A+-+Z+of+Useful+Links

=A - Z LIST OF USEFUL BOOKMARKS 2017 = This is definitely a Work In Progress and I hope it will take shape over the coming years. I am also using this wiki as a repository to keep all my experiments with new tools in one safe place!

Image below created with Photofunia, a cool photo editing site.

[| Zimmer Twins] (Review by David Kapler)[| http://www.zimmertwins.com/]
 * ANIMATIONS **

GoAnimate: [] Dvolver:[| http://www.dvolver.com/live/moviemaker.html] ANIMOTO:[| http://animoto.com/] [|Animoto for Education] post by Free Technology for Teachers [|Animoto ideas] via Classroom 2.0

[|28 Interesting Ways to use Audio in Your Classroom] by Tom Barrett [|Listen and Write website]- fab dictation site from OUP [|How to tutorial for Listen and Write audio web site] by Russell Stannard [|Audacity] How to Tutorial by Russell Stannard
 * AUDIO / PODCASTS IDEAS **

=** Big Huge Labs **= A great photo editing site. Lots of fun features - very addictive! [] [|Badge Maker] example below created 22nd February 2011



Big Huge Labs: [|Hockney art poster] effect with Janet's chicks, Chikita and Norris



Big Huge Labs [|Magazine creator]- created on April 7th 2011



Big Huge Labs: Add fun captions to your photos with the [|Captioner]special effect!!!!

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= BLOGS =



[|Lists of Best Blogging Tips] by Larry Ferlazzo [|Blog4Edu]-wiki support group for new bloggers [|Blogging Terms and Phrases, Part 1] by [|kalinagoenglish] on [|The PLN Staff Lounge] [|Blogging Terms and Phrases Part 2] by [|Kalinago English] on [|Mike Harrison's Blog] [|Training Session on Using Blogs in the classroom] by [|Training ELTeachers blog] [|Create a class blog] by Sue Waters [|The Edublogger] [|Advice for Blogging with Students]by The Edublogger [|Blogger Tutorial] by Teacher Training Videos [|Web Tools applied to Teaching] fab e-book by Life Feast Blog [|How to use Wordpress blog] via @tomwhitby [| Lists of Best Blogging Tips] by Larry Ferlazzo [|Top Blogging Tips] by Kalinago English [|Newbie Bloggers and Tips]s by Little Miss Bossy (great comments) [|Tips for Newbie Bloggers] by LLJB Blogging with your Students slideshare by Langwitches from wikispaces [|To blog or not to blog. That is the question]. Post by [|Emma Herrod.] My Blogging Tips created on Bubbl.us below:



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[| Dante's Hell] [| E-Book Web Tools]by Life Feast blog (Ana Maria Menezes) [|The Amazing Web 2.0 free Projects E-Book] [|The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects E-Book] pdf -updated version July 2010 [|60second Recap site] - fab video resources of major book summaries([| via Arjana)] [|MeeGenius Library] [|Nik's Quick Shout -post on MeeGenius] - online library books for children [|3 Informational E-Books for Teachers and Educators] (includes Podcasts and PLNs) by [|Learning Today blog] = = BUBBL.US [|How to use Bubbl.us] (by Nik Peachey)
 * BOOKS/ E-Books **

== = **CARTOONS/COMICS** =



[|6 Free Sites for Creating Your Own Comics] via [|Mashable]

[|Comics:Free ESL Materials.com] by Sean Banville 1[|0 Ways to Create Comics Online] by [|Free Technology for Teachers] [|Cartoonize Yourself] by [|Free Technology for Teachers] [|StripGenerator] free cartoon strip site. My example below!

[|MakeBeliefsComix] [|Make Beliefs Tutorial] [|Superherosquad]cartoon strip maker

One of my first attempts with this cool comic maker



Comic below created on 21st February 2011



Strip Comic below created on October 28th 2011 to teach a few simple Italian phrases:



[|Bitstrips.com] - Make comic strips very easily. See my first one below, created while burning the midnight oil on 24th February 2011!! This comic strip forms a part of my Digital Storytelling - Idiomatic Story series 2011.



Read this very useful post from [|Life Feast blog], which includes a video of children using bitstrips in their school. They are so enthusiastic about creating their own comics. It's lovely to see!! I can't get over how quick they are to manipulate this tool. Makes me feel a bit pre-historic, actually. However, I'm thrilled that I am trying these new tools out for myself, so I guess my learning curve, although much slower than these pupils, is more or less the same in the end.

A fab post by [|Natasa] ( from Natasa's blog ) on [|Free Tools Challenge,] where she writes about Bitstrips and shows off some lovely creations and ideas!

Have a look at [|sketchfu] Yes, you must be thinking to yourself, Janet is a cool artist (not!)



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 DIGITAL STORYTELLING [|Digital Storytelling] by [|Cybraryman] (useful list of resources) [|Slideshows to colour your digital life] by Ozge [|50 Web 2.0 Tools to tell a story] (via Stumble upon by Alan Levine) [|Digital Storytelling] - 21 Things for the 21st Century Educator New Tools Workshop wiki - collection of resources [|Storybird] - create a book! [|Story Starters] by[| Scholastic.com]

**DVOLVER** [|DVolver Tutorial by Teacher Training Videos]

My dvolver animation "In the Money", created specially for my Idiomatic Story series for IATEFL Brighton presentation 2011



 E-PORTFOLIOS ELT Portfolio Great links about e-portfolios by Graham Stanley Digital Portfolios wikispaces Lots of information on how to set E-Portfolios up with younger students

== = GLOGSTERS =

media type="custom" key="23023286" 6[|th Virtual Round Table e-conference]: my presentation poster!

[|Glogster] site [|Glog on!] Slideshare presentation by Jan McGee [|Glogster Tutorial] [| Ozge's Glogster] [|Glogster Tutorial] by Russell Stannard [|Edu Glogster] (Link from Radney) [|Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century] Greetings from the World wiki by [|Arjana Blazic]

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** GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS **


[|**Shelly Terrell - wiki on Graphic Organizers**] = = [|Interesting Ways to Use] (by Tom Barrett) great list of different web.2.0 tools [|How to Embed Almost Anything in your Website] via[| Digital Inspiration Blog.]
 * HOW TO SERIES **


 * IDIOMS **

**As busy as a bee**
[|ESL Tools -Idioms] List of great idioms, with pronunciation, examples and +++short Videos [|Eye on Idioms]- Blog post by [|Free Technology for Teachers] 2010

= **IMAGES** =

Tag Galaxy: []

Images of Oxford created with Taggalaxy in 2015 from flickr:



Taggalaxy of Abruzzo pics in 2015 from flickr:



[|Top 20 Best Free Online Photo Editing Websites.]

Playing around with[| Picfull]- Free One Click Photo Editing! Fluffy's image has been edited with picfull.



Playing around with [|BeFunky.com.] The same picture, but with 3 different effects: Pop art, Sketch and Oil painting- Janet with Joe



BeFunky: Freddy 2015, using Cartoonizer feature



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[|Big Huge Labs] - enhance your images with great effects as in Aprilia Rally Raid Capo Nord Motorbike poster below



[|Everything YOU should know about enhancing posts with images] by Sue Waters from [|The Edublogger] [|Images and Visual Literacy] posts by[| Educational Technology in ELT] [|Photofunia.com] [|Fun Photo Box]- enhance your images with fun effects like in the image below! Samantha with one of her cute kittens. June 2011



[|Tuxpi.com] -great site for editing images imaginatively [|Says-it.com] - great site for creating special signs and images!



[|Befunky, Photopeach and Sketchfu -it's what students want to do!] [|50 List of Free Online Photo Editing Tools] via [|BlueBlots]

[|ImageChef.com] -Enhance your images with special effects [|Photovisi] - create cool collages like the New Year ones below:





[|GlassGiant.com] - make cool pictures like the one below!!



[|Picnik] allows you to edit your photos creatively! [|Photo type sites like fotobabble/blabberize] etc by Shaun Wilden [|Playing with "photo" type programmes again] (fotobabble / blabberize and befunky) - blog post by [|Shaun Wilden] [|Every Photo Tells a Story] blog - prompts for ideas (May 2010) [|The Best sites lists for photos that changed the world] by Larry Ferlazzo [|ttp://resources.savedelete.com/20-best-and-free-online-photo-editing-websites.html] Image Tools - fab resources from cooltoolsforschools wiki [| Visual CVs] and examples from Digital Inspiration link [| Using Images in Education] by Nik Peachey [|Digital Images] - 21 Things for the 21st Century Educator [|Describing Pictures:Voicethread Project] ( [|LifeFeast blog]) [|Veezzle.com] - Free stock photo search engine [|Getty Images] - stock photos with Commons License [|Using flickr in Education] from[| My Integrating Technology Journey] blog [|Tuxpi.com] -great site for editing images imaginatively [| Photo Circles]effect below



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[|Warmers, Fillers and 1st Week Activities] by Eva Simkesian (24th Blog Carnival) [|First Lesson Ideas and Warmers] by [|Teflgeek] [|Icebreakers] by [|Trying Out Web 2.0] (Dani Lyra) [|Icebreakers] by Cybraryman [|Games, Fillers, Warm-ups] by [|A Journey in TEFL] [|F is for First Lessons] via [|An A - Z of ELT] [|Interesting Ways for how to get to know your class]by Tom Barrett [|Interesting Ways to get to know your class] (updated July 2011) [|Introducing myself to my new classes] [|Coat of Arms] by[| David Dodgson] [|Icebreakers] by [|Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age blog] [|Ice Breaker Tags - creative name tags] via [|Free Tech 4 Teachers] [|Intoductions and Icebreakers] by LLJB

= LINO IT = [|linoit.com] is an online canvas board where you can post stickies It's similar to Wallwisher.

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MUSIC AND POP SONGS [|Teaching English through songs in the Digital Age Part 1] by Vicky Saumell- [|Educational Technology in ELT] Music + Tools resources - cooltoolsforschools wiki [|Fun Time- enjoying songs] by Life Feast Blog [|Write a Blues Song] ([|Nik's Daily English activities]) [|TubeOke] via AnaMaria on Twitter- fab resource for music videos with lyrics [|The Best Online Karaoke Sites for English Language Learners] by Larry Ferlazzo [|Songs for ELT] by ESL Lounge [|Songs for the Classroom wiki] Pearson ELT Community [|Fun TIME] - enjoying songs by Ana Maria [|6 Online Activities with songs] by Nik Peachey

=** News / Newspaper articles / Resources **= [|BBC Drama - 60 Second Shakespeare] Great resource for lead-ins to short extracts/ summaries of Shakespeare plays [|Twurdy] - great for finding short newspaper articles according to levels

NEW WORDS - LANGUAGE ON THE MOVE [|NETTELS / KIPPERS / TWITS] (Macmillan Dictionary)

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PHOTOPEACH media type="custom" key="6312177" [|Working with Photopeach] [|Step by Step guide to using Photopeach] [|Befunky and Photopeach and other tools] by Sue Waters = = = **PIXTON** = media type="custom" key="9966419" = = PIXUFFLE [|Pixuffle] - ideas by Shaun Wilden

POSTERS [|Poster Street] via Zarco English Tool of the Day May 2010 [|pdffun.com] - Funny Office Signs pdf downloads

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS / TIPS How to create an Awesome PowerPoint Presentation by mattedmuddson media type="youtube" key="gNG0etmnwuk?rel=0" height="390" width="480" [|The Power of Presentations] by [|EFL Classroom 2.0] [|PowerPoint for E-Learning];The Rapid E-Learning

PRESENTATION TOOLS Presentation Tools by cooltoolsforschools wiki

**PREZI** [|Prezis] by Kalinago English [|The Power and Point of using Prezi in the Classroom (Paul Hill)]

[|Prezis] by Tom Barrett = = **QUIZ GENERATORS** [|Quizinator] via [|Zarco English Tool of the Day] [|ProProfs:Knowledge Sharing Tools for Quizzes] [|ESL Video:Free ESL/EFL Video Activities] = = == **SECOND LIFE** Arabella Cascarino doing some yoga in SECOND LIFE.

[| Second Life for Beginners] (like me!) [|Second Life posts] by Nik Peachey on NIk's Quick Shout! [|Second Life Educational Resources] (Rebeka Simmons) [|Second Life Blog post] (English Raven blog post) May 4th 2010 [|One week in Second Life] (by Graham Stanley) May 2010 [|Second Life Tutorial 1] [|Second Life Tutorial 2] (Teacher Training Videos)

SKYPE [|Skype- Technology for Kids PB wiki] by Shelly Terrell [|Skype-] Shelly's post on OUPELTGlobal Blog

== SPEAKING LISTS [| Best speaking sites List] by Larry Ferlazzo

== TAGXEDO [| Tagxedo] - the latest word cloud with style! Post from from [| Free Technology For Teachers] [| TagXedo Video Tutorial] by Russell Stannard = = TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION [|Cybraryman site] - Internet catalogue [| Getting Started on the Road to Technology Integration] by Free Technology for Teachers [|How to do 11 Techy Things in the New School Year] free Issuu book by Free Technology for Teachers [|Shift Happens] [|Technology Integration in Grade One Classroom] via [|Classroom 2 Alive] Shift Happens via wikispaces- excellent resources on how to use the videos/ideas in class

TOOL(KITS) for Education [|A - Z Cool Tools] Issu presentation by Jrenner1 [|Toolkit A-Z for Education] - fab links via [|PTCweb2]!! [|Tools for the 21st Century Teacher] by MZimmer557 - fab resources via ISSUU

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[|What is Twitter?] via [|the English Blog] - excellent short video introduction to Twitter [|A Twitterholic's Guide to tweets, hashtags and all things twitter] by [|Sue Waters] [|10 Steps for Educators new to Twitter] by [|Justin Tarte] [|The Ultimate Twitter Guidebook] very comprehensive guide via [|Edudemic] [|How to Harness Twitter for an Extraordinary PLN]via [|Edudemic] [|How Twitter will change the way we live] - Time Magazine article [|Teachers Helping Teachers: The PLN Road Map] [|7 Top Tips for Building your PLN with Twitter] [|Case Studies: Twitter for Learning] by [|Helen Whitehead] [|What Can You Do with PLN on Twitter]? by A Journey in Tefl [|Tweet, Tweet, Learn English on Twitter] by [|Kalinago English] [|Top 5 Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom] by [|Learning Today blog] [|Twitter for Teachers -a Professional Development tool] -Youtube video by Paul Hill [|Twitter Fun] - lovely tools to use via [|Ripples in Education]blog (May 25th 2010)



[|How to embed tweets into your blog post] by Sue Waters [|The Ultimate Guide to Twitter] from www.webdesignerdepot.com [|The Ultimate Guide to Twitter] [| How to use Twitter for Social Learning] : Twitter Reading List of 200+ articles from Social Learning Academy [| Twitter Links] via http://teachmeetnashville.wikispaces.com [| How to Use Twitter for Social Learning] by Jane Knight [|PRESTO:How to build a PLN Using Twitter] by [|Shell Terrell] [|How to use Twitter] tutorial by Russell Stannard [|Tweetdeck Training] Tutorial by Russell Stannard [|Over 100 Ideas for using Twitter to teach in the Classroom] [|Why Twitter is the quickest way from Q to A] (Guardian 9th May 2010) [|29 Different Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom] by Tom Barrett [|Social Learning using Twitter] by J[|ane Hart (]May 2010) [|Twitter comics] = = VIDEO QUIZ SITES [|ESL Video:Free ESL/EFL Video Activities] [|ESL Video: Tutorial] [|ESL Video eg Waka Waka Song quiz] Example from Arjana's [|TraveloTeacher Blog]

VOCABULARY [|Teaching Classroom Objects at Elementary Level] by Alex Case [|10 Activities with Flashcards] by Eva B [|Word Magnets] by Russell Stannard [|Word Clouds] by Teacher Training Videos [|Free Esol Courses] - fab Vocabulary Resources [|50 Coolest Online Tools for Word Nerds] [|Zoom Words] by Life Feast blog []



[|10 Websites to Make and Print Word Search Puzzles] via [|makeuseof.com]

== **VOICETHREAD** [|Voicethread page by Shelly and Ozge] [|Voicethread Tutorial] by Russell Stannard [|High Tech Ideas for Low Tech Classrooms: Voicethread] by Barbara Sakamoto
 * [|Seventeen Interesting Ways To Use Voicethread]** View more [| presentations] from [| hdurnin].

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**VOKI** [|Using Voki to make comparisons] by [|Life Feast Blog] [|Voki tutorial] by Russell Stannard [|Voki Character Development]by Shelly Terrell [|Voki Talking Avatars] by Shelly Terrell & Ozge Karaoglu in [|Technology for Kids wiki] The Toolshed -Voki (great student Voki examples) [|Voki Blog post] by Sean Banville [|More Free Voki resources] by Sean Banville

== **WALLWISHER (now PADLET)** media type="custom" key="6312369" [|How to use Wallwisher - Pdf guide] via Wallwisher post by [|EFL Classroom 2.0] [|Spice up your lessons with Wallwisher] (Sue Waters) [|Wallwisher:Free ESL Materials] by Sean Banville [|105 Classroom Ideas for Wallwisher] by Sean Banville [|Using Online stickie noticeboards] by Nik Peachey

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= **WEB 2.0 LINKS** =

[] by Nik Peachey (IATEFL Brighton 2011) [|Technology Integration Links] via Cybraryman (very extensive list) [|E-Book Web Tools]by Life Feast blog (Ana Maria Menezes) Web 2.0 Cool tools for schools wiki - very comprehensive list of resources The Toolshed Wiki - a fantastic collection of Web 2.0 Tools by Guido (europeaantje on twitter) [|Fabulous free e-books on Web 2.0 projects] (via Larry Ferlazzo) WebTools4u2use wiki - very comprehensive (via Radney) [| A Tick list of 21st Century Digital Skills for Teachers] by Nik Peachey [| Top 50 Tools your students want you to use!] (from Teacher Tech) [|50 Ways to Anchor Technology in your Classroom Tomorrow] - cool list of sites! Web 2.0 / 21st Century Tools by David Kapuler (an absolutely amazing and fully comprehensive list with reviews) [|The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects free e-Book] [|Simple Ways to Introduce Technology to Reluctant Teachers] by Larry Ferlazzo [|Engaging the Digital Generation] by Tim Buckteeth [|15 best web apps to support blogs] - fab list!! [|Top 60 Web 2.0 Tools] by David Deubelbeiss [|Tools for the 21st Century Teacher] (Mzimmer) 70 Tools in 70 Minutes Langwitches wiki by Silvia Tolisano [|10 Teacher Development Tasks for Web 2.0 Tools] by Nik Peachey [|20 Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers by Simon Ward] (via Free Technology)

== WIKIS [| Developing Easter projects] from Life Feast Blog [| Using Wikis for Teacher Development] by Nik Peachey Celebrate You and Me Digitally Wiki collaboration wiki by Eva Buyuksimkesyan and Alex G Francisco [|Webb's Wide World] - link to a wiki post [|50 Ways to use Wikis for a more Interactive Classroom] [|Wikis (by Shelly Terrel)] PBWorks - full of great links [|How to Use Wikispaces Tutorial] by Richard Byrne

 WORD CLOUDS -MIXED [|Word Clouds] by [|Cybrary Man] [|Word Cloud Tools] from Shelly Terrell's Pinterest (February 2013) [|Word Cloud Challenge] by [|Dave Dodgson] [|Using Wordle in the language classroom] by Dave Dodgson [|Wordle:Livebinders] by Colleen Young [|Wordle and WORDCLOUDS comparison] by Marisa [|Word Clouds - a lesson plan] by Marisa [|Top 10 Wordle Lessons for the Classroom] [|What is a Word Cloud? Gems on the Web] by Russell Stannard on OUPELT Blog June 16th 2010 [|Tag Clouds] by Teacher Training Video Tutorials (Tag Crowd/Word Sifter/Vocab Grabber/Wordle) [|Word it Out] - Egs from PLN Staff Lounge blog [|Tagul Word Cloud (Heart)] via Teacher Reboot Camp
 * [|19 Interesting Ways To Use Wordle ~ Elementary]**

[|Janet's Abruzzo Edublog] as a TAGXEDO word cloud shaped like Isabella - on 30th March 2011.



Janet's Abruzzo Edublog as a Tagxedo word cloud shaped like Victoria - on 02 February 2015:



=** WORDSEARCH PUZZLES **= [|10 Websites to Make and Print Word Search Puzzles] via [|makeuseof.com]

XTRANORMAL [|Xtranormal Tutorial] by Russell Stannard [|Xtranormal & EFL young learners] by Alex Case

=** YOUBLISHER **= media type="custom" key="9010394" =media type="custom" key="27144966"= ZIMMER TWINS

[|Zimmer Twins tutorial] by Russell Stannard [|Zimmer Twins] (Review by David Kapler)