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Towards a Better Blend

My website   

This link will take you to my English language learning website.  It is designed primarily for students learning English as a second or foreign language.​

 

Presentation tools

Poll EverywherePoll Everywhere lets you engage your audience or class in real time - http://www.polleverywhere.com

Polldaddy - Create surveys and polls that match your brand, budget, and vision. https://polldaddy.com/

PreziThe presentation software for when it matters - http://prezi.com

emazecreate amazing presentationshttps://www.emaze.com/
visme - Create better presentations, infographics, and much more. http://www.visme.co/
Glogster - interactive multimedia posters - http://www.glogster.com/#two 

Whiteboard Fox - use a whiteboard on your screenhttp://whiteboardfox.com/

AnimotoMake great videos. Easily. http://animoto.com/
PoppletPopplet is a tool for the iPad and web to capture and organize your ideas.http://popplet.com/
flixpress - Make high-quality video for your business,YouTube, special occasion, or funhttp://www.flixpress.com/

Videoblocks - Royalty-free Stock Motion Backgroundshttp://www.videoblocks.com/videos/motion-backgrounds/?

Moovly - Create animated videos and presentationshttp://www.moovly.com

Adobe Slate - Make beautiful visual stories - https://slate.adobe.com/welcome/

 

Augmented Reality

HP Reveal (previously Aurasma) - the world's leading augmented reality platform. - https://studio.hpreveal.com/landing

 

Online videos

Zaption - turn online videos into interactive learning experienceshttp://www.zaption.com/

EnhanceTV Direct - helping you teach with film & tvhttps://www.enhancetv.com.au/direct/index.php

Digital Learning Now high-quality digital learning environment to better equip all studentshttp://www.digitallearningnow.com/video-library/

Tackk - Tackk is a place to connect with friends, be creative and have fun conversations.https://tackk.com/

Clickview - making video learning easy - http://www.clickview.com.au/

Documentary Heaven - http://documentaryheaven.com/
Museum Box - provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period http://museumbox.e2bn.org/

 

Video-editing software

Camtasia Studio - screen recording and video editinghttps://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html

Clipconverter - free online video converterhttp://www.clipconverter.cc/
CloudConvert - convert anything to anything - https://cloudconvert.com/

How to add questions to YouTube videoshttp://jonathanwylie.com/2013/12/28/how-to-add-questions-for-students-to-youtube-videos/

TechSmith Screencast - create high quality videos - http://www.screencast.com

Screenr - Instant screencasts. Just record.http://www.screenr.com/

Easyprompter - free, online teleprompterhttp://www.easyprompter.com/

Audionautix - creative commons audio tracks by Jason Shaw - http://audionautix.com/

 

Miscellaneous

DyKnowweb-based classroom management solution - http://www.dyknow.com/

Nearpod - Interactive lessons. Real-time assessment.  Across all devices. - https://www.nearpod.com/

Respondus - A powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be published directly to learning management systems - https://www.respondus.com/

yteach.co.uk - professional resource for today's teachers - http://www.yteach.co.uk/index.php/default/index

ck12 - free online textbooks and flexibook creator - http://www.ck12.org/

coursera - take the world's best courses onlinehttps://www.coursera.org/

edX - take great online courses from the world's best universities - https://www.edx.org/

udacityonline teaching start-up for apps, websites, coding etc.https://www.udacity.com/

The Newspaper Clipping generator - http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

FutureMe - write a letter to your future self http://www.futureme.org/

 

Further reading & professional development 

Blended Learning on Pinteresthttps://www.pinterest.com/search/boards/?q=blended+learning

Free Technology for Teachers - http://www.freetech4teachers.com/p/multidiscipline-projects-with-web-tools.html
Blended Learning: We are all new teachers - edutopia.
Flipped teaching isn't a do or don't, right or wrong propositionhttp://www.flippedclassroomworkshop.com/flipped-teaching-isnt-a-do-or-dont-right-or-wrong-proposition/

Coursera - Courses on Blended Learninghttps://www.coursera.org/courses/?query=blended%20learning

edX - Course on Blended Learning https://www.edx.org/course/blended-learning-edx-edx-blendedx-0

I would highly recommend reading this book to further your understanding of the flipped classroom.  

It is a short book and written in an easily comprehensible style.  The authors, Aaron Sams and Jonathan Bergmann are also credited as being the ones who coined the term "flipped classroom". 

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