ABC ICT Tools

Really cool and easy-looking way to create and share animations.

Make a tilt shift photo where objects and people look miniature.

A search engine to find only free ebooks.

Create movies and posters using primary sources

Build your own soundscapes, explore and contribute to a map of sounds, and learn what makes up a soundscape. Combines the work of naturalist and musicians.

Instant screencasts: Just click record

A superb, 'must try' collaborative whiteboard site. Invite collaborators to draw, write, screen capture and upload documents onto your whiteboard in real time. Great for webinars, distance learning, howework or group work in class.

A good mindmapping site. Add branches easily and illustrate with colourful icons.

"Create a tag cloud from cells in your spreadsheet with the advanced word cloud gadget. Popular words are bigger and bolder. Choose the color, exclude common ."

"This site generates tag clouds based upon the contents of a web page."

"This lets you make word clouds based upon your Twitter updates."

"This is similar to Wordle so which one you choose is down to personal preference."

Lets you ask students a questions and then turns their answers into a tag cloud. Very nice

" How to use VLC Player to convert .wmv to .mp4?"

"Dimensions takes important places, events and things, and overlays them onto a map of where you are. Type in your postcode or a place name to get started."