A Collection of Apps for Educators

• Word Lens – translates signs
• Soople – sits on top of google – search engine
• Wordle – use it to assess documents like resumes, etc. to show which words or themes are used most frequently
• Tagxedo – upload picture and words conform to picture
• Twitter – class sites –  give to student to tweet out some of what is being discussed in class
• Twijector – just show me this hashtag – so students can tweet and you can then just go to that hashtag and see what they are asking about
• ‘What happens in an internet minute?’ – find the picture
• Visualize.me – creates infographics
• Visual.ly – creates infographics
• Infogram– creates infographics
• Supermemo – help you remember things
• Headmagnet.com – creates flashcards, assesses your forget curve
• Duolingo – language tool and social – forget curve
• The Mixxer – language tool
• GeoGuessr – shows picture from somewhere in the world and you guess where it is and it shows you how close you are..
• Poll Everywhere
• Edistorm – Crowd Sourcing – online strategizing – yellow sticky notes – vote on notes
• Zite / Flipboard – develops your personal magazine
• Pocket – offline viewing
• Easybib – APP – citation generator – phone snaps pic of isbn and you get the reference
• Starwalk
• Spyglass
• Wikitude
• http://Researchnetwork.pearson.com/sot
• Evernote Peek
• Todoist – To Do List
• Ifthisthenthat – ifttt.com – app
• Look for research from Harvard related to synchronous communication in online classes
• Trello – small group to project management
• AllMyFaves.com
• Go2Web20

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