100 Useful Websites
Make/Create
Aviary – online photo editing tool www.aviary.com
BBC Film Network – showcasing new British filmmaking www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/
Big Huge Labs – make posters and magazine covers www.bighugelabs.com
Blogger – create your own blog www.blogger.com
Blurb – make your own book www.blurb.com
Cloze Creator http://l.georges.online.fr/tools/cloze.html
Cool Text – create your own logo www.cooltext.com
ClassTools – create free games, quizzes, activities and diagrams www.classtools.net
Crazy Talk – create talking pictures http://www.reallusion.com/crazytalk/
DepicT – Watershed’s super short filmmaking competition www.depict.org
Dumpr – fun and simple online photo effects www.dumpr.net
Edgalaxy – cool stuff for nerdy teachers www.edgalaxy.com
Edublogs – world’s most popular educational blogging service www.edublogs.org
Fakebook – create fake Facebook profiles for literary/historical figures www.fakebook.com
Filminute – watch, rate, comment and share short films www.filminute.com
Fine Tuna – add comments to any image and share www.finetuna.com
FreeFoto – largest collection of free images on the internet www.freefoto.com
Glogster – design your own poster www.glogster.com
Google Sites – create your own wikis and web pages sites.google.com
Jing – capture images from your computer screen www.techsmith.com/download/jing/
Letterpop – create your own newsletter www.letterpop.com
Meograph – create digital stories www.meograph.com
My Brochure Maker – does what it says on the tin www.mybrochuremaker.com
My Newsletter Maker – does what it says on the tin www.mynewslettermaker.com
My Postcard Maker – does what it says on the tin www.mypostcardmaker.com
OneWord – creative writing challenge from a single word www.oneword.com
OrigamiFun – learn how to create beautiful origami figures for free www.origami-fun.com
Penzu – free online diary and personal journal www.penzu.com
Photosynth – capture 3D and panoramic images www.photosynth.net/
PicArtia – free photo mosaic creation tool www.picartia.com
PicJuice – online photo editor www.picjuice.com
PicMonkey – online photo editor www.picmonkey.com
Picture2Life – edit photos, create collages and animations www.picture2life.com
Smore – design beautiful online flyers and publish immediately www.smore.com
Snipshot – edit pictures online www.snipshot.com
Spicynodes – mind-mapping and visualisation tool www.spicynodes.org
Splashr – creative image presentation tool www.splashr.com
StorySeeking – combine storytelling with treasure hunting http://www.storyseeking.com/
Tabblo – create and share stories using your photos www.tabblo.com
Tagxedo – turn printed text into stunning word shapes www.tagxedo.com
Timeglider – web-based timeline creator for history projects etc. www.timeglider.com
TimeToast – another great web tool to create and share timelines www.timetoast.com
Voice Thread – create talking pictures www.voicethread.com
Voki – create a speaking avatar www.voki.com
Woices – listen, create and share free geolocalised audioguides www.woices.com
Wordle – versatile word cloud creation tool www.wordle.net
Zamzar – free online file conversion www.zamzar.net
Communicate/Collaborate/Curate
280 – create and share presentations online www.280slides.com
AuthorStream – convert your presentations to video and share online www.authorstream.com
CoveritLive – live blogging software for event coverage www.coveritlive.com
Dabbleboard – online collaboration tool www.dabbleboard.com
Dropbox – share files across multiple computers www.dropbox.com
Evernote – save and share things you like www.evernote.com
GoogleForms – share and collaborate on documents online www.docs.google.com
Issuu – collect, share and publish your own texts www.issuu.com
One True Media – create your own video with photos, text and music www.onetrumedia.com
Prezent-it – create and share presentations online www.prezentit.com
Scriblink – free digital online whiteboard www.scriblink.com
Pbworks – online team collaboration tool www.pbworks.com
Pinterest – online pinboard. Share things you love www.pinterest.com
Posterous – share materials safely online www.posterous.com
Prezi – a presentation tool with a difference www.prezi.com
Scoop.it – instantly connect to what’s important to you www.scoop.it
ShowBeyond – digital storytelling tool www.showbeyond.com
Sliderocket – make and share online presentations www.sliderocket.com
Slide Roll – create online slideshows www.slideroll.com
Slideshare – find and share presentations, slideshows and videos www.slideshare.com
Storify – create stories using social media www.storify.com
Wallwisher – create online notice boards www.wallwisher.com/
Wikispaces – create your own collaborative web pages www.wikispaces.com
XMind – online mindmapping and brainstorming tool http://www.xmind.net/
Search/Find/Reference
Answers – find the answer to every question www.answers.com
Dropping Knowledge – big questions for writing or group discussion www.droppingknowledge.org
Delicious – create and share favourite websites www.delicious.com
Mashpedia – the hyper encyclopedia for research topics www.mashpedia.com
NewspaperMap – find newspapers from around the globe http://newspapermap.com/
NumberQuotes – find a good quote to add meaning to numbers www.numberquotes.com
Search-Cube – see your web search results in visual form www.search-cube.com
Spezify – visual search tool www.spezify.com
StumbleUpon – discover interesting web pages according to your likes www.stumbleupon.com
Wikipedia – the online interactive encyclopedia www.en.wikipedia.org
Animation/Comics/Cartoons/Movies/Games
Animoto – create videos of school events from your photographs www.animoto.com/education
Brainpop – animated education with Tim and Moby www.brainpop.co.uk
Chogger – simple comic creation tool www.chogger.com
ComicBrush – make your own comics www.comicbrush.com
ComicMaster – make your own comics www.comicmaster.org.uk
ComicStripGenerator – make your own comic strip www.stripgenerator.com
ComicsWorthReading – does what it says on the tin www.comicsworthreading.com
Digger – useful film clips from the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger
DoInk – create Flash-style animations www.doink.com
Dvolver – simple movie making for kids www.dvolver.com
Ericpowerup – video game animations www.ericpowerup.net
Go Animate – make your own animated videos www.goanimate.com
JayCut – video editing tools www.jaycut.com
MakeBeliefsComix – easy and fun comic comic strip creation www.makebeliefscomix.com
Memoov – online animation studio http://memoov.com
MuveeCloud – create movies from photo albums http://cloud.muvee.com/
Muvizu – 3D animation www.muvizu.com
Pixton – comic creation site www.pixton.com
Scratch – create and share interactive stories and games www.scratch.mit.edu
Storyboard That – collaborative storytelling tool www.storyboardthat.com
TeachingComics – does what it says on the tin http://www.onlinedating.org/additional-resources/the-art-of-comics/
ToonDooSpaces – create and share comic strips in a safe environment www.toondoospaces.com
WittyComics – make your own comics www.wittycomics.com
Xtranormal – if you can typr you can make movies www.xtranormal.com
YoYo Games – free games maker for Windows www.yoyogames.com
ZU3D – stop-motion animation software www.zu3d.com
Bill Boyd - The Literacy Adviser 
Hi Bill
I have written a free resource which you may like to take a look at? It is a set of 5 PDFs to support the use of Web 2.0 tools in a series of English lessons for upper primary and lower secondary students. The PDfs can be picked up at http://otherworlds.yolasite.com
Cheers
Lizzie Chase
lizziechase@hotmail.com
Hi Lizzie,
Good of you to get in touch. I will certainly check out your free resources, and almost certainly add a link to them from my blog so that teachers are aware of them.
Best wishes,
Bill
Thanks, Bill…
Thank you really Bill
My pleasure!
Hi Bill,
Love the site! Could you create a link to Lendmeyourliteracy.org? We’d be delighted to do more work with Scottish schools and would happily speak at a conference, schedule allowing! Is this something you know about?
Thanks,
Henry
Hi Henry,
Thanks for the comment. As a self-employed consultant I don’t have any particular influence on Scottish schools – unless by invitation! – but I would be more than happy to add a link to your site on the blog. Must have a look more closely at what you are doing but from the little I’ve seen via Twitter it looks very impressive. I’m sure there are many things we could learn from, and share with, each other, and the offer to speak at conferences is coming right back at you in the other direction. All the best,
Bill
I am currently a primary education student and have just done a seminar where we learnt about tagxedo and similar e tools that can help in the primary classoom. I have come across your sight as we have set up an internal blog to reflect on our progress. As a ‘digital immigrant’ I have found your blog brilliant and will be looking at all the sites when this semester is finished. Thank you so much. Katrina
Hi Katrina,
Many thanks for your generous comments about the blog. I wish you well in your studies and hope you have a long and interesting career in teaching, as I have had.
Bill
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Wow! What a great, comprehensive list – I’ve given it a share via Twitter.
Might I suggest one more? Canva.com – It’s an online platform that allows for easy creation of blog, social, and presentation images.
Thanks Bill,
Greg
Cheers Greg. I’ll be sure to check out Canva and add to the list. Haven’t updated it for a while to be honest.