CoolTools+by+Name

=Cool Tools by Name=

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An online painting tool that records the process of creating the artwork. Use the paint bucket tool to splash paint on to the canvas. ||  ||  || This cool tool allows anyone to highlight text on any web page, add a sticky note, and share the link. Install the handy bookmarklet to easily highlight text as you surf the web. || ||  || This comic creator tool is easy to use at the free level, but there is a fee-based version available for schools which offers some appealing features. ||  ||  || A blog can be a useful tool for communication, student writing or guided learning because it is a web log that displays the most recent information at the top of the page. Students can start learning about Internet safety by taking advantage of the comments feature without logging in. ||  ||  || This drawing and imaging editing tool is a bit more sophisticated than most because it lets you use layers and vectors. You can also edit images. Integrated with Google Docs, this tool is a must try. ||  ||  || This user-friendly interactive tool walks students through the steps to create a simple comic and requires no artistic ability or login. ||  ||  || Import photos and turn them into comic strips or create a talk show. A free account is required to take full advantage of the tool, but students without email accounts can use the demo to create a comic, then take a snapshot of it. ||  ||  || An online idea board desgined to help users keep track of things you love. One of the features of this board is the abiity to set up alerts. Probably not the best board for classroom use, but handy for adults. ||  ||  || This is an online coloring kit for kits, complete with all types of markers and crayons. ||  ||  || Use this tool to visually share content on the web. Click a button to take a snapshot of a website, add a sticky note to it, and embed it into your blog along with automatically generated attribution and a backlink. ||  ||  || In addition to sharing bookmarks, Diigo allows you to highlight text in two different colors and attach sticky notes to specific parts of web pages which can be shared with specific groups or published for all. ||  ||   || Free online drawing tool that allows users to create simple animations. ||  ||  || A no frills, easy drawing tool designed to help users quickly draw something and share it. ||  ||  || A fairly simple drawing tool with tutorials and drawing lessons. ||  ||  || An online bulletin board with templates that features an intelligent idea box which brainstorms along with you based on related words. You can also group ideas for organization. . ||  ||  || A non-profit website on which users upload photos and offer an alternative to full-copyright. ||  ||  || This simple online word processing document can be a tool for collaboration, student writing, and publishing, in addition to guiding learning. Use tables to improve the look and layout of your documents.A Gmail account is required. ||  ||  || Create a published step-by-step series of guided learning activities for students to follow. Consider using a *screencasting tool to provide video directions, upload it to YouTube, then quickly insert the video into your presentation. ||  ||  || This tool provides a step-by-step platform with a small place for directions on top of live webpages. Students won't get lost when following a guided lesson using this tool. ||  ||  || This tool has many uses for education. Sign up for a free teacher account and get access to lesson plans and more. The website is owned by Disney,so please make sure you read the terms of use. ||  ||  || Use the handy bookmarklet to capture a screenshot of a webpage, then click a button to cut out the part you want to quote then grab the embed code and pop it into your blog, wiki or website. ||  ||  || A user-friendly online bulletin board that supports colorful post-it notes, images, video and weblinks. ||  ||  || Make and publish comics online with this free, user-friendly tool that requires no login. Check out the teacher resources and note the ability to create comics in several languages. ||  ||  || Create simple or complex designs using shapes or patterns. ||  ||  || Flash based online sketching program, allows visitors to sketch, record and playback the process used to create artwork. ||  ||  || A project dedicated to creating an archive of public domain clip art that can be used for free for any use. The clip art on this site is submitted by users who register and upload original clipart. ||  ||  || An online sketching tool that is Flash based. ||  ||  || This site requires a free account to create, publish and share comics online. Users can upload photos and more. ||  ||  ||
 * [[image:artpad.jpg width="61" height="61" align="center"]] ||  || ===ArtPad ===
 * [[image:awesomehighlighter.jpg width="60" height="60" align="center"]] || [[image:spacer25.jpg]] || ===Awesome Highlighter===
 * [[image:bitstrips.jpg width="60" height="60" align="center"]] ||  || ===Bitstrips===
 * [[image:blogger.jpg width="60" height="60" align="center"]] ||  || ===Blogger===
 * [[image:cloudcanvas.jpg width="60" height="60" align="center"]] ||  || ===Cloud Canvas===
 * [[image:read_write_think.jpg width="60" height="60" align="center"]] ||  || ===ComicCreator from ReadWriteThink===
 * [[image:comiqs.jpg width="60" height="60" align="center"]] ||  || ===**Comiqs**===
 * [[image:corkboard.it.jpg width="60" height="60" align="center"]] ||  || ===Corkboard.It===
 * [[image:crayola_digi_color.jpg width="59" height="59" link="@http://www.crayola.com/coloring_application/index.cfm?referrer=/index.cfm"]] ||  || ===Crayola digi-color===
 * [[image:curateujs.jpg width="61" height="52" align="center"]] ||  || ===CurateUs===
 * [[image:diigo.jpg width="63" height="63" align="center"]] ||  || ===Diigo===
 * [[image:drawisland.jpg width="60" height="60" align="center"]] ||  || ===Draw Island===
 * [[image:draw.to.jpg width="59" height="59" link="@http://draw.to/new"]] ||  || ===Draw To===
 * [[image:drawing_how_to_draw.jpg width="56" height="56" link="@http://www.drawinghowtodraw.com/start-drawing"]] ||  || ===Drawing===
 * [[image:edistorm.jpg width="60" height="60" align="center"]] ||  || ===Edistorm===
 * [[image:creative_commons.jpg width="60" height="60" link="@http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/"]] ||  || === Flicker Creative Commons ===
 * [[image:googledocs.jpg width="60" height="60"]] ||  || ===Google Document===
 * [[image:googlepresentation.jpg width="60" height="60"]] ||  || ===Google Presentation===
 * [[image:jogtheweb2.jpg width="60" height="60"]] ||  || ===JogTheWeb===
 * [[image:kerpoof.jpg width="60" height="60" align="center"]] ||  || ===**Kerpoof**===
 * [[image:kwout.jpg width="60" height="60" align="center"]] ||  || ===Kwout===
 * [[image:linoit.jpg width="62" height="62" align="center"]] ||  || ===LinoIt===
 * [[image:makebeliefscomix.jpg width="63" height="63" align="center"]] ||  || ===**Make Beliefs Comix**===
 * [[image:my_oats.jpg width="57" height="57" align="center"]] ||  || ===My Oats===
 * [[image:odosketch.jpg width="59" height="59" link="@http://sketch.odopod.com/"]] ||  || === Odosketch ===
 * [[image:openclipart.jpg width="60" height="60"]] ||  || ===Open Clip Art===
 * [[image:pencil_madness.jpg width="61" height="61" link="@http://pencilmadness.com/"]] ||  || ===Pencil Madness===
 * [[image:pikikids.jpg width="63" height="63" align="center"]] ||  || ===**PikiKids**===
 * [[image:pics4learning.jpg width="60" height="60" link="@http://www.pics4learning.com/"]] ||  || === Pics 4 Learning ===

An image library created for teachers and students. Images are donated to support learning. ||  ||  || This is a very nice click and drag comic-strip creator that requires a free account to use and offers a paid version for schools. ||  ||  || Appropriately named, this tool lets you add effects to your own photos to touch them up or create unique artwork. ||  ||  || Create video tutorials from your desktop to demonstrate how to perform specific computer-related tasks. Encourage students to take advantage of the pause button when learning. ||  ||  || Use this tool to curate, collect and publish content a page of related content for sharing ||   ||  || Online drawing tool, fairly basic, allows uses to draw/paint and record process ||  ||  || A quick and easy tool for creating comic strips. No login is required to use, but an account is needed to save and access all the features. Try to random layout feature. ||  ||  || Sophisticated online drawing tool that includes layers, and allows importing of images ||   ||  || Use this tool to visually explore word relationships. Just type in a term and watch a 3D orbiting galaxy of words and their associations evolve Click on any word to move it to the center of the galaxy, then click on it again and watch the globe populate with tagged images from [|Flickr]. ||  ||  || Use this tool to add multiple hotspots with links to any image and use it as a multimedia launcher. ||  ||  || A free account is required to use this tool. Use the library of images or upload your own. Embed comics created with this tool into a blog, website or wiki. ||  ||  || This bulletin board supports images, video and text and requires an account to create, but anyone can post to a board. It's a nice tool, but sometimes can be a bit slow to load. Embed a board into a blog, wiki or website. ||  ||  || A user-friendly website tool for teachers and students with drag and drop multimedia capabilities **including** pictures, videos, audio players, documents, maps, and photo galleries. ||  ||  || Use this student-friendly quick tool to find similar or opposite words, view words in context, or find rhyming words. ||  ||  || A collection of "freely usable" images to which anyone can contribute. ||  ||  || This tool provides a place to post an assignment and allows users to create their own workspace. Use templates to provide students with guidelines, examples and links to resources on their own pages. ||  ||  || This site offers a collection of graphics for school children that are safe and free of copyright restrictions ||  ||  ||
 * [[image:pixton.jpg width="63" height="63" align="center"]] ||  || ===**Pixton**===
 * [[image:psykopaint.jpg width="60" height="60" align="center"]] ||  || ===Psykopaint===
 * [[image:screencastomatic.jpg width="60" height="60"]] ||  || ===ScreenCast-o-Matic===
 * [[image:scoopit.jpg width="60" height="60"]] ||  || ===Scoop.it===
 * [[image:slimmer.jpg width="62" height="62" link="@http://www.slimber.com"]] ||  || ===Slimber.===
 * [[image:stripcreator.jpg width="60" height="60" align="center"]] ||  || ===**Strip Creator**===
 * [[image:sumopaint.jpg width="56" height="56" link="@http://www.sumopaint.com/home/"]] ||  || ===Sumo Paint===
 * [[image:taggallaxy.jpg width="60" height="60"]] ||  || ===Tag Galaxy===
 * [[image:thinglink.jpg width="60" height="60"]] ||  || ===Thinglink===
 * [[image:toondoo.jpg width="60" height="60" align="center"]] ||  || ===**Toondoo**===
 * [[image:wallwisher.jpg width="53" height="53" align="center"]] ||  || ===WallWisher===
 * [[image:weebly.jpg width="60" height="60"]] ||  || ===Weebly for Education===
 * [[image:wordhippo.jpg width="60" height="60"]] ||  || ===Word Hippo===
 * [[image:wikimedia_commons.jpg width="60" height="60" link="@http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page"]] ||  || === Wikimedia Commons ===
 * [[image:wikispaces.jpg width="60" height="60"]] ||  || ===Wikispaces===
 * [[image:wpclipart.jpg width="60" height="60" link="@http://www.wpclipart.com/"]] ||  || === WP ClipArt ===