List+of+Digital+Tools

Audacity: Audacity is an audio editing program for the computer. You can mix sounds, record sounds and edit sounds to make podcasts. Similar to Garageband on a Mac. This download is already available on district computers. Similar to Vocaroo, an online voice recorder.

Biteslide: Biteslide is a creative presentation tool for school projects that can be used as technology solution for PBL projects. Similar to Glogster or Urturn.

KidBlog: Kidblog offers safe and secure blogs for students, where they can share their thoughts with other students. It is fully COPPA compliant. Also available as an app. Similar to Edublogs

PollEverywhere: K12 student response system that can be used on any laptop, desktop, tablet or smartphone. Similar to Socrative which is also available as an app. Also available: Answer Garden

Prezi: Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas. Similar to PowerPoint.

QR Island: QR Island is designed to bring QR codes into the classroom with ease. Similar to GoQR.me

Skype in the Classroom: "Skype in the Classroom" is a free global community that invites teachers to collaborate on classroom projects where they might use Skype, and share skills and inspiration around specific teaching needs.

Voicethread: Voicethread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments using voice, text, audio file, or video. Also available as an app.

Voki: Voki is an educational tool that allows users to create their very own talking character or avatar.

Wikispaces: A free wiki host providing community wiki spaces, visual page editing, and discussion areas. Similar to PBWorks

Wordle: A Wordle is an image cloud of words created from your text. Similar to Taxedo.

Zamzar: Zamzar is a web application to convert files.

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