Visual+Tools

Visual Tools! Find new ways to bring your student assessments to life using these visual tools. Have you ever wanted to have your students be able to make DVD's, magazine covers, cool movies, and watercolor paintings, etc. using more than just clipart or Word? Help your students to unleash their creativity and make their work more interesting for them and others. __**Session 1 includes:**__

Befunky - free to use, no registration required and no downloads.

animoto - take pictures, add music and text and animoto will create a movie for you! Sign up for an educational account so your students have unlimited time for a video. They will need an e-mail account to pick up their videos.

bighugelabs - you can create an account for each of your students. Inside bighugelabs your students can create posters, mosaics, jigsaws, etc. from their pictures.

__**Session 2 includes:**__

prezi - a new way to present! Check it out - much more engaging than Powerpoints. An account with an e-mail will be needed and this tool may be better suited to teachers than their students. Another similar tool is ahead - brand new. Check it out on your own!

wordle - make beautiful word clouds! Free to use and no registration. Another site that is similar to Wordle is tagxedo where you can create word clouds inside of shapes. However, you need to install the program on the PC.

toondoo - make cartoons for free. Be aware that students need an e-mail address. They can submit a fake e-mail but they will not be able to save what they have created.

Mindmeister - a neat concept mapping tool!