LINKS
VARK site (vark-learn.com/introduction-to-vark)
DRAWINGS
- “Drawing Development in Children” (learningdesign.com/Portfolio/DrawDev/kiddrawing.html)
- Sketchpad (sketch.io/sketchpad)
- Canvastic (canvastic.net/net.html)
- Drawisland (drawisland.com)
- Kleki (kleki.com)
- Pixilart (www.pixilart.com)
- SketchUp (sketchup.com/education/sketchup-for-schools)
- 3DVinci (3dvinci.net)
DOWNLOADABLE SOFTWARE
- Tux Paint (tuxpaint.org)
- Krita (krita.org/en)
- Inkscape (inkscape.org/en)
PROJECT IDEAS
- LABELED DRAWINGS:
OR
- MATH ANIMALS: How to Draw Funny Cartoons (how-to-draw-funny-cartoons.com/draw-animals.html)
- VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS (through clipart): Idioms
PHOTOGRAPHY
- Web Photo Resizer (webresizer.com)
- Pic Resize (picresize.com)
- Dropbox (dropbox.com)
- Photobucket (photobucket.com)
- Flickr (flickr.com)
- Image Upper.com (imageupper.com)
- Use (use.com)
DEVELOPING THEMES
SCRAPBOOKS & COLLAGES
- Scholastic article on collages (https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/kriscia-cabral/17-18/Collage-Creations-to-Show-Evidence-of-Learning/)
- Canva for Education (canva.com/education)
- FotoJet (fotojet.com)
- Fotor (fotor.com)
- Kizoa (kizoa.com)
- Pic Collage (blog.piccollage.com)
REIMAGINING SHAPES
- American Express advertisement: TheInspirationRoom.com (tiny.cc/bnkawy)
VISUAL VOCABULARY with photographs
- Dictionary Day
OR Geography Terms
- Recording Growth, Processes, or Change: Annenberg Learner’s Journey North site (learner.org/jnorth)
CREATING VISUALS
AVATARS
- Portrait Illustration Maker (illustmaker.abi-station.com/index_en.shtml)
- Mini-Mizer (reasonablyclever.com/mini/flash/minifig.swf)
ANNOTATIONS
- Prism (pedagogy-toolkit.org/tools/PRISM.html)
- Edji (edji.it/#/home)
- Hypothes.is (web.hypothes.is/education)
- NowComment (nowcomment.com) — instructions at nowcomment.com/help/managed_users
WORD CLOUDS
- Wordsift (wordsift.com)
- Wordle (wordle.net)
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
- Popplet (popplet.com)
- ReadWriteThink Webbing Tool (rwtinteractives.ncte.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=127)
FLOW CHARTS
- Gliffy (gliffy.com)
- Canva (canva.com/graphs/decision-trees)
TIMELINES
- The Sesame Street Timeline (youtube.com/watch?v=Cz4JPszHnZM)
- ReadWriteThink Timeline interactive (readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2)
- Teach-nology (teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines)
- Pincello (pincello.officetimeline.com)
- Excel Timeline Template (templates.office.com/en-us/Timelines)
- Preceden for Teachers (preceden.com/teachers)
- MyHistro (myhistro.com)
GRAPHS & CHARTS
- Weatherbase (www.weatherbase.com)
- SurveyMonkey (surveymonkey.com)
- Zoho Survey (zoho.com/survey)
- Create a Graph (nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph)
- Chartle (chartle.net)
- ChartGo (chartgo.com)
- DIYcharts (diycharts.com)
GRAPHING CALCULATORS
- GraphFree (graphfree.com)
- GeoGebra (geogebra.org)
- Desmos (desmos.com/calculator)
- Sketchometry (sketchometry.org/en/index.html)
MAPS
- Scribble Maps (scribblemaps.com)
- Flat Stanley (flatstanleyproject.com)
- MapMaker Interactive (mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org)
CARTOONS
- “Humorous Cartoons Made by Preservice Teachers for Teaching Science Concepts to Elementary Students: Process and
Product” (https://scholarworks.uni.edu/oermaterials) - MakeBeliefsComix (makebeliefscomix.com)
- Write Comics (writecomics.com)
- ToonDoo (toondoo.com)
- Toony Tool (toonytool.com)
- Comics Head (comicshead.com) — iPad app
- Storyboard That (storyboardthat.com/storyboard-creator)
VOICE OF EXPERIENCE: Brent Hollers
- StoryboardThat! (storyboardthat.com)
- Poll Everywhere for Google Slides (https://www.polleverywhere.com/app/google-slides/chrome)
GRAPHIC NOVELS OR SHORT STORIES — VOICE OF EXPERIENCE: Sally Brown
- Photostory 3 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11132)
- Example graphic novels (exploringgraphicnovels.edublogs.org)
ANIMATIONS
- New York Film Academy flipbook types (tiny.cc/0eyawy)
- Flipbook (benettonplay.com/toys/flipbookdeluxe/guest.php)
- ABCya Make an Animation (abcya.com/animate.htm)
- PowToon (powtoon.com/edu-home)
- Flip Anim (flipanim.com)
AUGMENTED REALITY
- SkyView Free (play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.t11.skyviewfree)
- EdShelf (edshelf.com)
- Blippar (web.blippar.com/augmented-reality-for-education)
- Arloon (arloon.com/en)
- Shakespeare’s Globe 360 — iOS app
VOICE OF EXPERIENCE: Lula Garcia
- EON Experience (http://www.eonexperience.com/home.aspx)
- Quiver (http://www.quivervision.com/apps/quiver-education/)
- HP Reveal (https://studio.hpreveal.com/landing)
- Merge Cube (https://mergevr.com/cube)
- “The 10 Best VR apps for Classrooms Using Merge VR’s New Merge Cube” (https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-03-14-the-10-best-vr-apps-for-classrooms-using-merge-vr-s-new-merge-cube)
- ARVIZ (http://su2crcdm.org/app/)
- Metaverse (https://gometa.io/)
- ThingLink (https://www.thinglink.com/edu)
VIRTUAL REALITY
- “20 Top Virtual Reality Apps That Are Changing Education” (tiny.cc/0kyawy)
INSTRUCTING WITH VISUALS
DEVELOP BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
- Arkive (arkive.org)
READ
- Docs Teach (docsteach.org)
EXPLORE
- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html)
- Scholastic Interactive Tour of Ellis Island site (teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour)
REVIEW INFORMATION
- Kahoot! (kahoot.com/welcomeback)