20 Cool Tools for You and Your Library
NCompass Live
June 4, 2014
Christa Burns,Nebraska Library
Commission
• Online video creation• Web-based, Android and iPhone apps• Free or pay accounts – Free for
Educators• Upload your video clips/photos, choose
a template, select music – licensed library of songs, add captions
• Download video to embed, share on Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter, etc.
• Online social bookmarking • Tags• Saved into your online account, so
available to you anywhere you go• Choose if bookmarks are Public or
Private
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• Online RSS feed aggregator• Collects and organizes new posts
from blogs, news sites and webpages
• Web-based, Android and iOS apps• Share items to Facebook, Twitter,
LinkedIn, Google+, etc.
• Online animated video creation• Customizable characters, backgrounds,
props, and actions• Import your library logo, pictures,
screen captures• Audio – text-to-speech or record your
own narration• Download video to embed, or share on
YouTube and other social networks.
• Book-based social network• User-populated database of books,
annotations and reviews • Generate library catalogs and
reading lists• Book discussion groups
• Online infographic creator• Pre-made templates• Add text, your own pictures, data
from a spreadsheet• Publish to Facebook, Twitter,
Pinterest or embed on your website• Coming soon – Video infographic
creator!
• Save web content to read later• Bookmarklet for browsers• Android, iPhone, iPad, computer or
Kindle
• User-created do-it-yourself projects• Step-by-step instructions, photos,
videos• Commented and rated for quality• Free Pro Membership for teachers• Android and iOS apps
• Online collection of video tutorials• Math, science, economics and
finance, and humanities• Step-by-step exercises• Personal Learning Dashboard• Performance data to track your
progress
• Infographics creation tool• Choose a theme, upload statistical
data, use DIY editor to display• Drag and drop functionality for
colors, fonts, repositioning blocks of data
• Upload your own photos and logos• Export as an image that you can use
anywhere
• Online photo editing tools• Fix, adjust, filter• Express and Advanced Editor
versions• Pixlr-o-matic – vintage/retro look• Download, Facebook app, Chrome
app, Android and iOS
• Online reading service• Turns webpages into clean,
uncluttered view for easy reading• Browser add-on, Android or iOS app• Store articles on the web to read
later on your computer, tablet, phone or Kindle
• Social news site• Users post news stories, then vote on
them, making stories appear higher or lower on the list - community decides what is interesting or relevant
• AMA: Ask Me Anything – Public Library Edition
• Subreddit for Libraries
• Online screen recorder• Create a video of exactly what is
happening on your screen• Audio• Embed into a webpage, upload to
YouTube or other sites• Export - Quicktime (MP4), Windows
Media Player (AVI), or Flash (FLV)
• Word cloud generator• Visualization of word frequency in a
text or webpage• Pick a shape to enclose the words• Save as an image, JPEG or PNG• Print out or share online
• Educationally focused instructional videos
• Designed for teachers, schools and home learners
• Free and open for all to use• Rating system
• Web-based survey creation tool• Online web form• Single question or many• Share via Twitter, Facebook, email
or embed on your website• You must have a Twitter account to
create a poll, but responders don’t need one
• Infographic creator, same basic features as Infogr.am and Piktochart
• Gather info and stats from Facebook and Twitter to create personalized infographics
• Facebook Social Life, Twitter hashtag• Download as an image or PDF, get a
URL, or embed code to put on your website.
• Online animated GIF creator• Use snapshots from your webcam or
digital camera• Combines into animation on the
website• Email, share, download, embed
• Online word processing program• No software to download, install or
maintain• Documents can be shared, opened,
edited online, multiple users• Save into ZoHo – access anywhere• Export - Word(.doc and .docx), Plain
Text(.txt), Web Page(.html), or PDF(.pdf)
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Questions???Christa BurnsSpecial Projects LibrarianNebraska Library [email protected]
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