VRT+2013+Resources

Spice up your Teaching with Apps and Tools from A – Z!



=All my resources for the [|Virtual Round Table 2013 E-conference]!=



You can view my slightly updated presentation slides on Slideshare below:
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With many thanks!
6th Virtual Round Table Presentation Notes by Janet Bianchini, ABRUZZO, Italy

=DVOLVER for Virtual Round Table=
 * ** Tool / App ** || ** Website address ** || ** Notes ** ||
 * 1 **A**BCYA! for KIDS || http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm || Easy word cloud generator ||
 * 2 **B**UILD YOUR WILD SELF || http://www.buildyourwildself.com/ || Create your animal avatar for blogs ||
 * 3 **C**ARTOON CAMERA APP || Download from Google Play Store || App for turning photos instantly into a cartoon ||
 * 4 **D**VOLVER || http://www.dvolver.com/moviemaker/make.html || Movie maker ||
 * 5 **E**DMODO || http://www.edmodo.com/home || Educational platform ||
 * 6 **F**LIPBOARD || https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flipboard.app || Flipboard brings together world news and social news in a beautiful magazine designed for your Android phone and tablet. ||
 * 7 **G**LOGSTER || http://www.glogster.com/ || Interactive poster tool ||
 * 8 **H**OW STUFF WORKS || http://www.howstuffworks.com/ || Reference site for all subjects including technology ||
 * 9 **I**MAGE CHEF || http://www.imagechef.com/ || Easy to use image editing site/app ||
 * 10 **J**IGSAW PLANET || http://www.jigsawplanet.com/ || Jigsaw puzzle maker, embeddable on blog ||
 * 11 **K**ARAOKE PARTY || http://www.karaokeparty.com/ || Fun site for karaoke singing ||
 * 12 **L**ISTEN A MINUTE || http://www.listenaminute.com/ || Short topical listening activities ||
 * 13 **M**UZY***** || http://muzy.com/ || Visual blogging platform (sadly no longer active, only archives, 2016) ||
 * 14 **N**EWSPAPER SNIPPET GENERATOR || http://www.fodey.com || Create short pieces of text to look like a news article ||
 * 15 **O**NE STOP ENGLISH || http://www.onestopenglish.com/community/social-tools/app/ || Educational site full of interesting resources ||
 * 16 **P**HOTO GRID || Download from Google Play Store || App for smartphone, for creating quick collages ||
 * 17 **Q**UIZLET || http://quizlet.com || Flashcard-making site ||
 * 18 **R**EAD, WRITE, THINK || http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/ || Easy comic making site ||
 * 19 **S**TORYBIRD || http://storybird.com/ || Create beautifully illustrated story books ||
 * 20 **T**AGXEDO || http://www.tagxedo.com/ || ===Beautiful word clouds with shapes=== ||
 * 21 **U**LTIMATE PUZZLEMAKER*** || http://www.wordsearchmaker.net/ || Word search generator (sadly no longer available, 2016) ||
 * 22 **V**OICETHREAD || https://voicethread.com/ || Collaborative digital storytelling sharing site ||
 * 23 **W**RITECOMICS || http://writecomics.com/ || Very easy comic site ||
 * 24 **X**TRANORMAL*** || http://www.xtranormal.com/ || Animation site (no longer available, 2016) ||
 * 25 **Y**OUBLISHER || http://www.youblisher.com/ || Publish all your documents online ||
 * 26 **Z**IMMER TWINS || http://www.zimmertwins.com/ || Animation movie site for Young Learners ||

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= Glogster for Virtual Round Table =

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=Jigsaw for Virtual Round Table=

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=Newspaper Snippet for Virtual Round Table=



= Storybird Example: Living the Dream =

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= Tagxedo for Virtual Round Table =



View all the amazing shapes you can use for your projects in the [|Tagxedo Gallery!]

Ongoing list of links to URLs of sites and blog posts connected to web 2.0 tools & apps:

 * ===Name of Site / Blog=== || ===URL of Site / Blog post=== ||
 * ====Janet's Abruzzo Edublog==== || http://civitaquana.blogspot.com ||
 * Janet's A - Z of Useful Links || http://janetabruzzo.wikispaces.com/A+-+Z+of+Useful+Links ||
 * Fluffy's Blog || http://fluffythekitten.co.uk ||
 * Comics and Cartoons Scoop.it || http://www.scoop.it/t/comics-and-cartoons ||
 * Jane Hart's Top 100 Tools || http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/ ||
 * Cybraryman's Technology Links || http://www.cybraryman.com/technologylinks.html ||
 * Edudemic Best Education Technology || http://edudemic.com/best-education-technology/ ||
 * Ozge's Technology Blog || http://ozgekaraoglu.edublogs.org/ ||
 * Life Feast Blog || http://lifefeast.blogspot.com.br/2013/04/app-swap-iatefl-2013.html ||
 * Educational Technology in ELT Blog || http://educationaltechnologyinelt.blogspot.it/2013/01/storytelling-websites-and-apps.html ||
 * Box of Tricks || http://www.boxoftricks.net/ ||
 * Thoughts and Ramblings Blog || http://sueannan.blogspot.it/2013/05/eltchat-summary-ist-may-2013-criteria.html ||
 * Sandy Millin's Blog || http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/web-tool-recommendations-eltchat-summary/ ||
 * Edudemic || http://edudemic.com/2013/05/blooms-taxonomy-apps/ ||