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Witty Comics is a cool website. It allows its users to create two characters dialogues. This is a great learning tool for students. They love cartoons and comics and are much more inclined to learn via dialogues and interactive  play roles. Teachers can use Witty Comics to create dialogues underlining the target structures they want to teach  and let students act them out. Students can on their part use Witty Comics to create thier own  dialogues and rehearse them in front of their peers. Witty Comics is a good tool to foster students communicative skills and enhance their creative powers. Witty Comics is free of charge and is very easy to use. It has a simple platform that any one can handle , the only thing you need to do is to register with them and start making comics straight away. Pre-drawn background scenes and characters are already provided and students will only select the ones they want to feature in their comics.   You might also like: 8 Reasons Why you should Create A Blog for your Class 10 Must Have Resources to Teach about Copyright and Fair Use Snip.ly :Snip and Share Your Favorite Parts of Webpages A Great List of 70+ iPad Apps for Teachers and Students LinkWithin   

Study Buddies is one of the features I like so much about this website. Students can search for and find other people with whom they can work, collaborate and interact online. They can add enough buddies to create a study group. There is also the possibility that students create a class or enroll into one to study a topic at their own pace. Some features of QuizMeOnline Here is a set of the features that QuizMeOnline offers to its users: It is free It is easy to use It has a user friendly interface It helps students study for a quiz Teachers can use it to create their own quizzes It also lets users create and share flashcards It also allows students to take notes and create study groups It provides study guides for students to learn about a certain process. These study groups can include images, links and YouTube videos.

"Web Worksheet Wizard and Project Poster have combined to make Web Poster Wizard. This FREE tool allows educators to create a lesson, worksheet, or class page and immediately publish it online. Teachers can also set up classes and assign projects to students. Students complete the assignments by creating their own online projects or reports. Teachers and students can even add images and links to their pages. "

"Anyone with an iPad can create a video Videos can include your voice, drawing and a photo or background image Videos are delivered directly to your students with iPads Students can comment on the video with text or by creating additional videos"

Yacapaca is a great web tool for educators. It allows teachers to have access to a plethora of already made quizes. They can also make their own using the provided tools there. I have just discovered this awesome website today and I think it is really worth reviewing here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. Yacapaca is absolutely free and does not require any software download or installation. You just need to register with them using your email address. As you head over to Yacapaca main page you will find two big buttons one says ' I am a teacher' and the other ' I am a student'. for students to log in they need an access key from their teachers. Once logged in you can choose your country ( it does not support all countries ) and a list of categories will be displayed. For instance for Canada , I have Maths ( 95 quizes and courses ), History ( 74 ), Geography ( 67), Design and Technology (87)...etc. Some features of Yacapaca Here is a list of the main features that Yacapaca offers to its users: It is free It is easy to use It is fast and secure It provides quizes and surveys It lets you discover, modify and share assessements It lets you mark automatically It allows you to analyse using tools that will help you improve your teaching

"Measure students' understanding in real-time"

"10 Great ways to use Audacity with your Students"

Ideas for using Audacity to improve language learning

videos for students to learn from-collections of videos for students and teachers

"This is a collection of resources that can be used by educators or students regarding the issue of digital citizenship. Note: the questions used here are targeted primarily at high school students, but many of these questions apply to anyone new to the topic."

ViewPure is absolutely an excellent tool for teachers and students. It allows you to watch YouTube videos in a clean and distraction-free interface. All the distractive features such as ads, related videos, and comments are removed providing students with an ideal environment for watching educational videos.

Different ideas for using apple's free iBooks Author

How can we keep students focused on schoolwork with all the electronic temptations surrounding them? By engaging the students completely with our lessons, keeping students actively involved in their learning, and reflecting on our practice to avoid blaming the technology or kids' short attention spans, in my opinion.

A private social platform to share with teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments. Secure Social Learning Network for Teachers and Students

Free text messaging to students

Symbaloo makes it easy to organize all of your favorite websites into one simple and clickable dashboard.

PrimaryWall is a web-based sticky note tool designed for schools that allows pupils and teachers to work together in real-time"

Kind of like wallwisher but shared through url and not embeddable as far as I can see. Also no moderation settings, however extremely uncomplicated for spur of the moment brainstorming session work.