Category: Announcements [B]
Storyboard
by Mr Allan
Storybirds are short, visual stories that you make with to shareand (soon) print. more »
LinkBunch
by Mr Allan
LinkBunch lets you put multiple links into one small link which you can share over IM, Twitter, email or even a mobile phone SMS. Simply put in a list of links in the box and click 'Bunch' to get your small LinkBunch link! more »
FlockDraw
by Mr Allan
FlockDraw is an easy to use online whiteboard with all the tools you need to quickly, collaboratively sketch your next big idea and share it with the world. more »
DimDim
by Mr Allan
Dimdim is a web conferencing tool that lets you deliver synchronised presentations, whiteboards and web pages while sharing voice and video. more »
Yammer
by Mr Allan
Yammer is a private micro-blogging service. If you like the idea of Twitter but are concerned about the updates being public, then Yammer provides the same functionality as Twitter, but for in-company use. Only individuals with the same email domain can… more »
Flip Video Camera
by Mr Allan
A tiny little camcorder that lets you easily take videos and upload them (using the inbuilt USB) to the PC. more »
TinyURL
by Mr Allan
Are you sick of posting URLs in emails only to have it break when sent causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back together? Then you've come to the right place. By entering in a URL in the text field below, we will create a tiny URL that will… more »
Fleck
by Mr Allan
Fleck allows you to add notes to any website, and then share them with others. A great tool for getting a class to discuss what is good or bad about a website… can anyone say ‘Information Literacy’? more »
polldaddy
by Mr Allan
You can create online surveys and polls for your website, blog and social network. Create your surveys and polls using custom templates or create your own. more »
Stixy
by Mr Allan
This is Stixy
Stixy helps users organize their world on flexible, shareable Web-based bulletin boards called Stixyboards. Unlike most personal productivity or project management software, Stixy doesn’t dictate how users should organize their informati… more »
Poll Every Where
by Mr Allan
Live Audience Polling
Step1 Ask your audience a question
Step2 They answer using SMS text messages, Twitter, or the web (try voting!)
Step3 Results update live in your web browser or PowerPoint
Very easy to use and perfect for AFL! more »
WallWisher
by Mr Allan
Wall Wisher is an online notice board maker. It gives you a virtual space where you can post short text notes in the same way that you could put post-it notes onto a notice board in your classroom. But this noticeboard can be shared between people all ov… more »
VLC Media Player Portable
by Mr Allan
Play your media anywhere
VLC Media Player Portable is the popular VLC media player packaged as a portable app, so you can take your audio and video files along with everything you need to play them on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive,… more »
Jing
by Mr Allan
Jing is free software that adds visuals to online conversations. You can record a wide range of things including
* Collaborate on a design project
* Share a snapshot of a document
* Narrate your photos
* Comment verbally on students… more »
ScreenCastle
by Mr Allan
Free online screen recorder software. You can record a screencast directly from you browser. more »
Twiddla
by Mr Allan
Twiddla is a non setup meeting "playground"
Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your friends or make that conference call more productive than ever. No plug-ins or downloads more »
Mindmeister
by Mr Allan
Creating and sharing mind maps online. Access your maps anytime and from anywhere and brainstorm with friends and colleagues in real time, just using a web browser. more »
Mind42
by Mr Allan
Mind42.com is a browser based online mind mapping application. You register with the site then share your mind map via email. more »
DabbleBoard
by Mr Allan
Dabbleboard is an online collaboration application that’s centered around the whiteboard. With a new type of drawing interface that's actually easy and fun to use, Dabbleboard gets out of your way and just lets you draw. Finally the whiteboard enters the… more »
Prezi
by Mr Allan
Using Prez you can create maps of texts, images, videos, PDFs, drawings and present in a nonlinear way. more »
Glogster
by Mr Allan
Make your interactive posters easily and share it with staff and students more »
Xtranormal
by Mr Allan
Xtranormal’s mission is to bring movie-making to the people. This site allows you to turn text into video with a 3D environment. more »
EtherPad
by Mr Allan
Lets multiple people work on the same document simultaneously. Fantastic collaborative tool
Useful for
* Meeting notes
* Conference calls
* Drafting & wordsmithing
* Team programming
* Collaborative storywriting more »
Befuddlr
by Mr Allan
A great little visual puzzle tool. It takes any online image and produces a slider puzzle that is ideal for working on the IWB. more »
Nota
by Mr Allan
Casual Collaboration.
Mash your ideas and media together in a dynamic whiteboard wiki. Using photos, videos, and other web content you can instantly create brainstorms, presentations, scrapbooks to name just a few. more »
Posterous
by Mr Allan
A great way to use blogging outside of the classroom. Could be used for homework or sharing ideas. It's the easiest way to post anything online using email.
Some examples of using Posterous are below
A History class blog
An individual Hist… more »
Voki
by Mr Allan
Try this out!!
You and yourt students can create avatars and then speach to them. You just need an internet connection. Could be used for starters / plenaries. Also students can record themselves. Great for differentiation more »
SaveTube
by Mr Allan
You can use this site to download youtube videos to a format of your choice more »
Scribd
by Mr Allan
You can share documents and files with this application.
# DISCOVER fun or functional writings and documents on any subject – explore by category, by browsing or just typing in a search topic.
# SHARE your own writings and documents – dust off all that… more »
Box.net
by Mr Allan
The service enables users to share, access, and collaborate on files of any type from anywhere. more »

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