20 Glossary

ICT Name/Application Description Use
Audacity
Audacity.sourceforge.net
Open audio
recording/editing
program
Allows students/teachers to
mix sounds/record sounds/
and edit sounds. Great for
the drama classroom!
Bubbl.us
www.bubbl.us
Online mind-map creator Prior-knowledge activating
tool for students to develop
a range of ideas and
thoughts around.
Camtasia
www.techsmith.com
/camtasia
Online recording device Allows teachers to record
on-screen activity, as well as
edit, enhance, and share it.
Diigo
www.diigo.com
Online social book-
marking tool
Lets students/teachers take
personal notes- allowing
them to highlight text
information online.
Flashcard Machine
www.flashcardmachine.com
A free online generator
which increases students
to create their own
flashcards for the
classroom and home.
Both teachers and students
can create on-screen
flashcards to test key terms
and concepts.
Glogster
www.glogster.com
An interactive visual
platform where students
create posters, or web
pages containing a variety
of multimedia.
Students can use glogs for
book reports, digital
posters, homework, etc.
Lesson can be used for
lesson preparations,
distance teaching, and more.
This encourages
interactivity and increases
visual interest.
Google Scholar
Scholar.google.com
Google Scholar is a freely
accessible web search
engine that indexes
scholarly literature
Students/Teachers can
search through digital or
physical copies of
articles/publications
Inspiration [Inspire]
www.inspiration.com
Concept-mapping service
[Examples are found in
tab- Concept Maps]
A learning and teaching
technique, illustrating the
relationship between
concepts and ideas
Khan Academy
www.khanacademy.org
The Khan Acadmy
contains a carefully
structured series of
educational videos!
Allows teachers to
differentiate tasks and flip
their classrooms. This
website offers independent
learning
Moodle
www.moodle.org
Open source course
management system
Allows teachers to platform
content/work for the
teaching period. Teachers
can potentially teach
courses through an online
portal

Padlet
www.padlet.com

Creates a wall regarding
specific theme/topic
Students are able to express
ideas/perspectives onto a
wall, in which all students
can access and add to.
Pinterest
www.pinterest.com
Virtual pin-board Allows students/teachers to
organise and share
images/files that you find
on the internet.
Pocket
www.getpocket.com
Online content/ archive
tool
Saves pages from your
computer allowing students
to finish off readings from a
device without internet
connection.
PowerPoint
www.microspft.com
/powerpoint
Presentation software PowerPoint provides
numerous features that
after flexibility and the
opportunity to create a
professional presentation
Prezi
www.prezi.com
A cloud-based
presentation software and
storytelling tool for
presentation ideas on
virtual canvas.
Prezi can be used to
collaborate presentations
with multiple users, further
allowing students to
construct and present
knowledge in different
learning styles
PowToon
www.powtoon.com
Presentation Software Allows students/teachers to
create animated
presentations and animated
videos.
Skype
www.skype.net
Skype is a free service
that allows both
students/teachers to
make communication via
the internet
This is a simple and efficient
tool for team meetings and
communication with
experts in the field that can
not be present within the
classroom.
Show Me
www.showme.com
Online learning
community
Allows students to review,
study, and appreciate topics.
Can be used as a teaching
tool for introductory
lessons.
Slideshare
www.slideshare.net
A site where you can host
your presentations or
documents, as well as
share them with others.
Students are able to view
each others work and
develop a bank or
resources and presentations
for future studies.
Survey Monkey
www.surveymonkey.com
Create surveys/short
quizzes
Allows teachers to quiz
students/ gain feedback on
areas of study

Todays Meet
www.todaysmeet.com
A micro-blogging chanel
that empowers classroom
teachers/students to
generate a discussion
without the interference
of student disruptions or
raised hands.
Students are encouraged to
share/voice their opinions
on the discussion forum.
Twitter
www.twitter.com

An online social
networking/micro-
blogging service
Allows students to send and
receive text-based
messages. Students are able
to be updated on recent
worldwide news/ or
investigate through the
past.
Weebly
www.weebly.com
Website development and
formation
Website builder which
allows the user to drag and
drop content into your site
WordPress
www.wordpress.com
Online blogging
site/website development
WordPress allows you to
blog, reflection, or
document ongoing projects
YouTube
www.youtube.com
Video-sharing website The site allows you to
upload, view, and share
videos. Available content
includes video clips, video
blogging, original videos,
and educational videos.

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