Thursday, May 16, 2013

Best Websites for Teaching and Learning

Sometimes we feel bored to study by reading a book. But below, i provide you some websites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover. So we could learn anytime and anywhere, we don't need to bring a thick book again. check this out!



Projeqt describes itself as "dynamic presentations for a real time world." Use it to create linear and stacked slide presentations for any type of event. Embed images, text, documents, or add data from your favorite social media tools. Tip: Use in your library to create a stacked slide show to feature books by genre.


What story do you wish to tell? The Ghost Who Made Friends with the Genie or how about The Fox Who Wanted a Cupcake? My Storymaker is the perfect storytelling environment for confident and reluctant writers to tell these stories and hundreds more. As you control a character’s actions, emotions, and interactions, the program writes the story. Tip: Use with kids who feel unsuccessful and frustrated during creative writing activities.



Vialogues 
Do more than watch a video: discuss, question, and comment. Vialogues puts the “think and do” into video watching. Vialogues allows you to post a video and then invite participants to answer questions, discuss or just comment. This asynchronous tool can be used for private or public interactions. Tip: Use this tool with media literacy lessons.



Jux 
Tell stories with graphics, text, and audio with this visually compelling application on desktops, iPads and iPhones. Network socially without sidebars, ads, or logos in this online environment that focuses on the content you create with photos, video, and slideshows.Tip: Use this tool to share daily life in your dynamic library with the school community using video, photos, and text.


Stixy 
Collaborate, create, organize, and share content on Stixyboards, a flexible Web-based bulletin board. Customize and design an unlimited number of digital bulletin boards by uploading files, drag ‘n’ dropping photos, notes, images, documents, or to-do lists. Tip: Use this site to help students organize information in a way that make sense to them to collaboratively create and share projects.

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