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Facebook
Facebook is a well-known and free to use social networking platform. Utilizing Facebook can help you connect, share and market to people. User groups based on common interests, workplace, and more can provide you new methods to communicate. Now very often seen in news media, Facebook and other social media platforms are commonly used to…
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Doodle
Doodle is an online scheduling tool that can be used quickly and easily to find a date and time to meet with multiple people. First you suggest dates and times for your event participants to choose from, then Doodle creates a polling calendar that can be sent to participants for feedback. As each participant selects…
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EndNote Basic
The full desktop version of EndNote is the number one citation management product used by academics and it offers a comprehensive approach to citation management. Many institutions have site licenses available for faculty and students. If your institution does not provide access to the full featured version, you can use the free version online, EndNote…
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Zotero
Zotero is citation management software that is available as a stand-alone desktop application and also as a browser add-on. Since most searches are performed with a browser Zotero provides a seamless way to manage your citations. Zotero is well suited to organize scholarly literature such as books and articles. You can also add PDFs, images,…
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Diigo
Diigo is the tagging and social bookmarking site. Registered Diigo users can bookmark, tag and highlight webpages with the key feature of adding annotations. For collaborative projects, you can share those annotations with a group or create a share link to send to outside users. The social tagging feature has created a collection of quality content…
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Google Sites
Google Sites is a structured wiki- and Web page-creation tool offered by Google as part of the G Suite productivity suite. The goal of Google Sites is for anyone to be able to create a team-oriented site where multiple people can collaborate and share files. Google Sites Sites Help – Information on creating,…
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Wix
Wix.com is a cloud-based web development platform that was first developed and popularized by the Israeli company also called Wix. It allows users to create HTML5 web sites and mobile sites through the use of online drag and drop tools. Wix Wix Help Center – This site has many articles organized into twenty…
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Zoho
Zoho is a suite of online services developed and provided by the company with the same name. They offer a variety of products related to productivity and online services (such as a sites builder –Zoho Sites-, corporate emails, an online office suite, among many others). While their portfolio of products is very wide, most of…
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DropBox
Dropbox is a cloud drive service that provides file synchronization with personal computers as well as a mobile app. It is a free service that allows you to store and share files with others. It is commonly referred to as a way to backup your files online. Documents, pictures, videos, and presentations can be saved…
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Google Drive (and Google Docs)
Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service developed by Google that allows users to store files in the cloud, synchronize files across devices, and share files. In addition to a website, Google Drive offers apps with offline capabilities for Windows and macOS computers, and Android and iOS smartphones and tablets. Google Drive encompasses…
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Google Custom Search
Google Custom Search (formerly known as Google Co-op) is a platform provided by Google that allows web developers to feature specialized information in web searches, refine and categorize queries and create customized search engines, based on Google Search. The service allows users to narrow the 11.5 billion indexed webpages down to a topical group of…
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Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a freely available web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November 2004, the Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online academic journals and books, theses and dissertations, preprints, abstracts, technical reports, and other scholarly…
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Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search and Google Print and by its codename Project Ocean is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database. Books are provided either by…
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Google Earth
Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles. Users can explore the globe…
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Google Arts & Culture
Google Arts & Culture (formerly Google Art Project) is an online platform through which the public can access high-resolution images of artworks housed in the initiative’s partner museums. The project was launched on 1 February 2011 by Google, in cooperation with 17 international museums, including the Tate Gallery, London; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New…
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Piktochart
An easy infographic design app that requires very little effort to produce beautiful, high-quality graphics. Infographics can be presented on slideshows with Presentation Mode. Piktochart Piktochart Support Page – This site provides a wide array of help for Piktochart users, from initial design to troubleshooting problems. Piktochart: Using Infographics in the Classroom –…
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Easel.ly
Easel.ly is a simple web tool that empowers anyone to create and share powerful visuals (infographics, posters)… no design experience needed. How to Easel.ly Create Your First Infographic – A recording of a live training session for Easel.ly beginners. Easel.ly Keywords: Flipped Learning, Presentations
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Timetoast
Free timeline maker lets you create timelines online. Make educational timelines or create a timeline for your company website. Timetoast How to Create an Interactive Timeline with Timetoast – This YouTube video describes the ins and outs of how to make a timeline with this technological tool. Keywords: Flipped Learning, Presentations
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Canva – A powerful online graphic design platform
Canva is a graphic design platform that allows users to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, and other visual content. It is available on web and mobile and integrates millions of images, fonts, templates, and illustrations. Users can choose from many professionally designed templates, and edit the designs and upload their own photos through a…
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Slideshare
A service that allows you to create an online library and upload presentations that you’ve created elsewhere. SlideShare Getting Started with SlideShare – Designed with commercial users in mind (but also useful for educators and students), this site provides useful tips for all levels of users. Keywords: Flipped Learning, Presentations