This document summarizes several free web tools that can be used for creating multimedia projects online including Animoto for making music videos, MakeBeliefsComix for creating comic strips, TripWOW for making travel presentations with images and text, and Storybird for creating and illustrating online books. It also discusses tools for creating word clouds, photo collages, and fake social media profiles for educational purposes. Many of the tools allow embedding projects or sharing via email and do not require accounts for students to use.

1. Free Web Tools
Barbara De Santis

2. Today’s plan
• Demonstrate
• Walk through
• To the site
• Time for hands on
• Show and Tell

3. THIS PRESENTATION IS ON MY
BLOG AT
WWW.TINYURL.COM/BSDBLOG

4. intro

5. glogster
www.animoto.com

8. To get your free 6 month account

9. Making an animoto

10. Select a style

11. You have options

12. animoto

13. animoto
• Music videos
• Registration required
• Go to
www.animoto.com/education
• Accepts “student” email accounts

17. Teacher Resources

18. makebeliefscomix

19. MakeBeliefsComix
• www.makebeliefscomix.com
• Backgrounds/characters
• Improved resources
• No student accounts

22. www.tinyurl.com/speakupcartoon

23. Speak Up!
• www.tinyurl.com/speakupcartoon
• Character focused
• Easy to create
• Print or copy

25. Pick a theme (no accounts needed)

28. www.tripwow.com

29. TripWOW
• www.tripwow.com
• Images + text
• Link to map, music
• Easy to email/embed

36. www.littlebirdtales.com

37. LittleBirdTales
• www.littlebirdtales.com
• Images + text + sound
• Easy to edit
• Easy to email/embed

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42. Tools

43. Help sheet

44. www.classtools.net

45. Fakebook
• www.classtools.net
• Static page
• Linked to url/embed
• Help sheet

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49. www.tagxedo.com

50. Tagxedo
• www.tagxedo.com
• Add text
• Shape/color/font
• Save

56. www.photofunia.com

57. PhotoFunia
• www.photofunia.com
• Create images with your face
• Use in digital projects

64. http://storybird.com/

65. Storybird
• www.storybird.com
• Online books
• Illustrations
• Collaborative

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67. In edmodo, a student can

68. In edmodo, a teacher can

69. However,
There is no private chat!

70. Edmodo
Teachers Notes Students
Links
Assignments Files
Polls Backpacks
Quizzes
No student to student chat

71. How to get started:
1.Log on at
www.edmodo.com
2. Click Schools &
Districts to set up
school accounts.
3. You will get a
school code.

72. Thinkfinity.org

73. Thinkfinity Content Partners

74. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Ten Frame
(Illuminations)
• Preschool-2
• Math counting
skills with
interactive

75. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Life in a Sod House
(Smithsonian History
Explorer)
• K-12
• American History
• Interactive

76. Communication
• Can you convince
me?
(ReadWriteThink)
• 3-5
• Developing persuasive
writing skills
• Persuasive Map
(interactive)

77. Verizon Thinkfinity Community

78. Add Thinkfinity site to favorites
1 2
3

79. Why join the community?
• Personal Learning Network
Access in school
Education based

80. Why join the community?
• Social Bookmarking
Store your favorites in the community

81. Go to the website
Select the Add
Site from your
favorites

82. Adding a favorite
Add Notes
Add Tags

83. Where to find it

84. THIS PRESENTATION IS ON MY
BLOG AT
WWW.TINYURL.COM/BSDBLOG

85. www.tinyurl.com/bsdblog

87. To get on my mailing list
http://tinyurl.com/llbsdblog

88. QUESTIONS