Smilebox – Mix pictures,videos, and music into slideshows

Smilebox is a cool web tool. It allows its users to easily create eye catching slideshows from pictures. This is indeed one of the easiest yet effective photo tools we can use in education. It is free and very simple to use. What i really like the most about this tool is the ability to add your videos, words, or music to your slides creating out of them an amazing slideshow to share with others.

Some features of Smilebox

Here is what Smilebox has to offer to its users:

• It is partly free for there is a premium version with more options but for us here we can content ourselves with the free version
• It is quick, easy to use and simple
• It is a friendly interface
• It allows you to create nice slideshows out of your pictures
• You can add videos, music or just words to your slides
• It offers more than 1000 customizable designs for any occasion and style
• You can share your slideshows via facebook, blogger and email

How can i get started using Smilebox ?

Head over to Smilebox main page and sign up for a free account
Watch this tutorial video to learn more about this tool

Applications of Smilebox in education

Smilebox is one of the best picture tools that we can use with our students in classroom. You can use it  to create slideshows of school events or trips students have organized. You can also encourage your students to use it to create their classroom presentations or school projects.
That’s it about Smilebox – Mix pictures, videos, and music into slideshows.

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Pegby – Track and organize your tasks easily

Pegby is a great task management tool for educators. It allows its users to get their tasks and assignments organized just in the way they like. The ease and simplicity it offers is what makes it one of the best task management tools online. It is very easy to use, just peg up a card and attach it to a board . It has three columns one for things you want to do , the other for things that are still in progress and the last one for things done. You can attach cards with files and docs and place them in the appropriate column, in this way you are provided just with the basic organizing tools to get you focused on your tasks. If you are familiar with Corkboard then you would instantly know what i am talking about here.

Some features of Pegby

Here is a list of the main features that Pegby offers to its users:

• It is free to use
• It requires a sign up
• It lets you organize your tasks very easily
• It has an intuitive interface
• You can attach files to yours cards
• You can also have due dates assigned to them
• You can invite others to your board and start working on cards together
• You can share your cards with others

How can i get started using Pegby ?

To learn how to get started using Pegby you need first to head over to Pegby main page and sign up for a free account.
Watch this tutorial video to learn more

Pegby in Two Minutes from Pegby on Vimeo.

Applications of Pegby in education

Pegby is all pluses for educators. It is really a great tool to organize your lessons and lesson plans into different columns. Set those you are planning to do with your students in the to do column and so on . You can always come back and check what you have done so far and where you are in your curriculum. I really recommend Pegby to all teachers and i am quite sure that once you use it you will love it.
That’s it about Pegby – Track and organize your tasks easily.

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Doodle- Easy Group Scheduling tool

Doodle is a great web application. It is a tool for scheduling meetings. If you are planning a meeting with different people and you don't want to impose your opinion on them as for the timing of that meeting then use Doodle to make a poll and invite your group members to vote for an appropriate time when they can all meet. It offers a democratic way for scheduling meetings. I like this application and i know we can benefit from it in education and that’s why i am suggesting it to you here.

Some features of Doodle

Here are the main features that Doodle offers to its users

• It is partly free , there are some features that are premium but the free services are enough for us in education
• It does not require a sign up but still having an account there is the best way to benefit from its features.
• It allows you to schedule events and make choices
• If you are registered you can keep track of all the polls you have made
• You can connect  your calendar to Doodle and start using its interface to answer meeting requests
• You can use the”meet me” feature to let your friends and colleagues know when you are available
• You can share your scheduled events with your contact on Doodle
• It offers both the mobile Web app and a native App for the iPhone and Android

How can i get started using Doodle ?

You need to log to Doodle main page and sign up for a free account
watch this video tutorial to learn more about how to use it

Applications of Doodle in Education

As i mentioned earlier Doodle can be a very useful tool for us in education. We can use it to schedule meeting time with our colleagues in the same school or anywhere else. School team can also use it to organize their own school related  meetings .
That’s it about Doodle- Easy Group Scheduling tool.

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