Here is my collection box of tools to spice up my video classes. It’s been a lot harder to find and adapt curriculum materials for science than I thought. So I hope others will find my list help and PLEASE make suggestions!
- Moodle – http://moodle.org
Online course software ( wouldn’t want to teach a video course without it) - Screen Timer -http://www.ncrtec.org/timer/
- 4teachers – http://www.4teachers.org/ (lots of tools)
- Quia -http://www.quia.com
Online Quiz and activity tools (I like the features better than moodle’s - Google Earth – Takes time, but WOW!
- Delicious (my portable bookmarks)
- Itunes (podcasts and vodcasts)
- Keynote or PowerPoint- Presentations
- Google Education – Document Sharing
- Intel Thinking Tools
- Free online Graphing Paper
- ITSI Portal
- Zamzar – Free Online file conversion
- Jing – Cpature Screen shots and video with audio
- Voice Thread – record a message for your class
- Animoto – produce slide shows and video
- CoolText - A site for creating cool banners
- BannerMaker – create banners for your classes and website
- QuickieQ – Web Based response system
- PollEverywhere – Live Audience Response System