IT Tools For Thought (ITFT)

IT Tools to be used for Language Teaching and Learning

Vcasmo. Your images or videos online

Posted by mgrane on February 2, 2012

VCASMO is a multimedia presentation solution for  photo-video slide show useful for your teaching. You can upload images and videos, edit the presentation and embed it.  You can also add subtitles.

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Scoop. Your online magazine.

Posted by mgrane on February 1, 2012

You can create your own online magazine using Scoop. You create a topic, you add content, you can share it and customize it.

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Woices. Your Audio.

Posted by mgrane on December 10, 2011

Woices is a free internet tool that allows people to create and share audio records. They can be linked to a specific place, located on the map. You will find a tutorial about Woices and its operation in the help pages.

Look at this example on how to create an audioguide of Public Art Projects using Woices.

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Glogster. Your digital posters.

Posted by mgrane on October 24, 2011

Students can make their interactive poster easily and share it using Glogster. They can mix images, text, music and video. Click here to see an example.

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Bubble.us. Your Online Mind Maps.

Posted by mgrane on October 3, 2011

Brainstorm online with bubbl.us. You can easily create colorful mindmaps to print or share with others. Watch the video to see how it works.

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Your graphs.

Posted by mgrane on September 14, 2011

Students can create their own online graphs easily by using Create a Graph Classic from NCES. They can email them, print them, save them as images or PDF and paste them on any presentation or document.

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Letterpop. Your newsletters, your presentations, your documents.

Posted by mgrane on September 8, 2011

Use LetterPop to create eye-popping newsletters, actionable presentations, irresistible invitations, beautiful product features, sizzling event summaries and many more.

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Doodle. Your schedule.

Posted by mgrane on July 25, 2011

Doodle helps scheduling meetings and other appointments. Doodle is simple, quick, free and requires no registration. Simply set up a poll and send a link.

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99 counters. Your counter.

Posted by mgrane on July 1, 2011

With your free account from 99counters you can now create customized web counters for your website, blog and social network profiles.

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Box. Your Audio Files.

Posted by mgrane on June 9, 2011

Box provides a secure, easy way to manage content, share large files and collaborate online from anywhere. You can use a free version to upload your audio files.

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aTube Catcher. Your videos.

Posted by mgrane on May 17, 2011

aTube Catcher lets you download videos from YouTube and other popular video sites without having to spend ages doing so. With aTube Catcher you can not only save online videos on your hard drive, but also convert videos from one format to another, capture streaming videos, record your screen, and even create custom DVDs in a few clicks. It’s very simple.

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AuthorStream. Your PowerPoints.

Posted by mgrane on May 5, 2011

 AuthorStream is a  platform for sharing PowerPoint presentations on the Internet. If you choose the option Present Live, it keeps all your animations and transitions. This is particularly useful when your students prepare a presentation using software which is not available at school.  It also allows us to download presentations as video. You can store private presentations upto 500 MB for free, and share them with your contacts or keep them private.

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aBowman. Your Gadgets or Widgets.

Posted by mgrane on March 29, 2011

The name aBowman stands for Adam Bowman.  His site shows the funny gadgets he’s created. Some of them can be used to customize the learners’ blogs or websites.

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