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SEC is using this tool to do online "carousel" activities. In a face-to-face classroom a facilitator might have large piece of paper taped up all over the room and learners would walk about adding their notes under different topics. This tool serves this purpose virtually.

Really cool tool!

Adding visuals to a phone conference can make a big difference - perhaps by showing a document, software application or slides. Or maybe you want to conduct a more formal online seminar-sometimes called a Webinar. There are a number of affordable software packages that can help. We talked to five nonprofit professionals about the tools that have worked for them.

Tools for creating Infographics

From NTEN-This is a subscription-based online infographic creation tool that provides users with the ability to create and publish a variety of different infographics. The site currently offers five templates to use as a starting point, or you can create your own from a blank page. While there are a number of options for customization, there are fewer backgrounds than Easel.ly. Venngage does provide the ability to choose from a variety of chart types, and you can upload data as a CSV to create charts. The finished product can be embedded on a blog or website, downloaded as an image, or accessible online. The company provides a variety of pricing plans, along with a 14-day free trial for new users.

I have not used this tool in about 3 years. Since then, they have added more enhancements. IF you are seeking a tool to enable video interaction, check this one out. You can set up groups and the videos are archived for later viewing.

Thanks for marking this Mo! I went to the site to see how to sign up and it looks like youseeU is an actual platform that an organization purchases, rather than a stand-alone tool that could be used for one activity or assignment. Is that right?

"These free project management tools can help you to stay on track by creating a virtual base of operations. Keep in mind that while all these tools are free, most of them offer advanced features for a fee (monthly or annually)."

Screenr is a superb tool to create screencasts.You can use it to make tutorials to embed on a webstie. Parents and students can view them as often as needed.

It's a free poll and survey service. You can embed their tools on your classroom website and this brings interest to your site.

StudyStack helps you memorize information on any subject. Use the existing studystacks or create your own. A large variety of tools are available once you have added your own content.

A fantastic resource of tech tools for how teachers and students can incorporate technology into their daily lives.

Quickly create amazing animated videos to explain parts of your classroom or as a tool for student projects.

You already collect and organize data, and you don't have to be the world's greatest artist to turn that data into an infographic. Beth Kanter offers strategies and tools for easily creating your own infographics without hiring a designer

A simple tool that enables you to create images of quotes

Home page has a tool that allows you to search for apps and sorts them by what you want to do

Tableau is desktop-based data visualization software used by many large companies and media properties to create sophisticated visual representations of large datasets. They have now released Tableau Public, a free web-based tool that allows users to create and share interactive charts. The catch is that there is no ability to create private visualizations - all data that you upload to the Tableau Public site is publicly accessible to anyone on the web, and anyone can download the workbook (and underlying data) that you are displaying. The site has active forums, and is full of helpful information for people trying to get a handle on data visualization best practices.

Mind Mapping tool that turns your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch into a brainstorming, idea collection and thought structuring device.

More teaching, less tech-ing Welcome to a preview of Classroom, a new tool coming to Google Apps for Education. Classroom weaves together Google Docs, Drive and Gmail to help teachers create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and communicate with their classes with ease. And it lets students organize their work, complete and turn it in, and communicate directly with their teachers and peers. Classroom was designed hand-in-hand with teachers to help them save time, keep classes organized, and improve communication with students.

Timeline creator tool