Bundlenut Website Bundlenut lets you share collections of links in one handy bundle browser. Create lessons from online resources. You can change the contents at any time and reorder the inks. What do you think of Bundlenut?

Thinglink is a tool that I wanted to write about for a long time. It is neat, simple and very flexible.  It simply lets you create interactive images. You can upload any picture and tag links, text, audio or video on the picture. When you are done, you can share it via social media tools. It is a collaborative tool that lets you and your students work on the same picture while tagging. You can add colorful pins to your interactive images. The tool also gives us a chance to create a classroom and moderate our students’ interactive images. Here are a few ideas to use this tool: Ask students to upload a picture of themselves or families and talk about it. They can tag their favorite films, songs, books, write about themselves etc. Choose picture and ask students to tell their stories by tagging.  Great way to help students to read infographics and maps. We can do it by tagging notes on an infographic.  On a world map, the students can leave different tags about the countries that they know. I think that would be useful before we start a topic. Great way to learn what they already know about the topic that they are about to learn. This tool can be an alternative to a student’s portfolio. Students can be asked to keep their products on a picture. Young learners can be asked to write or define the words that they know on a picture. This tool can be used for feedback as well. Ask students to talk or write about what they have learned on a topic. Students can be asked to talk on photo collages.  Just give it a try; I am sure you will come up with more ideas!

7scenes Website 7scenes is a mobile storytelling platform, which can be used to create a mobile learning curriculum. The everyday environment can be used as a classroom for a lot of different subjects like history, arts, culture, biology, maths and architecture. What do you think of 7scenes?

Capzles Website Capzles lets you creare rich multimedia collections with videos, photos, music, websites and documnets. Share and embed your creations. What do you think of Capzles?

Secure Passwords Website The password generator uses the secure bcrypt algorithm to create strong passwords that are also unique for every site. You just have to remember a single passphrase and the tool will create different passwords for all your online accounts with a click. What do you think of Secure Passwords?

Nearppod Website Nearpod lets you create interactive classes. Push information, questions, and activities to students’ mobile devices. See all student activity in real-time, check attendance and assess student progress. What do you think of Nearpod?

Sketchometry Website Sketchometry provides a minimal user interface for doing Euclidean geometry and function plotting. Sketch points, circles and lines on the screen which are converted to exact geometric objects. What do you think of Sketchometry?

Lore Website Lore lets you manage your courses online. It combines robust tools like gradebook, file management, communication, and calendaring with social networking features so students can communicate with each other. What do you think of Lore?

Again and the third time in a row, I have been nominated for ELTons in Innovation in Teacher Resources; and this time with my dear collageue Jennifer Verschoor.  We have been nominated for our e-book, My First Digital Journey that was published by the Round last year.  Great to be shortlisted again.   You can view the full list of nominations here.  Good luck to everyone! And may the best man win!

Flowlab Website Create your own online and iPhone games right in your browser. No programming experience is required, use flow based programming to visually link simple behaviors into complex game logic. What do you think of Flowlab?

SpeakIt Website SpeakIt is a Chrome extension that reads selected text using Text-to-Speech technology with language auto-detection. It can read text in more than 50 languages. What do you think of SpeakIt?

Select and Speak Website Select and Speak is a Chrome extension that uses iSpeech's human sounding text to speech (TTS). It includes 43 iSpeech text to speech voices. You can configure the voice and speed option by changing the settings at options page. What do you think of Select and Speak?

PhoneTrans Website PhoneTrans helps you transfer and manage music, apps, movies, music videos, TV shows, podcasts, ringtones, eBooks from your iPhone to/ from your computer. PodTrans and PhoneBrowse also available. What do you think of PhoneTrans?

Cleverlize Website Cleverlize lets you create educational apps for multiple platforms without programming. Just enter your contents and create apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, etc. Build your apps in the cloud. What do you think of Cleverlize?

TalkTyper Website TalkTyper is free speech to text dictation software that works in your browser. Based on the speech input provided by Google in the Chrome browser. What do you think of TalkTyper?

Adobe has recently released a great app that we can all use for digital storytelling: Adobe Voice; a stunning app to create animated videos. It’s a very user friendly app that we can use in all grades. You can upload your pictures, or use some pictures from the Adobe gallery on different slides. Then, you record your voice over each slide. As you can listen to yourself on each slide, if you would like to rerecord your voice, it’s the easiest thing to do. Just click on the record button. When you are done, you can preview your video, and then you can share it on different social media tools; also send it in an email. This app is great for telling stories, doing presentations, creating advertisements or book trailers. Students can upload their own pictures and create their own stories with their own voices. Teachers can put the pictures of a field trip in a minute and create a sideshow to share it with parents. This app is free and I think it’s been one of the best apps that I have ever used with my kids.  

Themeefy Website Themeefy is a curation and self-publishing platform where you can gather information from the web or create your own content and share/read published magazines. What do you think of Themeefy?

Grammarbase Website Grammarbase scans your text to identify any and all grammar mistakes and misspellings. Useful for students, professors and those who are leaning English. No registration or downloads required. What do you think of Grammarbase?

EdGames Website EdGames contains downloadable games, game templates and utilities that you can use to enhance any lessons. Powerpoint, Excel and Word templates provided. What do you think of EdGames?

Weejot Website Weejot mobile lets you create exciting, interactive mobile sites that not only look good but work on every type of mobile device. Create and publish apps in real-time, without the need for approval through App Stores or downloading to the user’s device. What do you think of Weejot?

Easelly Website Easelly lets you create and share visual ideas online. You gan also download your creation as a png graphic. Several themes provided. What do you think of Easelly?

WaveShop Website WaveShop is a is fast, lightweight audio editor where editing a portion of an audio file only affects that portion. Blocks of audio can be cut and pasted without changing their content. What do you think of WaveShop?

Here is an interesting and a cool tool, The Secret Door. If you haven’t tried it, you may want to give it a try. You see a gothic door, when you click on it, a virtual hand opens it and it virtually takes you somewhere in the world randomly using Google data. You also hear some good music at the same time. You can take a look in the location it takes you or you can switch your location and go somewhere else. It has more than hundreds of places that you can go. You can also embed it on your blog or your website.  Students can be asked to describe the place that they have been. They can talk about what they see, what kind of people live there or if they would like to live there or not. We can also use this as a story starter. The place that we have been can be where our story will take place.  Enjoy!

Braingenie Website Braingenie helps you to learn, practice, and quiz yourself on 5,000+ skills in science and mathematics. Compete in real-time multiplayer matches. Build deep mastery and sharpens problem-solving skills. What do you think of Braingenie?