Free+Web+Tools

Free Web Tools You Can Use to Make Presentations and Create Training Materials

[|Jing]
//Jing captures anything on you see on your computer screen, as an image or short video, and lets you share it.//

__Resources__
 * ‪[|How To Use Jing to Create Video Screen Captures]‬
 * [|Jing Tutorial]

[|Prezi]
//Prezi is a web-based presentation tool using a map layout and zooming to show contextual relationships.//

__Resources__
 * [|Prezi Learn]
 * [|What is Prezi? Press the play button!]
 * [|What is Prezi? - The official intro video]

[|GoogleDocs]
//Google Docs is an easy-to-use online word processor, spreadsheet and presentation editor that enables you and your students to create, store and share instantly and securely, and collaborate online in real time. You can create new documents from scratch or upload existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations. There's no software to download, and all your work is stored safely online and can be accessed from any computer.//

__Resources:__
 * [|Google Docs for Educators]
 * [|Google Docs in Plain English]
 * [|Google Docs: A Love Letter]

[|Voki]
//Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages.//

__Resources:__
 * [|Voki for Education]

[|Audacity]
//Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.//

[|Google Sites]
//Google Sites is a free and easy way to create and share webpages.//

__Resources:__
 * [|Google Apps Learning Center]
 * [|Google Teacher Academy Resources]

[|WIGGIO]
//Wiggio is a free online toolkit that makes it easy to work in groups. The tools include mass messaging (emails, text messages, voicemails), scheduling, file sharing and editing, polling, conference calling, video conferencing, and project management.//

__Resources:__
 * [|What is Wiggio?]
 * [|Wiggio Tutorial]

WikiSpaces
//Wikis are simple web pages that groups, friends, and families can edit together. You can create free wikis at WikiSpaces.//

__Resources:__
 * [|Wikis in Plain English]

[|Teacher Tube]
//TeacherTube is a video sharing website similar to, and based on, YouTube. It is designed to allow those in the educational industry, particularly teachers, to share educational resources such as video, audio, documents, photos, groups and blogs. The site contains a mixture of classroom teaching resources and others designed to aid teacher training.//

[|Screencast.com]
//Offers free online storage and sharing.//

[|SlideShare]
//You can upload and share publicly or privately PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and Adobe PDFs.//

[|DropBox]
//Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily.//

Resources: [|Get extra storage space when you sign up with an edu email account.]

[|Jog The Web]
//Jog the Web enables multiple websites to be presented as a package thus providing a semi-directed approach to research.//

[|Glogster]
//Glogster allows users to create free interactive posters, or glogs. The glog, short for graphical blog, is an interactive multimedia image. It looks like a poster, but readers can interact with the content.//

__Resources:__
 * [|Detailed Tutorial on Glogster EDU]
 * [|Glogster in 90 seconds]

[|Animoto]
Animoto provides an array of tools for creating videos in your classroom. Teachers can sign up for a FREE Animoto Plus Account.

__Resources:__
 * [|Education Video Slideshows] Scroll to the bottom to view examples of videos created in education.