Jan 14 2013

Apowersoft Free Online Screen Recorder

It has several functions:

1) Record Your PC/Mac Screen with the click of a button

2) Record whatever you want, for as long as you want- FREE

3) Capture Video and Audio Simultaneously(Capture both system and microphone sound)

4) Record your memories using our WebCam Capture feature

5) Screenshot ANYTHING feature lets you document your life with ease

6) Powerful Easy Edit feature gives you better results in less time

7) Convert to the best file format for you

Application for Education:

It’s free! After testing, smooth and fast is my comment! you can record both system and microphone sound at once!

Also, after you recorded the video, you can convert the other format online in the same application!

NO installation expect JAVA(the first time)! No Cost!

Custom QRCode – SUPER! The Best custom QRcode website

Unitag – Free Online customize your QRcode. It’s give you serval functons:

1) Differect Colour

2) Different Shapes

3) Different patterns

4) Add custom logo

Jan 3 2013

MP3Cut – Online cutting local files or youtube to mp3/ringtone

MP3cut – It’s online website to give you a convenience way to cut MP3.

It supports several ways:

1) upload local files from your computer (supported files format is here)

2) paste the link from YouTube/ soundcloud

3) upload a video to extract the audio channel

After you “cut” your files, you can:

1) export as *.mp3 files

2) export ringtones for iPhone and import it via iTunes

3) you have fade in and fade out features

Application for Education:

School needs powerful and FREE tools for students to edit their school stuffs. Such files can import to student’s presentation.

Dec 11 2012

Striking.ly – Online Free Website builder

Striking.ly – Like other online website creator. You can use their website template to create your website under their domain.

Dec 3 2012

Screenleap – Share your Destop to any Devices

Screenleap – It’s a new services that let you share your screen from your Desktop to any Deviecs.

Firstly, you may load a JAVA plugin , be patience, just only in the first time use. Then, you need to type the address provided on your mobile devices. Then wait for a bit minutes. your desktop screen will projected on your Devices!

Application for Education

Each students have their own “projected” screen on their Devices/ Desktop. Cool, isn’ t it?

P.S. Only Desktop and Laptop Devices can project the screen now.

Nov 15 2012

PicMonkey – Online Free Photo Collage and Editing Site

PicMonkey – It’s a Free online Photo Services. It provided Photo Collage and Photo Editing.

All these services are no need to registration.

During some of Festival, it may provide Festival Edition for use, like some Effect, Stamp, etc.

Application for Education

No Registration is needed. perfectly suitable for lower form student use this services!

Nov 14 2012

QRCode Generator – Colourful QR-Code Generator

Beautiful QR-Code – same as the website name, you can create beautiful QR-code by yourself.

Nov 14 2012

Muzy – Online Stunning Photo Collage Services

Muay – It can let you organize your photos from different source: Facebook you and your friend’s Album, Google Image or upload by yourself and even Webcam!

After using their different Photo Collage Services: PhotoBox or Photo Collage. You can share the works via Facebook and Twitter.

The main different between PhotoBox and PhotoCollage are background and text.

Application for Education

Although It can’t input Chinese Characters, it still a good tools to student organize their discussion or field trip.

Nov 13 2012

Lino – Online Sticky and Photo Sharing System

Lino – Online Sticky and Photo Sharing System.

Application for Education

Some Schools use in the Classroom while divide students into several groups. Each group follow teacher’s instruction, for example, put in right order about “Plant Growing”. Then teacher click different group’s result to talk about it. I think it is a good method to see what students learned.

Nov 13 2012

Memtimeter – Online Vote System on Different Devices

Memtimeter – You can create a question, then audience can vote via browser(PC/MAC), SmartPhones and Tablet.

No any Registration needed. It also support Chinese Characters.

Memtimeter Video

You can try “www.vot.rs” and input “27298” to vote.

Application for Education

As the videos says, it’s a different way to let your student to concentrate what they learn.

Nov 6 2012

Yumpu – PDF to ePaper

Yumpu – It’s a online tools to export your pdf to epaper. All It’s Free! You only upload your PDF, then just a second, you can see your “PDF epaper”. You can view online or embed into your blog and web. One more interesting thing: you can choose in “Flash” or “HTML5” format!

Application for Education:

Think about your school yearbook then embed to school website! (may also read this site: Issuu)

Nov 6 2012

Meograph – Create Multimedia Stories

Meograph – Its let you to create your personal stories. Given the Time, Place and what happen, adding your own photos and youtube video. Your Four-dimensional story is created!

How – to :

Application for Education:

Storytelling is one of method for students to show their creativity and language skill. Inside the platform, the students can record their voice to tell their story! Not just to show the photos and text(when , where, what). For example, students act as a tourist guide to introduce what they see in the trip. Don’t just use Powerpoint or Prezi, use this storytelling Platform! It’s Free!

Nov 6 2012

Answer Garden – Online Free Feedback System

Answer Garden – It’s free online feedback system.

NO need any registration, You just type your question then done. BUT, you can leave your personal email to take a role of administrator. That is, you can get more control on your question.

The most disadvantages is : do not support Chinese Characters!

Application for Education:

I think it is better use as “Brain storm” or kind of “tag cloud” activities. Students can type unlimited ideas into the systems.

Oct 25 2012

GCFLearnFree – Online learning Course

GCGLearnFree – It has different topics to learn: Language, Maths, Computer Skills

Application for Education

Place it into the school intranet. Let the students go through the topics as interest. Pass the related link to students via email / intranet before the lessons (says learning Google Drive). Watch the video at home, do the exercises in school. That is Flipped Classroom in Blended Learning!

Oct 18 2012

Poll Everywhere – Online FREE Poll System(Updated)

Poll Everywhere wins E dtechdigest 2013 finalists winners in “Assessment Solution”. Congratulations!

Poll Everywhere is a online free poll system.

It’s Free for under 40 students in the classroom.

You can use the laptop to key in the questions, then your students use their own device to response.

Just that simple!

Here is the adv video. I like this actor very much!
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Application for Education

Maybe you can’t use it in the classroom if your students haven’t devices. But it is a great tool for you to launch staff development, like teacher training. Get their feedback. I think it should be a good motivation for the adult!

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