Emese Cmpean

(coordinator)

10+ Tools for eTwinning 10

Happy birthday, eTwinning!

BECLEAN
2015

ISBN 978-973-0-19215-5

Argument:
eTwinning is the place where I
had the chance to become a better
teacher.
I
was
given
the
opportunity to learn, to grow, to
share and enjoy being part of this
community.
All the resources and apps I
use are because of eTwinning. In
learning labs, webinars and
projects, I discovered that I can
make my teaching and learning
more effective, using these
resources.
This is why, on eTwinning`s
th
10
anniversary, I decided to
celebrate eTwinning by making a
collection of the most appreciated
resources among eTwinners.

Teacher contributors to this material:

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Emese Cmpean, Petru Rare National College Beclean, Romania (coordinator)

Collaborators:
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Valentina Marinova, Kindergarten Sinchec, Bulgaria

Irena Raykova, 137th Secondary School Angel Kunchev, Bulgaria
Anahit Baghdasaryan, 24th secondary school Gevorg Chaush, Armenia
Vivi Hamilou, Primary School of Sourpi, Greece
Joo Canas, Almeirim, Portugal
Il Glmez, Turkey
Vasilica Gazdac,School Tiberiu Morariu Salva, Romania
Dumitria Postolache, Colegiul Tehnic Mihai Viteazu, Vulcan, Romania
Cristina Nicolaita, Gh. Magheru School, Caracal, Romania

1. Padlet (https://padlet.com/)
One of the best apps I found and used in my eTwinning projects is Padlet
Advantages:
It is free;
Allows collaboration;
Every content is visible by every student/teacher (transparency);
It gives you the possibility to edit your post, but you cannot change
what others have written there (only if you are the Administrator of the
Padlet);
It is easy to share (everyone who has the link can edit);
You do not need to create an account to post on a Padlet (this is why
my students adore Padlet);
Here is an example:
http://padlet.com/cimpean_emese/christmascarols2013

2. Photopeach (http://photopeach.com)
The combination of images, music and text helps
students learn about presentation, expression, writing,
communication skills, art appreciation and media
literacy. The quality of the finished work is great and
students will remember it forever.
Here is an example:
http://photopeach.com/album/h90wgb?ref=est#spiral
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3. Meeting words (http://meetingwords.com)

MeetingWords is a simple text editor for the Web.
Your text is saved on the web, and more than one
person can edit the same document at the same time.
Everybody`s changes are instantly reflected on all
screens.
Work together on meeting notes, brainstorming
sessions, homework, team programming and more!

4. Thinglink (https://www.thinglink.com/)
On Thinglink, you can create and share interactive images and videos.You can
upload, tag, share and manage your images across different platforms.
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/638307672000561153
It works great with picmonkey (http://www.picmonkey.com/), a digital tool for
posters - collages

5. Prezi

(https://prezi.com)

Prezi is an online presentation tool that allows you to design your own
distinctive, eye-catching presentations. Prezi unique non-linear approach to
presentations sets it apart from other tools.Your presentation will not be the
same old slide-by-slide format that is commonly used today. Prezi creates nonlinear, flowing presentations. You will create your presentation on a simple
canvas, arranging your text and images in any way you like. Prezi lets you
choose the order and amount in which each element will be zoomed into,
creating a unique story-telling experience. More information here.

Here is an example.

6. Kizoa (http://www.kizoa.com/)

Make slideshows of photos, videos with Effects, Text, Music

Create still or animated collages & Ecards with templates or freely

Masterly edit photos with amazing filters, effects, and frames

Share online: Email, Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Websites

Convert to video, upload to YouTube

Burn to DVD

7. AnswerGarden (http://answergarden.ch/)
AnswerGarden is a minimalistic feedback tool. Use it in the
classroom as an educational tool or at work as a creative
brainstorming tool. Post it in a tweet or you can embed it on
your website or blog to use it as a poll or guestbook.

You create an AnswerGarden by entering a topic on the

Create New AnswerGarden-page.

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8. Titanpad (https://titanpad.com/)
Titanpad allows people to work on the same
document simultaneously! Titanpad is ideal for
discussions or even collaborative writing!
Participants contribute to Titanpad with
differently coloured font backgrounds.
You can create a pad here!
Here is an example of this tool use!
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9. Greeting cards animated

http://iwishyouto.com/

Its a great and fun tool to create all kinds of

(christmas, easter, greeting) cards for students
to send to their peers!

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10.The Newspaper clipping generator

(http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper)
This tool is great for disseminating the results
of a project, for creating an announcement
regarding the project.
It is suitable as a short task for the students
from the group (ex. for presenting
themselves).

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11. Strikingly (https://www.strikingly.com)

The best website builder for the

mobile age has just arrived!
Advantages:
- Absolutely no code or design
experience needed.
- You can do everything on one screen.
- Click anything to edit, and publish
instantly.
- Build a beautiful website in under 30
minutes.
- Here you can find one example:
http://site361167-1094-980.strikingly.com/

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12. Kahoot (https://kahoot.it/#/)

Kahoot is a game-based digital
learning platform in which students
will have a competition and
evaluate themselves.
You can create and play quizzes,
surveys. Students just love this app.

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13. Smore(beautiful flyers online)

https://www.smore.com/
Smore is a service for quickly creating great-looking
webpages. Smore markets itself as a service for
creating online flyers, but it's a little bit more than that.
To me "flyer" implies that you're creating a single-use
PDF and posting it online. Smore's flyers are dynamic
and changeable, they're not single-use PDFs. Your
Smore flyers can include many types of media
including videos. Deleting or adding elements to your
Smore flyer is as simple as dragging and dropping
them on or off your page.
Example of smore in eTwinning.
https://www.smore.com/t0dp-our-ideal-european-neighbour
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14. Pinterest (https://ro.pinterest.com )

Pinterst allows you to collect
into one dashboard all the
images, materials you have used
in a project. Pinterest is great for
keeping track of the activities,
for diseminating your results.
You can discover new ideas and
resources and save them here
(just a click). Easy to use, you
just have to register.
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15. Google Docs

Google Drive is a great tool for
collaboration. You can create surveys
(like the one here), documents,
presentations. What is amazing about
Google Drive is the fact that work is
saved automaticly and you can see
what modifications have been made
to the document by all partners.
More, you can have it with you
wherever
you
have
Internet
connection.
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16. Learning Designer

Learning Designer is
suitable for lesson
planning (or even
project planning).
It allows you to add
resources you want
to use, the aims and
outcomes,
descriptions.
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17. Animoto (www.animoto.com )

Animoto helps you create
short videos on different
topics, using your pictures.
You can add text and music.
This is one of my students`
favourite tool.

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18. Slideshare (www.slideshare.net )

Slideshare offers help in publishing
materials and uploading them to other
sites.

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19. Issuu (www.issuu.com )

Issuu is a digital publishing
platform that makes it
simple to publish
magazines, catalogs,
newspapers, books, and
more online. Easily share
your publications with Issuu.

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20. Skype
Since eTwining is all about
collaboration between schools, teachers
and students, the best way to plan or
run projects is having a chat or
discussion with collegues. I think that
students need to know each other as a
group, in order to work better on the
project. Therefore, Skype is a good
tool to use.

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21. Linoit (www.linoit.com)

It is a wall, similar to Padlet, where students can post their messages (text, image,
video). It allows collaboration. It can be used for brainstorming ideas for projects, for
feedback, for a collection of ideas on a topic.

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Online resources:

https://www.pinterest.com/etwinninguk/ict-tools-for-education-adatabase/
http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/52-of-the-best-apps-forclassrooms/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem&utm_content=55568c47
04d301122b000001&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
http://www.tricider.com/brainstorming/37199QWOMDx

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