This is a virtual whiteboard app that allows for various screens from whiteboard, to graph paper, to music notation paper, to maps. Allows one to draw or use text as well as insert images. Will record the action on the board as well as add audio. Can share or e-mail finished product. More tools than Educreations (mobile device app).
This is a cloud storage app, accessible from the internet or from a mobile device. Allows cloud storage of many different types of files as well as file sharing with others, whether they have a Dropbox account or not.
An app that can be used by both instructors and students – it is a social network learning management platform. Primarily a tool for in class communication, content sharing, learning activities, and quizzes; it can also be used for “take home” work that can help support the “flipped classroom” model.
This is a virtual whiteboard app that allows for various screens from whiteboard to graph paper. Allows one to draw or use text as well as insert images. Will record the action on the board as well as add audio. Can share or e-mail finished product. Great beginner app – easy to navigate.
A web based app (as well as mobile device app) that is a multi use product that starts as a note taking and archiving app, but has a lot of additional features. The “note” doesn’t have to be a text document but can be images, webpages and many other file structures – makes a great organizer and task manager. This is one of the free apps that, if you really find it useful, can be worth paying for the premium version for your personal mobile device.
Part of the Google platform, so if you have a Google account, you have access to this app. This app allows you to store files, create documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, forms, etc.), edit documents, share files and folders with people who have a Google Drive account or not, as well as allow asynchronous and synchronous collaboration on documents.
Mind mapping, concept mapping, flow charting app – free version is limited to 3 mind maps saved at a time. You can delete one when you are finished so you always can stay at that 3 or less total.
Audience response system. Create interactive polls/surveys where audience can respond from a mobile device or from the web. Ability to track responses and reuse polls. Is limited to 40 responses to a single poll for the free account, but you can have as many polls as you’d like.
A web-based app (mobile device app also) that can add creativity to storytelling or presentations. Use the canvas to build frames manually or with templates. Import PowerPoint presentations into Prezi and then use tools to manipulate the text, images, videos. Can be manually operated or set up to run in an automated fashion.
Audience response system. Create interactive polls/surveys where audience can respond from a mobile device or from the web. Ability to track responses and reuse polls. You give access code to your students to respond at the Socrative app site. More tools than Poll Everywhere.
To help bridge the national achievement gap with a free and comprehensive online learning experience. It features real-time collaboration on a virtual whiteboard with infinite pages, real-time communication through voice conferencing and text chat, permanent storage of all classrooms for later access, support for image uploading, and access to basic drawing tools and colors
Symbaloo is a personal start page/home screen that can be accessed from anywhere with an Internet connection on any type of device. Using Symbaloo you can create a custom bookmarked homepage of the websites or that you access the most, then pull it up on any device. Each page is called a Webmix and you can create multiple web mixes that serve your purposes.
A web app that allows the user to use various terminology and create a “word wall” which presents a good visual of the terminology with different colors and fonts.
A web app, similar to Wordle, where text can be inserted (sentences, paragraphs, etc.) and the site combines multiple pieces of content all in one place (images, videos, concept maps, organization, etc.).
A video creating and sharing website (mobile device app as well), that is a great resource for acquiring additional information, in visual format, of just about any topic. Can also establish an account and archive videos you author as well – either in YouTube or third party app.