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10+ Tools for eTwinning 10Happy birthday, eTwinning!

ISBN 978-973-0-19215-5

Emese Cîmpean(coordinator)

BECLEAN

2015

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Argument:

eTwinning is the place where I

had the chance to become a better 

teacher. I was given theopportunity 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

10th anniversary, I decided to

celebrate eTwinning by making a

collection of the most appreciated

resources among eTwinners.

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Teacher contributors to this material:

- Emese Cîmpean, „Petru Rareș” National College Beclean, Romania (coordinat

Collaborators:

- 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

- João Canas, Almeirim, Portugal

- Işıl Gülmez, Turkey

- Vasilica Gazdac,School „Tiberiu Morariu” Salva, Romania- Dumitrița Postolache, Colegiul Tehnic „Mihai Viteazu”, Vulcan, Romania- Cristina Nicolaita, „Gh. Magheru School”, Caracal, Romania

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1. Padlet (https://

padlet.com/)

One of the best apps I found and used in my eTwinning project

 Advantages:●   It is free;

●   Allows collaboration;

●   Every content is visible by every student/teacher (transparen

●   It gives you the possibility to edit your post, but you cann

what others have written there (only if you are the Administ

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

my students adore Padlet);

Here is an example:

http:

//padlet.com/cimpean_emese/christmascarols2013

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2. Photopeach (http://photopeach.com)

●   The combination of images, music and text helstudents learn about presentation, expression,

communication skills, art appreciation and med

literacy. The quality of the finished work is grea

students will remember it forever.●   Here is an example:

http://photopeach.com/album/h90wgb?ref=est#spi

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3. Meeting words (http://meetingwords

●   MeetingWords is a simple text editor for the We●   Your text is saved on the web, and more than o

person can edit the same document at the sam

Everybody`s changes are instantly reflected on

screens.

●   Work together on meeting notes, brainstorming

sessions, homework, team programming and m

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4. Thinglink (https://www.thinglink.com/)

On Thinglink, you can create and share interactive images and videos.Y

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

posters - collages

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5. Prezi (https://prezi.com)

Prezi is an online presentation tool that allows you to desig

distinctive, eye-catching presentations. Prezi unique non-linear presentations sets it apart from other tools.Your presentation w

same old slide-by-slide format that is commonly used today. Prezi

linear, flowing presentations. You will create your presentation

canvas, arranging your text and images in any way you like. P

choose the order and amount in which each element will be z

creating a unique story-telling experience. More information here.

Here is an example.

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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

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7. AnswerGarden (http://answergarde

 AnswerGarden is a minimalistic feedback tool. Usclassroom as an educational tool or at work as a

brainstorming tool. Post it in a tweet or you can em

your website or blog to use it as a poll or guestboo

You create an AnswerGarden by entering a topCreate New AnswerGarden-page.

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8. Titanpad (https://titanpad.com/)

Titanpad allows people to work on thedocument simultaneously! Titanpad is i

discussions or even collaborative

Participants contribute to Titanpad

differently coloured font backgrounds.You can create a pad here!

Here is an example of this tool use!

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It’s a great and fun tool to create all kind(christmas, easter, greeting) cards for st

to send to their peers!

9. Greeting cards animatedhttp://iwishyouto.com/

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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).

10.The Newspaper clipping gen(http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper )

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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 onlinhttps://www.smore.com/

Smore is a service for quickly creating great-lookingwebpages. 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 mediaincluding 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.htt ps://www.smore.com/t0dp-our-ideal-european-neighbour 

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14. Pinterest (https://ro.pinterest.com )

Pinterst allows you to collectinto 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 issuitable for lesson

 planning (or even

 project planning).

It allows you to addresources you want

to use, the aims and

outcomes,

descriptions.

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17. Animoto (www.animoto.com )

Animoto helps you createshort 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 publishingmaterials and uploading them to other 

sites.

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19. Issuu (www.issuu.com )

Issuu is a digital publishingplatform that makes it

simple to publish

magazines, catalogs,

newspapers, books, andmore online. Easily share

your publications with Issuu.

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20. Skype

Since eTwining is all aboutcollaboration 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 (texvideo). It allows collaboration. It can be used for brainstorming ideas for

feedback, for a collection of ideas on a topic.

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Online resources:

●   https://www.pinterest.com/etwinninguk/ict-tools-for-educ

database/●   http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/52-of-the-best-app

classrooms/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem&utm_content=

04d301122b000001&utm_medium=social&utm_source=

●   http://www.tricider.com/brainstorming/37199QWOMDx