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cooltoolsforschools - Presentation Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Presentation+Tools?f=print 

Presentation Tools 

Google Sites 

PreZentit 

Animoto 

Vuvox 

Viddix 

Vcasmo 

Zoho Show 

Google Sites is a free and easy way to create 

and share webpages. Create rich web pages 

easily. Collect all your info in one place. Control 

who can view and edit 

Create presentations in a few clicks, wherever 

you are. 

Work with your team in the same presentation at 

the same time. 

Your presentations can be private or public. And 

each one has its own web address. 

Download your presentations and show them even 

without an Internet connection. 

The presentations are web pages (HTML) so you 

could even edit them manually. 

upload a video - Animoto analyses the video, feels 

the music, customises the video. 

Publish to any webpage 

Fast layout and customisation of photos, video, 

text and music. 

Add media hotspots, narrate interactivity. Publish 

to any webpage 

Upload your video and support notes, images, etc. 

View on double presentation 

screens. Publish to any webpage. 

A multimedia presentation solution for photo-video 

slide show. Synchronise a video and a slideshow 

side by side. Embed into any webpage. 

Access, import, edit and share presentations from 

anywhere and anytime. Share your presentations 

with your friends/colleagues and the shared 

presentations can be viewed/edited with just a 

browser. Give a presentation to a client who is 

half a globe away. 

Make your presentations public. Embed them in 

your blog or website for easy viewing of your 

readers. 

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Preezo 

Prezi 

Ahead 

Creaza 

Slidesix 

280 Slides 

Present.io 

MyBrainShark 

Create professional quality presentations. Access 

them from any computer. Reuse images or the 

content of entire slides from easy to use galleries. 

Collaborate on a centralized web document. 

Create maps of texts, images, videos, PDFs, tutorial 

drawings and present in a nonlinear way. Move 

beyond the slide. 

A web-based presentation tool. The non-linear 

presentation creation site allows users to upload 

high resolution images, videos, files from Adobe 

products and Microsoft Office directly as part of 

the interactive presentation. Offers website 

embed codes for sharing and has a great 

high-speed zooming interface that is easy to work 

with. 

An integrated, web-based toolbox for creative 

work. Integrates professional and user-generated 

content, creative tools and a social network. 

Share work and can give comments and 

suggestions. 

Upload your presentations and share them with 

your friends (publicly or privately). You can even 

add video and/or audio by recording it directly 

within the site! 

Create a slideshow directly on the web, no tutorial 

software required. Professional quality built-in 

themes. Add photos and movies to your 

presentation directly from popular web services 

like Flickr and YouTube. 

Store your presentations securely so you can take 

them anywhere in the world where there's an 

Internet connection. Download to PowerPoint with 

a single click. 

Put your presentation on SlideShare, e-mail it to a 

friend, or embed it directly on your own website. 

Simple rich web-presentation functionality. No 

registration, no downloads, no installs. You can 

upload presentation files (documents, pictures, 

video, audio) and be giving it in seconds. Free 

conference call line and rich chat functionality. 

Upload your presentation, document or video. 

Narrate it, share it, track it. Create voice-over 

presentations. Make talking photo albums. Upload 

a video or screencast. Narrate documents. 

Produce podcasts. Share your content. 

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Sliderocket 

Slide 

Slideshare 

Authorstream 

Slideboom 

Photoshow 

Voicethread 

MuseumBox 

Shwup 

Empressr 

DoYouBuzz 

Upload your slides, keynote or powerpoint and 

video. Publish to any webpage. 

Upload pictures, create effects and transitions 

Upload powerpoints to share with others 

Present and share powerpoints. Port directly to 

YouTube. Start a meeting online, invite contacts to 

discuss live. Embed into any website, blog or 

share by email. Create your own channel to 

showcase your presentation. 

Share powerpoint presentations online. Play as 

movie with audio and l 

links. 

Turn your photos into a musical PhotoShow in just 

minutes 

Create a slideshow of images or video and you example 

and others can comment on each 

tutorial 

photo by text, audio or video. Embed into any 

webpage. 

Provides the tools for you to build up an argument 

or description of an event, person or historical 

period by placing items in a virtual box. You can 

add text, images, video and sound to the side of 

the cubes. 

Personal online space where you can easily share 

and view photos and video with those you choose 

to invite. Also create fun home movies (called 

muvees) to share and post them to your blogs, 

Facebook and other social media sites. 

Rich media presentation tool. Tell your story 

anyway you like. Add photos, music, video, and 

audio, and share it publicly or privately in an 

instant. 

10+ elegant and professional resume templates. 

In the click of a button, try on the design that best 

accentuates your personality. Your resume will 

automatically adapt to the theme. Enrich your 

resume with videos, images, presentations and 

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MyPhotoAlbum 

MyPlick 

Publishing Tools 

Scribd 

Youblisher 

Letterpop 

FormatPixel 

Calameo 

Issuu 

Openzine 

Embedit.in 

Apture 

documents. 

Hundreds of personalized designs and layouts. 

Unlimited online photo sharing and albums. Free 

video storage and sharing. 

Share, embed and discover presentations and 

slide shows online. Upload your presentation 

documents in a variety of formats such as 

powerpoint, pdf, openoffice odp, etc. Upload an 

audio file and have the option to synchronize the 

audio with your slides using our online easy-to-use 

sync tool. 

Upload any document. Share or embed your 

published document. 

Make your pdf documents flippable and quickly 

loading. It is like touching a real document. Can 

embed into any website. Just upload Pdf, and 

your book is made. 

Create professional looking newsletters and 

brochures. 

Create your own online magazines, brochures, 

catalogues, portfolios and more. Design page 

based projects, layout text, upload your own 

images, add interactivity and customise their 

appearance. Move, insert or delete pages to 

create multi-page presentations. 

Upload all major formats and convert them 

instantly in digital publications. 

Upload your documents, publish as professional 

publications. Embed into any webpage. 

Quickly create an online magazine and collaborate 

with friends. Create a blog that groups your posts 

with a magazine style cover you design. 

Embed files into your webpages - support most 

image, text and doc formats. 

Put links and embeds on your web pages. 

Integrate reference guides, images, video, 

maps, music, documents, presentations and more 

from 50+ sources. 

Layer media into your site with one click. 

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Broadcast Tools 

Mogulus 

Ustream 

Zentation 

Qik 

Freepath 

Multimedia Posters and Pages: 

Scrapblog 

Glogster Edu 

Wix 

WebPoster 

Adam 

Watch and produce live broadcasts. 

Live, interactive broadcasting. In just minutes, you tutorial 

can broadcast and chat online with a global 

audience. Completely free, all it takes is a camera 

and Internet connection. 

Save your live presentations with powerpoints, or 

other media, to support. 

Stream video live from your mobile to the web. 

Just drag and drop your favorite stuff into 

Freepath's playlist, no need to convert files, 

upload videos or embed links. 

Combine your photos, audio, video and text to 

create multimedia pages and mix things up with a 

bunch of creative elements. 

Share your creations with family and friends or 

post them directly to your favorite sites. 

Combine images, video, music, photos and audio tutorial 

to create mulitmedia pages. Embed into any 

webpage. 

Import favourite pictures and movies from your 

own computer or from the web. 

Create stunning pages using creative elements. 

Embed into any webpage or share directly. 

This tool allows educators to create a lesson, 

worksheet, or class page and immediately publish 

it online. Teachers can also set up classes and 

assign projects to students. Students complete 

the assignments by creating their own online 

projects or reports. Teachers and students can 

even add images and links to their pages. 

Bring life to your dusty old static documents. Add tutorial 

videos, HTML, stylized text and more to a static 

PDF or image file. 

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Yola 

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Non-Commercial 3.0 License. 

Portions not contributed by visitors are Copyright 2011 Tangient LLC. 

Website builder that requires no technical skills. 

No ads, no banners. No hidden fees. Now 

download, works securely in your browser. 

Unlimited free hosting. Previously known as 

Synthasite. 

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cooltoolsforschools - Collaborative Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Collaborative+Tools?f=print 

Collaborative Documents: 

Google docs 

iNetWord 

Self Destructable Text 

Notes 

Showdocument 

Crocodoc 

Justpaste.it 

Upload your files, edit 

anytime from anywhere, 

choose who can access your 

documents share and 

collaborate online. 

Create any document using 

point-level formatting, 

indents, margins, 

backgrounds, borders, 

choice ofbullets, numbering, 

spell check, pictures, and 

more. Share folders, 

documents, and pictures. 

View highlighted changes 

others made. Revert 

document with one click. 

Your document is never 

overwritten. 

Type text (post note) and get 

a link for it, can be password 

protected, send the link 

(email, twitter) to the 

recipient. As soon as the 

recipient reads it, the note 

will be destructed. You can 

attach a file to your note. It 

will be automatically deleted 

after the first downloading 

Launch or join a fully 

synchronised document 

collaboration session. Upload 

your document and invite 

friends. 

Mark up, fill out, and 

collaborate on PDFs, Word 

documents, PowerPoint 

slides, and web pages. 

Just paste text from other 

webpage or word processor. 

Text formatting and images 

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Collaborative Spaces: 

Google Apps for 

Education 

NineHub 

Haikuls 

SimpleVLE 

ManyMoon 

will be preserved. Add 

graphics to your notes. 

Embed videos by using 

[video] marks. Add a 

professional-looking 

mathematical formulas by 

using LaTex. Import from file. 

Text formatting and graphic 

will be preserved. Automatic 

text backup every 3 mins. 

Download as PDF. 

Email and collaboration tools 

for educators and students at 

all levels. 

Based on Moodle Course 

Management System, share, 

communicate, collaborate 

and administer in an Virtual 

Learning Environment. 

Educators can use activity 

modules such as Forums, 

Wikis, Databases, Blogs, 

SCORM, Quizz and many 

more 

LMS - create online lessons 

with articles, images, audio, 

and video for your class. 

Manage discussions, 

auto-grade assessments, 

and track scores through a 

gradebook. 

Virtual learning environment 

designed for teachers, 

instructors, or professors and 

their students. Teacherz can 

create classes, design tests, 

quizzes, and/or exams , and 

assign to any of the created 

classes or students. 

Add projects, assign tasks, 

record milestones. 

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Phuser 

Timzon 

Wetoku 

Vyew 

TeamViewer 

Shwup 

DebateGraph 

Have group discussions 

privately. Share photos and 

files securely. You choose 

who joins in. Keep track of 

many discussions easily. 

Collaboration tool enabling 

virtual teams to communicate 

effectively through video and 

across time zones. 

No software to install. Use 

webcams to interview or hold 

a conference, record the 

interview, and embed the 

video right away. Dual 

frames mean that you can 

record both people at the 

same time. 

Give presentations, host 

webinars, or conduct team 

meetings. Leave content 

available for access over 

time. Upload docs, images or 

media. Options for chat or 

talk. 

Create and upload course 

content for real-time and 

anytime collaborative 

learning. 

TeamViewer establishes 

connections to any PC all 

around the world within just a 

few seconds. You can 

remote control your partner's 

PC as if you were sitting right 

in front of it. 

Personal online space where 

you can easily share and 

view photos and video with 

those you choose to invite. 

Also create fun home movies 

(called muvees) to share and 

post them to your blogs, 

Facebook and other social 

media sites. 

A debate visualization tool to 

help groups think through 

complex topics by building 

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Join.me 

Udutu 

Nabble 

Tal.ki 

CollaborizeClassroom 

and sharing dynamic, 

collaboratively-editable and 

ratable maps of subjects 

from multiple perspectives. 

to increase the transparency 

and rigor of political debate 

around the world 

Share a single screen so 

everybody’s on the same 

page. A simple application 

that allows users to share 

their screen instantly with 

anyone by giving them a 

simple code. 

Web-based tool which 

provides a user friendly 

platform to create highly 

interactive elearning courses 

quickly and easily. Anyone 

can design, build and 

implement online training 

courses without any prior 

technological expertise. 

Free forums and other 

embeddable apps. Start a 

free forum, start a Mailing 

List, archive Your Mailing 

List, create a Photo Gallery. 

create a Newspaper, start a 

Blog 

Now you can embed a forum 

on your own site, just like a 

YouTube video. Embed in 

your own website. 

Complement classroom 

instruction and engage 

students in online activities, 

assignments and discussions 

that allow for deeper 

participation inside and 

outside the classroom. 

Embed Microsoft Office 

documents, videos, pictures, 

and PDFs. 

Publish discussions to a 

results page so students can 

see tangible outcomes of 

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Collaborative Video: 

Palbee 

MailVu 

Collaborative Sticky Notes and Walls: 

Wallwisher 

PrimaryWall 

Collaborative NotePads and Graphs: 

PiratePad 

TypeWithMe 

their conversations. 

Download FREE lesson 

plans. 

Free online service which 

allows you to set up easy 

video meetings with your 

friends and colleagues. 

Also record your own 

presentations and store 

them online. 

Video email up to 10 minutes. Dictation 

Self-destruct after # of views. 

activity 

Retract video email at will. Video 

stored up to 365 days. 

Create notes in your own tutorial 

workspace wall. You can 

save your workspace at any 

time and return to them from 

the same computer or any 

other computer. You can also 

share your notes with others 

by providing the workspace 

name (or url) to a friend. 

Great for collaborative ideas 

and brainstorming as many 

people can work on the same 

page at the same time. 

A web-based sticky note tool 

designed for schools that 

allows pupils and teachers to 

work together in real-time 

A web based word 

processor that allows pupils 

and teachers to work 

together in real time. Each 

editor is in a different colour. 

An alternative to etherpad. 







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iEtherpad 

Titanpad 

MeetingWords 

PiratenPad 

Sync.in 

Textflow 

SpringNote 






Able to create an account to 

keep track of your pads. An 

alternative to etherpad. 






Able to create an account to 

keep track of your pads. An 

alternative to etherpad. 


















Able to download a desktop 

launcher. An alternative to 

etherpad. 

Parallel word processer. 

An online notebook. Create 

pages, work on them with 

friends, and to share files. A 

great tool for group projects 

as it allows group members 

to easily collaborate. 

Advanced search, numerous 

templates, and 2GB of free 

tutorial 

ideas for use 

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WebNote 

SimpleNote 

WriteWith 

MixedInk 

Lucidchart 

[ 

file storage. Access it from 

anywhere anytime. 

A tool for taking notes on 

your computer. Create a 

workspace and create notes 

in the workspace. Share your 

notes with others. 

Keep notes on the web, your 

mobile device and your 

computer. Find notes quickly 

with instant searching and 

simple tags. Share or 

publish. 

We make writing online work 

for groups. In just a few 

seconds, get your own 

account where you can 

upload documents, share 

with other people, chat, 

assign tasks, and track 

everybody's actions with a 

comprehensive history. 

Find a topic you care about tutorial 

and jump in,or create a new 

one and invite others to join. 

Contribute your ideas, mix & 

match others' ideas, or 

simply rate as you read. 

Create a single text that's 

more powerful because of 

the many contributors behind 

it 

Creating crisp, attractive flow 

charts for the web or print 

has never been so fast and 

easy. Everyone works on a 

document at the same time. 

Collaborators get your 

changes immediately when 

you save. Share your flow 

charts as a web page, PDF, 

or image. 

Publish an always-updated 

image of your work. Access 

anywhere. 

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DebateGraph 

Swirrl 

Transferring Files: 

DROPitTO.me 

Senduit 

LetsCrate 

Embedit 

Sendithome 

A debate visualization tool to 

help groups think through 

complex topics by building 

and sharing dynamic, 

collaboratively-editable and 

ratable maps of subjects 


to increase the transparency 

and rigor of political debate 

around the world. 

Data collaboration online. A 

web application that allows 

your team to store, share, 

edit and analyze information. 

Combines the flexibility of 

spreadsheets and the power 

of databases with the 

collaboration features of a 

wiki. 

Together with Dropbox you 

can setup an unique upload 

address with password 

protection. Good solution 

when an email is just not 

enough. 

Upload your file and share a 

private link. Can handle large 

files. Links active for up to 1 

week. 

Ridiculously easy file sharing. 

Drag and drop. 

A service that allows you to 

embed your documents and 

files in your webpage or blog 

instead of having to link to 

them. The files display 

directly in the browser, no 

software required. 

Have you ever needed to 

work on a school project at 

home, but your e-mail is 

blocked? No thumb drive in 

sight? Send files to via the 

web email. 

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Dropbox 

WeTransfer 

MailBigFile 

Blogs, Wikis and Social Networks: 

Wikispaces 

pbwiki 

Wetpaint 

MediaWiki 

Blogger 

Edublogs 

Wordpress 

21classes 

Primary Blogger 

Edmodo 

Easy way to store, sync, 

and, share files online. 

Available for Windows, OS 

X, and Linux. 

Easy way to send big files - 

2gb. No registration. Files 

available for 2 weeks. 

No software to download. 

Upload more than one file at 

a time. All files are virus 

scanned. Up to 2GB in 

size.Features a progress 

meter. 

Personally, my preferred wiki 

- used to make this space. 

Create simple web pages 

that groups, friends, and 

families can edit together. 

Simple, secure collaboration. 

Easily share files with users. 

Create a free website about 

anything y ou love 

Wiki package originally 

written for Wikipedia. 

Google's blog engine. tutorial 

Blogging for teachers and 

students, made easy 

Express yourself - start a 

blog 

Create a virtual classroom 

and BlogPortal. 

Instant use, hosted, free. 

Free blogs for schools. 

A private microblogging 

platform that teachers and 

students can use to send 

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Kidblog 

Classblogmeister 

Grou.ps 

CoveritLIve 

Stixy 

Zooloo 

notes, links, files, alerts, 

assignments, and events to 

each other. Teachers sign up 

for accounts, and then create 

groups. Students then sign up 

(no email address required) 

and join the group using the 

unique code. 

Allow students to publish 

posts and participate in 

discussions within a secure 

classroom blogging 

community. Teachers 

maintain complete control 

over student blogs. No 

student email addresses 

required. 

Blog engine that has 

been developed 

specifically for classroom 

use. 

Create your own social 

network. No ads or branding 

unless your storage needs 

exceed 3GB. 

Web based software takes 

your next live blog to a new 

level. Your commentary 

publishes in real time like an 

instant message. 'One-click’ 

publishing lets you drop polls, 

videos, pictures, ads and 

audio clips as soon as they 

come to mind. Comments 

and questions from your 

readers instantly appear but 

you control what gets 

published 

Upload your work, add 

comments, share files, and 

more. Invite your friends to 

collaborate. 

Build your own Micro Blog 

with the Free Blog Builder 

and bring all your interests 

together in one place. 

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Everlater 

Twiducate 

Tabzon 

Wiggio 

ePals 

Templates for Blogs: 

ChethStudios 

The Cutest Blog on the 

Block 

DeluxeTemplates 

Free Themes 4 All 

Virtual Meetings and Chat Rooms: 

WizIq 

Create your free travel 

journal and travel blog. 

Incredibly easy to create 

great travel memories. 

Social Networking for schools 

- twitter for your class 

Easy to use tool that helps 

you keep track of your 

co-workers' whereabouts 

and status. It works in 

real-time from your web 

browser 

Online tool that makes it 

easy to work in groups, keep 

a shared calendar, send 

mass emails, voice and text 

messages, store and edit 

files in one folder. 

Provider of collaborative 

technology for schools to 

connect and learn in a 

protected, project-based 

learning network. Makes is 

easy to connect learners 

locally, nationally or 

internationally. 

Visually Impressive and 

Smashing Blogger Templates 

Backgrounds, banners, 

templates and more all free 

Professional Blogger 

templates for free. 

Wordpress, blogger, flash, 

CSS, Web templates and 

more, all free. 

Join in or host your own 

class. Interactive whiteboard, 

upload presentations, video, 

audio and text chat. 

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Elluminate 

Chatzy 

Flash Meeting 

Dimdim 

CoolConferenceLive 

Scribblar 

Free 3 seat room. Interactive 

whiteboard, upload 

presentations, video, audio 

and text chat. 

A free private chat service. 

Fill out the form to create a 

chat room immediately - only 

for you and the people you 

invite. No popup ads, works 

on any PC, with any 

language and through 

corporate firewalls. 

An easy to use online 

meeting application. A 

meeting is pre-booked by a 

registered user and a url, 

containing a unique password 

for the meeting which is 

passed on to the 

participants, who simply click 

on the link to enter into the 

meeting at the arranged time. 

No software to download or 

install. Hold web- based live 

meetings in seconds - right 

from your browser - you 

easily host or attend web 

meetings complete with audio 

and video conferencing, 

screen and application 

sharing. 

Free web conferencing 

services and online 

collaboration solutions. No 

limits to number of meetings, 

length of meetings, number 

of participants. No scheduling 

required. Instant on. No 

software downloads. 

Create your own free room 

now and invite others to join 

you. Real-time multi-user 

whiteboard. 

Image upload and sharing. 

Userlist and text chat. Live 

audio communications. No 

downloads required, no user 

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Meetsee 

MeBeam 

Yuuguu 

OpenHuddle 

Stinto 

Snapyap 

Today's Meet 

limit 

Your personal virtual office is Visit me in 

a space online filled with rich my Meetsee 

ways to communicate, share office 

content, collaborate on 

documents, and build rapport 

between remote co-workers. 

Type in the name of a video 

room, tell people to meet you 

in that room.Can have 

multiple screens in one room. 

Hold online meetings, share 

your screen and work 

together on the same 

documents in real time. 

Each room in OpenHuddle is 

designed to give you the 

freedom to interact with as 

many or as few people as 

you would like, in whatever 

way you want! Video, Audio, 

Text Chat and Drawing Board 

tools are available for you to 

use in whatever way you see 

fit. Just invite your friends 

into a Huddle and start 

interacting with as little as a 

webcam and a 

headset/microphone. 

Easy to use chat, which you 

can create with one click and 

which will be deleted after a 

longer period of inactivity. 

Create your own with only 

one click – no registration 

required! 

Make live video call and send 

videos. No software to install. 

Connect with the room in 

realtime. 

Use the live stream to make 

comments, ask questions, 

and use that feedback to 

tailor your presentation, 

sharpen your points, and 

address audience needs. 

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99chats 

TinyChat 

Mikogo 

Voxli 

Chatterous 

Yackall 

Gabbly 

Babblestream 

Shoutmix 

Start your own chat room. 

You can also easily add your 

chat room to your website, 

blog and social network 

profile. 

Create your own chatroom. 

Add it to your wiki or blog. 

Save your chat. 

Easy-to-use cross-platform 

desktop sharing tool, ideal 

for web conferencing, online 

meetings or remote support. 

Create a chatroom that 

allows voice chat. Invite up to 

200 of your teammates. No 

registration required, send a 

link to anyone. 

Group chat from anywhere 

using the web, IM, email or 

your phone. 

Communicate with a group of 

friends while on the go. A 

means to have a continuous 

long running conversation no 

matter when or where the 

participants are located. 

Embed rooms on other sites. 

Specialized mobile interface, 

now you can chat from 

anywhere. Categories to 

organize rooms. 

Add a chat to any page, just 

add 'gabbly.com/' in front of 

any URL. Also can put a chat 

feature on your own 

webpage. 

Embeddable large group 

voice chat. 

A widget that allows you to 

interact with others instantly. 

A shoutbox can be placed on 

your blog or website. Your 

visitors can then easily post 

comments in it. They can 

also use the shoutbox to chat 

example 

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Lefora 

Collaborative Tools: 

AnswerGarden 

ePals 

Thinkature 

DotVoting 

Gaggle 

with you and other visitors at 

the same time. You will be 

able to customize the sizes, 

styles, fonts, colors and 

labels. 

Free, hosted forums. 

Moderating community tools 

and anti-spam support. 

Minimalistic feedback tool. 

Use it as a tool for online 

brainstorming or embed it on 

your website or blog as a poll 

or guestbook. Embed into 

your website. 

Place instant messaging 

inside a visual workspace. 

Use it as a collaboration 

environment, a meeting 

room, a personal web-based 

whiteboard, or something 

entirely new. 

Design a voting form by 

entering topics and then 

distribute access information 

to participants. You can 

choose to which extent that 

vote is public, whether the 

results can be seen during a 

running vote and how long 

the vote runs. Each 

participants can be assigned 

more than one vote and is 

able to freely cumulate his 

votes. 

Provider of collaborative 

technology for schools to 

connect and learn in a 

protected, project-based 

learning network. Makes is 

easy to connect learners 

locally, nationally or 

internationally. 

Provide safe, teachercontrolled 

email accounts for 

students. 

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Glass 

Collaborative Annotations and Highlighters: 

Bookgoo 

Awesome Highlighter 

Wizlite 

Annotated Links 

Collaborative Barcodes and QRCodes: 

StickyBits 

Have conversations on top of 

any page by using a layer of 

Glass over the web! Do more 

than link or bookmark, get 

the Glass add-on to share 

experiences. Glass is a 

browser add-on that lets you 

share experiences and not 

just content. 

(highlighting text, and even 

placing pictures and videos - 

to come soon) on top of any 

website and share those 

thoughts with only those you 

choose. 

Highlight and annotate your 

documents in the same way 

you would mark up a piece of 

paper with a highlighter and 

pen 

Insert a web page address 

above and click "highlight 

page". Select the text you 

want to highlight on the next 

page. Add a note if you wish, 

copy & paste the short url, or 

email your highlights 

Allows you to highlight text on 

any page on the Internet and 

share it with everybody. 

Create a group and share 

pages with their selections . 

This service lets you combine 

links together with your own 

annotation. 

Attach photos, video, music, 

text, pdfs, zips, etc to any 

barcode. When someone 

scans it, they will see what 

you and everyone else has 

attached. Get notified when a 

barcode is scanned. 

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Tales of Things 

Collaborative Drawing Boards: 

Twiddla 

Scriblink 

Dabbleboard 

Cosketch 

Thinkature 

Link any object directly to a 

'video memory' or an article 

of text describing its history 

or background via small 

printable tags known as QR 

codes. 

Draw, use text, upload pdf, 

word or excel docs. Invite 

others and communicate by 

text 

or audio. 

Free digital whiteboard that 

users can share online in 

real-time 

Has updated layout, image 

uploading, a send file 

function, and VoIP. 

A digital whiteboard that's 

actually easy and fun to use. 

Draw with flexible tools. 

Reuse previously-made 

drawings. Share and 

collaborate in real-time. 

Multi-user online whiteboard 

designed to give you the 

ability to quickly visualize and 

share your ideas as images. 

Visual communication to the 

web by placing instant 

messaging inside a visual 

workspace. Use it as a 

collaboration environment, a 

meeting room, a personal 

web-based whiteboard, or 

something entirely new. 

Create a collaborative 

workspace and invite 

coworkers, friends, and 

colleagues to join you in just 

seconds. Once inside your 

workspace, you can 

communicate by chatting, 

drawing, creating cards, and 

adding content from around 

the Internet 

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Groupboard 

drawonthe.net 

Multimedia Posters and Pages: 

Scrapblog 

Edu Glogster 

Wix 

Popplet 

WebPoster 

Interactive website tools for 

distance learning, online 

tutoring, collaboration and 

fun. Add whiteboard, chat, 

games, message boards, 

VOIP and web conferencing 

to your website by simply 

copying a few lines of HTML 

code. 

Draw together with your 

friends online. Draw on top of 

any internet image or website 

Combine your photos, audio, 

video and text to create 

multimedia pages and mix 

things up with a bunch of 

creative elements. 

Share your creations with 

family and friends or post 

them directly to your favorite 

sites. 

Combine images, video, tutorial 

music, photos and audio to 

create mulitmedia pages. 

Embed into any webpage. 

Import favourite pictures and 

movies from your own 

computer or from the web. 

Create stunning pages using 

creative elements. 

Embed into any webpage or 

share directly. 

Make your own views of 

video, images, text and invite 

others to help you design it. 

This tool allows educators to 

create a lesson, worksheet, 

or class page and 

immediately publish it online. 

Teachers can also set up 

classes and assign projects 

to students. Students 

complete the assignments by 

creating their own online 

projects or reports. Teachers 

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WebDoc 




and students can even add 

images and links to their 

pages. 

Collaborative posters where 

people can post their own 

mix of pictures, videos, 

sounds and cool apps. 

Content on 

this site may 

be 

inappropriate. 

Check before 

viewing. 

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cooltoolsforschools - Research Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Research+Tools?f=print 

Search Engines: 

Addictomatic 

Search Crystal 

Wolfram Alpha 

FindHow 

Info Please 

Dogo 

Findthatfile 

Joongel 

Nibipedia 

Spezify 

Find news, videos, photos, blogposts and more. 

Set out by source. 

Search and compare multiple engines in one 

place. 

It is a search visualization that enables you to 

compare, remix and share results from the best 

web, image, video, blog, tagging, news engines, 

Flickr images or RSS feeds. You can embed as a 

widget on your site or blog. 

An ambitious, long-term project to make all 

systematic knowledge immediately computable 

by anyone. Enter your question or calculation, 

and watch it compute the answer. Based on a 

new kind of knowledge-based computing.. 

Find how to do things. This site gives you access 

to trusted, reliable How-To content on the 

Internet. 

General searches plus almanacs, biographies, 

dictionaries, encyclopaedia, spelling. 

Fodder, cool sites and global news for young 

minds. 

Media file search engine. It locates media 

(documents, audio, video, etc). Searches media 

files rather than webpages from all over the 

Internet. 

Search the internet by category. tour 

Video search. 

New visual search engine that collects search 

results in different media formats (e.g. 

definitions, images, Flickr photos, quotes, 

wikipedia articles), arranges them on a desktop 

and can be dragged around as an (almost) 

infinite collage. 

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Veezzle 

Yolink 

Ant 

PDFCatch 

WordSift 

Research Resources: 

John Locker 

Teachers.tv 

Blinkx 

PrimarySchool.tv 

SnagFilms 

SchoolWAX TV 

Pics4Learning 

100% free search stock photo service, no 

advertisements. 

It takes a long time for our servers to index the 

free stock photos of the internet but we are 

confident we can reach our goal, we have a 

strong algorithm in place that index’s thousands 

of stock photos every hour. 

Find and go to what you're looking for, then 

export your findings to your choice of social 

networks, collaboration, or document generation 

tools. 

Find news, videos, photos, blogposts and more. 

Set out by source. 

Ebook, PDF search engine. 

Visual Search Engine. Type in text up to 65k 

characters. Creates visual links. 

Online documentaries listed under categories. 

Great classroom resource. 

Thousands of educational programmes on TV 

and online. 

Video resources 

A way for Primary School teachers and learners 

to access relevant video content on an IWB 

and/or Internet enabled TV. All video content is 

filtered using Safe Search. 

Watch free documentaries. 

Educator approved videos so everyone can learn 

in a safe and comfortable environment. The 

perfect resource for students who are working on 

their homework or just need a little extra help on 

any given subject. Teachers can use the 

animations and videos to capture their students’ 

attention and enrich classroom lessons. 

Includes both photographs and clip art, organized 

into topics, 

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NonFictionVideos 

Piclens 

Footnote 

KidsKnowIt 

Newseum 

Ultimate Research 

Assistant 

Xtimeline 

Arkive 

British Library 

Online TATE 

Gallery of Writing 

free to use in an educational setting. 

Online documentary archive. 

Download add-on for Firefox. 

Transform your browser into a full-screen, 3D 

experience for online photos and videos. 

Fly through 1000s of YouTube videos faster than 

you've ever imagined possible. 

Browse and upload original documents. 

Making education fun and free. Free educational 

Websites For the young, and the young at heart. 

Search the databases of the Children's Learning 

Network. 

The world's most interactive museum. 

The Ultimate Research Assistant is an 

advanced Internet knowledge mining 

technology. To use this tool, simply type in 

the name of a topic and click the Generate 

Research Report button. The tool will 

perform research on your topic and 

generate a concise research report 

summarizing your topic. 

Find timelines of events, or easily create and 

share timelines with pictures and videos. 

This site was designed to teach young and old 

about the wonders of birds. 

Images of life on earth. A unique collection of 

thousands of videos, images and fact-files 

illustrating the world's species. 

The British Library Online - 4 million books, 

920,000 journal and newspaper titles, 58 million 

patents, 3 million sound recordings, and so much 

more. 

A range of online resources for teachers 

Read published work, contribute your writing, 

start a local gallery, search galleries. 

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Studyjams 

Udemy 

KnowItAll 

Trove 

Asking Questions: 

Answers 

Ask 

Wiki Answers 

Yahoo Xtra 

Answers 

'How to' Videos and Tutorials: 

Graspr 

5 Min 

Lookah.tv 

Wordpress tv 

Studyjams are interactive units on different maths 

and science themes. Lots to choose from. 

Online courses 

ETV's educational Web portal, a collection of fun, 

interactive websites for K-12 students, teachers 

and parents. 

Discovery experience focused on Australia and 

Australians. It supplements what search engines 

provide. For research content in the fields of the 

social sciences, literature, local or family history, 

or need inspiration for your school assignment. 

Provides answers from the world's leading 

reference publications and contributions from our 

Q&A community. 

Ask for information from web, images, news, 

videos, maps, and lots of answers. 

Enter a question or phrase. With over 5,000 

categories, there are Q&As for everyone. 

Browse and discover new categories. 

Ask a question, share knowlede, help others, 

earn points. 

Instructional videos in a number of categories. 

How To and DIY Videos 

How to tutorials on popular software 

programmes. 

Videos and how to tutorials and support for all 

things Wordpress. 

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Intro 

video


Woopid 

eHow 

wikiHow 

WonderHowTo 

Tutsearch 

PSDeluxe 

Teacher Training 

Videos 

Other Tools: 

Jog the Web 

Ergo Research 

Skills 

Earth Album 

Kwout 

GreatSummary 

Watch free video tutorials for all your computer 

and gadget questions. Find a quick answer or 

learn something new. 

Find step-by-step instructions on how to do just 

about everything. 

A collaborative writing project to build the world's 

largest, highest quality how-to manual. You can 

add your own tutorials to wikiHow. It currently 

contains 48,436 articles. 

Find out how to do almost anything. 

Over 100 tutorial sites. 

Photoshop tutorials for beginners and 

professionals. Professional adobe photoshop 

tutorials for any skill level. Learn Photoshop with 

fun. 

Videos created for teachers to help them to 

incorporate technology into their teaching. JThere 

is also a special page of videos for students 

interested in multimedia, where you can learn 

Flash, Director and Photoshop. 

Make a tour of your websites on a theme, and 

comment on them. Students could 

use it as a bibliography. 

Step-by-step guide shows you how to break 

down research tasks into manageable parts, and 

find good quality relevant information to make 

your assignments the best they can be. 

Explore the earth in photos. Some of the most 

stunning photos in the world 

courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. 

Quote a part of a web page as an image with an 

image map. 

Add the bookmarklet to your favorite browser. 

Quickly get the gist of a document, webpage, or 

any text selection of your choice. Identify the key 

topics of a document while eliminating redundant 

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WhereIsNow 

AnyClip 

Bookmarking and Retrieval: 

Precipitate 

DeweyDigger 




information 

Tells you where to find the very latest version of 

a given document. Whether you are looking for a 

catalog, a law or a regulation, or maybe 

somebody's personal contacts, you can reach its 

latest available version without wasting your time 

searching the web or asking around. 

Search for actions, quotes, objects, movies, 

actors from videos. 

Search for and launch the information you have 

stored in the cloud from within Spotlight or 

Google Desktop for Mac. It currently supports 

Google Docs (including Google Apps accounts), 

Google Bookmarks and Picasa Web Albums 

Explore knowledge via the Dewey Decimal 

Classification 

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cooltoolsforschools - Video Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Video+Tools?f=print 

Video Editing and Presentation Tools: 

Animoto 

Clipgenerator 

Vuvox 

Jumpcut 

Viddix 

Zunavision 

Jaycut 

Masher 

Tubechop 

CaptionTube 

upload a video - Animoto analyses the video, 

feels the music, customises the video. 


Create own cool videos clips with favorite 

popular music in top quality. Select the music, 

add your own photos or images or videos and 

generate automated professional film cuts 

and animations. 

Fast layout and customisation of photos, 

video, text and music. 

Add media hotspots, narrate interactivity. 


Upload your media, grab shared media, 

create and remix movies, publish to your 

friends, share with the world. 

Upload your video and support notes, 

images, etc. View on double presentation 

screens. Publish to any webpage. 

Easily "embed" pictures, logos, and videos 

within your own videos. 

Upload your photos and video - edit online. 

Mix your own videos and photos, with library 

of video clips from BBC Motion Gallery, Rip 

Curl and more. Mash together using our 

simple studio, then add some words, music 

and special effects. Share 

Find the video you want to chop. Select & cut 

interesting part of the video. Share it with 

friends. 

Offer viewers a transcript to read with 

Youtube videos. Create and edit closed 

captions in multiple languages. Export 

captions and upload them to your YouTube 

account. 

demo 

demo 

demo 

example 

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Bubble Ply 

Sliderocket 

Stupeflix 

Smilebox 

Wetoku 

One True Media 

Asterpix 

Pixorial 

Kaltura 

Fliqz 

Fliggo 

Add text, speech bubbles, images, subtitles, 

and even your commentary from 

a web cam to any video. Embed onto your 

own website. 

Upload your slides, keynote or powerpoint 

and video. Publish to any webpage. 

A web service that turns your pictures, videos 

and text into professional videos. 

Choose your design. Add photos, videos, 

words, music. Email, blog or print it. 

No software to install. Use webcams to 

interview or hold a conference, record the 

interview, and embed the video right away. 

Dual frames mean that you can record both 

people at the same time. 

Mix photos with video and add effects for 

outstanding presentation 

View and create interactive video. Convert 

videos from across the web into interactive 

videos. Share your interactive videos on 

Asterpix, blogs, social network profile pages 

or other websites. 

Upload your digital movie files. Free to 10GB. 

Access, organize, edit and archive all of your 

movies. Remix and share online. 

Make your online video interactive, 

collaborative and engaging. Easily 

customizable set of widgets that seamlessly 

integrate into video applications on web 

platforms of any kind. Publishers can deploy 

existing widgets and apps or take advantage 

of open architecture in order to develop new 

ones. 

Free account includes video player, 

high-quality playback,s upport for all major 

video formats, contextual ads that keep it 

free, 25 uploads, 500 streams/month. 

Create a video site in seconds. Build a video 

blog, the next YouTube or just a private place 

to share videos. 

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Dvolver 

Xtranormal 

Domo Animate 

MeMoov 

Flipbook 

Subply 

DotSUB 

Overstream 

Storyblender 

Splicd 

Snip Snip 

Kideos 

Make a movie in a few simple steps. Use 

customised themes and characters. 

If you can type, you can make movies. Make 

animations from preset characters. Put in 

own actions and script. 

Powered by GoAnimate, is a way to easily 

create animations and slideshows. 

Open online platform that lets you create and 

share your animated videos. 

Make pages and animate using flipbook 

techniques. 

The home of web video professional subtitles. 

Anyone with web video (publishers, 

broadcasters, bloggers) can easily have 

subtitles and voiceover added in any 

language to their video. The viewer can 

choose the language directly from the video 

(just like the menu on a DVD). 

See thousands of videos translated everyday 

here. You can upload your video and help 

translate it into multiple languages. 

Easily create and synchronize your subtitles 

to any online video, store them on the 

Overstream server, and send the link to the 

subtitled video overstream to your friends, or 

embed on your website. 

Create your own videos, enhance anything on 

Youtube, remake other blends. 

Allows you to isolate an interesting tidbit from 

a YouTube video and provides you with a link 

to share it with your family, friends, and 

colleagues. 

An easy way to share yor favourite parts of 

videos you like. Just enter the URL and crop. 

A destination for kids to safely watch videos 

online. Each video has been screened before 

making it onto the site. 

example 

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Kid's Vid 

ChildrensYouTube 

Eyejot 

Recordr 

Screencasting Tools: 

Jing Project 

Screencastle 

Screenjelly 

CamStudio 

Silverback 

Instructional website to help teachers and 

students to use video production in class. 

Includes scripting, making the video, editing 

and showtime. 

YouTube videos you feel would be enjoyable 

for your children. These have been vetted by 

teachers and parents to bring a safe 

environment to watch some of our favorite 

movies for children aged 2 - 10yrs of age 

Comprehensive, client-free online video 

messaging platform ideal for both personal 

and business communications. It offers 

everyone the ability to create and receive 

video messages. Can embed into any 

website. Good for giving video feedback. 

Record yourself live just with a microphone 

and a web camera, and share it with your 

friends. You can also comment with 

video/audio to a web page you are viewing. 

Snap a picture of anything on your desktop, 

or record video of what you do or what you 

see. 

Upload and share online. 

An easy to use screencaster with audio. 

Launch the screencast recorder and record a 

screencast directly from you browser. 

Nothing to install. Can embed or get link to 

share. 

Records your screen activity with your voice 

so you can share via email or embed. 

Record all screen and audio activity on your 

computer and create industry-standard AVI 

video files and using its built-in SWF Producer 

can turn those AVIs into Streaming Flash 

videos. PC only. 

Not free, but free 30 day trial available. 

Worth the money. 

Capture screen activity, video the 

participant’s reactions, record the 

participant’s voice. 

Add chapter markers on the fly, control 

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tutorial


Screentoaster 

iShowu 

Video Conferencing: 

Oovoo 

Elluminate 

Yugma 

Timzon 

Teleprompters: 

Cueprompter 

Teleprompter 

Mirrors 

Video Hosting Sites: 

YouTube 

TeacherTube 

recording with the remote, export to 

Quicktime 

Make screencasts / tutorials / demos / 

high-scores show-offs. Record your screen in 

one click. No download. Compatible with 

Windows, Mac OS X, Linux. Share videos on 

the Internet in Flash. Embed them on 

blogs/webpages or send them by email. 

Designed to record anything on your screen, 

instantly — both audio, and video! 

Have a face-to-face video chat with friends, 

family or colleagues, no matter where they 

are in the world. Download and install for free 

Free v-room with up to 3 people for video 

conference and interactive meetings. 

Free web conferencing allows anyone, 

anywhere to instantly share their desktop and 

ideas online with others. Desktop sharing and 

online meetings. 

Collaboration tool enabling virtual teams to 

communicate effectively through video and 

across time zones. 

A free teleprompter/autocue service. Your 

browser works like a teleprompter -no extra 

software needed. 

Free teleprompter mirror script. 

Videos hosted and shared on any webpage 

Videos produced and/or uploaded by 

educators for the purpose of education 

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Yahoo Video 

Photobucket 

School Tube 

PrimarySchoolTV 

Viddler 

Edublogs TV 

Magnify 

Blip TV 

Edublogs.tv 

Videojug 

Totlol 

Wordpress tv 

SchoolWaxTV 

Video hosted and shared on any webpage 

Upload all your photos, videos, and images 

for free. Make photo slide shows to share 

pics with friends. 

Videos produced and/or uploaded by 

educators or school children for the 

purpose of education 

A way for Primary School teachers and 

learners to access relevant video content on 

an IWB and/or Internet enabled TV. All video 

content is filtered using Safe Search. 



Free upload, hosting, and page layout. Save 

videos from other sites. 

Upload your videos and embed into any 

webpage. 

Find educational videos or upload your own. 

Lifestyle videos. 

Video website designed specifically for 

children. It is community moderated. It is 

constantly growing. It is powered by 

YouTube. All videos were submitted, 

screened and rated by parents. The selection 

is huge and if you like, you can participate 

too. 

Videos and how to tutorials and support for Intro 

all things Wordpress. 

video 

Educator approved videos. Resource for 

students who are working on their homework 

or just need a little extra help on any given 

subject. Teachers can use the animations and 

videos to capture their students’ attention and 

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Revver 

Livestream 

idesktop.tv 

Media Players: 

Miro 

VLC Media Player 

Double Twist 

Embedplus 




enrich classroom lessons or upload your own. 


Start your own channel. One click streaming 

from your camera, desktop or games. 

Create a Custom Player in minutes. 

Download YouTube Videos with a few clicks. 

Watch & share YouTube Videos with Web 2.0 

Download onto computer. Play any video file. 

Download and save videos from the internet. 

Download onto computer. Player various 

audio and video formats as well as DVDs, 

VCDs, and various streaming protocols. 

Browse through your media and play 

anything. Works with your phone, MP3 

player, PSP, camera, and much more! Publish 

a video to YouTube, upload photos to 

Facebook and Flickr or privately share an 

experience with friends. Mac with Leopard 

required. 

Easily upgrade video embeds with enhanced 

playback and relevant content, real-time 

reactions, DVD-like controls and more without 

having to alter original content. 

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cooltoolsforschools - Slideshow Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Slideshow+Tools?f=print 

Slideshow Tools: 

Slide 

Slideshare 

Sliderocket 

Photobucket 

Yodio 

Authorstream 

Slideboom 

ShowBeyond 

Photoshow 

Upload pictures, create effects and transitions 

Upload powerpoints to share with others. Supports 

ppt, pps & pot (PowerPoint), pdf, odp 

(OpenOffice); Keynote users can save as pdf, doc, 

rtf, xls (MSOffice), odt & ods (OpenOffice) & pdf 

Upload your slides, keynote or powerpoint and 

video. Publish to any webpage. 

Upload all your photos, videos, and images for free. 

Make photo slide shows to share pics with friends. 

Add your voice to your photos or presentations, and 

share these narrated photos with your friends and 

colleagues. Create from your phone or computer 

and embed into any website 

Present and share powerpoints. Port directly to 

YouTube. Start a meeting online, invite contacts to 

discuss live. Embed into any website, blog or share 

by email. Create your own channel to showcase 

your presentation. 

Share powerpoint presentations online. Play as 

movie with audio and l 

links. 

A multimedia slidecast creator, online publishing 

platform, and story sharing community. Upload your 

images, then add your sound and text to create 

multimedia stories. You can share your stories with 

friends or post to blogs and social networking sites! 

Turn your photos into a musical PhotoShow in just 

minutes 

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Vuvox 

Collage 

Photo Story 3 

Slideroll 

Slideoo 

Flickrslidr 

PictureTrail 

Smilebox 

Photopeach 

Photosnack 

Kizoa 

MyJugaad.in 

Produce dynamic interactive panoramas with 

hot-spots 

Free download for Windows. 

Create slideshows using your digital photos. 

Touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures. 

Add stunning special effects, soundtracks, and your 

own voice narration to your photo stories. 

Personalize them with titles and captions. 

Create slide shows with your photos. Publish your 

slideshows on the internet, and e-mail them to 

friends 

Make rolling slideshows from your Flickr 

photostream and sets in seconds. 

Easily embed the classic flickr slideshows on your 

website or blog. All you need to do is enter the flickr 

URL address of the user, photo set or group you 

would like to embed along with some options. You'll 

receive the HTML embed code in return 

Biggest slideshow selection on the web. Post them 

to any webpage. Also photo sharing and image 

hosting. 

Choose your design. Add photos, videos, words, 

music. Email, blog or print it. 

Make a slideshow with moving photos like a video 

with your choice of background music, captions on 

each photo, fun effects, and more. 

Upload photos, create great photo slideshows, and 

share them with your friends and family. 

Manage your photos online, share your photo 

albums. Lots of stylish templates 

and themes. 

Create slideshows and edit photos with fun effects, 

animations, music and more! Share your creations 

on the Internet or burn them to DVD. 

You may create a slideshow of all the webpages, 

videos and images you like and then share it with 

your friends. A very interesting way to browse the 

best of internet. 

example 

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cooltoolsforschools - Audio Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Audio+Tools?f=print 

. 

Audio Creation and Uploaders: 

Audacity 

Wavosaur 

Chirbit 

Reaper 

Vocaroo 

Olefa Sound 

Recorder 

AudioPal 

Podomatic 

Minicast Maker 

SoundCloud 

Free, open source software for recording and 

editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, 

Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other 

operating systems. 

A free sound, audio and wav editor for editing, 

processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 

files. It has all the features to edit audio produce 

music loops, analyze, record, batch convert. 

The Wavosaur freeware audio editor works on 

Windows 98, Windows XP and Windows Vista. 

A free online tool for audio sharing. Enables users 

to record, upload, listen to and share sound bites 

easily. Able to record directly, use text to speech 

or upload own audio file. Can then embed to any 

site. 

A fully featured multitrack audio and MIDI 

recording, editing, processing, mixing, and 

mastering environment. Windows only. 

Simple audio recorder, no uploading required. Can tutorial 

embed into any webpage. 

Allows you to make recordings on the internet. 

Very easy to handle, allowing even kids to use it. 

Save files to your own computers (.wav or .ogg) 

Record and use your own voice, playback options, 

embed into any webpage. 

Combine photos with an audio track to create a 

video slideshow. Share your minicast with friends 

on Facebook, Twitter, blogs and beyond. Simply 

upload photos and audio. Professionally designed 

photo transitions. Dissolve, Ripple Flash, Swipe, 

Zoom. 100% web-based. Watch on smartphone 

with a 3G or 4G connection. 

Not only makes sound look good, it makes it 

social. Record on the fly or upload something you 

made before and see how the shape of your 

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Entertonement 

Yodio 

Voicethread 

Fotobabble 

MyBrainShark 

Qlipboard 

Photoface 

Levelator 

Double Twist 

sound starts a conversation. Your sounds are free 

to go anywhere on the web. Share privately to 

your family, publish to social networks or embed 

your sounds on your site. 

Upload Your Sounds. Listen to Thousands of other 

Sound Bites. Share Your Audio Clips with Your 

Friends. Embed Sounds and Audio on Your 

Website. Download Your Ringtones 

Add your voice to your photos or presentations, 

and share these narrated photos with your friends 

and colleagues. Create from your phone or 

computer and embed into any website 

Create a slideshow of images or video and you tutorial 

and others can comment on each 

photo by text, audio or video. Embed into any 

webpage. 

Add a voice to your photos in three easy clicks. tutorial 

Upload your presentation, document or video. 

Narrate it, share it, track it. Create voice-over 

presentations. Make talking photo albums. Upload 

a video or screencast. Narrate documents. 

Produce podcasts. Share your content. 

Make a message using just your voice and 

browser with QlipBoard Online. 

Use your own photo or an avatar. Upload your 

audio, record directly or use text to speech for 

your personal message. Great for giving feedback 

to students. 

The Levelator (download) adjusts the audio levels 

within your podcast or other audio file for 

variations from one speaker to the next, for 

example. It's not a compressor, normalizer or 

limiter although it contains all three. It's much more 

than those tools, and it's much simpler to use. The 

UI is dirt-simple: Drag-and-drop any WAV or AIFF 

file onto The Leveler's application window, and a 

few moments later you'll find a new version which 

just sounds better. 

Browse through your media and play anything. 

Works with your phone, MP3 player, PSP, camera, 

and much more! Publish a video to YouTube, 

upload photos to Facebook and Flickr or privately 

share an experience with friends. Mac with 

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Voxli 

Mixlr 

Postcard.fm 

Podcasting Sites: 

Podomatic 

Gcast 

Gabcast 

MyPodcast 

Podbean 

ClickCaster 

Animated Audio and Text to Speech: 

Leopard required. 

Create a chatroom that allows voice chat. Invite up 

to 200 of your teammates. No registration 

required, send a link to anyone. 

CD quality audio broadcasting worldwide, over the 

web, iPhone, iPad and mobile devices. 

In 1-click you're broadcasting to the world. 

Send a photo and audio postcard to a friend. 

Upload your own image and audio. 

Upload podcasts and embed them into any 

webpage. Free hosting and design. 

Subscribe to podcasts in iTunes. 

Create your own audio broadcast, where you can 

easily record voice messages, mix in your favorite 

music, and share it all for the world to hear. 

Embed your podcast. 

A podcasting and audioblogging platform that 

offers an easy way to create and distribute audio 

content. Use a touch-tone telephone to make their 

recordings or access the service through VoIP. 

Once you have made a recording and have 

published it, a newsfeed is immediately and 

automatically updated to alert subscribers to your 

channel. 

Unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth, Ffee 

podcast templates, help and documentation, 

free membership. 

Be aware - Listeners can earn you money, and 

ads are placed. 

Easy and powerful way to start podcasting. Easy 

to publish your podcast in 3 steps. No tech to 

learn. 

Publish any file as a podcast. Make it public or 

make it private. Create multiple channels (RSS 

feeds) and manage them from a single account. 

Embed video from your account into a blog or 

social networking profile. Powerful statistic and 

analytics engine. 

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Voki 

Mashface 

Blabberize 

Odiogo 

Oddcast 

ispeech 

Text to Speech 

Translator 

ReadtheWords 

Sound Effects: 

SoundSnap 

Soungle 

Freesound 

SoundsXtras 

Use a speaking avatar to speak your text 

Choose a photo or upload from your webcam. 

Record your mouth, eyes, whatever. Mash it Share 

it. 

Choose a photo or upload from your webcam. 

Record or upload your audio. Your mouth will 

move in time to the speech. 

Transform textual content into audio formats 

downloadable directly to the PC, iPods/MP3 

players and mobile phones! Transform your blog 

into a high quality, ad-supporting broadcast. 

Convert any text to audio, embed into any 

webpage. Lifelike voices. 

Converts text into lifelike spoken audio in a variety example 

of languages: English, Spanish, French, German, 

Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, 

Chinese and Russian. 

Upload word processing files, webpages, pdf, or 

almost anything and choose the 

reader to suit. Will also read in English, Spanish or 

French 

Lots of sound effects and Foley effects. Small 

files, but can extend them on 

Garageband or Audacity. 

Search for sound effects and download. 

Collaborative database of Creative Commons 

licensed sounds. Freesound focusses only on 

sound, not songs. 

Royalty free sounds library to download for 

animation, games and multimedia projects. Share 

your own sounds 

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SFXSource 




Downloadable sound effects library and royalty 

free music library. Download sound effects, as 

wav and mp3. All music loops are submitted by 

professionals and reviewed for quality. No user 

generated content! Sound effect audio ready for 

use in video, animation, flash, game, and 

multi-media productions. 

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cooltoolsforschools - Image Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Image+Tools?f=print 

Image and Photography Tools: 

Flickr 

Picasa 

Yogile 

Min.us 

Photoshow 

Photobucket 

Tinypic 

Gickr 

Kodak Gallery 

Snapfish 

Upload, organise and share your 

photos. 

Download to your computer. Organise 

and share photos. 

Online photo album for sharing with 

friends. Password protected albums. 

Download photos to your own 

computer. 

Share your images online by creating 

your own galleries and sharing with 

friends. 

Turn your photos into a musical 

PhotoShow in just minutes. 

Upload all your photos, videos, and 

images for free. Make photo slide 

shows to share pics with friends. 

Upload your photos. Use them to link 

to your webpages. 

Instantly create animations online, 

free. Just upload pictures or grab 

them from your Flickr. Create funny 

flashy slideshows with you and your 

friends, cartoons, previews, banners, 

etc. Post them anywhere. 

Photo storage with the ability to 

organize, edit, and add borders, tints 

and other creative touches. 

Store and share your photos for free. 

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Afelo 

Gigapan 

Skitch 

Be Funky 

Cartoonize 

Spotjots 

ImageCodr 

Dosize 

Webinpaint 

iZoom 

Allows to select images on your local 

computer, to resize and compress 

them and to send them onto your site 

or save locally on your computer. 

Allows users to upload, share, and 

explore brilliant gigapixel+ panoramas 

from around the globe. Upload your 

own brilliant panoramas for others to 

explore and comment. Also, allowing 

other web sites to embed examples. 

Free download for mac only. 

Use any image and annotate with 

circles and arrows, add text, scribble 

and jot. 

Resize and crop. 

Drag the file to wherever you like, no 

need to save 

Upload a photo and turn it into a 

sketch, avatar or cartoon with a few 

simple clicks. 


Cartoon yourself in one click. Directly 

online & free. 

Upload your photos, add a map to 

show location. 

No need to manually link and attribute 

flickr photos. Just enter in the URL of 

the picture page and ImageCodr will 

generate the ready to use HTML 

code. It will also display a brief and 

easy license summary, so you don't 

get in legal trouble because you 

missed something. 

Upload and resize images, send to 

friends. 

Remove one or more objects or 

persons from your composition. 

Allows you to easily resize and crop 

your photos for optimized display on 

your iPod photo, on the web, or in 

email messages to friends. Useful for 

creating web photo galleries, 

example 

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BlockPosters 

Rasterbator 

Cosketch 

Quickrpickr 

Greenshot 

Cameroid 

Photosynth 

forum-user avatars, and image 

thumbnails, or resizing your photos for 

perfect viewing on your iPod photo 

screen. 

Upload an image from your computer 

and choose how many sheets wide 

you would like your poster to be once 

printed 

Create huge, rasterized images from 

any picture. Upload an image, print the 

resulting multi-page pdf file and 

assemble the pages into extremely 

cool looking poster up to 20 meters in 

size. 

A multi-user online whiteboard 

designed to give you the ability to 

quickly visualize and share your ideas 

as images. Other users share the 

room in real time. Save a sketch as an 

image for embedding.. Use google 

maps as the background to show 

directions or share trips. 

A quicker way to pick Flickr picture, 

generate HTML code, and post them 

to blogs, webpages and forums. 

A screenshot tool optimized for 

productivity. Save a screenshot or a 

part of the screen to a file within a 

second. Apply text and shapes to the 

screenshot. Offers capture of window, 

region or full screenshot. Supports 

several image formats. 

Take photographs online and 

download pictures to your computer. 

Similar to Photo Booth. 

Some great backgrounds and frames, 

and cool effects. 

Imagine being able to share the 

places and things you love using the 

cinematic quality of a movie, the 

control of a video game, and the 

mind-blowing detail of the real world. 

Reconstruct the scene or object from 

a bunch of flat photographs, and bring 

that experience to virtually anyone 

over the Internet. PC only. 

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Dumpr 

Tabblo 

Pixenate 

Idee 

Photovisi 

Mosiackr 

Picture2LIfe 

Custom sign 

generator 

Photofunia 

Speechable 

Says-It 

Watermark Tool 

Create marvellous photo effects, 

upload your own photo, save, email, 

print or embed. 

Creation tools for both online and 

print. 

Make photo-centric websites more 

useful by embedding simple photoediting 

directly in your website. 

Find flickr pictures by selecting a 

colour. 

Turn your photos into collages and 

wallpaper. 

Create beautiful mosaics from your 

flickr pictures, and even print them on 

posters! 

A powerful, but simple and 

easy-to-use online image editor which 

also allows you to create collages and 

animated gif's (or animations). It 

works great with your pictures that 

you already have online! 

Thousands of free dynamics JPEG, 

GIF & PNG image creators. 

Create your own images by inserting 

your photo into various images and 

scenes. 

A free photo service that lets you 

easily upload and add speech bubbles 

to your photos and share them with 

friends 

Allows you to make your own funny 

photos and graphics. Simply type in 

some text and choose from a few 

simple options. You can create your 

own signs and more. 

Free online watermarking software 

that allows you to quickly and easily 

protect your images with a visible 

watermark. With the many 

watermarking options available, you're 

able to personalize your images in a 

Example 

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Picmarkr 

Lolcat Builder 

Blingeasy 

Big Huge Labs 

Tuxpi 

Image 

Generator 

Sign Generator 

Add Letters 

variety of ways - including text size, 

color, and position. 

Add custom watermark (image or 

text) to your images online and free. 

It is useful when you need to protect 

your copyrights or if you want to add 

comments 

to your photos. 

Caption your pictures 

The photo editor lets you easily add 

Glitter, Animated Images, 

Backgrounds, Text and many other 

amazing effects to your photos or 

images. 

Generator using photos. Make cool 

things with your digital photos. 

A collection of easy to use photo 

effects. Browser based imaging tools 

and toys, that let you very easily apply 

a special look to your pictures. 

Image, sign, text generator. Lots of example 

quirky widgets and generators to 

make frame, text in pics, insert 

images, and loads more. 

An online widget that allows you to 

change the letters in various photos of 

signs (road signs, people holding 

signs, product parodies) to make 

personalized images/graphics and 

ecards. 

Generate your own funny pictures 

based on the text you enter. The 

generated picture looks real and can 

be downloaded for your own 

enjoyment! Create your own 

newspaper headline, make your own 

diploma, or even make a custom 

restaurant sign! 

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Big Huge Labs 

Trading Card 

Maker 

FunPhotoBox 

Bubblesnaps 

Imagechef 

FaceinHole 

SpaceYourFace 

WordMosiac 

AllMyMagic 

Double Twist 

TagGalaxy 

Make your own collectible trading 

card! Or make a whole deck and 

create a card game. 

Create funny pictures from your 

photos. Allows you to add special 

effects to your photos. 

Select an effect from a list of 

templates. Upload your photo and 

select any area of your image to be 

cropped. Email, embed or hotlink your 

image. 

Add speech bubbles to any photo. 

Embed into a webpage or send to 

your friends. 

Add photo frames, or use sketchpad 

or poetry blender tools. 

Put your face on another body - 

celebrities to superheroes. 

Put your face in the astronaut and do 

the astronaut dance. 

Turn your words into a shape image. 

Make a Wizcard or dazzle your 

photos. 

Browse through your media and play 

anything. Works with your phone, MP3 

player, PSP, camera, and much more! 

Publish a video to YouTube, upload 

photos to Facebook and Flickr or 

privately share an experience with 

friends. Mac with Leopard required. 

A flash application that uses 

The globe at the top 

Papervision3D with beautiful transition of this page was 

effects to explore Flickr photos via made on tag galaxy. 

virtual planetary systems. Enter the 

search terms, click the tag planet an a 

world globe of your images appears. 

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Spell With 

Flickr 

Mutapic 

Colour Tools: 

Genopal 

ColorJack 

Photo Manipulation Tools: 

Online Image 

Editor 

Aviary 

Fotoflexer 

Picnik 

Type in any word. Searches flickr 

images to generate the word. 

Create visual brainstorms with an 

online picture generator. Proposes 

ideas, makes sketches and allows you 

to refine your sketches until you get a 

final render. Uses 2 images to create 

logos, patterns, decorative elements. 

A demo that lets you get a colour 

palette from a photo - the actual 

product is not free, but the demo is. 

Colour scheme generator, DHTML 

color picker. Gives you the 

hexadecimal number of every colour. 

Edit images ONLINE. Resize or crop 

your images, add text, add borders, 

or overlay your images, put your 

image in a picture frame or add a 

mask, convert, sharpen, reduce size 

of your animated gif... and much, 

much, more.... 

A suite of 4 tools among which 

Phoenix – an online image editor is the 

one which we are interested right now. 

Phoenix is a very powerful image 

editor that can be said as a true 

competitor for Photoshop, just that 

this one runs from a browser. 

Online image editor. Create dazzling 

effects. Can remove blemishes, 

change skin/hair color, morph photos 

and more! 

Fix your photos in just one click. Use 

advanced controls to fine-tune your 

results. Crop, resize, and rotate in 

real-time. Tons of special effects, from 

artsy to fun. Awesome fonts and 

top-quality type tool. Works on Mac, 

Windows, and Linux. No download 

required, nothing to install 

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Photoshop 

Splashup 

Pixlr 

Lunapic 

Pixer.us 

Paint.NET 

Clevr 

Citrify 

Faststone 

Pizap 

Online version of Photoshop 

A powerful editing tool and photo 

manager. Allows you to edit many 

images at once. Runs in all browsers, 

integrates seamlessly with top 

photosharing sites, and even has its 

own file format so you can save your 

work in progress. 

Free online image editor, jump in and 

start edit, adjust, filter. 

Free Online Photo Editor. Photo and 

paint effects. Image manipulation. 

animated Gif creator. 

Upload your photo, fix your photo 

using the tools, save to download it 

using your preferred file format. 

Free image and photo editing 

software for computers that run 

Windows. It features an intuitive and 

innovative user interface with support 

for layers, unlimited undo, special 

effects, and a wide variety of useful 

and powerful tools. 

Stitch your photos to make 

panoramas. Share your panorama on 

the web in the interactive viewer. 

Embed it into your blog or website. 

You can add interactive hotspots to 

your panoramas. These let viewers 

click areas in the panorama for more 

information. They can display notes, 

photos or video. 

Easy to use photo editor 

A suite of tools (freeware or 

shareware) including image browser, 

converter and editor, image 

converter/resizer, image viewer and 

screen capture tool. 

Fun photo editor, image editing tool, 

free photo creator, make slideshow, 

digital imaging tool. 

example 

8 of 10 8/18/2011 9:11 AM


Tiltshiftmaker 

Image Search Tools: 

Simple CC 

Flickr Search 

Piclens 

Pics4Learning 

Ginipic 

Behold 

Pdphoto 

Compfight 

Easily transform your existing digital 

camera photos into tilt-shift style 

miniatures. 

This is a wee test search for creative 

commons flick photos, click on the 

thumbnail to see a small image and 

get the code to embed the photo with 

attribution on your blog. When you see 

the code you can toggle left/ right 

alignment and small/medium size. If 

you are allowed to you can edit a 

large size in picnik, you will need to 

handle the attribution for this yourself. 

Download add-on for Firefox. 

Transform your browser into a 

full-screen, 3D experience for online 

photos and videos. 

Fly through 1000s of YouTube videos 

faster than you've ever imagined 

possible. 

A copyright-friendly image library for 

teachers and students. The collection 

consists of thousands of images that 

have been donated by students, 

teachers, and amateur photographers. 

Unlike many Internet sites, permission 

has been granted for teachers and 

students to use all of the images 

donated to the collection. 

Image search engine download. Find 

what you're looking for and use it 

instantly in your own creation - 

document, presentation, art work 

Find free to use images by tag name 

A repository for free public domain 

photos. 

Find creative commons images on 

Flickr 

example 


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cooltoolsforschools - Drawing Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Drawing+Tools?f=print 

Drawing Tools: 

Google Sketchup 

Wordle 

Tagul 

Tagxedo 

WordItOut 

Imagination 

Cubed 

Floor planner 

Comic Sketch 

A 3D software tool that combines a tool-set 

with an intelligent drawing system. Enables to 

place models using real-world coordinates. 

Create, modify and share 3D models. 

Generate “word clouds” from text that you example 

provide. The clouds give greater prominence 

to words that appear more frequently in the 

source text. You can tweak your clouds with 

different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. 

A web service that enables you to create 

gorgeous tag clouds. The words can be 

interactive - rollover effects, link to google 

search. Can use text or url link to make the 

tags. 20 clouds per user allowed. 

Turns words -- famous speeches, news 

articles, slogans and themes, even your love 

letters -- into a visually stunning tag cloud, 

words individually sized appropriately to 

highlight the frequencies of occurrence within 

the body of text. 

Word cloud generator that gives you control 

with many custom settings. Free to use and no 

sign up required. Create from sentences, whole 

documents, web addresses or tables. Display 

or remove words and tweak their importance 

with ease. Choose your own colours, fonts and 

sizes. Easily embed them on your own website 

(as big or small as you want) 

Drawing board, text and stamps. Share by Training 

email. No embed code that I could find. Video 

Create and share interactive floorplans 

Draw your own comics. Embed them into any 

webpage. 

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Comicbrush 

Comic Master 

Sketchfu 

Sketchcast 

Mugtug 

Quikmaps 

Textorizor 

Tux Paint 

Drawing For 

Children 

Artpad 

LiveBrush 

Mix stock artwork from our fun collection of 

comic backgrounds, characters and props with 

photos of your friends, neighborhood or 

college.You can add speech balloons, text, 

your own artwork and more, before publishing. 

Create your own comics, add captions, 

dialogue, backgrounds, characters and props. 

Create a drawing, save and play back as a 

movie of the drawing being created. Embed 

into any webpage. 

Record a sketch with or without voice audio. 

Embed sketch player into any webpage 

or point people to your sketch channel. 

Sketch or draw. 

Draw a route or label directly on Google Maps. 


example 

Training 

Video 

Make pictures from words. Select the image url example 

from flickr and type in the key words. Change 

the settings to suit image size and strokes. 

Drawing program for children ages 3 to 12. It 

combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound 

effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot 

who guides children as they use the program. 

Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a 

variety of drawing tools to help them be 

creative. 

Drawing program for young children, draw with 

many different pens, put stamps on your 

drawings, create all sort of text effects, and 

much more. Also provides lots of fun to older 

kids. PC only. 

Drawing pad with paint and text. Choose a 

frame, save and play back as a movie of the 

drawing being created. I cannot find any way of 

embedding. 

Free download. Easy-to-use brush tool that 

reacts to your gesture by combining simple 

motion controls with brush styles. Toss 

graphics around the screen or elegantly swing 

the brush around your cursor. 

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FlockDraw 

Cacoo 

Yandex 

Sumopaint 

GoAnimate 

Cartoonster 

Doink 

Aniboom 

Chogger 

EtchaSketch 

Colourlovers 

Thisissand 

Bonomo 

PsykoPaint 

Realtime collaborative drawing tool. Paint a 

simple masterpiece, make a point visually. 

Collaborate on a project and share with the 

world or a friend. 

A user friendly online drawing tool that allows 

you to create a variety of diagrams such as 

site maps, wire frames, UML and network 

charts. 

Drawing pad with paint and text. 

Offers professional and easy to use tools for 

creating and editing images within a browser. 

Layer support. 

Create your very own animated stories online. 

Share them with all your friends 

Teaches you how to draw and animate 

cartoons online. 

Create and share custom animations. 

Collaborate with others by using and sharing 

props. 

Create frame by frame animations using only 4 

geometric shapes. Or create animation using 

your webcam and embed as a widget. 

Create your own cartoon strip or comic. Use 

your own drawings from scratch or 

upload your own photos or drawings. 

Digital version of the Sketchograph. Sketch 

pictures using vertical, horizontal and diagonal 

line. 

A resource that monitors and influences color 

trends. A place to check out a world of color, 

compare color palettes, submit news and 

comments, and read color related articles and 

interviews. 

Make sand pictures. Pixels on screen change 

to sand. Change colours and create. 

example 

example 

example 

Creative art work example 

A photo painting tool which uses the colors of 

an image to paint creative works of art 

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SculptyPaint 

Kerpoof 

Idee 

Pixlr 

Pictaps 

Scribbler 

SimpleDiagrams 

Digital Drawn 

Pencil 

Voice Drawing 

Text Tools: 

Cool Text 

A low polygon 3D creation tool original written 

for creating sculpts; 3D low polygon models for 

SecondLife. But currently it can also export to 

.obj files that can be read in Blender, wings3D 

etc. 

Make a picture, movie, drawing, card or story. 

Not a free site for public users, but Teacher 

accounts are free and can add class as users 

for free. 

Techers join up here 

Find flickr pictures by selecting a colour. 

Free online image and drawing editor, jump in 

and start edit, adjust, filter. 

Draw your person, let it come to life with 

preset animation. 

Create spectacular line sketches from a simple example 

drawing. 

A small desktop application with enough 

functionality to describe a thought or capture a 

process. Drag, drop and size symbols from libraries. 

Add photos and post-notes. Save diagrams on your 

computer or export to PNG 

Design and draw your own e-card 

An animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, 

Windows, and Linux. It lets you create 

traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) 

using both bitmap and vector graphics. 

Voice drawing - use inbuilt mic to draw a 

picture, low volume will turn the line counterclockwise, 

medium volume will draw a straight 

line, high volume will turn the line clockwise. 

Free graphics generator for web pages and 

anywhere else you need an impressive logo 

without a lot of design work. Simply choose 

what kind of image you would like. Then fill out 

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Typogenerator 

Yourfonts 

FontCapture 

Glitter Text Live 

Fontstruct 

Textanim 

3D Animated Text 

Wondersay 

Glowtxt 

FlashVortex 

Avatar Maker 

Doppel Me 

a form and you'll have your own custom image 

created on the fly 

Turns a piece of text into a piece of art example 

Online font generation service that allows you 

to create your own fonts within a couple of 

minutes. Your own handwriting turned into your 

own font. Use your fonts on Windows, Mac OS 

X and Linux. Personalize your digital scrapbook 

pages. Make your own "family handwriting 

history. Make as many fonts as you like. 

NOTE - as from 21 April, 2009 downloads will 

require a payment. 

Create a font from your very own handwriting. 

There's no software to download and install, all 

you need is a printer and a scanner. 

Glitter text generator to embed into any 

webpage 

Build, share and download your own fonts. 

Generate an animated text picture (gif) with 

texture in 10 seconds. 

1,000 pages of free, high-quality animated text 

to make your web site or blog more interesting. 

And you'll find links to thousands of pages of 

free animations. 

Generate stylish animations from plain text. 

Take the original text (quotes, tweets, custom 

sentences) and make it more fun by adding 

style and transforming it. Sharing is easy, and 

you can embed them on your site. 

Glowing text generator 

Create menus, buttons, banners for free. No 

sign up, no software to install, no design skill 

required. 

Create a cool graphical likeness of yourself, 

your friends, family or any group of people for 

use as an avatar in forums, instant messenger, 

blogs and almost anywhere else on the web. 

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Gizmoz 

Portrait Illusion 

Maker 

FaceYourManga 

Build Your WILD 

Self 

Kiwee 

TizMe 

My Avatar Editor 

PrimarySchoolICT 

Alpoy 

Flashface 

MadMen Yourself 

ReasonablyClever 

Gravatar 

Express yourself with a lifelike 3D talking head, 

created from your own picture! 

Free character icon and avatar maker 

Create your Avatar. Express yourself through 

your image and share it whoever you want. 

Design your human self and then add your 

animal parts. 

Free character and avatar maker. Also winks, 

backgrounds and emoticons. 

Create virtual images of yourself, your family, 

and your friends. Integrated support for 

community sites, instant messengers, and 

compatible mobile phones. 

Ceate and edit personalized avatar characters 

compatible with Mii characters found on the 

Nintendo® Wii 

Avatars can be downloaded, edited (using My 

Avatar Editor) and cropped. 

Create an avatar from your own photo 

Create an avatar using parts of a face 

MadMen avatars from the movie 

Make yourself into a Lego avatar 

A globally recognised avatar. An image that 

follows you from site to site appearing beside your 

name when you do things like comment or post on a 

blog. 

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cooltoolsforschools - Writing Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Writing+Tools?f=print 

Publishing: 

iNetEditor 

Smories 

StudentPublishing 

Bookr 

FlipSnack 

Mixbook 

Tikatok 

ClassTools 

ArtisanCam 

Create any document using point-level 

formatting, indents, margins, backgrounds, 

borders, choice ofbullets, numbering, spell 

check, pictures, and more. Share folders, 

documents, and pictures. View highlighted 

changes others made. Revert document with 

one click. Your document is never 

overwritten. 

A place to publish original stories for kids, 

read by kids 

Make paperback storybooks and 

professionally typed, hardback classbooks. 

Make free books from every student's story. 

Make a free book for the classroom where 

every student is an author and illustrator of a 

page in a classbook. 

Create books with turning pages. Direct link 

to flickr for images. 

Online flipping book software that allows you 

to convert PDF documents into Flash page 

flip digital publications.Embed a book, 

magazine, catalog, newspaper, portfolio or 

any other kind of document into a website or 

blog. 

Create book with turning pages. Upload example 

images from your computer or from web. 


Create a book. Upload images. Comment of tutorial 

the book. View online, embed, send via email tutorial 

or purchase hard copy 

Create books with turning pages. Embed into 

any webpage. 

Picture book maker. Make your own 

children's book 

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PeKay 

Bookrix 

Yudu 

Penzu 

Zooburst 

Storybird 

My Storymaker 

PrimaryAccess 

Comic Strip Makers: 

Using very simple operations on the screen, 

tell your story through PeKay the piglet 

and friends. Print it out and you have a 

one-of-a-kind original picture storybook. 

Connecting writers to readers. Upload and 

share your writing, read, review and critique 

Self-publish your own digital magazines, 

eBooks, digital brochures. Simply upload 

your PDFs to create search engine friendly 

page-turning publications that can be emailed 

or added to your website. Create your own 

personalised library to store and share your 

content. 

Free online diary and personal journal that 

is focused on privacy. You can keep your 

thoughts and ideas to yourself and share 

only if you want to! 

Create customized 3D pop-up books. Books 

can be inspected from any angle from with a 

3D space by rotating. Items can be made 

"clickable," allowing you to learn more about 

individual characters within a story. If you 

have a webcam installed on your computer 

simply click on the 'Augmented Reality' 

button at the top of the screen and watch as 

the book appears in the palm of your hand! 

Make stories in minutes. Free Class tutorial 

accounts to manage students without emails, 

create assignments, and build beautiful 

libraries. 

Control characters and objects, creates 

sentences for you. Once you are done with 

your story, you can print it out. If you share it 

with others, you can print it out again by 

entering the magic number it gives you in the 

box on the right. Save the .pdf file that prints 

to your own computer. 

A suite of free online tools that allows 

students and teachers to use primary source 

documents to complete meaningful and 

compelling learning activities with digital 

movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other 

online tools. 

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Toondoo 

Comiqs 

Pixton 

Make Beliefs 

Comix 

Pikistrips 

Bitstrips 

Funny Times 

Toonlet 

Chogger 

Super Action 

Comic Maker 

Writing Tools: 

MixedInk 

DigitalIs 

Zhura 

Create cartoon strips and cartoon books. 

Use your own photos or site graphics. 


Create cartoon pages, choose layout and 

design. Use your own photos or site 

graphics. 

Create your own comics without having to 

draw. Share and remix with your friends. 


Use simple tools to create comic strips 

example 

example 

Create your own comic strip. Choose your example 

layout, upload your photos, add your speech 

bubbles and effects. Share with friends. 

Create awesome comics and characters. 


Build your own cartoon. 

Make your own cartoon strip or comic. tour 

Create your own cartoon strip or comic. Use 

your own drawings from scratch or 

upload your own photos or drawings. 

Create a story using super action comic 

heroes. Make a futuristic sculpture and 

watch it react. 

Find a topic you care about and jump in,or tour 

create a new one and invite others to join. 

Contribute your ideas, mix & match others' 

ideas, or simply rate as you read. Create a 

single text that's more powerful because of 

the many contributors behind it. 

A collection of ideas, reflections, and stories 

about what it means to teach writing in our 

digital, interconnected world. Read, discuss, 

and share ideas about teaching writing today. 

Online script writer 

3 of 8 8/18/2011 9:12 AM


Storymash 

Novlet 

Springnote 

Fivesprockets 

Writeboard 

WriteWith 

Collab-O-Write 

Adobe Buzzword 

Webnote 

A creative writing community for authors, 

amateur writers, readers and anyone 

interested in collaborative fiction and 

collaborative creative writing. 

A web application designed to support 

collaborative writing of non-linear stories in 

any language. With Novlet you will be able to 

read stories written by other users, create 

your own ones, and choose the plot you like 

most from several alternatives. 

An online notebook. Create pages, work on 

them with friends, and to share files. A great 

tool for group projects as it allows group 

members to easily collaborate. Advanced 

search, numerous templates, and 2GB of 

free file storage. Access it from anywhere 

anytime. 

Screen writing software - import scripts from 

other screenwriting programs. Scheduling, 

casting, crewing storyboarding and more! 

Write, share, revise, compare. Sharable, 

web-based text documents that allows you 

to save 

every edit, roll back to any version. Write 

solo or collaborate with others. 

We make writing online work for groups. In 

just a few seconds, get your own account 

where you can upload documents, share with 

other people, chat, assign tasks, and track 

everybody's actions with a comprehensive 

history. 

Enter your own story, add to an existing 

story, illustrate a story, write a story from an 

illustration or just get some writing tips. 

Write and collaborate on documents 

anywhere, anytime 

Online word processor, perfect for writing 

reports, proposals, and anything else you 

need to access online or work on with 

others. It looks and behaves like your normal 

desktop word processor, but it operates 

inside a web browser, so there's no 

installation required. 

A tool for taking notes on your computer. 

Create a workspace and create notes in the 

workspace. You can save your workspace at 

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Linoit 

Webnotes 

NotePub 

Jotform 

Xpad 

Piclits 

Writing Fun 

aMap 

any time and return to them from the same 

computer or any other computer. You can 

also share your notes with others by 

providing the workspace name (or url) to a 

friend. Great for collaborative ideas and 

brainstorming as many people can work on 

the same page at the same time, just by 

using different notes. 

Simple and easy web sticky note. Use lino 

anytime, anywhere. Post stickies not only 

from your PC, but also from outside via 

Email. Paste it, see it, and peel it off 

anywhere. 

With WebNotes you can highlight text and 

stick notes to web pages. All highlights and 

notes are stored in folders within your 

WebNotes account. Pages you annotate can 

be shared through email or online links. 

Online notepad 

JotForm is a completely web based form 

builder. It has an intuitive drag&drop and 

instant edit form editor. You can create web 

forms, collect submissions and payments 

from your web site visitors. 

The ultimate notepad, TextEdit and Stickies 

replacement for Apple's OS X. You can 

create as many documents as you like, all of 

which are managed in one window. Attached 

to that window is a drawer containing a list of 

all the documents you've created. Any 

document can be selected and loaded 

instantly, at any time, allowing you to easily 

create and manage hundreds of documents 

without cluttering your desktop. 

A creative writing site that matches beautiful 

images with carefully selected keywords in 

order to inspire you. The object is to put the 

right words in the right place and the right 

order to capture the essence, story, and 

meaning of the picture. 

Using text organisers to assist students with tutorial 

the writing process. 

Create an 'argument map'. Argue by 

mapping out complex debates in a simple 

visual format. Embed your argument maps 

5 of 8 8/18/2011 9:12 AM


Webook 

Phrasr 

Paperrater 

Wordle 

Tagul 

Tagxedo 

WordMosiac 

WordItOut 

Wondersay 

into any other website. 

Write, review, vote, get published. Write 

alone or collaboratively. Give and receive 

feedback. 

Write a phrase, Phrasr will find images to go 

with each word. You can change these to 

suit. 

Grammar check, plagiarism dectection, free 

online proofreading 

Generate “word clouds” from text that you example 

provide. The clouds give greater prominence 

to words that appear more frequently in the 

source text. You can tweak your clouds with 

different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. 

A web service that enables you to create 

gorgeous tag clouds. The words can be 

interactive - rollover effects, link to google 

search. Can use text or url link to make the 

tags. 20 clouds per user allowed. 

Turns words -- famous speeches, news 

articles, slogans and themes, even your love 

letters -- into a visually stunning tag cloud, 

words individually sized appropriately to 

highlight the frequencies of occurrence within 

the body of text. 

Write a comment or poem in the shape of 

hearts or other symbols. 

Word cloud generator that gives you control 

with many custom settings. Free to use and 

no sign up required. Create from sentences, 

whole documents, web addresses or tables. 

Display or remove words and tweak their 

importance with ease. Choose your own 

colours, fonts and sizes. Easily embed them 

on your own website (as big or small as you 

want) 

Animate your text. Find the style you want. example 

Can embed and share. 

Dictionary, Grammar Tools, Plagiarism Tools and Spell Checkers: 

Tip of my Tongue 

Find that word that you've been thinking 

about all day. Search under part word, 

letters or meanings. 

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Grammar Grater 

GrammarBook 

Grammar Girl 

Lexipedia 

Memidex 

WordAhead 

SavetheWords 

Confusing Words 

The Free 

Dictionary 

BigHugeLabs 

Spelling Cow 

Orangoo 

WordStash 

VisuWords 

A weekly podcast about English words, 

grammar and usage for the Information Age. 

Free grammar tools such as rules, commonly 

confused words and grammar and 

punctuation videos. 

Search for grammar rules and offers tips for 

better writing. Also, available via podcasts. 

Type in your word - parts of speech appear 

in different colours, with meanings attached. 

Free online dictionary/thesaurus with 

extensive cross-referencing, complete 

inflections, simple interface, and frequent 

updates. 

Vocabulary videos for word meanings and 

use in sentences. Can upload own. 

Interactive site of challenging and unusual 

words to 'adopt'. Meanings and usage given. 

A collection of 3210 words that are 

troublesome to readers and writers. Words 

are grouped according to the way they are 

most often confused or misused. 

The world's most comprehensive dictionary: 

many languages, medical and legal 

dictionaries. Thesaurus, acronyms, 

abbreviations, idioms, encyclopedia, 

literature reference and a Search Engine all 

in one! 

Synonyms, antonyms, and rhymes. Also blog 

post ideas and story plot/logline resources 

for writers. 

Can spell check as you type on any web 

page. Just add one line and your website will 

have a spell checker. You may also run 

SpellingCow on any website you visit via the 

use of a favelet. 

Free Online Spell Checker. Spell Check your 

text or website. Fast and Accurate Results. 

No Software Required. 

Create your own digital flashcards and learn 

whatever you want in a fun and easy way. 

Half flashcard, half dictionary. 

Enter words into the search box to look them 

up or double-click a node to expand the tree. 

Click and drag the background to pan around 

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Plagium 

Dupli Checker 

Quoting and Referencing Tools: 

Citebite 

Zotero 

CitationMaker 

Bibliobouts 

EasyBib 

OttoBib 




and use the mouse wheel to zoom. Hover 

over nodes to see the definition and click and 

drag individual nodes to move them around to 

help clarify connections. 

Track plagiarism by pasting your original text 

and checking. 

Track plagiarism by pasting your original text 

and checking. 

Paste a chunk of text and the URL of the 

page containing the text and in return get a 

link that opens directly to your selection and 

highlights it. 

Free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help 

you collect, manage and cite your research 

sources. 

Create records for books, web sites, 

interviews, images, music and sound effects, 

videos and animation, and more. Records 

can be formatted in either APA or MLA 

format. 

Play the BiblioBouts online game to learn the 

process of finding high quality information 

while you complete your assignments. 

Free automatic bibliography and citation 

maker. Search for your source, build your 

bibliography, print or export it. 

Make a bibliography by entering ISB numbers. 

8 of 8 8/18/2011 9:12 AM

cooltoolsforschools - Music Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Music+Tools?f=print 

Find songs and song lyrics: 

Songza 

Mixturtle 

Moof 

Jamendo 

Lyricsfly 

Jitterbug 

Freeplay Music 

Purple Planet 

Soundzabound 

Classic Cat 

Musopen 

Search and listen to any song or band. 

Music search by title or artist. 

Search for and listen to any song you like, online, on-demand, 

for free, whenever you want. All the functionality of a full 

desktop media player, in your browser. Export a copy of your 

itunes library to have a full backup of all your music online. 

Music uploaded by artists who artists allow anyone to 

download and share their music. 

Search by artist, song, album or lyrics 

Discover great independent music for kids. 

Freeplay music and sound effects 

Incidental music from composers Chris Martyn and Geoff 

Harvey, who retain the copyright, but so long as it is not resold 

you are welcome to use music here in virtually any way you 

want. They simply ask that they are correctly credited in your 

production, under a Creative Commons License. Tracks are 

grouped by themes depending on the sort of atmosphere you 

want to create and can be previewed online and can be 

downloaded instantly with no need to register. 

Royalty free music library which meets all the licensing and 

technology requirements needed for education. 

Downloadable MP3 files for ANY Apple, PC/Windows 

based software such as Garageband, iMovie, iLife, 

iWeb, Movie Maker, Photo Story and all others. 

Directory of classical music with links to over 4800 free to 

download classical performances on the internet, sorted by 

composer and work. 

Public domain music and sheet music 

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ccmixter 

Pubic Domain 

4U 

Blip.fm 

Skreemr 

Soundflavor 

Tunatic 

Seekasong 

EZ-tracks 

Music Editors: 

Jam Studio 

Hobnox 

Noteflight 

FlexiMusic 

Songsmith 

Community music site featuring remixes licensed under 

Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, 

or interact with music in whatever way you want. 

Pubic Domain Music 

Create your own radio station and your own playlists. 

MP3 search engine 

Find music to play, watch and share. 

Free download. This amazing programme uses the computer 

microphone to listen to your song and identifies the title and 

the artist. 

mp3 and lyrics search engine and downloader. 

Search from millions of free songs or browse MP3 music 

downloads by category. A vast free music collection consists 

of MP3 songs of worldwide origin. Ez-Tracks is a legal music 

download site and does not offer peer-to-peer sharing. 

Create your own music using different instruments and styles. 

Produce your own electronic music - free of charge & online. 

Music composer and player. Share scores, find music, 

compose something new. 

Not free but reasonably priced shareware. Turns your PC into 

a complete music studio. Features 6 different modules - wave 

editor, composer, kids composer, generator and orchestra. 

Windows only. 

Generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice. 

Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC’s microphone, 

and Songsmith will create backing music for you. Then share 

your songs with your friends and family, post your songs 

online, or create your own music videos. PC only. 

2 of 3 8/18/2011 9:12 AM


Ujam 

Music Lessons: 

MusicTheory 

Other: 

Musipedia 

Mougg 

National 

Anthems 




Sing a tune or follow a simple step-by-step process to 

produce a professional-sounding , impressive piece of music. 

Share your tune with friends and fans. Create your own 

ringtones, add soundtracks to your videos and trailers to your 

vlogs. 

Begin your journey into the realm of music. Select a lesson, 

trainer, or utility from the lists 

A searchable, editable, and expandable collection of tunes, 

melodies, and musical themes. 

Every entry can be edited by anybody. An entry can contain a 

bit of sheet music, a MIDI file, textual information about the 

work and the composer, and last but not least the Parsons 

Code, a rough description of the melodic contour. 

Store your entire music library in the cloud. Use any operating 

system, with any Internet Browser to access your entire music 

library. No syncing, once you upload to you music it is instantly 

accessible anywhere in the world in your account. 

National Anthems from around the world. 

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cooltoolsforschools - Organiser Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Organiser+Tools?f=print 

Mindmapping and Graphic Organiser Tools: 

Webspiration 

Bubblus 

Gliffy 

Thinklinkr 

Creately 

MIndomo 

Diagrammr 

EducationPlace 

This is the web version of Inspiration. 

Think visually, work collaboratively, 

Webspiration is the new online visual thinking 

tool that helps you capture ideas, organize 

information, diagram processes, create clear, 

concise written documents. Publish your diagram 

or outline to a hosted and protected area of the 

Webspiration web site. Share the URL with 

friends or colleagues or use the code provided to 

embed the document in a web page, blog, or wiki. 

Create colorful brainstorms and mind maps online 

Share and work with friends 

Embed your mind map in your blog or website 

Email and print your mind map 

Save your mind map as an image 

Online diagramming software,to easily create 

professional-looking flowcharts, diagrams, 

floorplans, technical drawings, and more. 

Organizing information in outlines with the ability 

to invite collaborators and live chat. Can embed 

into other webpages. 

Create fast, professional looking diagrams, easy 

sharing and post-it style comments. A fully 

interactive interface that works in your browser. 

Great features like Magic Connectors, Contextual 

Toolbars and Create-n-Connect button make 

diagramming easy. 

A web-based mind mapping tool. 

Create, edit mind maps, and share them with your 

colleagues or your friends. 

Create visual diagrams, flow charts, brainstorms example 

from text. 

Download these pdf graphic organizers and use 

to structure writing projects, to help in problem 

solving, decision making, studying, planning 

research and brainstorming. 

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DropMind 

Flowchart 

Exploratree 

Cmap Tools 

Holt 

LovelyCharts 

Spinscape 

Xmind 

Mind42 

Generate your mind maps presentations directly 

online. Create mind maps in four sphere mind 

map layout. Share your work plans with your 

colleagues and publish to share them with other 

users. Free edition limited to 5 mindmaps per 

user and 2 collaborators per map. 

Online multi-user real-time collaboration flowchart 

software. Collaborate with your colleagues in 

real-time. All collaborating parties can chat and 

design a flowchart at the same time. 

Free online library of thinking guides and graphic 

organisers. 

Print them out or fill in and complete your project 

on the exploratree website 

Build up a personal portfolio of useful thinking 

guides. Change or customise them using images, 

text and shapes. 

Construct, navigate, share and criticise models 

represented as Concept Maps. 

Click on a graphic organizer to download a PDF 

of it. Each graphic organizer below include 

teaching notes with lessons and tips on how to 

use graphic organizers in the classroom. 

Simple and intuitive drag'n drop drawing 

mechanism. Very simple and extremely efficient 

way to represent even the most complex ideas. 

Brainstorm virtually from any location globally and tutorial 

share, review, edit and update information in 

real-time. "Chat" in real-time while viewing and 

sharing documents 

Use a fishbone in a spreadsheet, or put your 

photos and media files into a mind map, or reuse 

your Freemind/MindManager files. Write inline 

notes and record audio notes in your meeting 

minutes. You can even search your topic in 

Google and drag images back without leaving the 

working window. 

Keep track of all your ideas, whether alone, with 

colleagues and friends or working together with 

the whole world. Browser based online mind 

mapping application. 

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Wridea 

ClassTools 

Mindmeister 

Recipes4Success 

EducationOasis 

Slatebox 

MindTools 

Graphic 

Idea management service and collection of 

brainstorming tools 

Templates for source analyser, priority chart, 

jigsaw diagram, learning cycle, living graph, 

hamburger, target, lightsout, venn diagram, 

fishbone, diamond 9, postit, dustbin game, 

random name picker, random timer, flash card 

generator. Embed into any webpage. 

Real-time collaboration to allow truly global tutorial 

brainstorming sessions. Users can create, 

manage and share mind maps online and access 

them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming 

mode, friends can simultaneously work on the 

same mind map and see each other's changes as 

they happen. 

Create and read mind maps from everywhere 

whenever it's needed. Embed it in your own web 

page, blog or post, "Wise it" linking documents to 

it, "Share it" to anyone in the world. 

Create customized graphic organizer worksheets. 

Choose from concept maps, KWHL charts, Venn 

diagrams, timelines, cycles, and more. If this is 

your first time using the Graphic Organizer Maker, 

click the New button to begin. 

58 graphic organizers. Download as PDFs. 

Real time diagrams and online mindmapping. 

Find leadership, team management, problemsolving, 

personal productivity and team-working 

skills you need for a happy and successful career. 

Hundreds of useful career skills in the toolkit, or 

the left-hand menu on all information pages 

Graphic Organizers, Mind Maps and Concept 

Maps are pictorial or graphical ways to organize 

information and thoughts for understanding, 

remembering, or writing about. Graphic 

organizers, mind maps and concept maps are 

powerful tools that can be used to enhance 

learning and create a foundation for learning. 

3 of 10 8/18/2011 9:13 AM


SpicyNodes 

Simple Diagrams 

Timeline Tools: 

Circavie 

Our Story 

Dipity 

TimeRime 

Timetoast 

Capzles 

Xtimeline 

ClassTools 

Timeglider 

Dandelife 

Teachnology 

A way to visualize online information that mimics 

that way that people look for things in the real 

world. Bits of information, such as text, links, 

photos, and other media, are placed into "nodes," 

which are then linked together in an appealing 

interface that invites exploration. Can be used for 

everything from mind maps and content portals to 

organizational charts and lesson plans. 

Desktop application that helps users express their 

ideas quickly and simply. Simplify concepts in any 

subject and use it to organize thoughts or 

visualize. 

Interactive timeline - upload photos, videos, 

create links. Embed into any webpage. 

Make a timeline, collaborate with family and 

friends. 

Interactive timeline - upload photos, videos, 

create links. Embed into any webpage. 

Create, compare and upload information by 

creating timelines, and to view information 

uploaded by others. 

Create timelines, share them on the web. Upload 

photos. 

Combine your videos, photos, blogs and mp3 into tutorial 

rich, multimedia storylines. Customise 

backgrounds, music, fonts and colours. Embed 

into any webpage. 

Find timelines of events, or easily create and 

share timelines with pictures and videos. 

Easily create timelines, share them on the web. 

Web-based timeline software for creating and 

sharing history and project planning. 

A place to record events, past and present, public 

and private. Will mash photos and videos online in 

different places. 

Make a simple timeline of up to 6 events. 

Time Lines can run horizontal or vertical. 

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Free-timeline 

Memiary 

Databases, Forms and Spreadsheets: 

Zoho Creator 

Wufoo 

Icebrrg 

Editgrid 

MySignUp 

Personal Organizers and Notetaking Resources: 

Evernote 

Build, save, share, and print arbitrary timelines 

absolutely free. Easily embed shared timelines 

into your own websites or blogs. Allows entry of 

both events and time periods, scales 

automatically, color-codes collapsible timeline 

groups, allows links and images, and lets you 

save your work online. 

Record up to five memories of your day. 

Reflective tool. 

Intuitive drag-and-drop user interface to create 

customized online database applications easily. 

Turn spreadsheet into online database application 

and manage your data collaboratively over the 

web. 

Deluge Script enables you to add application logic 

to your online database application. 

Create web forms using easy drag-and-drop web 

form builder and embed in your website/blog. 

HTML form builder helps you create contact 

forms, online surveys, and invitations so you can 

collect the data, registrations and online 

payments you need without writing a single line of 

code. 

Anyone can easily build online forms for websites 

and blogs — no programming, software or 

special skills needed. 

Online Spreadsheet service delivering data on 

demand, with majority of Excel features. Sharing, 

collaboration & publishing features, 

Create a simple sign up sheet. After you have the 

page created, all you have to do is tell your group 

where the page is and have them go to that web 

page and sign up. 

Others from your group can go to the site and 

see who else is signing up. 

Capture information in any environment using tutorial 

whatever device or platform you find most 

convenient, and makes this information accessible 

and searchable at any time, from anywhere. 

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SimplyBox 

BonzoBox 

Wizehive 

Linoit 

iCyte 

Instapaper 

Voo2do 

Tadalist 

Toodledo 

Tasck 

Remember the 

Milk 

Capture / share web videos, part of pages, 

pictures, photos. Complements other Digital 

Learning solutions. 

Since SimplyBox is web based, you and your 

students/colleagues can access the information 

from anywhere and from any computer. 

Instantly save your favorite websites as real-time 

images and save time by clicking through to your 

favorite websites without having to retype your 

log-in information. 

Share files, manage projects, track activity and 

collaborate with others in a secure, private 

workspace. 

Simple and easy web sticky note. Use lino 

anytime, anywhere. Post stickies not only from 

your PC, but also from outside via Email. Paste it, 

see it, and peel it off anywhere. 

Enables you to highlight text on any webpage that 

can be accessed in your browser. Collaborate 

with colleagues and friends, and easily organize 

and access your research with powerful search 

tools. 

A simple tool to save web pages for reading later. 

When you find something you want to read, but 

you don't have time, click 'read later'. 

Organize tasks by project, track time spent and 

remaining, add tasks by email, publish task lists, 

on the web 24x7 

Make lists for yourself or share them with others. 

It couldn't be simpler. 

An easy to use, online to-do list. Get organized, 

stay motivated, and be more productive. 

The easiest online to do list ever, add tasks by 

hovering over the plus sign, capitalize first letter to 

give task high priority, hit enter on keyboard after 

each task to add more 

Manage tasks quickly and easily. Get reminded, 

anywhere. Organize the way you want to. Work 

together to get things done. Plan your time. Add 

tasks wherever you are. 

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Soshiku 

Blist 

Notely 

Springnote 

Notefish 

Notezz 

Luminotes 

Gumnotes 

Dial2Do 

Doodle 

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. 

Discover, create and share lists on the web. 

Simple lists. Complex lists. All kinds of lists. 

Import from excell or create online. Embed into 

any webpage. Supports media. 

All the tools a student could need, schedule, 

calendar, note-taking, homework planner and 

more. 

A free online notebook based on wiki. Create 

pages and share files. Allows group members to 

easily collaborate. Advanced search, numerous 

templates, and 2GB of free file storage. 

Create a note from anything on a web page. 

Drag/drop your notes to arrange them. Tag, 

annotate and customise your notes, to allow 

yourself and other people to find them quickly. Set 

privacy settings to allow only a few people to see 

your notes, or the entire internet. 

Built for simplicity, fast and simple to set-up. Not 

cluttered with tons of features 

WYSIWYG personal wiki notebook for organizing 

your notes and ideas. It's designed for note taking 

and note keeping without the hassle of learning 

special markup codes. You simply start typing. 

Stick your notes easily to your document. Add 

notes to websites in Firefox, Internet-Explorer and 

all other website-browsers. Annotate your 

Documents: Word, Excel, Images and all other 

documents. Annotate your emails and 

appointments. Share notes with colleagues and 

friends. 

Do common tasks by just calling a number and 

speaking. Use it to send email or text messages, 

record reminders to help you remember things, 

post updates to your Twitter or Jaiku stream and 

listen to your favourite internet content. It's easy 

and handsfree. Also available for New 

Zealanders!! 

Create a poll, forward the link to participants, 

follow online what the participants vote for. 

Schedule an event. 

7 of 10 8/18/2011 9:13 AM


Schoolhouse2 

LiveBinders 

Symbalooedu 

iClippy 

3x3Links 

Printing Tools: 

PrintWhatYouLike 

Mapalist 

Printfriendly 

Social Bookmarking and Bookmarking: 

Diigo 

Gives the ability to sort and organize your 

assignments, exams, and projects quickly and 

easily. Publish your assignments to the web for 

anyone to subscribe to. Chart your scores over 

the course of the term to keep an outlook as you 

go. Mac on 

Collect your resources, organize them neatly and 

easily, present them with pride. 

Add the livebinder button your browser toolbar. 

Find a link you want to save then click on the 

button to automatically add the link to a new 

livebinder. 

The educational version of Symbaloo. Organise 

your teaching resources in one place. 

Intercepts Windows copy and cut operations to 

automatically copy the image to iClippy service. 

This allows no change of behavior on user's part. 

Makes storing documents online easy by 

supporting scanners attached to the PC. Capture 

any area on the screen using a Quick Area 

Capture system. 

Enhances the speed-dial experience known from 

Opera, Chrome and the Firefox extension by 

allowing you to take your start page with you. 

Format any web page for printing in seconds - no 

more pasting into word processors. Make printed 

web pages more readable by removing ads, 

widgets and other distractions. Fix broken pages 

that don't print correctly. 

A wizard for creating and managing customized 

Google maps of address lists. Addresses come 

from your own Google spreadsheets. Modify your 

address list and maps are updated. 

Keep them private or publish them and show them 

on any website. 

Make any webpage print friendly. 

Save your favourite websites and tag pages. Join 

groups and invite friends to be part of your group. 

Annotate webpages and read annotations of 

others. 

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Delicious 

Zukmo 

Bonzo Box 

Only2clicks 

WebList 

Precipitate 

WebChops 

Licorize 

Save all your bookmarks online, share them with 

other people, and see what other people are 

bookmarking. Search and tagging tools to help 

you keep track of your entire bookmark collection 

and find new bookmarks. 

Add any content with a single click. Pull content 

automatically from your favorite social media. 

Processes your content using advanced 

algorithms to organize the information you care 

about and want to consume. 

Instantly save your favorite websites to your 

BonzoBox as real-time images. Save time by 

clicking through to your favorite websites without 

having to retype your log-in information every 

time. 

Your entire bookmark collection in one place. 

Access your links anywhere, anytime. 

Organize your frequently visited web sites in tabs. 

Social listing site that allows users to create 

smart lists from URLs, Photos, Music, Videos, 

Documents and Files. The smart list will then be 

displayed in thumbnail view for easy browsing, 

sharing, and organization. 

Search for and launch the information you have 

stored in the cloud from within Spotlight or Google 

Desktop for Mac. It currently supports Google 

Docs (including Google Apps accounts), Google 

Bookmarks and Picasa Web Albums 

Clip any part of any web-page. Save and 

rearrange clips on your personal topic pages. 

Share topic pages with friends. Search through 

other people's topic pages. 

A bookmarking tool, providing a non-intrusive “add bookmark with one click” functionality. Provides readability 

features, multi tagging, site thumbnails and more. Often collections are put together and maintained by several 

people, working as a team. 

Password and Form Managers: 

Vidoop 

Image-based Password Manager remembers your passwords and 

automatically fills in forms. 

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Sxipper 

Email: 

Dispostable 




Free Firefox add-on that saves you time by keeping track of an 

unlimited number of usernames and passwords as well as the 

personal data you share every day over the web. 

Make email addresses easily. Just pick a random email address! 

You only have to make sure it ends with @dispostable.com 

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cooltoolsforschools - File converters http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/File+converters?f=print 

File Converting Tools: 

Zamzar 

Calameo 

DocsPal 

ThinkFree 

iSpring 

Movavi 

CometDocs 

Convert any type of files, including 

Youtube. Email notification when ready, 

pick up from the site. 

Upload all major formats and convert 

them instantly in digital publications. 

Free and unlimited. Share your 

publications and embed them on any 

website. 

Free online file converter that supports 

all kind of documents, video, audio, 

images, e-books and archives. 

Moreover, it offers an online viewer that 

allows you to view documents and 

images online directly in your browser, 

without having to install anything else. 

An integrated online document viewer, 

allowing you to view most types of 

documents anytime and anywhere in a 

web browser without installing a 

separate program. 

Allows you to view, edit and share 

documents in web browsers regardless 

of application.Ability to embed various 

documents into other websites with 

Uni-Paper API. 

Free PowerPoint to Flash converter 

creates web friendly Flash movies from 

your PowerPoint content keeping its 

visual parameters and animation 

effects. Generated Flash presentation 

will look as if it has always been a Flash 

movie. PC only. 

Online video converter. 

Free online document conversion 

interface that offers a large set of 

document conversions that can't be 

found anywhere else online. Its unique 

features include on the fly OCR 

conversion capabilities, over 50 

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Online-convert 

Youconvertit 

Yousendit 

FormatFactory 

Media Converter 

Video Media 

Converter 

FillAnyPDF 

File2.ws 

Skim 

different conversion options and 

proprietary XPS and PDF conversion 

abilities that retains formatting, images 

and text in the selected output format. 

Convert media easy and fast from one 

format to another. Supports a lot of 

different source formats. 

Convert media or text files, or online 

video to any format. 

Send unlimited 2GB files and 

folders.Receive files with branded 

Dropbox. Track who has downloaded 

your files 

Supports converting all popular 

video,audio,picture formats to others. 

Repair damaged video and audio file. 

Reduce Multimedia file size. Support 

iphone/ipod multimedia file formats. 

Picture converting supports 

Zoom,Rotate/Flip,tags. DVD Ripper. 

Supports 35 languages. 

Converts most file types. Convert video, 

audio or docs from urls or upload. 

Downloadable media converter. 

Supports most formats of video. 

Upload your PDF form and link to it so 

other people can fill it out and sign it 

online. No software is needed. Any PDF 

form can be used, even if it's not 

"interactive". Invite a group to fill out 

your forms and track the results. 

Free website that converts any of your 

own files into a public online web page. 

Every converted file to a web page has 

a unique web address so you can share 

it with friends, or other people on the 

internet. Files not guaranteed to stay 

there and if unused, could be deleted. 

A PDF reader and note-taker for Mac 

OSX. It is designed to help you read 

and annotate scientific papers in PDF, 

but is also great for viewing any PDF 

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Scanr 

Text to Speech: 

ispeech 

Text to Speech 

Translator 

ReadtheWords 

Vozme 

Yakittome 

SpokenText 

PDF converting tools: 

PDFmyURL 

ispeech.png 

Picture_99.png 

Picture_38.png 

file. 

Take a photo of printed or hand-written 

information with your phone, and send 

to Scanr to convert to pdf, text files or 

faxes. 

Convert any text to audio, embed into 

any webpage. Lifelike voices. 

Converts text into lifelike spoken audio 

in a variety of languages: English, 

Spanish, French, German, Italian, 

Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, 

Japanese, Chinese and Russian. 

Upload word processing files, 

webpages, pdf, or almost anything and 

choose thereader to suit. Will also read 

in English, Spanish or French 

Create mp3 from text file. 

Free text to speech. Uses the world's 

best text to speech (TTS) software. 

Upload documents, cut and paste text 

or link to feeds. Text reader converts 

text to speech automatically. Download 

audio and podcasts. 

Record (English, French, Spanish or 

German) PDF, Word, plain text, 

PowerPoint files, and web pages, and 

convert them to speech. Create .mp3 or 

.m4b (Audio Book) recordings of any 

text content on your computer or mobile 

phone. 

Convert webpages to PDF 

example 

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rss2pdf 

ExpressPDF 

PDFundoonline 

PDFOnline 

PDFtoWord 

PDFtoWord 

Converter 

BlogBooker 

Video Downloading and Converting Tools: 

Handbrake 

Streamclip 

Free Online RSS, Atom or OPML to 

PDF Generator 

An online service that lets you convert 

your Microsoft Office documents to 

PDF. 

This service can also convert Web 

pages to PDF 

Free online PDF to Word converter. It's 

real simple to use and doesn't require 

your email address or registration. You 

just upload your PDF document and 

when the conversion is complete, 

download your Word document. 

Desktop download version available 

Convert documents to PDF, convert 

PDF to word. Even converted my old 

Publisher files to PDF. Emailed back 

almost instantly. 

Quickly and easily create editable 

DOC/RTF files, making it a cinch to 

re-use PDF content in applications like 

Microsoft Word, Excel, OpenOffice, 

and WordPerfect 

Free .pdf to .doc converter. Convert pdf 

to word or excell, powerpoint to flash. 

Make a high-quality PDF Blog Book 

from all your blog's entries and 

comments. Archives can be generated 

from any blog running on WordPress, 

LiveJournal (and derivatives) or Blogger. 

Open-source, GPL-licensed, 

multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to 

MPEG-4 converter, available for 

MacOS X, Linux and Windows. 

MPEG Streamclip is a powerful free 

video converter, player, editor for Mac 

and Windows. It can play many movie 

files, not only MPEGs; it can convert 

MPEG files between muxed/demuxed 

formats for authoring; it can encode 

movies to many formats, including iPod; 

it can cut, trim and join movies. MPEG 

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DownloadTube 

Vixy 

Savevid 

Keepvid 

Tooble 

KeepHD 

SaveTube 

Streamclip can also download videos 

from YouTube and Google by entering 

the page URL 

Download online videos direct to PC, 

iPod, PSP, Mobile 

Convert from Youtube to mov or avi 

movies for your desktop 

A tool which gives you the ability to 

download videos from streaming video 

sites. You can download videos from 

Youtube, Google Videos, Metacafe, 

Spike and more in FLV, AVI, MOV, 

MPG or WMV formats. 

Download streaming video. 

Get button for your toolbar, click to 

download any video you are watching. 

NOTE: 

extracting video 

from YouTube 

may be in direct 

violation of the 

TOS of the site. 

NOTE: 


from YouTube 




NOTE: 





Find any video on Youtube, download to NOTE: 

your computer with just one click, watch extracting video 

anywhere, anytime 

from YouTube 




Not only can you download HD copies NOTE: 

of your movies, you can also download extracting video 

the mobile 3GP version for your mobile from YouTube 

devices plus the standard MP4 and FLV may be in direct 

format. Just enter your Youtube video violation of the 

URL below, and KeepHD will 


automatically grab each version of the 

video you want to download. 

Back up your videos. Download and tag NOTE: 

videos and MP3s from millions of sites. extracting video 

Easily convert FLV files to iPod, AVI, from YouTube 

WMV & burn DVDs. Get the FLV may be in direct 

player. 


TOS of the site 

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Save You Tube 

Mux 

iTube Grabber 

Voobys 

Vidtomp3 

Catchvideo 

FreeMake Video 

Convertor 

FreeMake Video 

Downloader 

Vconvert 

Download videos from YouTube. NOTE: 

Copy-and-paste a YouTube video URL . extracting video 

and hit "Download". A list of download may be in direct 

links will appear. Right-click on the violation of the 

format you want and select "Save As..." TOS of the site. 

to start your download. 

Convert videos between any format & 

save videos forever from popular 

websites! Send videos taken with your 

own digital camera to your friends & 

family privately. It's simple and secure! 

Enables you to capture almost any 

audio and/or video stream. 

Can automatically convert to several 

formats and presets. With the very 

intuitive user interface you can browse 

and capture with ease. 

Download youtube videos. Just go the NOTE: 

the youtube video you want to extracting video 

download, replace the words 'youtube' from YouTube 

with 'voobys' in the address box, and may be in direct 

you will be taken to a download page violation of the 

where you can choose your preferred TOS of the site. 

format for download. 

Download the audio from uncopyrighted 

video clips on video sites. To use the 

service simple paste the FULL link of 

the page with the video on, into the box 

on the home page, and click 

"Download". 

Download and convert videos into a 

variety of formats. 

Convert video free to AVI, MP4, WMV, 

MKV, SWF, 3GP, MPEG, DVD, Blu-ray, 

MP3, iPod, iPhone, iPad, PSP, PS3, 

Android, YouTube, and more. 

Download video free from YouTube, 

Hulu, Facebook, MTV, Vevo, 

ComedyCentral, Vimeo, Dailymotion, 

Megavideo, Metacafe, Break, 40+ 

sites. 

Download online videos to PC, iPod, 

PSP, Mobile. 

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Orbit Downloader 

iiiConverter 

Download music from Pandora, 

MySpace, IMEEM, Lala, Yahoo and 

more. Download video from YouTube, 

MySpace, Dailymotion and more. 

A free online tool that allows you to 

convert various types of e-books, audio 

files and short video clips to the native 

media formats of Apple products: iPod 

Touch, iPhone and iPad. Output 

formats are: epub for e-books (*), m4a 

for audio and m4v for video. 

QR Codes: (I have not included mobile apps for reading codes using a 

phone or ipad in this list) 

Kaywa 

iCandy 

Mobile Barcodes 

Snap.vu 

CreateQRCode 

Goo.gl 

QRStuff 

Code generator for url, text, phone 

number, sms. Also downloadable code 

reader for your phone I have not tried 

the reader). 

A desktop application for your Mac or 

PC that lets you create and scan QR 

codes. It takes advantage of your 

webcam to scan QR codes from your 

computer. Desktop publishing of QR 

codes. 

Code generator for url, vcard, 

message, phone number, sms, email. 

QR code generator and tracker, short 

URL link generator and tracker, contact 

details and vcard hosting service. 

Create text or message qr codes. 

Go to goo.gl site, enter the url and 

shorten it as normal. Go to your 

browser and enter the short url with .qr 

immediately after it. Goo.gl will 

generate the qr code. 

Generate printable QR barcodes 

containing a website URL, an email 

address, a phone number, a 

pre-formatted SMS message or just 

plain text. Can generate in different 

colours. 

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Delivr 

Goqr.me 

BeQRious 

Jaxo-Systems 

Dansl Desktop QR 

Code Reader 

JActionScripters 

Other conversions: 

Printfriendly 

PrintWhatYouLike 




Generate codes for http, flickr, youtube, 

gmaps or text. 

Generate codes for tet, url, sms, calls 

and vcard. Able to get an embed code 

to embed in other websites. 

Generate codes for url,send to social 

sites, images or maps. Save it (as GIF 

or PDF) for further use. Registered 

users have also option to store codes in 

folders, manage and edit them 

Type some text, watch the preview 

window. Download a standalone version 

for your personal use. Able to upload 

images. 

This is an app for reading codes on a 

computer by using a webcam. 

Download it onto your computer. 

Website that lets your read qr codes 

directly on the site using your webcam, 

no downloads required. 

Make any webpage print friendly. 

Format any web page for printing in 

seconds - no more pasting into word 

processors. Make printed web pages 

more readable by removing ads, 

widgets and other distractions. Fix 

broken pages that don't print correctly. 

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cooltoolsforschools - Mapping Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Mapping+Tools?f=print 

Mapping Tools: 

Umapper 

Quikmaps 

Mapskip 

TargetMap 

CommunityWalk 

Geocommons 

TripIt 

Woices 

Quiksee 

Create and embed interactive flash maps. 

Draw and add your own landmarks and annotations 

to Google maps. Embed into your own website. 

Explore the world through shared stories and pictures 

about all the places in our lives. 

Upload and share your stories, photos and sounds. 

Just choose a country and a way to create your map. 

All maps are published & shared in the community. 

You can also improve and compare it with other 

people’s related maps & data, embed the maps in 

your blog and Insert customized maps in your 

presentations. 

Create personal, community and professional maps. 

Show the map on a website or blog. Add videos, 

photos, comments and more. 

Visual analytics through maps. Style your map with 

shaded thematics, proportional symbols, graduated 

icons, points, lines, and polygons. Quickly find data 

you need with easy search tools. Manage your own 

data using tags and then share your work with 

everyone. 

Personal travel assistant that automatically organizes 

all your travel plans-- flights, lodging, cars, trains, 

cruises and more. Automatically get itineraries with all 

your plans, weather, maps, restaurants and more. 

Easily access your itineraries via paper, email, 

personal calendar or mobile device. Share your trips 

and see where you overlap with friends and 

colleagues. 

Share your voice and make the world a more example 

interesting place! 

Upload your places for free so you and your friends 

can view them online as if you were there 

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Mapspread 

Vidmap 

Spotjots 

Virtual Highway 

Map-generator 

Mapwing 

OpenStreetMap 

MapVivo 

Scribble Maps 

Mapalist 

IfItWereMyHome 



Import your data, geocode it, share with friends. 

Create thematic maps, create interactive 

applications. 

Make a video of your tour, play it alongside a map 

that follows your pathway. Audio can also be 

included. 

Upload your photos, add a map to show location. 

One just for New Zealanders! Plan and map your 

New Zealand road trip. 

Generate your very own map for your homepage. 

Just enter your address and copy a small HTML 

snippet onto you web page 

Easy to build, share, and explore virtual tours. Use 

Mapwing to turn your digital photos into virtual tours 

that include interactive maps, images, and comments. 

Then, share your virtual tours with friends, clients, or 

the entire world. 

A free editable map of the whole world. 

Allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in 

a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth. 

Create & share your travel map. Add images, text 

and video. Share with friends. 

Use Google Maps to draw, annotate and customise 

your map 

A wizard for creating and managing customized 

Google maps of address lists. Addresses come from 

your own Google spreadsheets. Modify your address 

list and maps are updated. 

Keep them private or publish them and show them on 

any website. 

A gateway to understanding life outside your home. 

Use the country comparison tool to compare living 

conditions in your own country to those of another. 

Start by selecting a region to compare and begin 

your exploration. 

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cooltoolsforschools - Quiz and Poll Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Quiz+and+Poll+Tools?f=print 

Quiz and Test Tools: 

Yacapaca 

My Studiyo 

Zunal 

WebQuest 

Maker 

Hot Potatoes 

Quibblo 

Kubbu 

What2Learn 

eQuizzer 

Easy Test 

Maker 

Use already created tests and quizzes or create 

and upload your own. Create 

class lists for analysis. 

Create an interactive quiz usiing Quiz Templates. 

Create quiz feedback for each question 

Add up to 5 custom quiz endings 

Web-based software for creating WebQuests in a 

short time without writing any HTML codes. 100 

Templates to choose from. Attach Unlimited Files, 

YouTube Videos. Add unlimited pages, tables, 

rubrics, quiz, FAQ, photo gallery, google maps, 

games. 

Six applications, enabling you to create interactive 

multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, 

crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill 

exercises. 

A fun survey, poll and quiz site, where you can 

make your own quiz, take fun quizzes by other 

members, share quizzes with friends 

Create games, quizzes or crosswords, make them 

availale to students or groups, view and analyse 

results. Free teacher accounts for 30 student 

profiles and 15 activites. 

Thousands of ready-made interactive quizzes and 

tests in the format of games. Scores are recorded 

and teacher accounts allow you to track the 

progress of your students. 

Easy for teachers to create interactive games and 

quizzes and to track student attainment. Games 

you make can be embedded into your own website 

or blog. 

Create custom quizzes that can be taken online. 

Manage your quizzes and monitor your students' 

scores. Fill in the blank, multiple choice, true or 

false, multi-marked or matching questions. 

Online test generator to help you create your tests. 

Create multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, 

short answer and true and false questions all on the 

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ClassMarker 

About2Findout 

QuizEgg 

ProProfs Quiz 

School 

Quizlet 

Quizible 

JeopardyLabs 

Poll and Survey Tools: 

Poll Daddy 

Survey Monkey 

Poll 

Everywhere 

LimeService 

same test. You can also insert instructions and 

divide your test into multiple sections. 

Link directly to quizzes from your website or emails. 

Randomize quiz questions and set time limits 

Create multiple choice, true false, free text, short 

answer, fill in the blank and punctuation quizzes. 

Add your own images to quizzes 

Create and answer trivia quizzes. 

Build automatically graded quizzes that can be 

published online, then view the results in 

easy-to-read reports. 

Create a FREE quiz for your classroom, company, 

blog or friends! Perfect for making your own quiz, 

online tests, training, recruitment, exams, trivia or 

just plain fun quizzes! 

Study vocabulary, science, maths, history, social 

studies or almost anything. Create your own 

flashcards share flashcards w,ith your friends 

Browse the quiz collection and take a quiz, or try 

creating one of your own. 

Create a customized jeopardy template without 

PowerPoint. The games you make can be played 

online from anywhere in the world. You can make 

your own or browse other jeopardy templates 

created by other people. 

Create your surveys and polls using our custom 

templates or create your own. 

Use reporting engine to aggregate, print and export 

your results. 

Design survey, collect responses, analyse results. tutorial 

Results update live in your web browser or 

PowerPoint, they answer by text or 

on the web. Results update live in your web 

browser or powerpoint. Can use in the classroom 

like 'clickers'. 

A survey service-platform to prepare, run and 

evaluate online surveys. Besides basic free usage 

you are always getting the full feature set with no 

monthly fees or subscription plans. Up to 25 free 

example 

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Kwik Surveys 

Forecast 

Zoomerang 

Fluidsurveys 

Votations 

Google Docs 

SurveyTool 

Obsurvey 

PollCode 

Pollmo 

Doodle 



responses per month. 

Here you can create, and analyze surveys. 

Downloadable survey results. Embed 

survey directly into any webpage. 

Design online surveys, collect responses from the 

visitors of your blog or website, analyze them and 

finally present the survey results 

Limited to 100 responses per survey. Maximum 30 

questions per survey. See survey responses for 10 

days 

Create Surveys, Make Polls, Generate Reports, 

Analyze Results. Free account allows up to 20 

questions, 100 responses per survey, unlimited 

number of surveys. 

FREE professional web based poll software and 

asp.net survey software application solutions. Be it 

on your website or on your blog you can start to 

get the opinion of your users right in less than five 

minutes. 

Google Docs now has a survey tool which will bring tutorial 

your survey information directly into a Google 

Spreadsheet. 

A monitoring tool that gathers valuable information 

through surveys regularly over time. Suitable for 

doing online surveys, evaluations, polls, HR studies, 

tracking studies or conducting research. 

Create you own surveys, collect answers and 

analyze 

Simple to use free poll generator. Create polls that 

can be embedded on websites or shared with a 

URL. Up to 30 responses to a question and 

customize the look of the poll to match their 

website or blogs color scheme and font. 

Simplest polling application. No account or sign up 

required. Ask your question, write your choices, 

pick a skin, add it to your website. 

Schedule an event, propose dates, times, options. 

Send out link to vote online. 

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cooltoolsforschools - Graphing Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Graphing+Tools?f=print 

Graphing and Charting Tools: 

amCharts 

uuorld 

Createagraph 

Chart Gizmo 

Grapholite 

Crappygraphs 

Lovely Charts 

EditGrid 

Gapminder 

Manyeyes 

Flash charts for your websites and Web-based 

products. Download for free. 

An immersive mapping environment, high-quality data, 

and critical analysis tools. Download a free version for 

casual, noncommercial users. The core mapping 

engine is identical to the one in the pro version. Tap 

into thousands of statistics. It also includes an importer 

for loading your own data. Easy to output multiple 

image and video formats, that will load into Google 

Earth or other geo-browsers. 

Choose from five different graphs and charts. 

Cannot embed, but can print out. 

Create stunning charts online 

Create charts for your website, blog and social 

network profiles. 

Useful for visualizing financial, scientific or other type of 

data. 

Full featured online flow charting solution. Create 

professional quality diagrams in minutes without 

software installation. 

"Because 'Awesome Graphs' sounded way too example 

pretentious". Make Venn or line graphs with your own tutorial 

comments, graphics and information. 

Online diagramming application, that allows you to 

create professional looking diagrams of all kinds, such 

as flowcharts, sitemaps, organisation charts, 

wireframes and many more, for free. 

Online Spreadsheet Service delivering Data on 

Demand. You can embed a portion of a spreadsheet 

or an EditGrid widget in your site. Anaytics track the 

visitors. Real time collaboration allows 2 or more 

people to work on the same spreadsheet. 

See countries change in ways that challenge old example 

myths. You choose from the best statistics. 

A collection of data visualizations and a new social kind 

of data analysis. View and discuss, or create 

visualizations from data sets. 

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cooltoolsforschools - Graphing Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Graphing+Tools?f=print 

Lucidchart 

Graphjam 

Swivel 

ChartTool 

ClassTools 

FusionCharts 

DebateGraph 




Creating crisp, attractive flow charts for the web or 

print has never been so fast and easy. Everyone works 

on a document at the same time. Collaborators get 

your changes immediately when you save. Share your 

flow charts as a web page, PDF, or image. 

Publish an always-updated image of your work. 

Access anywhere. 

Make your own usng Graph Builder or upload you own 

files, images or videos. 

Explore data and graphs, or upload your own. 

Design and share your own graphs online and for free. 

A number of different chart types like: bar charts, pie 

charts, line charts, bubble charts and radar plots 

supported 

Easily create venn diagrams, share them on the web. 

A flash charting component that can be used to render 

data-driven & animated charts for your web 

applications and presentations. It is a cross-browser 

and cross-platform solution that can be used with PHP, 

ASP, JSP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, Ruby on Rails, 

simple HTML pages or even PowerPoint Presentations 

to deliver interactive and powerful flash charts. All you 

need to know is the language you're programming in. 

A debate visualization tool to help groups think through 

complex topics by building and sharing dynamic, 

collaboratively-editable and ratable maps of subjects 


to increase the transparency and rigor of political 

debate around the world. 

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cooltoolsforschools - Creativity Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Creativity+Tools?f=print 

Thinking Tools: 

Samorost 1 

Samorost 2 

Machinarium 

Questionaut 

Invention at Play 

Solvr 

DecideAlready 

Games: 

Diffen 

Puzzles4You 

Class Tools 

Walk through an alien space ship and work 

out how to make it change its course. 

Sequel to Samorost 1 

An independent puzzle / adventure game 

developed by the makers of popular 

web-games Samorost and Samorost2. 

Journey through strange worlds and test your 

knowledge of English, Maths and Science on 

this magical mission to recover your friend’s 

hat. 

Thinking games and puzzles. 

Solve your problems step-by-step 

Makes it simple for groups to come to a 

decision about anything. 

Compare, contrast and find the difference 

between any two things. 

Critical thinking puzzles 

Create free educational games, activities and 

diagrams in a Flash! 

Host them on your own blog, website or 

intranet! 

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MagicPen 

Braingle 

Iminlikewithyou 

SecretBuilders 

PlayAuditorium 

FantasticContraption 

The Lure of the 

Labyrinth 

PurposeGames 

Simulators: 

Golems 

Powder Toy 

Lego Digital 

Designer 

Classroom Activities: 

A physics-based drawing game inspired by 

Crayon Physics. Guide the red ball or square 

to the flags by drawing shapes and dropping 

them. 

Brain Teasers, Riddles, Trivia, Brain 

Exercises, Games, Forums and more... 

A lot of games including jigsawce, dinglepop, 

blockers, tracism and a really great one 

called draw my thing which is like online 

Pictionary. 

Quests, games, activities. 

Maths and problem solving game 

Physics puzzle game 

A digital game for middle-school pre-algebra 

students. It includes a wealth of intriguing 

math-based puzzles wrapped into an exciting 

narrative game in which students work to find 

their lost pet - and save the world from 

monsters. 

Educational quiz and trivia games created by 

members. In just a few minutes, you can 

create your very own game to share with 

your friends. Play games and tournaments to 

compete against your friends. 

3D Physics and Artificial Intelligence 

simulator. Build anything at all, turn on 

physics, and watch it go. Add hinges, motors, 

hydraulics, joints. Make your machine smart. 

Give it a brain, give it sensors, timers, 

switches, buttons. 

An awesome physics simulation game, similar Cheats 

to some Java games online. 

and 

To get started, just download it. Registration Codes 

is not required. 

Download the programme that lets you build 

with LEGO bricks on your computer. 

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Classroom Architect 

SweetHome3D 

Edheads 

Shidonni 

Eyeballing 

Bomomo 

Blender 

PsykoPaint 

SculptyPaint 

LiveBrush 

Yourfonts 

Outline your classroom floor plan. This tool 

provides an opportunity for experimentation 

with the layout of your classroom without any 

heavy lifting 

A free interior design application that helps 

you place your furniture on a house 2D plan, 

with a 3D preview. Download onto own 

computer - PC or Mac. 

High quality, free educational activities for 

your classroom. Conduct an operation or 

explore simple 

machines, plus more. 

Create your pet, see it pop to life, and play 

with it. Needs Microsoft Silverlight 

A series of geometries that need to be 

adjusted a little bit to make them right. A 

square highlights the point that needs to be 

moved or adjusted. Use the mouse to drag 

the blue square or arrowhead where you feel 

it is 'right'. Once you let go of the mouse, the 

computer evaluates your move. 

Creative art work example 

Free open source 3D content creation suite, 

available for all major operating systems - 

model • shade • animate • render • composite 

• interactive 3d 

A photo painting tool which uses the colors of 

an image to paint creative works of art 

A low polygon 3D creation tool original 

written for creating sculpts; 3D low polygon 

models for SecondLife. But currently it can 

also export to .obj files that can be read in 

Blender, wings3D etc. 

Free download. Easy-to-use brush tool that 

reacts to your gesture by combining simple 

motion controls with brush styles. Toss 

graphics around the screen or elegantly 

swing the brush around your cursor. 

Online font generation service that allows you 

to create your own fonts within a couple of 

minutes. Your own handwriting turned into 

your own font. Use your fonts on Windows, 

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FlipText 

Robert Sabuda 

Popups 

Place Spotting 

ArSights 

CB Model Pro 

What2Learn 

Adventure Island 

PaperCritters 

Animations: 

Go Animate 

GoAnimate4Schools 

Mac OS X and Linux. Personalize your digital 

scrapbook pages. Make your own "family 

handwriting history. Make as many fonts as 

you like. 

Write upside down. 

Making pop-ups for cards and crafts. 

Use Google 

Earth to find places in the world. Create your 

own quiz. 

Watch Google Earth models on your 

desktop. Download and Install ARSights 

Download and print the Marker. Browse our 

GE Network Link and choose a 3D model. 

Download the 3D model and run the 

application 

3D modelling download. 

Interactive learning solution which provides 

effective educational resources and revision 

games. A great tool for students with learning 

difficulties and literacy difficulties. It is also a 

great resource for students looking to work 

independently to get ahead. 

Explore the island and complete the tasks, or 

create your own island. 

Online application for the creation and storing 

of digital paper toys. 

Create and share animations in minutes 

Access your own private and secured school 

environment. Have complete control using the 

moderation interface. Upload pictures, add 

voices. Teachers and students can animate 

versions of themselves and create other 

characters according to professions, 

historical figures or celebrities. 

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Clay Animator 

Samanimation 

Fluxtime 

Animata 

Aniboom 

Create own games and applications: 

Sharendipity 

Scratch 

Atmosphir 

Create your own claymation or stop motion 

animations. 

SAM Animation is software designed to give tutorial 

students the power of making stop-action 

animations to share their ideas and 

understanding. The environment provides a 

unique experience for students to grapple 

with challenging problems in mathematics, 

science, engineering, and more as they 

engage in the process of generating 

animations. 

Create your own animation, save it to your 

webspace, share and reuse artwork, 

collaborate with others, show your animation 

An open source real-time animation software, 

designed to create animations, interactive 

background projections for concerts, theatre 

and dance performances. 

Create frame by frame animations using only 

4 geometric shapes. Or create animation 

using your webcam and embed as a widget. 

Web based creativity suite where anyone can 

build and deploy engaging and interactive 

web applications. Create custom tools to 

learn, explore, and collaborate. No coding is 

necessary to create these games or activities 

and they can be embedded in websites. 

Free download, a new programming 

language that makes it easy to create your 

own interactive stories, animations, games, 

music and art, and share your creations on 

the web. Learn important mathematical and 

computational ideas, while also learning to 

think creatively, reason systematically, and 

work collaboratively. 

Free video game / creation tool for Mac & 

PC. Design mode lets you create enormous 

3D platforming levels filled with fun gameplay 

elements like power-ups and fireballs, while 

Play mode lets you explore through the 

thousands of diverse user-created challenges 

being uploaded every day. 

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PlayCrafter 

Kodu 

Gamemaker 

Sploder 

Jumpcraft 

Stencyl 




Create your own games. 

Creative environment for designing, building, 

and playing your own new games. The 

language is simple and entirely icon-based. 

Programs are composed of pages, which are 

broken down into rules, which are further 

divided into conditions and actions. PC only. 

Make exciting computer games, without the 

need to write a single line of code. Using 

easy to learn drag-and-drop actions, you can 

create professional looking games within very 

little time. Free lite version for PC, not free 

for Mac. 

Make your own free games online and share 

them with your friends. Make your own 

platformer games, spaceship shooters, 

apace adventure game. 

Create platform-based games and other 

types of 2D games. No coding required. 

Learn how to program. Share your games 

with your friends. PC only. 

2D game creation. Collaboration and sharing 

features will have you making Flash games 

on Mac or PC. 

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cooltoolsforschools - widgets http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/widgets?f=print 

Widgets: NOTE - use widget sites with caution. Some widgets and advertisements on 

the sites are not suitable for children. 

Widgetbox 

Springwidgets 

Button 

Generator 

Glittertools 

Grazr 

Thousands of widgets for 

your blog, profile or web 

page. 

Thousands of widgets for 

your blog, profile or web 

page. 

Create buttons and menus 

for your website. 

Example - weather widget 

Website widgets Example - Glitter Memory 

Game 

Add this widget to any blog 

or Web page, and display 

a feed with no 

programming. Just enter 

the URL of any feed and 

click the button to create 

your free widget. 

The widget can display all 

standard Web files- view 

pictures from Flickr, play 

provided by: www.glittertools.com 

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Wigflip 

Glitterfy 

FlashVortex 

Screedbot 

Photoface 

Big Huge Labs 

Image Generator 

Sign Generator 

Add Letters 

podcasts and MP3 files 

within the widget. watch 

videos from YouTube within 

the widget. 

Toys and tools for the web. 

Glitter up your text 

Create menus, buttons, 

banners for free. No sign 

up, no software to install, 

no design skill required. 

Animated scrolling 

typewriter text generator. 

Write some text and click 

to make your own 

animated text. 

Use your own photo or an 

avatar. Upload your audio, 

record directly or use text 

to speech for your 

personal message. Great 

for giving feedback to 

students. 

Generator using photos. 

Make cool things with your 

digital photos. 

Image, sign, text 

generator. Lots of quirky 

widgets and generators to 

make frame, text in pics, 

insert images, and loads 

more. 

An online widget that 

allows you to change the 

letters in various photos of 

signs (road signs, people 

holding signs, product 

parodies) to make 

personalized 

images/graphics and 

ecards. 

Generate your own funny 

pictures based on the text 

example 

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Big Huge Labs 

Trading Card 

Maker 

MagMyPic 

Amaztype 

Yourfonts 

Geogreeting 

MyFlashFetish 

you enter. The generated 

picture looks real and can 

be downloaded for your 

own enjoyment! Create 

your own newspaper 

headline, make your own 

diploma, or even make a 

custom restaurant sign! 

Make your own collectible 

trading card! Or make a 

whole deck and create a 

card game. 

Fake magazine covers with 

your picture on them. 

Make interactive titles from example 

books, videos or music. 

Online font generation 

service that allows you to 

create your own fonts 

within a couple of minutes. 

Your own handwriting 

turned into your own font. 

Use your fonts on 

Windows, Mac OS X and 

Linux. Personalize your 

digital scrapbook pages. 

Make your own "family 

handwriting history. Make 

as many fonts as you like. 

Send a message using example 

images from Google Earth 

instead of letters. 

Create mp3 and video 

playlists and many 

widgets. Get access to 

edit your existing playlists. 

You can add, remove 

songs and customize the 

players so you won't have 

to start from scratch! 

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BittyBrowser 

Custom sign 

generator 

Photosoup 

CoolText 

Buttons 

BarcodesInc 

SpaceYourFace 

TimerCountdown 

Put a browser widget 

inside your webpage. Keep 

track of your favorite Web 

stuff by enabling navigable 

windows directly within 

your favorite sites. 

Thousands of free 

dynamics JPEG, GIF & 

PNG image creators. 

A visual word puzzle 

generator that allows users 

to create word search 

puzzles with tag-photo 

pairs taken from Flickr. 

The tag is hidden in the 

puzzle, and only the 

associated photo is shown 

as a clue. The objective is 

to find all hidden tags in the 

puzzle before you run out 

of time. To create and play 

a new puzzle, you have to 

provide a topic,or you can 

use your own username to 

generate a puzzle that 

shows your photos. 

Button maker. 

Generate a printable and 

scannable barcode in 

Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 

39, Code 128 A, B, or C 

symbologies. This free 

service can be used to 

generate individual 

barcodes or called via 

URL's to include inline PNG 

or JPEG images directly 

into your documents. 

Put your face in the 

astronaut and do the 

astronaut dance. 

Enter your own time or 

select from the common 

times. 

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cooltoolsforschools - File Storage http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/File+Storage?f=print 

Free storage: 

Google Sites 

Box 

Mediafire 

Fileden 

Filefreak 

Divshare 

Kadoo 

RapidShare 

An easy way to make information accessible to 

people who need quick, up-to-date access. Add 

file attachments, information from other Google 

applications (like Google Docs, Google Calendar, 

YouTube and Picasa), and new free-form 

content. Creating a site together is as easy as 

editing a document, and you always control who 

has access. 

Upload files to share with others 

Unlimited storage, up to 100MB per file. 

Hotlinking allowed for all allowed file extensions, 

including videos and music files! 

1GB of personal storage space. Need to log in 

once a month. 

A 50mb maximum file size limit 

5GB of monthly bandwidth 

Free file hosting, free mp3 hosting, free mp3 

streaming, free mp3 storage, and free image 

hosting. 

1 GB of space that you can access from any 

computer. 

250 MB of daily outgoing bandwidth. 

Upload files as large as 50 MB. 

Create up-to 20 folders to neatly organize your 

files, mp3's, and images. 

Hot linking enabled! 

Store and share videos, photos, music and 

documents. Upload and share up to 5g. Hotlinking 

allowed. 

Upload your files once and use them from mobile 

and web applications to web sites and services, 

without sacrificing your right to privacy or file 

ownership. Work in conjunction with divshare. 

Store large files online and access them 

wherever you are and whenever you want to. 

Share your data with just one click. 

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MegaUpload 

Sigmirror 

InternetArchive 

4Shared 

PictureTrail 

Dropbox 

DROPitTO.me 

Filedropper 

Free websites: 

Google Sites 

j2e 

Weebly 

Provider of online storage and web hosting 

services. 

Free file and image hosting. Upload and share up 

to 2.5g. Hotlinking allowed. 

Contribute and upload books, audio, and video 

files that you have the right to share. 

The Internet Archive, a non-profit library, will 

provide free storage and access to them. 

Free online storage. Upload, access, share your 

music, video, photos. Upload and share single file 

or entire folder. Need to log in once a month. 

Biggest slideshow selection on the web. Post 

them to any webpage. Also photo sharing and 

image hosting. 

Easy way to store, sync, and, share files online. 

Available for Windows, OS X, and Linux. 

Download onto your computer. Store, sync and 

share your files online. 

Together with Dropbox you can setup an unique 

upload address with password protection. 

Good solution when an email is just not enough. 

Upload bigger files - up to 5g. 

An easy way to make information accessible to 

people who need quick, up-to-date access. Add 

file attachments, information from other Google 

applications (like Google Docs, Google Calendar, 

YouTube and Picasa), and new free-form 

content. Creating a site together is as easy as 

editing a document, and you always control who 

has access. 

Online creative tool, designed for education. 

Word processor, desktop publisher, 

webpage/web site creator, form creator, online 

storage. 

Create a free website. 

Drag and drop interface 

example 

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Weebly for 

Education 

SchoolRack 

FreeWebs 

SchoolNotes 

Flavors.me 

Jimdo 

Fileave 

Squidoo 

Webs 

Easily create a classroom website & blog. 

Manage your students' accounts. Accept 

homework assignments online. Keep your 

parents up to date 

Free classroom website to keep students, 

parents and others informed. Share information, 

documents, and files. Hold discussions online, 

outside of class. Report grades online to students 

or their parents. Keep in touch with private 

messaging 

Simple, no coding required 

Photos, videos, web stores, domains and more 

Create pages for posting homework or creating 

flashcards. 

Post assignments, announcements, online 

calendar of class events and activities and links 

to important resources. Notify parents and 

students each time you update your classroom 

page. Free storage to upload documents and add 

images to your page(s) 

Make a homepage in minutes. 

Create your own free website. Integrate pictures, 

videos and texts in seconds, change the design 

with a click, add as many pages as you want, 

share with your friends. 

Host 50 MB of your video's, music, and images 

for use anywhere. 

Get 50MB of storage for any file type, direct link 

URL's to share the files on other sites, and all the 

HTML codes you need to embed your files. 

Includes a free subdomain! 

Make a page online. Get your message across. 

Share your interests, get found 

All the tools you need to create a professionallooking 

website in just minutes. Add a blog, 

forum, calendar, photo gallery, video gallery and 

much more. You also have the ability to add 

members and create personal profiles. 

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Lifeyo 

Kafafa 

Spruz 

Snappages 

x10Hosting 

Magix Online 

World 

Website Builders: 

Wix 

Doodlekit 

Edicy 

Webnode 

Start with a custom template, drag and drop. 

Make it your own with photos, text, and blog 

posts. Publish your work instantly and come back 

any time to edit. 

Usea starter template and in 3steps, you can 

build an entire website of your very own. Comes 

with no ads, and 50 megabytes of hosting space. 

No programming knowledge is required. 

Build a website with fully integrated social 

features. Quickly add and remove features, build 

pages from elements and interactive widgets. 

Design editor is easy use for a beginner but has 

advanced features to give the control needed for 

advanced web designers. Members can join and 

participate. 

Easy way to create your own website online with Tour 

simple drag and drop tools. 

UNMETERED Disk Space, UNMETERED 

Bandwidth. cPanel 11 & Custom Account Panel 

Simply load HTML websites by FTP, your 

website will then be available online and 

accessible via your personal web address. 

Import favourite pictures and movies from your 

own computer or from the web. 

Create stunning pages using creative elements. 

Embed into any webpage or share directly. 

A fully hosted online free website builder and 

Content Management System that helps you build 

a personal or business website. It’s perfect for 

anyone from first-timers to advanced web 

developers and web designers. Unlike other 

website creator tools, Doodlekit is all online. 

There are tens of pretty designs to choose from 

and your website can be up and running in 

minutes 

On-line website builder that gives you 24-hour 

access to web design and content management 

by just using the Internet. You don’t need to install 

any additional software. 

You can edit pages, add articles to your blog, 

work on product catalogues, all done with the 

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Yauthor 

Yola 

Alleycode 




utmost ease, and yet still produce high-impact 

designs. Webnode is a revolution in on-line 

website building. 

On-line service with authoring tools allowing 

authors to create professionally looking 

interactive content easily. You can create tests 

and interactive lessons with plenty of configurable 

activities and feedback. 

Website builder that requires no technical skills. 

No ads, no banners. No hidden fees. Now 

download, works securely in your browser. 

Unlimited free hosting. Previously known as 

Synthasite. 

HTML editor with unique features. If you are new 

to HTML, Alleycode's great tutorial will walk you 

through your first coding steps. If you are an 

established coder you will find a refreshing, 

non-bloated infrastructure with fast and accurate 

delivery. Beyond HTML, Alleycode's wizardry 

focuses on PHP and CSS interaction for 

professional and easy management of your 

projects. Windows only. 

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cooltoolsforschools - utilities http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/utilities?f=print 

Helpful Sites: 

Isitdown 

PolicyTool 

Only2Clicks 

Free fonts: 

DaFont 

Students' resources: 

Shmoop 




Enter url and check the website status. 

A policy generator that simplifies the process of creating guidelines 

that respect the rights of your employees while protecting your 

brand online. 

Design your own start up page - web portal. 

Install free fonts on your computer. 

Online exam guides prepared by educators and experts. 

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cooltoolsforschools - Creative Commons http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Creative+Commons?f=print 

Do not assume that the links displayed on this page are under a Creative Commons license. You should always 

verify that the work is actually under a CC license by following the link. Since there is no registration to use a CC 

license, there is no way to determine what has and hasn't been placed under the terms of a CC license. If you are in 

doubt you should contact the copyright holder directly, or try to contact the site where you found the content. 

Images: 

Flickrcc 

Wylio 

Flickrstorm 

Compfight 

Veezzle 

EveryStockPhoto 

4FreePhotos 

Copyright Free 

Images 

School Clip Art 

Clker 

Music and Sound: 

Search for creative common images. Provides 

attribution. 

Free Creative Commons picture search. Automatically 

sizes the image, hosts the image, and builds the photo 

credit into the code. 

FlickrStorm is a better search for Flickr! It works by 

looking for more than what you enter to find related and 

more relevant images. 

Search by tag or text. Restrict your search to the 

Creative Commons with "Only", and use the 

"Commercial" setting for commercially usable assets. 

Constantly looking for free stock photo websites, simply 

by searching through the Internet a website that match 

some specific keywords will be indexed. 

A license-specific photo search engine. Currently we 

index and search millions of freely licensed photos, from 

many sources, and present them in an integrated 

search. Membership is free and allows you to rate, tag, 

collect and comment on photos. 

A group of photographers who enjoy taking pictures and 

decided to share them with the public to use them for 

free in their private or commercial projects. 

Top quality, high resolution copyright friendly pictures. 

Images are not copyrighted, no restriction for their use, 

no rights reserved. Public domain images for any 

personal or commercial use. 

Free Clip Art Images For Teachers and Students 

Online royalty free public domain clip art 

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cooltoolsforschools - Creative Commons http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Creative+Commons?f=print 

Freeloops 

ArtistServer 

ccMixter 

Other Media: 

ccSearch 




Over 400 CD quality free wavs recorded by great 

inspiring musicians, from FX sounds to hip hop samples 

and this in many different instruments. You can review all 

the artists that form part of this project and are currently 

contributing to it. All offered sound files are copyright 

free. 

Free independent music, more than 9,000 mp3 

downloads by more than 7,000 artists 

A community music site featuring remixes licensed under 

Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, 

mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you 

want. 

Not a search engine, but rather offers convenient access 

to search services provided by other independent 

organizations. You should always verify that the work is 

actually under a CC license by following the link. 

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