12 useful Apps for teachers compiled by Leonie Stephenson & Byron Mitchell - Saint Ignatius College, Geelong

1. Apps and
Tools

2. DropBox
• Free service bringing
your docs, photos and
videos to one place
• Can access files from
computers, phones or
ipad
www.dropbox.com

3. DROPitTOme / SendtoDropbox
• Receive files into
your Dropbox
account
www.dropittome.com
• Access through your
Dropbox account
• Great way for students to
submit assessment tasks that
www.sendtodropbox.com are > 30MB

4. Prizmo
• Uses Optical
Character
Recognition
• Scans an item
http://goo.gl/EF8Sn
• Then edit the item
• seamless
intergration with
Dropbox

5. Evernote
• Save ideas, photos,
documents into
Evernote
• Works on computers
and mobile devices
www.evernote.com

6. Wikispaces
• Collaborative tool
• Variety of uses such as
subject guides, group www.wikispaces.com
projects

7. Google Apps
• Includes docs and
Forms
• Use for surveying,
quizzes
http://goo.gl/cNPYy
• Google sites for
NB: This link is for Saint Ignatius College, making & hosting
Geelong Google Apps account
basic webpages

8. Wallwisher
• Online notice board
• add images, music,
videos
www.wallwisher.com

9. Wallwisher
• Online notice board
• add images, music,
videos
www.wallwisher.com

10. URL Shorteners
• shortens URL
addresses - easier
for anyone writing
them down
• The simplest way is
to use a browser
extension

11. Keepvid.com
• Download and store
videos from
YouTube, Vimeo
www.keepvid.com

12. Clickview
• School Bag
• Clickview Exchange
www.clickview.com.au

13. Poll Everywhere
• Gives instant
audience feedback
• Poll your class on
any topic at
anytime
www.polleverywhere.com

14. EasyBib
• Bibliography / citation
maker
• Create bibliographies
• Access through Google
Apps or using a Smart
Phone App www.easybib.com
• Expectation of
students to use for
assessments