• Welcome to the Innovation Lounge Tech Tools!  

    Here in the Alliance Innovation Lounge, we are dedicated to sharing what we know best about books and more.  We want to help students develop the information literacy skills necessary for postsecondary education.  

    This web site is designed to serve as an "after hours" extension of the Innovation Lounge so please use the links to access information about research, databases, MLA citations, book recommendations, tech tools, and other useful tools that will help you.  Need help?  Stop by to see us . . . we are here for you!  We can't wait to see you in the "hub" of the school!

     

    Forsyth County Public Libray

     

    Presentation Tools 

    Prezi: A fun alternative to Powerpoint that allows you to organize your information visually 
    SlideRocket: Import your Power Point or Google presentations to store in the cloud or build presentations that include audio, video, and visual components
    Mixbook: Create custom photo books, scrapbooks, or cards
    Voicethread: Online meeting and collaboration tool that allows a group to meet, share, or edit together using written, typed, or voice notes for each other
    Timeline: Create digital timelines that can include content from a variety of online reseurces including YouTube, Flikr, Google Maps, etc. 
    MuseumBox: Add items, including text, images, and video, to a digital box to make a point or describe an event or person
    Voki: Create a digital avatar to deliver your message in the classroom, on a blog, a website, or as part of a presentation
    Tikatok: Allows students and teachers to create their own books and add their own words and illustrations
    Yodio: Create, produce, and share presentations with a voice narration, visual components, and production options
    Zooburst: Creat your own 3D, interactive, digital pop-up books
    ToonDoo: Create custom cartoons and comic strips
    SlideShare: Upload and share presentations, documents, and videos
    Glogster: Create interactive digital posterboards and presentations
    Animoto: Create easy videos and presentations using photos, images, videos, and music
    Popplet: Create digital idea webs, collect materials related to a subject, or create a digital posterboard
    Lino: create and organize your sticky notes digitally on a computer or smart phone, or post and share thoughts and pictures
    Tagul: Create word clouds of tags or links to present ideas visually
    Piktochart: Create easy, fun infographics to convey information visually
    Movie Maker: Free software download for making custom videos, importing and editing slideshows and videos, and adding soundtracks to video content
    C-SPAN: C-SPAN's entire repository of videos about Congress, Politics, books, and American History 
    Khan Academy: Repository of video lessons, sorted by subject, on topics related to math, the sciences, the humanities, and test prep
    TED Talks: Videos of talks given at TED conferences on subjects ranging from education to particle physics, sortable by subject, length, or rating
    HippoCampus: Find educational media by subject area (especially math and sciences), create your own playlist, and share with students 
    Watch Know Learn: Educational videos organized by subject and audience
    Show Me: Online video lessons organized by subject  

     


    Pictures and Images

    PicMonkey: Edit photos and create custom collages
    Pics4learning: Free educational images with no copyright restrictions
    Wordle: Create word clouds with a variety of color and formatting options to print, save, or shareT
    Tagxedo: Word clouds created in a customizable shape (faces, countries, letters) that can be printed on shirts, mugs, etc.
    Animoto: Create easy videos and presentations using photos, images, videos, and music
    Photo Story 3: Downloadable software to create photo slideshows, edit photos, and add special effects
    Tagul: Create word clouds of tags or links to present ideas visually
    Piktochart: Create easy, fun infographics to convey information visually
    iPiccy: A free web-based photo editor. This is a copycat of Picnik that was shutdown by Google Infographics.

    Audio Resources

    Soundbooth: Adobe software for audio editing and production
     
    Classrooms

    Weebly: Easy website creation tool 
    Schoology: Classroom management system that organizes lesson plans, helps create and manage tests and quizzes, and provide online access to students
    Edmodo: Create online class groups to push assignments, questions, and upcoming dates to students and to solicit online feedback from them by class
    Remind 101: site that allows teachers to safely text students homework, project, and test reminders, and stay in touch with parents 
    Zunal: Free, online WebQuest maker
    Wix: Website creator with a variety of templates and tools for a professional-looking site
    Jing: Create videos of what you see on your computer screen to share with others
    Screencast-o-matic: Create videos of what's happening on your computer screen to share with others
    Discovery Education: Lesson plans and resources for teachers and administrators sorted by grade level and subject
    The Flipped Class Network: A professional learning network for teachers using screencasting in education 
    iSpring: Convert PowerPoint to Flash presentations
    Tagul: Create word clouds of tags or links to present ideas visually
    Tinyurl: Create short, customizable, easy to remember web addresses in place of long, unwieldly addresses to easily direct students to a site
    Pen.io: Create instant webpages/blog posts with a web address for free and with no registration or login required

    Quizzes and Polls

    Survey Monkey: Create and distribute your own survey, then analyze the results
    Polldaddy: Create surveys, polls, and quizzes, then generate reports on the results
    Polleverywhere: Create quick polls that collect responses via text, web, or Twitter
    Quizlet: study site that allows students to create customized learning tools, games, and digital flashcards

    Conversion Tools

    Zamzar: Free online file conversion service. No longer converts YouTube videos.
    iSpring: Convert PowerPoint to Flash presentations

    Study Tools 
    Quizlet: study site that allows students to create customized learning tools, games, and digital flashcards
    Diigo: Highlight and add sticky notes to webpages.
    Arcademic Skill Builders: Skill building games
    Jeopardy Labs: Online Jeopardy template to create study games
    USA Test Prep: Online resources that allow students to join a class, study for a specific test, and view their results 
    myHomework: An app that organizes homework in a color-coded calendar.
    StudyBlue: An app that generates flashcards.

    Writing, Citing, and Organization

    EasyBib: Automatic Works Cited generator. Creates in APA format, MLA format, etc. 
    BibMe: Automatic Works Cited generator. Creates in APA format, MLA format, etc
    Evernote: Create notes and idea lists that are accessible anywhere through the cloud 
     
    QR Codes
     

    i-nigma: the best app for reading QR codes.
    Kaywa: A QR code generator that's great for beginners.