20 Tools in 20 min

William King@wkingbg

Bowling Green High School

Bowling Green, KYwkingbg@gmail.com

Evernote• Note-taking app• Notes, pictures, audio• Text recognition• Cloud- Based• Access from any

device • FREE

1

• 360 photo app• great for classroom,

field trips• share your world

with parents and the community

• can post anywhere • FREE

Photosynth

2

Hootsuite

• Tool that helps organize twitter

• you need a twitter acct

• Manage all your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Foursquare accounts in one app

• FREE

3

I-NiGMA

4

• QR Code reader app• Turns your camera

into a sophisticated barcode reader

• FREE

5

FREEThe easiest way to text/email students and parents- Attach assignments- Reminders- Notify parents of class activities/assignments- Protects your phone #- Free

Socrative.com• Student response

system• students can respond

via smartphone, tablet, laptop

• great for BYOD or 1:1 schools

• Easy to use and setup• FREE

6

Twitterfall.com• Twitter Presentation

tool• Great for class

discussion • Shows tweets in real

time• Use in class or faculty

mtgs• FREE

7

• Store all your bookmarks in one location

• create tiles for your favorite websites

• great for class projects or research

• FREE

8

Padlet (Wallwisher)

• a virtual wall (webpage) where you can post thoughts and messages

• perfect for class discussion or brainstorming• Can post texts and pics from any device 9

• Easy way to sign up people for events

• Event webpage• issues tickets• creates check in

lists, wait lists, tons of features

• FREE

10

Hapyak.com

• annotate youtube videos • provide commentary to fit with your

content area 11

recitethis.com

• Tool to create creative slides for presentations or for class starters

• Great for Bell Ringers • FREE

12

• visual bio webpage

• based on the social sites you use

• FREE

13

QRstuff.com

14

viewpure.com

• removes all distractions associated with youtube videos

• copy the link of the video into the purifier and your video will be displayed on a blank background 15

Camscanner pro

• ios app• turns your phone or ipad into a scanner• perfect for going paperless• receipts, documents, student work, notes • FREE and paid version

16

Study Blue• Flash Card APP• allows students to

study anywhere• kids can create their

own cards • teachers can create

for their students• FREE

17

• Ios and Android app• app for networking

and saving contacts• records basic info, pic,

gps location• backs up in your

evernote account• visual style contact

list• FREE

Evernote Hello

• Create a backchannel for your classroom or team meeting

• connect with your students in real-time

• great for student feedback

• FREE, no account necessary

19

INSTAGRAM

• Photosharing site

• Facebook Like• Great for

School and Class PR

• Free

20

Google Newspaper Archives

- Google is in the process of scanning every newspaper ever into their servers

- Search major newspapers- http://news.google.com/

newspapers

Bonus

William Kingwkingbg@gmail.com@wkingbg (Twitter)

william.king.bg (Skype) wkingbg

(Instagram)