Appy+Hour!

=Appy Hour!= Great Websites and Apps to Help Students Learn and Share Their Learning

(Viewable on iBooks app on iPad or iPhone) || Free app - 1 book $4.99 app - Unlimited books || are free for a limited time. Some are educational, some are not. || [] || Free! || students draw on iPad/iPhone screen || [] || Free! || follow you anywhere you have internet access. Links can be tagged so that it's easy to keep track of them || [|www.delicious.com/wase5] || Free! || Teachers can create student accounts under their name and see all student work. || media type="custom" key="24128516" || Free! || your book, Lulu takes the cost of publishing from your proceeds. || After: || Free! || Also available as an iPad app || media type="custom" key="24129770" || Free! || by taking screenshot, saving, and uploading). How to take a screenshot: [] || || Free! || use, $4.99 per month for education account || boards together. || media type="custom" key="24137524" || Free! || quick formative assessment to see what students know. || media type="custom" key="24139482" || Free! || £0.69 - App (appx 99 cents) ||
 * ==**Name of Website or App**== || ==**Short Description**== || ==**Example**== || ==**Cost**== ||
 * **[|My Brainshark]** || **Create slideshows,**
 * upload videos that can be embedded,**
 * narrate powerpoint presentations,**
 * narrate documents,**
 * produce podcasts** || media type="custom" key="24127658" || **Free!** ||
 * **[|Animoto]** || **Turn your pictures into videos with music** || media type="custom" key="24127706" || **Free for Teachers!**
 * (Scroll to bottom of**
 * Homepage and click on**
 * 'Education')** ||
 * **[|Create-a-Graph]** || **Easily create graphs and charts by entering data** || [[image:metsoskil/Davies_line_graph.jpg width="436" height="316"]] || **Free!** ||
 * [|Blabberize] || Create Talking Pictures || media type="custom" key="24127786" || Free! ||
 * [|Advanced Google Image Search] || Find copyright released photos for student use || Change "Usage Rights" on the bottom of the page to 'Free to Use or Share'** || Free! ||
 * [|Book Creator iPad App] || Easy app to create iBooks || []
 * [|Apps Gone Free] || Gives an update each day of paid apps that
 * [|My Script Calculator] || Calculates the answers to math problems that
 * [|Timetoast] || Create timelines, embed them on the web (blogs, wikis) || media type="custom" key="24127990" || Free! ||
 * [|Delicious] || Online bookmarking tool - your bookmarked links
 * [|StoryBird] || Create short, art inspired stories that can be shared.
 * [|My StoryMaker] || My StoryMaker lets you control characters and objects -- and it creates sentences for you! Or, you can enter your own words. Once you are done with your story, you can print it out. || Not able to be embedded || Free! ||
 * [|Lulu] || Self-Publish your own books (hardcover or eBook). || media type="custom" key="24129244" || You set the cost of
 * [|Fotoflexer] || Resize, edit, create effects, etc. to photos. Like a free, online photoshop. || Before:
 * [|Tagxedo] || Turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text || media type="custom" key="24129414" || Free! ||
 * [|Wordle] || Simple to use word cloud generator || media type="custom" key="24129510" || Free! ||
 * [|EduCreations] || Create and share amazing video lessons with your iPad (app) or Browser || media type="custom" key="24129640" || Free! ||
 * [|Prezi] || Presentation tool - Like Powerpoint, but way cooler and more dynamic
 * [|Make Beliefs Comix] || Easiest to use comic strip creator. Comics cannot be embedded. (Can be shared online
 * [|ScreenCast-o-Matic] || Allows you to create screencasts - video of your screen while you explain what you are doing. || media type="custom" key="24129938" || Free! ||
 * [|Symbaloo] || Online Bookmarking site that allows you to create visual groups of links. || media type="custom" key="24129990" || Free! ||
 * [|ABCya! Annimate] || Create your own .GIF annimations || [[image:metsoskil/animation.gif]] || Free! ||
 * [|PuppetPals App] || Pick out your actors and backdrops, drag them on to the stage, and tap record. Your movements and audio will be recorded in real time for playback later. || [] || Free! ||
 * [|CuePrompter] || Free Online Teleprompter || Not able to be embedded || Free! ||
 * [|Remind101] || Free and safe text messaging for teachers || [[image:metsoskil/remind_1.jpg]] || Free! ||
 * [|StoryBoard That] || Create Storyboards either collaboratively or individually || media type="custom" key="24130448" || Free for limited
 * [|Socrative] || Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, computers, and tablets || media type="custom" key="24137398" || Free! ||
 * [|Edmodo] || Safe, secure, closed social network for students and their teachers. Allows students to communicate with teacher and class, but not 1 to 1. || media type="custom" key="24137478" || Free! ||
 * [|Lino - Website/App] || Online bullitin board creator. Embeddable in wikis/blogs. Collaborative - students can build
 * [|Popplet] - Website/App || Collaborative mind-mapping (visual organizer) tool || [[image:metsoskil/Earth.jpg width="632" height="450"]] || Free! ||
 * [|Voki] || Create speaking avatars and use them as an effective learning tool. || media type="custom" key="24137894" || Free! ||
 * [|BibMe] || Fast and easy bibliography and citation creator. || media type="custom" key="24138344" || Free! ||
 * [|SurveyMonkey] || Easily create surveys that can be shared. Good for gathering data and/or for
 * [|GlogsterEDU] || Create digital posters that can have pictures, videos, and podcasts embedded. || media type="custom" key="24159858" || Free! ||
 * [|Night Zookeeper] || Create an animal for the Night Zoo, then write a story about your animal. Cannot be embedded (that I saw.) Can take a screenshot to add to blogs/wikis. Also available as an iPad app. || [[image:metsoskil/Night Zookeeper.JPG width="682" height="409"]] || Free - Website
 * [|AudioBoo] || Your students have a lot to say! Capture their thoughts by giving them access to Audioboo - the easiest, simplest way to let your students express themselves and share their voices with you, their peers and their families. Can make individual podcasts, teacher recorded review podcasts, or whole class recordings. || media type="custom" key="24176800" ||  ||