2. Create media rich posters with images,
video, audio (uploaded or recorded)
and apply a wide range of visual
effects- size, rotation, scaling, as well
as for text. Web links can be added
for any item. Any embedded media
can be viewed via a built in player.
Does require student accounts.

3. Wordle is a toy for generating
“word clouds” from text that you
provide. The clouds give greater
prominence to words that appear
more frequently in the source
text. You can tweak your clouds
with different fonts, layouts, and
color schemes.

4. Tagxedo turns words -- famous
speeches, news articles, slogans
and themes, into a visually
stunning word cloud, words
individually sized appropriately to
highlight the frequencies of
occurrence within the body of
text.

5. Doodle Buddy is an app that allows
you to type, draw, stamp, and
upload pics (much like Kid Pix). I
like to use it with PDFs that you
add to iBooks. It also comes with
many background images that
would be great for generating
writing prompts. You can use your
finger, however, I have found it is
easier to use the iPad stylus.

6. ZooBurst is a digital
storytelling tool that is
designed to let anyone easily
create their own customized
3D pop-up books. Using
ZooBurst, storytellers of any
age can create their own rich
worlds in which their stories
can come to life.

7. Fodey’s Newspaper Clip Generator is a
great solution for enticing reluctant
writers. After completing the online
template for a newspaper name, date,
article heading and the text of the
article, students click the Generate
button and the site renders what
looks like an authentic newspaper
clipping. To save the jpg, click the link
below the picture.

8. Wallwisher is a free internet
application that allows you to build
a wall that then you or you and
others can post notes on. To build
a wall you will need to log in with
an email account but an email
account is not needed to post notes
on that wall. Good news for those
of us working with students under
the age of 14.

9. Blabberize allows you to quickly
animate any image to make it talk,
by simply adding audio and
specifying the bottom lip or jaw
section. Within minutes you have a
talking photo and the novelty
factor of this will never wear thin
for students.

10. Timetoast is a free Web 2.0 tool
which allows its users to create
interactive timelines online! All
that is required to sign up for this
tool is a valid email address or a
Facebook account, which will be
used in order to create a log in for
the web page. Once registered and
logged in the tool is easy to use.

11. This tool analyzes an
uploaded/imported set of images
and creates a "professional" video.
You can also upload your own
music. The end result features
video effects not even possible
with most desktop editing
software. The free version allows
you to create 30 second videos.

12. Voki is an application that lets you
create personalized avatars to use
on your wikis, blogs or websites.
You can also e-mail these
wonderful characters. This free web
2.0 tool is a great way to motivate
learners of any age, because they are
very interactive and provide various
options for students to customize
them.

13. Voicethread is a digital
storytelling tool to share
stories using different kind
of media. It allows users to
leave their comments
by audio, text or video.

14. Whether you want the world or just
a tiny corner of it, Google Earth
gives it all to you. You can twirl the
planet like a globe and turn it every
which way. Zoom in for a better
look at what interests you. The
images show every landmark and
every urban center in exquisite
detail. You even can find your own
house.

15. Big Huge Labs has lots of fun things
to do with your photographs. Many
of these activities have great
applications for the classroom. Big
Huge Labs has a Trading Card
Generator that can be used for
biographies, Biomes/Habitats,
Geometric Shapes, Animal
Research, and other concepts that
have multiple components.

16. Providing educators and students
access to the highest quality
practices and resources
in reading and language arts
instruction. Find high interest
student interactives that support a
variety of comprehension strategies.

17. ToonDoo.com is a free web-based program that allows users to create
comic strips and books. Toondoo.com utilizes a drag and drop layout
that is easy for all users to use. This program can adapted to be used
with any student level and can be used in many different ways.

18. Livebinders is a digital 3 ring binder that you can put virtually
anything into; webpage, PDF, document, image, or video.
Everything is organized by tab and you can even have subtabs
within those tabs.