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| Student Tools |
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| PosterMyWall |
Create a poster with several different templates, colors, photos etc |
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| ReadCube |
Read Cube is an interesting free app for students to keep their research articles organized. The way this is done by uploading PDF's into a folder and then having full control over them. This means users can search, highlight, and edit all in one place.
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| TrackClass |
TrackClass helps you get your school work organized. TrackClass is a great, free resource for students. The site allows students to track their classes and assignments, and even will send reminders (email or SMS) for upcoming assignment due dates and test dates. There is also a note taking utility so students can take notes on it if they have a computer in school, or transcribe notes later. You can even attach files to each class and assignment to keep things organized.
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| Notely |
Notely is the new tool for students of all ages looking for help to get better grades. Notely has all the tools a student could need, schedule, calendar, note-taking, homework planner and more. |
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| SideVibe |
Side Vibe is a great web based teaching tool. It allows users to create interactive learning materials very easily. It is one of the best alternatives for paper handouts.SideVibe is basically a bookmarking tool that will let you capture important content from different websites and use it as an electronic lesson for your students.
Students can also participate with their activities called vibes. They can do assignments and work on projects online. They do not need to register they can use the teacher's code to log in to the class. What is even cool about this web service is that teachers besides being able to create lessons and assignments out of web content, they can also assess their students work, give them feedback and grade their work.
Using SideVibe , teachers will be able to take their students to " any destination on the web, interact with them, guide them, collect and assess their work seamlessly." The basic accounts for students and teachers are free.
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| Snappy Words |
Free Online Visual English Dictionary and Thesaurus!
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| Dropbox |
Dropbox is a service that allows you to sync your files on your computer with their system as a backup. This also allows you to access the files anywhere. You can also sync the files across multiple computers. This means that you have automatic backup of your files and 24/7 access to your files. I have it set up to sync a folder on my home computer and school computer so I don't have to worry about having multiple versions or forgetting a flash drive. |
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| Word Stash |
WordStash allows you to create and customize your own digital flashcards. You can create flash cards with anything. Such as dates for History class, vocabulary for French class, or words for the SAT. |
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| Zen.do |
Zen.do is a new service that aims to help students develop study materials while taking lecture notes. The basic idea behind Zen.do is this; students take notes in the word processor in Zen.do then highlight terms or sentences in their notes to have them converted into flashcards. Students take notes as they normally would in any word processing application. Highlighted text becomes flashcards. Watch an introduction to Zen.do in the video below. |
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| Smores |
Smores reminds me a lot of Glogster in that a person can create an interactive poster/flyer. What makes Smore so cool is how user friendly it is w/ everything being drag-n-drop. Once a flyer is done a user can share w/ others or embed into their site/blog.
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| Easybib |
The Free Automatic Bibliography and Citation Maker |
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| Soshiku |
Soshiku is a simple but powerful tool that manages your high school or college assignments. Soshiku keeps track of when your assignments are due and can even notify you via email or SMS. It has a calendar, notes, task list, and reminder system and it is easy to use.
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| JayCut Video Editing |
Engage your audience with the world's premier online video editor seamlessly integrated on your website, or edit your own videos on JayCut's community. |
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| ZoomIt |
Zoom.it is a free service for viewing and sharing high-resolution imagery. You give us the link to any image on the web, and we give you a beautiful new way to experience it — along with a nice short URL. Zoom.it converts your image to the Deep Zoom format, which lets you smoothly and efficiently explore the whole image, no matter how large. |
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| Dweeber |
Dweeber is a homework collaboration site that also has tools to help students learn better. It is described as a homework social network. Students sign up, for free, and can add their friends, known as "dweebs" to their network. Students can work on homework together and help each other out. There is a message center, study sessions, and even a place to post links to web sites that you find helpful in doing your work. This is a great resource for students who can't get together physically to work on homework or projects.
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| Scribblar |
Scribblar is an online meeting room / white board. Students can use it to collaborate on projects, teachers can tutor via the computer, and teachers can use it for collaborative meetings and projects. Scribblar gives the users a virtual white board on the screen and writing tools to create text, lines and shapes. They can even add images. I see students using this to work on homework problems together. Teachers could use this to help students with homework after school or on the weekends. |
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| Evernote |
Evernote is a great, free resource that allows you to capture task lists, notes, web pages, white boards, business cards, pictures, and even clip web pages to Evernote . Their tagline: Remember Everything. You can download a desktop version of the software, for free, which will sync to the Evernote web server, or you can just access it through the internet on their web page. Their website has easy to follow instructions and help sections. Students can use Evernote to take notes in class, share notes with other students, capture notes off of a whiteboard or poster using their smartphone camera, and much more.
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| Primary Wall |
PrimaryWall is a web-based sticky note tool designed for schools that allows pupils and teachers to work together in real-time. |
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| ELearners |
This website has some great resources for students and teachers, including test prep, study skills, organization, grammar and writing, and career planning. Everything broken down by topic and is listed on one page, so it is easy to find things.
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