The Epic BYOD Toolchest (51 Tools You Can Use Now)

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/the-epic-byod-toolchest-vicki-davis

Formative Assessment

• Socrative:
• Google Forms:
• Kaizena:
• 15 Best Google Add-Ons.

Screencasting and Capturing What Happens in Class

• Screencastomatic:
• Camtasia:
• Explain Everything:
• Swivl:

Content-Sharing Platforms

• Sophia: Nudged along by my friend Todd Nesloney, I use Sophia for my computer applications instruction and am very pleased with the results.
• Haiku Learning: This is the full content management system that I’m trying to get our school to adopt. It’s multiplatform and robust, which makes it a great fit for our BYOD environment.

There are many other apps like Moodle, Canvas, and Coursesites. The point is that you should have one in a BYOD environment.

Assessment Aids

All three of these apps — Quick Key, Grade Ninja, and WISE — are available on iTunes and Google Play, but there are more.

Electronic Note Taking

• Evernote:
• One Note:

Expression

Students need multiple ways to share and express themselves, particularly verbally and with pictures. This is part of transliteracy.

• Voicethread:
• I love Brad Wilson’s Write About This and Tell About This iOS apps for kids of all ages.
• Thinglink:

Cloud Syncing

• Dropbox:
• One Drive:
• Google Drive:

Graphic Design and Infographics

• Canva:
• The infographic makers of choice these days include Easel.ly, Visual.ly,Infogr.am, and Glogster.

Color Selection

• Color Schemer:

Presentations

• Haiku Deck:
• PowerPoint:
• Keynote:
• Prezi:
• Google Presentations:
• Slideshare:

Blogging

• Edmodo:
• Kidblogs:
• Edublogs:
• Ning:
• WordPress: .

Written Expression

• Dragon:
• Microsoft Word:
• Google Docs/Drive:
• Wikispaces:

Link Sharing

• MentorMob
• Symbaloo
• LiveBinders
• Google Spreadsheets: See Annie Cushing’s Must-Have Tools for the power of sharing links in this way.
• Diigo:
• Flipboard:

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