Here are 12 Amazing Tools to add to your EdTech Utility Belt. This was presented at Instructurecon 2014 #INSTCON #BetterEd. For more information and other app, widgets, and gadgets surf to PROFESSORJOSH.COM or follow me on Twitter @ProfessorJosh.
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So#Chalk – www.so#chalk.com
• E-‐Learning solu:on that makes it easy for educators to engage
with students with interac:ve online lessons.
• Easy (without knowing HTML) create content by mashing up text,
media, interac-ve ac-vi-es, and quizzes.
• Example Lesson: Introduc:on to the Human Body
• So#Chalk eBook Builder
• Frame-‐free lessons with HTML5-‐compliant content
• Add Google Analy:cs
• Media libraries, including Khan Academy and GeQy Images
• Fluid layout that adjust to any screen size
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Reflector 2 – www.reflectorapp.com
Let’s you demo, present, play games, and watch movies on a PC or Mac
by Airplay what is on your iPad or iPhone.
• So#ware installed on your PC or Mac
• Just Airplay is needed on your iPad or iPhone
• Both devices on same Wi-‐Fi
• Ability to record, with device frames, audio, and full video
• Mirror mul:ple devices on one computer
• Ability to password protect access
• Works with Google Cast, AirPlay, Air Parrot 2
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DragOnTape – www.dragontape.com
A collabora:ve online video merging
service in which you can cut and mix
YouTube videos and Soundcloud clips
easily in a sharable and embeddable
online tool.
Web – iPad -‐ iPhone
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Animoto – www.animoto.com
Example Instructurecon 2013
Animoto is a online and mobile video crea:on
service u:lizing photos, video clips (10 second
clips), words, and music in a simple produc:on.
U:lize content on your Facebook, Instragram,
Smugmug, Flirkr, Desktop, and more.
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Magisto – www.magisto.com
Automa:ze way to edit video and photos into
a video with music and effects in minutes.
Using AI technology to analyze, trim, and edit
the best parts of the video.
Web – iPhone – iPad – Android
Example: Instructurecon 2013
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Powtoon – www.powtoon.com
Powtoon is a cheap, but a fun-‐filled and easy way of
crea8ng presenta8ons and animated movies. Using
templates and built in voice elements you can have
a product demo, feature walk-‐through, or marke8ng
pitch without any equipment and talent at all.
Various plans available: FREE to $57 a month
hQp://www.powtoon.com/edu-‐home/
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Educrea:ons – www.educrea:ons.com
• iPad App – limited FREE – Used to record on the
fly tutorials using sketches with voice recording
• Blank Background
• Mul:ple Images
• Mul:ple Color Markers
• Easy to Share
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Voki – www.voki.com
• Create and post avatars anywhere online
• Uses text to speech, uploaded audio files, voice
recordings, or phone recordings
• FREE for basic characters and scenes up to 60
seconds in length
• Voki Classroom $30 a year – addi:onal scenes &
characters up to 90 seconds in length, plus ability to
add lessons, no student registra:on, and can leave
feedback for students.
• Voki Presenter & Teacher
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Clipping Magic – www.clippingmagic.com
• Web based tool to easily remove backgrounds
from images in seconds.
• Great for eLearning, presenta:ons, and website
development.
• Simple steps (less complicated than Photoshop)
• Affordable op:ons (was free)
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Screen Cast-‐o-‐Ma:c –
hQps://screencast-‐o-‐ma:c.com/
• Screencas:ng made simple through your web
browser without installing any so#ware
• Record screen selec:on chosen along with
narra:on from your microphone.
• Easy to share on TwiQer, YouTube, or Download as
MP3 file
• Screencast are public unless upgraded to a
business plan
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Audacity – www.audacity.sourceforge.net
• FREE open source, cross-‐plaoorm audio recording and
edi:ng so#ware
• Record live audio
• Convert taps and records into digital recordings
• Edit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3 sounds files
• Cut, copy, splice, or mix sounds together
• Change the pitch or speed of a recording
24. Fluency -‐ Students can record their voices and
listen to check their intona:on and
pronuncia:on.
Foreign Language -‐ Teachers can record
proper pronuncia:on of a foreign language
so students can listen and prac:ce.
Students can record and listen to see if
they are using proper ar:cula:on.
Reading poetry aloud to hear
rhythm and rhyme
Podcas6ng -‐ Use Audacity to record a "show"
to inform others about class news, current
events, and areas of interest.
Audacity is a free open source so6ware
program that is used to edit, record or listen to
digital audio files.
hQp://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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TouchCast – www.touchcast.com
Provides video produc:on features in both a desktop and app
environment, including robust composi:ng engine, mul:-‐camera
support, video import, and hot spot crea:on.
• Camera: Switch cameras, built in teleprompter, adjust focus & mic
levels, import video
• Video: Embed website, 15 vApps, and polling
• Effects: Green screen, filters, and sound effects
• Whiteboard, Titles, and Themes
• Beta – iPad and Desktop
TIPS for using Audacity…
Really works well when it is important to hear the words communicated… Or when it’s difficult to communicate the information through the written word alone. Also, it’s sometimes nice to share your voice and sort of humanize the online experience.
Learn how to use Audacity
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audacity_for_Teachers_-_Installation_and_Basic_Editing Audacity team developed a wiki how to to get educators started with the technical basics…
Get inspired! http://audacityined.wikispaces.com/education
Note: Saving as .mp3 requires the lame encoder