. This app is great for people who love to learn new things but don’t have the time to read an entire book. Note: a free trial is available. Otherwise, the app…
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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…
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Blogger
Blogger is a popular blogging platform run by Google. It is a blog-publishing service that allows multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. Although there are more complex blogging tools available, the combination of cost (free) and flexibility makes Blogger an attractive option, whether you’re updating friends and family about your life, hosting your own advice column,…
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LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)
LinkedIn Learning is an online education company that offers thousands of video courses and tutorials on various topics like, software, technology, business skills, and tutorials to enhance creativity. LinkedIn recently merged with Lynda.com. LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) Note: New York state residents are eligible to request a New York Public Library (NYPL) card…
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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
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Teachers’ Guide to Using Freely Available Videos
This excellent guide out of the University of Michigan is geared to helping teachers cut through the tremendous amount of freely available videos on the web, to find the gems that enhance learning across subject areas. This guide helps educators make sense of the educational content that exists online, by first suggesting dividing videos into…
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YouTube
Get started with YouTube, playing, watching, and creating videos. YouTube is a video-sharing site available in nearly every country and over fifty different languages. Anyone with an Internet connection can share content, whether they are organizations with large budgets or an individual with a video camera. The material is organized into channels and users can…
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Vimeo
Vimeo is a popular video sharing site. Anyone can upload a video to this site for free, by signing up for the Vimeo basic membership package that offers video storage and privacy settings. Vimeo hosts videos in the highest quality possible. You can upload 4K Ultra HD quality, video management tools, no ads before, during,…
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Speechnotes
Speechnotes is a powerful speech-enabled online notepad, designed to empower your ideas by implementing a clean & efficient design, so you can focus on your thoughts. They use up-to-date speech-recognition technology, powered by Google, for the most accurate results possible. This very handy tool works in a Chrome browser. No download, no install and even…
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Google Docs Voice Typing
In Google Docs you can type with your voice instead of your fingers by using the Voice Typing tool, turning voice into written word. In addition to straight dictation, this tool enables you to edit a document. Some examples include highlighting text, inserting a link, deleting words, changing text layout, or adding comments. Google…
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Windows Movie Maker
If you are using Windows 10, you can use this free video editor and slideshow maker app. Use it to easily create video stories and share them with your colleagues, students, friends, and family. Transform everyday moments into works of art as you want. There is easy to use professional editing tools. Users can trim…
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WeVideo – Collaborative Online Video Editor in the Cloud
WeVideo is the online video editor that makes it easy to capture, create, view and share your movies at up to 4K resolution for playback anywhere. Videos can be uploaded easily from DropBox, and edited online from multiple devices. WeVideo Review: WeVideo is a cloud-based video editor that makes editing in your browser…
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Interactive Physics
The Interactive Physics site offers some insights into how to use Physics Interactive and allows the user to demo the software without installing it. A large number of high schools are investing in iPads and Chromebooks in an effort to provide every student with a web-connected computing device. This rapidly-growing trend leaves physics teachers in…
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iNaturalist
The iNaturalist app helps you upload citizen science observations of plants and animals to the iNaturalist.org online community for naturalists as well as other members of the iNaturalist network such as NaturaLista.mx in Mexico. You can: record observations with photos and GPS locations; explore observations from around the world; keep track of updates from people you…