Daniel Jones gave a fun presentation that just highlighted different apps that trainers could use to develop content and make things more engaging in the classroom. I think this is a great idea to have one of these types of workshops for our faculty.
Jones broke these groups of apps into different categories. I will list the apps based on the categories that he used.
Augmented Reality
Top 10 HP Reveal Alternatives & Competitors – HP Reveal allows you to create augmented overlays for static triggers such as images in a book or a poster. Make them come to life with a Harry Potter effect.
Thinglink – Thinglink enables to tag images to enhance the image with audio files, other images, or other multimedia.
Zappar – Check out Zappar in action. A tool for easily creating augmented reality artifacts.
QRStuff – With QRStuff or any other QR generator, you can create QR codes for many data types. This makes it easy to supplement your content.
Quizzing and Polling
Kahoot -Kahoot allows you to create game-like quizzes. You can also use games that others have created. A great practice tool.
Quizlet – Quizlet is a quizzing tool that allows you to create your own or use quizzes previously created. Students like Quizlet so much that it was recently in the news.
Poll Everywhere – Poll Everywhere is a tool you can use to introduce live polling into your lectures or classroom. You can easily integrate them into presentation tools such as PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Prezi.
Mentimeter – Mentimeter is another real-time polling tool to help create audience engagement.
Plickers – Plickers is one of my favorite tools. It is a low-cost polling tool that uses paper-based QR codes to live polling in a classroom setting.
Presentations
PowerPoint – Folks are using only a fraction of the capabilities of PowerPoint. With PowerPoint, you can create videos, standalone elearning courses, choose your own adventures, infographics, graphics, and much more.
Ludus – Ludus will help you design spectacular presentations.
Niftio – Niftio allows you to create great presentations that you can control from a mobile device. You can also include Q&A sessions with the audience.
Slidebean – Slidebean can track your audience’s view time for each slide.
Animation
Animaker – Interested in creating animations? This program could help you.
Animatron Wave – A tool for creating marketing videos and animations.
Video & Microlearning
Videoshop – Videoshop is a simple video editing tool you can use on your mobile device. It will allow you to trim, add multiple clips, add music, and much more.
VideoLeap – Videoleap is a quick and easy video editing tool for mobile devices.
Lumen5 – Lumen5 is one of my favorite tools. I use it all the time to create videos from my blog posts.
Biteable – It claims to be the world’s simplest video maker.
Graphic Design
Snappa – This graphic design tool will help you improve your message regardless if it is a poster or slide deck.
Word Swag – Use Word Swag to add text to your photos. Has an impressive collection of text styles.
Snapseed – Snapseed is a program that you can use to enhance your photos on your mobile device.
Microsoft Pix – Do you struggle to take good pictures? Microsoft Pix may help you with its photographic intelligence.
GIPHY – Very simply, this is an animated gif making tool.
Writing and Stories
Twine – Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.
Storyboardthat – Storyboard That is a storyboard application. It will allow you to plan out projects such as videos, comics, and other content.
Promptsmart – Promptsmart is a teleprompter application. It will auto-advance based on your voice.
Inklewriter – Inklewriter looks like it was a great tool to write interactive stories. However, it plans to discontinue in August 2018.
Office Lens – Office Lens allows you to take pictures of documents and whiteboards. Once you take the pictures, the app cleans them up for you.
Post It Plus (Retired) – Post-it Plus app allows you to take a picture of a post-it note session. You can then rearrange the notes on the app.
WhatTheFont – Have you ever seen a font and wondered which one it was? This app will help you hunt it down.
Overall, this was an impressive collection of apps. Jones also opened the floor to allow others to share their favorite apps.
