ICT

ICT

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Top student resources from Marco Torres wiki

 * [|Wikispaces Wiki] - A flexible **ad-free wiki** – not very visually appealing, but used a lot! Actually very customisable. Examples to visit can be found at Educational Wikis
 * [|http://www.wordpress.com]- get your own blog here.
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 * [] – the **easiest** way of all to share information.
 * [|http://posterous.com/]– the fastest way of all to blog, mulitipost … and more via email
 * [|http://www.flickr.com] – free image hosting – be ready to share and embed your images into your blogs and wikis.
 * [|http://www.photobucket.com] – upload your images and video files for free.
 * [|FlickrCC] – the nicest source of Creative Commons images from Flickr! link back to the source.
 * [] – Soundzabound is the ONLY royalty free music library which meets all the licensing and technology requirements needed for education!
 * [] – easily create flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more!
 * [|http://www.slideshare.net] – never loose a presentation again and add your voice commentary as well!
 * [|http://voicethread.com/#home] – an online media album that allows people to make comments, either audio or text, and share them with anyone they wish. Open your VoiceThread account. Then go to upgrade the account – Go Pro! Be sure to look for K-12 Educators click here! **because that will get you the free account**.
 * [] – create interactive, hyperlinked, embeddable posters!
 * [] – a collection of online tools to do a massive range of creative things.
 * [] – unlimited videos for you and your students, where your video is a fully customized orchestration of user-selected images and music.
 * [] – allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge!
 * [|http://www.edmodo.com]/ – Edmodo is a private micro-blogging platform for education.
 * [] – your chance to do great stuff with your photos!
 * [|http://www.zoho.com]- Zoho is like office, but free, online and interactive.
 * [] – Google Notebook – Clip and collect information as you browse the web
 * [|http://docs.google.com/]- Google Docs & Spreadsheats – Create, store and share documents and spreadsheets on the web
 * [|http://www.vodpod.com] – search for online videos (YouTube, MySpace, Google etc). Create an account, keep them for yourself, or link them to you BLOG.
 * [] – forget saving bookmarks on your computer – go online and share!
 * [|http://www.mindomo.com] – mindmapping and project planning tool. Files you create can be shared and developed collaboratively online.
 * [] – if you are familiar with Inspiration, then you will love this mind-mapping tool online. Adds online collaboration and chat to a much loved interface.
 * [] – another wonderful online tool for mindmapping, brainstorming, revision, collaborative thinking and more.
 * [] – a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online.
 * [] – create Animated GIF online, free, right now! Create fun slideshows. No need for flash.
 * [] – Pencil – It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics.
 * [] – this is grand – 250MB file sharing, with time limit and password protection.
 * [|http://creativecommons.org]- COPYRIGHT info that students need to know. Share, remix and reuse legally!!