Tools & Technologies

The Tools & Technologies

To organise learning activities, you may want to make use of tools or equipment. Educational technologies, if applied well, have the potential to create new opportunities and to support and upgrade the level of involvement and higher order thinking.

The ready-made activities that are part of this tool include in many cases some suggested tools and technologies. Technologies come and go, that is why the tool mentions generic names and not brand names. Examples of tools can be found on the page below. As much as possible free/freemium tools have been added. These are tools which offer a free use, but often with a limitation. As a teacher you need to make the right judgment when using a specific tool, especially regarding the privacy of students and data protection. Some tools may also contain advertisements.

Below you can find a list of tools that you can use, curated by the FCL team and accessible also through fcl.eun.org/technology.

Web 2.0 tools

Digital storytelling tools

Website creation tools

Learning Management System (LMS) tools

Productivity tools

Collaboration tools

	Google Drive A tool that makes your files accessible anywhere through secure Cloud storage and file backup.
	LinoIt A virtual bulletin board that offers a variety of canvases for users to choose from and allows them to post sticky notes, videos and documents.
	Padlet A digital canvas to create beautiful projects that are easy to share and collaborate.
	Thinglink A tool that makes your images come alive with private video, notes, or even music from YouTube.
	Glogster A tool about mixing all kinds of media on a virtual canvas to create multimedia posters.
	Dotstorming A tool that takes the process of dot voting online to allow groups of people to collaborate on a topic.
	Whiteboard A tool that allows you to instantly draw and write together online.
	Gliffy A tool that enables you to make diagramming a team sport.
	Slack A tool for real-time messaging, archiving and searching for modern teams.
	Flockdraw A tool that enables multiple users to enter a free-form collaborative drawing session through their browser with integrated text chat.
	ExplainEverything An interactive whiteboard app available for your device.
	Mural A digital workspace for visual collaboration, where everyone can do their best work together.
	Miro The online collaborative whiteboard platform to bring teams together, enabling them to communicate and collaborate across formats, tools, channels, and time

Free-audio resources tools

Curation tools

Create tools

	Adobe Spark A free online and mobile graphic design app. Easily create beautiful images, videos, and Web pages that help tell your own story.
	Soundcloud A social sound platform where anyone can listen to or create sounds and share them everywhere.
	Clyp A tool that enables you to record, upload and share audio.
	Canva A tool that helps you easily create beautiful designs and documents.
	Easel.ly A simple Web tool that empowers anyone to create and share powerful visuals (infographics, posters).
	Tiki-Toki A free Web-based app that allows anyone to create interactive and visually stimulating timelines.
	Befunky A tool that lets people become instant artists and express themselves creatively without the need for any technical knowledge.
	Allourideas A platform that enables groups to collect and prioritise ideas in a transparent, democratic, and bottom-up way.
	VoiceThread A collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in several ways – text, voice, audio file, or webcam.
	ArtSteps An online community of creative people, who exhibit works of art within virtual galleries, created in a 3d, virtual reality space.
	Toondoo A comic-creating tool.
	Vocaroo A quick and easy way to share voice messages over the Internet.
	Jigsaw A tool for creating, playing, sharing jigsaw puzzles and competing with other users.
	EarSketch An educational programming environment about teaching coding in two widely used languages, Python and JavaScript, through music composing and remixing.

Interact/Quiz tools

	Kahoot A tool for using technology to administer quizzes, discussions or surveys.
	Quizizz A tool that allows you to conduct student-paced formative assessments in a fun and engaging way for students of all ages.
	Mentimeter A powerful collaboration and presentation software featuring unlimited votes, polls, word clouds, multiple choice questions, quizzes and more.
	Socrative An instant response tool designed for the K-12 environment.
	Spiral A tool that transforms any classroom into an interactive learning space.
	GoNoodle A tool that makes movement and mindfulness an integral part of the day, at school and at home.
	Flippity A tool that enables you easily to turn a Google Spreadsheet into a Set of Online Flashcards and Other Cool Stuff.
	Surveyanyplace A tool that allows you to start creating an engaging survey in minutes.
	Classtools A tool for creating free games, quizzes, activities and diagrams in seconds.
	Jeopardy Labs A tool for creating your own jeopardy template online, without PowerPoint.
	Nearpod A dashboard where to use engaging media and formative assessments to make lesson interactive.

Video creation/editing tools

Assessment tools

Present tools

Video conferencing tools

	Storyjumper A tool that enables you to write, create and publish your own stories
	Pixton A tool that gives anyone the power to create amazing comics on the Web
	Storybird A tool for making visual stories in seconds
	Powtoon A tool for creating animated videos
	Popplet A tool that helps anyone think and learn visually, capture a thought and structure a story

	Wix A website building platform
	Weebly A Web-hosting service featuring a drag-and-drop website builder
	Edublogs A "hosted" website creation tool and solution
	Kidblog A secure, private blogging platform created specifically for educational use and recommended for primary school pupils.
	Flipgrid A free video discussion platform from Microsoft that helps educators see and hear from every student in class and foster fun and supportive social learning.

	Edmodo An online networking application for teachers and students.
	Schoology An LMS that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources.
	Twinspace The virtual collaborative platform of the registered eTwinning project that provides communication, collaboration and editing tools.
	Yammer A collaboration tool that helps you and your teams stay on top of it all.
	Moodle A learning platform designed to provide educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalised learning environments.
	Google Classroom A blended learning platform developed by Google for schools that aims to simplify creating, distributing and grading assignments in a paperless way.
	Microsoft Teams for Education Chat, meet, call and collaborate in just one place. Students and teachers get Teams for free.
	Smartschool The digital school platform, simple and accessible that allows everyone to be able to collaborate in a secure environment (Belgium only).

	Dropbox A home for all your photos, docs, videos and files.
	Canvanizer A tool that helps you define your strategy with your team through pre-structured canvas templates.
	Bit.ly A link management platform.
	Feedly A tool for organizing and scanning through content from your preferred sources.

	FREEIMAGES A tool that lets you find digital photographic images for Web, publishing and design.
	StockSnap.io A tool that lets you find high quality and high-resolution images free from all copyright restrictions (CC0) – no attribution required.
	Pixabay A tool that lets you find images and videos free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0.
	Free Music Archive A tool that allows you to find free songs under Creative Commons license. To use them, you should mention the artist in your project.
	Jamendo A mix of musical community and marketplace for downloading songs under license. You can download free music for your projects if they are only for personal use.
	Audionautix Well classified between genres and moods, there's hundreds of songs on mp3 format for immediate download.
	Musopen A tool that lets you find free music resources and music education resources for teachers and students.

	Pinterest A social network that allows you to share and comment on visual material, which could be photographs, sketches, videos or Web pages.
	List.ly A tool for curating and publishing great lists.
	LiveBinders A tool that enables you to combine all of your Cloud documents and website links and upload your desktop documents–- to then easily access, share, and update your binders from anywhere.
	Pearltrees A visual and collaborative curation tool that allows users to organise, explore and share any URL they find online as well as to upload personal photos, files and notes.
	Symbaloo A personal startpage that allows you to easily navigate the Web and compile your favourite sites all into one visual interface.
	Scoop.it! A tool that allows you to create boards of curated content, share your thoughts on that content, and connect with others who have similar interests.

	Magisto A tool that turns your everyday videos and photos into exciting, memorable movies you'll want to watch again and again.
	Tolks.io A free platform to easily and visually put talks, conversations, stories, scenes (and what not!) online.
	Animoto A tool that turns your photos and video clips into professional video slideshows in minutes.
	Biteable A tool that enables you make animations online in minutes.
	Wirewax An interactive video platform, empowering users to add clickable hotspots, or ‘tags', to any moving person or object in video.
	Slide.ly An image-based social network and a Cloud-based video creation service that is easy to use, allowing the creation of video slideshows from photos, slideshows, video clips, and music.

	Visme A free easy-to-use design tool that allows you to create professional engaging presentations, infographics and other forms of visual content.
	Prezi A presentation app that uses motion, zoom, and spatial relationships to bring your ideas to life and make you a great presenter.
	Emaze To build professionally designed digital presentations, websites, e-cards, blogs and photo albums.
	Genially Create incredible visual stories, presentations, infographics and generate communication experiences.

	MS Teams Chat, meet, call and collaborate in just one place.
	Skype Skype is for connecting with people. t's built for both one-on-one and group conversations and works wherever you are – via mobile, PC, Xbox and Alexa.
	Google Meet Premium video meeting. A service built for secure business meetings, free and available for all.
	GoToMeeting Reliable, secure web conferencing solution for business.
	Webex Calling, meeting, messaging, and events in the cloud for teams of all sizes.
	Messenger A cross-app communication, allowing you to stay connected within Facebook, Instagram, Portal and Oculus.
	Google Hangouts Messaging and video calls
	TeamViewer TeamViewer is comprehensive remote access, remote control, and remote support solution.

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