Here are a number of links and online apps that we've used in our classes over the years:
Brusheezy - Photoshop Brushes - Brusheezy is a HUGE collection of Photoshop Brushes, Photoshop Patterns, Textures, PSDs, Actions, Shapes, Styles, & Gradients
Vecteezy - Choose from over 100000+ free vectors, clip art designs, vector images, icons, and illustrations created by artists
worldwide!
Iconfinder - Iconfinder is the leading search engine and market place for vector icons in SVG, PNG, CSH and AI format.
PearDeck.com - Transform presentations into classroom conversations with an array of interactive and formative assessment questions. With Pear Deck, every learner engages with the interactive activity on his or her own screen, and knows their response will be seen by the teacher, but anonymous to the rest of the class.
Quizzizz.com - Find amazing quizzes made by other teachers, or create your own quizzes and share them with the world!
Unsplash.com - Over 300,000 free (royalty-free) high-resolution photos brought to you by the world’s most generous community of photographers.
Soundation.com - Soundation is a powerful online music studio with professional features like recording, effects, virtual instruments and over 700 free loops and sounds.
Kerntype - A typography game - Your mission is simple: achieve pleasant and readable text by distributing the space between letters. Typographers call this activity kerning. Your solution will be compared to a typographer's solution, and you will be given a score depending on how close you nailed it.
Audionautix - All music in this online collection created and released under Creative Commons License 3.0. You are free to use the music (even for commercial purposes) as long as you provide a link to their website from yours OR credit us with, "music by audionautix.com". Must be part some other created works. No further permission is required. If you need a signed release form, they have them on their site as well.
BenSound - royalty free audio for use in your projects. There are restrictions for use due to a Creative Commons License Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 license, basically the music is meant to be used for multimedia projects such as videos and web applications. For both the free license and the pro licenses, it is forbidden to make a different song, a remix and/or to use the music for music production.
Newsela is an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news. It's easy and amazing. See the impact Newsela can have on your classroom.
EverySlide - To use EverySlide follow these easy steps:
Step 1. - Create a presentation in PowerPoint or Keynote, the same way you always did. Upload it to everyslide.com and press present.
Step 2. - You will get a unique url the audience can use to join your slideshow using any device they happen to have. Now ask a question or run an instant poll.
Step 3. - After the presentation, you can review participants' interactions online or download their contact details and answers as a spreadsheet.
123D Circuits - Design and simulate circuit boards with our breadboard, schematic and PCB editor. Share your designs and collaborate as a team.
plickers.com - Has already been shared with the staff but still very impressive. Make quizzes and have students submit answers similar to Kahoot but students do not need an electronic device.
www.classtools.net - Create free games, quizzes, activities, and diagrams in seconds.
education.weebly.com - Easily create a classroom website & blog, Create & Manage your students' accounts, Accept homework assignments online, Keep your parents up to date. Free and paid accounts.
http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/ - "Photoshop Like" Web App. Interface and tools that are extremely similar to the industry standard photo editing application.
www.wevideo.com - Online video editor with Google Drive integration.
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/ - Choose a type of puzzle from a wide assortment to make your own puzzle online for classroom use.
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/ - Through a special agreement with more than 2,000 newspapers worldwide, the Newseum displays the front pages of newspapers each day on its website. The front pages are in their original, unedited form, and some may contain material that is deemed objectionable to some visitors. Discretion is advised.
http://ncartmuseum.org/art/collection/ - Take a virtual field trip to the NC Museum of Art and witness the beauty within it's walls. The collection is categorized and available for free.
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Vecteezy - Choose from over 100000+ free vectors, clip art designs, vector images, icons, and illustrations created by artists
worldwide!
Iconfinder - Iconfinder is the leading search engine and market place for vector icons in SVG, PNG, CSH and AI format.
PearDeck.com - Transform presentations into classroom conversations with an array of interactive and formative assessment questions. With Pear Deck, every learner engages with the interactive activity on his or her own screen, and knows their response will be seen by the teacher, but anonymous to the rest of the class.
Quizzizz.com - Find amazing quizzes made by other teachers, or create your own quizzes and share them with the world!
Unsplash.com - Over 300,000 free (royalty-free) high-resolution photos brought to you by the world’s most generous community of photographers.
Soundation.com - Soundation is a powerful online music studio with professional features like recording, effects, virtual instruments and over 700 free loops and sounds.
Kerntype - A typography game - Your mission is simple: achieve pleasant and readable text by distributing the space between letters. Typographers call this activity kerning. Your solution will be compared to a typographer's solution, and you will be given a score depending on how close you nailed it.
Audionautix - All music in this online collection created and released under Creative Commons License 3.0. You are free to use the music (even for commercial purposes) as long as you provide a link to their website from yours OR credit us with, "music by audionautix.com". Must be part some other created works. No further permission is required. If you need a signed release form, they have them on their site as well.
BenSound - royalty free audio for use in your projects. There are restrictions for use due to a Creative Commons License Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 license, basically the music is meant to be used for multimedia projects such as videos and web applications. For both the free license and the pro licenses, it is forbidden to make a different song, a remix and/or to use the music for music production.
Newsela is an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news. It's easy and amazing. See the impact Newsela can have on your classroom.
EverySlide - To use EverySlide follow these easy steps:
Step 1. - Create a presentation in PowerPoint or Keynote, the same way you always did. Upload it to everyslide.com and press present.
Step 2. - You will get a unique url the audience can use to join your slideshow using any device they happen to have. Now ask a question or run an instant poll.
Step 3. - After the presentation, you can review participants' interactions online or download their contact details and answers as a spreadsheet.
123D Circuits - Design and simulate circuit boards with our breadboard, schematic and PCB editor. Share your designs and collaborate as a team.
plickers.com - Has already been shared with the staff but still very impressive. Make quizzes and have students submit answers similar to Kahoot but students do not need an electronic device.
www.classtools.net - Create free games, quizzes, activities, and diagrams in seconds.
education.weebly.com - Easily create a classroom website & blog, Create & Manage your students' accounts, Accept homework assignments online, Keep your parents up to date. Free and paid accounts.
http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/ - "Photoshop Like" Web App. Interface and tools that are extremely similar to the industry standard photo editing application.
www.wevideo.com - Online video editor with Google Drive integration.
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/ - Choose a type of puzzle from a wide assortment to make your own puzzle online for classroom use.
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/ - Through a special agreement with more than 2,000 newspapers worldwide, the Newseum displays the front pages of newspapers each day on its website. The front pages are in their original, unedited form, and some may contain material that is deemed objectionable to some visitors. Discretion is advised.
http://ncartmuseum.org/art/collection/ - Take a virtual field trip to the NC Museum of Art and witness the beauty within it's walls. The collection is categorized and available for free.
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