For more information about copyright at school, see the MISD copyright website. LINK

How do I know if it is legal to show a video?
Please refer to the chart below for information on the legal use of videos during school.  Click HERE to view the movies we are licensed to show on campus.

 

2.0 Tools

2.0 Tools are interactive websites that provide some service such as allowing users to research, organize information, or create products or presentations.

Chrome Extensions are tools that can be added to your Chrome account.

Want to find a tool?  Browse by category or use command F to search for a specific tool. Have a favorite tool?  Let me know, and I'll add it to the list below.

Audio

• Blabarize
  Take a photo, add a mouth, make a recording and enjoy
• Vocaroo
  Record audio and embed elsewhere (recordings do expire)

Avatars and Animations

• Powtoon (requires flash)
  Animation tool for presentations that are great for teaching or student products.  
• Voki
  Use Voki to create an avatar and animate a short video.
• Toontastic                                                                                         

     App that allows students to draw, animate, and narrate stories                                                                                                                                                      

Bookmarking, Journaling, Content Sharing

• Diigo
  Use Diigo to collect, highlight, and organize anything online.
• Google Docs
  Create and share documents, spreadsheets, and presentations online with Google Docs.
• Seesaw
  Student digital portfolio

 

Graphic & Video Libraries

• Creative Commons
  Aggregated search of multiple creative commons sites
• Emojipedia
  Over 900 emojis free for download
• Kiddle
  Student centered search for free images
• Nasa Image and Video Library
  Free images straight from NASA
• Noun Project
  Free icons (attribution required)
• Open Clipart
  Free clipart with unlimited licensure
• Pexels
  Free stock photos
• Pixabay (not available for students)
  Free photos and videos
• Photos for class
  Free photos that come with a citation 
• Pond5
  Free Public Domain photos and videos
• Unsplash
  Free Creative Common photos

Graphic Editing Tools

• Autodraw
  Google tool to enhance free-drawing

Media, Videos, or Other Visual Products

• Adobe Spark
  Create impactful social graphics, web stories and animated videos with Spark’s free graphic design app
• Animoto
  Create video slideshows by uploading photos or videos.
• Prezi
  Use Prezi to create an interactive online presentation that can include video, photos, and other objects.
• Slide
  SlideRocket is an online powerpoint alternative.
• Storybird
  Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print.
• StoryboardThat                                                                                                                                                                                                   online comic maker 
• SWAY
  Create and share interactive reports and presentations that can be shared with an embed code
• Voice Thread
  A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. 

Organizational Tools, Graphic Organizers, Timelines

• Create A Graph
  Here you will find five different graphs and charts for you to create using this online tool.
• Instagroc 
  Create an interactive concept map.

Response Systems

• SurveyMonkey 
  Use SurveyMonkey to create and share online surveys.
• Kahoot 
  Use this game based response system along with BYOD.
• Mentimeter
  Create quizzes or polls in this easy to use response system.
• Plickers 
  Use free student response system by printing a card for each student. Students hold the cards different ways to give different responses, and the teacher uses his/her phone to record answers.

Resources

• Destiny 
  Destiny is the district library automation system. This resource allows individuals to search for books, ebooks, and databases
• Atlapedia 
  Atlapedia® Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
• Word Central 
  Word Central is a free online dictionary by Merriam-Webster.
• Britannica 
  Britannica online encyclopedia is a subscription service provided district library services. See your campus media specialist for passwords.
• ERIC
  ERIC is a government provided database of journal articles available free online.
• GALE
  GALE is a research database of magazines, periodicals, and other useful research tools.     

Tools for schools

• Vocagrabber
  Use Vocagrabber to create vocabulary lists. Paste in a text and the will create the vocabulary list for you.
• Citation Machine
  Citation Machine helps users create MLA and APA style citations.

Graphics, Video, and Screen Casting

• Screen Cast-o-matic
  Create free screen cast videos.
• Smore
  Create online flyers.
• Wordle
  Create a graphic based on words of your choosing.

Web Design and Widgets 

• Wonderopolis
  Use this embed code to add a "wonder of the day" to your website.

Other

• Lino
  Use this for sticky note sharing.
•  Check Short URL
  Find the original address of a shortened URL. This is helpful if a filter is blocking a shortened URL.
• Wayback Machine
  Visit archived versions of websites that no longer exist or that have changed

                                       

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