Stacy Cameronwww.notyourmamslibrary.com

@stacycam@txla

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Practical Apps for the School Librarian and 21st

Century Learner

getkahoot.com

Fun and colorful! Kids enjoy playing the games

and earning points. Don’t want to create a new quiz?

Edit an existing one!

This changes with each game

you start.

Alternatives to Kahoot

Pros Cons

Socrativesocrative.com

● works on any device with Internet access

● Space Race feature runs like a game

● Your room number never changes

● new version of Socrative (beta) has some bugs - use older version

Infuse Learninginfuselearning.com

● works on any device with Internet access

● not as well-known as Socrative

padlet.comExcellent way for students to post their

work to ONE location as well as get their videos, pics, etc. off a mobile device.

Alternatives to Padlet

Pros Cons

Dropboxdropbox.com

● save work in the cloud● share with others

● does not put all student work on one page like Padlet

Google Drivedrive.google.com

● save work in the cloud● share with others

● does not put all student work on one page like Padlet

User-friendly, clean,

free, keep constant

URL just change

content, plenty of

themes - no need to

upgrade

smore.com

Example:My school’s weekly newsletter

Alternatives to Smore

Pros Cons

Tackktackk.com

● easy to use● free● works like Smore

● backgrounds are more colored textures than pics like Smore

● I had trouble with the changes saving with Tackk

Saves to Google Drive, easy to use, fun style. Works well on an iPad and can embed URL

and images. Use for brainstorming with students

before research projects.

mindmup.com

Alternatives to MindMup

Pros Cons

Mindomomindomo.com

● been around for awhile - well-known

● part of Google Apps for Education, but… (see cons)

● Not a free service

Mind Meistermindmeister.com

● add as an app to your Google Drive for quick access and to save directly to Google Drive

● uploading files is not free● cannot add hyperlink?

thinglink.comExamples:8th grade ILAHealth class Thinglink

Use as a fun alternative to a

research project. Students add

text evidence to support the

pics and can make their own

videos or upload from

YouTube. Teachers can use to

teach info and post to class

website.

Alternatives to Thinglink

Pros Cons

Preziprezi.com

● fun alternative to Power Point or Google Presentation

● can upload video, images and links

● definite learning curve to Prezi - more so than Thinglink

Stipplestipple.com

● works a lot like Thinglink - same idea of tagging images

● looks like it’s more for commercial/business use

● not as user-friendly as Thinglink (IMO)

Questions?

Access all of these online resources @ bit.

ly/PracticalApps