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A wonderful series of interactive stories which use text, music, animation and games to tell the adventures. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

This is a nice timeline creator where you can add text and images. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/History

A simple QR code creator. Just input your text, choose the colour scheme and download. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

engage students using web 2.0 tools

A useful site that lets you create newspapers with templates. Just type your text, paste your picture and print. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

Lexile measure is a valuable piece of information about either an individual's reading ability or the difficulty of a text, like a book or magazine article

Every iPhone and iPad owner knows that there isn't any direct way to easily copy paste text and images between iPhone and Computer, but there's a website which can help you to do it.

A useful QR code generator site for quick linking to text, contacts, links and much more via a QR code reader. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

A useful site where you can type a message and it is read out using a voice synthesiser. There doesn't seem to be a limit to the length of the message. You can share the link to share the message. You can change the pitch, speed and more. It's a great way of giving instructions or homework over the net. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Asked to assess their students' performance on nine specific writing skills, teachers tended to rate their students "good" or "fair" as opposed to "excellent" or "very good." Students received the best ratings on their ability to "effectively organize and structure writing assignments" and their ability to "understand and consider multiple viewpoints on a particular topic or issue." Teachers gave students the lowest ratings when it comes to "navigating issues of fair use and copyright in composition" and "reading and digesting long or complicated texts."

This is an easy to use animation tool. Choose your objects from the bank on the site or upload your own. Then drag your items into place and select a point on the timeline and move the object again to set how the animation moves. You can include photos, shapes and text. Your creations can be published and shared or embedded online. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams

Make inspiring, informative or just plain fun digital posters with this easy to use Apple app. Enter your search term to find a suitable photo, add your text and publish to the world. Download the app at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quipio/id593799205?ls=1&mt=8 http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+%26+Images

A superb, quick tool to create visual tweets and Facebook posts. Just enter the text, then choose from the bank of images or upload your own.

This site encourages children to be creative and share ideas. It's a cross between a blog and a digital canvas and formatting is really simple. Users just drag and drop the images and text however they wish. There is also a teacher sign up option, which lets you quickly add a whole class or school. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Transform your text into word clouds! Word clouds are a fun way to show words, where the most important ones are bigger than the others. Make and share word clouds from any text with WordItOut!

An alternative to Wordle which seems to be down at the moment

Create your own tag cloud from any text to visualize word frequency.

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