1. Stacy Cameron
www.notyourmamslibrary.com
@stacycam
@txla
#txla14
Practical Apps for the
School Librarian and 21st
Century Learner

2. getkahoot.com
Fun and colorful! Kids
enjoy playing the games
and earning points. Don’t
want to create a new quiz?
Edit an existing one!

3. This changes
with each game
you start.

4. Alternatives to Kahoot
Pros Cons
Socrative
socrative.com
● works on any device
with Internet access
● Space Race feature
runs like a game
● Your room number
never changes
● new version of
Socrative (beta) has
some bugs - use older
version
Infuse
Learning
infuselearning.com
● works on any device
with Internet access
● not as well-known as
Socrative

5. padlet.com
Excellent way forstudents to post their
work to ONE location as
well as get their videos,
pics, etc. off a mobiledevice.

6. Alternatives to Padlet
Pros Cons
Dropbox
dropbox.com
● save work in the cloud
● share with others
● does not put all student
work on one page like
Padlet
Google Drive
drive.google.com
● save work in the cloud
● share with others
● does not put all student
work on one page like
Padlet

7. User-friendly, clean,
free, keep constant
URL just change
content, plenty of
themes - no need to
upgrade
smore.com
Example:
My school’s weekly newsletter

8. Alternatives to Smore
Pros Cons
Tackk
tackk.com
● easy to use
● free
● works like Smore
● backgrounds are more
colored textures than pics
like Smore
● I had trouble with the
changes saving with Tackk

9. Saves to Google Drive, easy to
use, fun style. Works well on
an iPad and can embed URL
and images. Use for
brainstorming with students
before research projects.
mindmup.com

10. Alternatives to MindMup
Pros Cons
Mindomo
mindomo.com
● been around for
awhile - well-known
● part of Google Apps
for Education, but…
(see cons)
● Not a free service
Mind
Meister
mindmeister.com
● add as an app to your
Google Drive for quick
access and to save
directly to Google
Drive
● uploading files is not free
● cannot add hyperlink?

11. thinglink.comExamples:
8th grade ILA
Health class Thinglink
Use as a fun alternative to a
research project. Students add
text evidence to support the
pics and can make their own
videos or upload from
YouTube. Teachers can use to
teach info and post to class
website.

12. Alternatives to Thinglink
Pros Cons
Prezi
prezi.com
● fun alternative to Power
Point or Google
Presentation
● can upload video,
images and links
● definite learning curve
to Prezi - more so than
Thinglink
Stipple
stipple.com
● works a lot like
Thinglink - same idea of
tagging images
● looks like it’s more for
commercial/business
use
● not as user-friendly as
Thinglink (IMO)

13. Questions?
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