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Frame VR
Immersive presentations and meetings – right from the browser on desktop, mobile, and VR. FRAME is a virtual world environment. It is a beta product from Virbela, which is a full-fledged virtual world that requires an application that needs to be downloaded and installed on a computer. FRAME VR makes it easy to come together…
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Google Cardboard
“Google Cardboard is a virtual reality (VR) platform developed by Google. Named for its fold-out cardboard viewer into which a smartphone is inserted, the platform was intended as a low-cost system to encourage interest and development in VR applications.[1][2] Users can either build their own viewer from simple, low-cost components using specifications published by Google, or purchase a pre-manufactured one. To use the platform,…
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Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone, in their own language. It acts as a common repository for the various projects of the Wikimedia Foundation. The repository is created and maintained by volunteers. The scope of Commons is set out on the…
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3D Scanner App
Scan places and objects in 3d. Requires a LIDAR camera sensor device, such as the iPad Pro or iPhone 12 Pro. Edit your models right on the device. Scan your house in 3d. Lidar Scan your room, backyard, or garden. Import the scan easily into 3d modeling programs like Blender, 3dsMax, SketchUp, Maya, or many…
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Physics Girl
Physics Girl is a YouTube channel created by Dianna Cowern about physics, astronomy, and science-related topics. The show features fun DIY demos, unusual and cutting-edge research, space, and expert interviews! Physics Girl
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Microsoft 365: Here’s how to get it for free
This blog post by c|net explains how anyone can use Microsoft’s Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps without spending any money. Microsoft 365: Here’s how to get it for free
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Using Online Whiteboards to Boost Student Engagement and Confidence in Math – Edutopia
This article shares ways to better grasp thought processes in math class by using online whiteboards—web-based tools that enable students to write or type content that teachers can instantly see and share. A few examples of some freely available online whiteboards are also linked to in the article. Using Online Whiteboards to Boost Student…
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Coggle
Coggle is a collaborative mindmapping tool that allows for the creation and sharing of flexible diagrams that illustrate connections between various concepts. Coggle
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Taquette
Taguette is a free an opensource text tagging tool for qualitative data analysis and qualitative research. Taguette
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Microsoft Sway
Sway is a Microsoft Office application with which you can create portfolios, presentations, websites, newsletters, interactive reports, and more. First of all, Sway is free – you just need to have a Microsoft account (Hotmail, Live, or Outlook.com), and it’s easy to use. Formatting is very easy and the transitions they use in the presentation…
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Merge Cube
A Merge Cube is described as the world’s first holographic object you can hold in the palm of your hand. You can also print out a paper version of a Merge Cube for free. This makes this innovative technology literally able to be put into “everyone’s” hands. With the Merge Object Viewer app you can put…
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Physics This Week
Physics This Week contains a number of physics tutorials that focus on topics that students often have the most difficulty with. This information is being shared to help learners over these bumps. This information is organized by topic and typically includes a mathematics refresher, a review of the important equations, and a few sample problems…
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Floorplanner
Create floor plans using this free online editor to make 2D blueprints and 3D (interior) images within minutes. Floorplanner
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Curriki
Curriki is an online, free, open education service. Curriki is a platform to develop and deliver open educational resources that also contain interactive activities. Curricula and instructional materials that are built using Curriki Studio are then made available to learners via the Curriki website. The majority of the resources on the Curriki site fall under…
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UB Libraries’ Applied Digital Literacy Coursera MOOC Specialization
This Coursera MOOC Specialization is intended for anyone seeking to develop online, internet researching skills along with advanced knowledge of multimedia for the creation of digital objects such as presentations, infographics, posters, commercials, podcasts, and movies. Through these three courses, learners will cover how to identify their information need, understand which tools to use when…
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Street View by Google Maps App
Street View, by Google Maps, is a virtual representation of our surroundings on Google Maps, consisting of millions of panoramic images. Street View’s content comes from two sources – Google and contributors. Through our collective efforts, we enable people everywhere to virtually explore the world. You can view 360 photos with the Street View app.…
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ChemCollective Resources (by Carnegie Mellon University)
The ChemCollective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, tutorials, and concept tests. Teachers can use our content for pre-labs, for alternatives to textbook homework, and for in-class activities for individuals or teams. Students can review and learn chemistry concepts using our virtual labs, simulations, and tutorials. The ChemCollective is organized by a group of faculty and…
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Screen Mirroring A Phone, IPad Or Laptop To TV: How To Push Your Phone To The Big Screen
Practically everyone has a screen in their pockets at all times, however, looking at photos and videos on a phone’s relatively small display is not the best for viewing. Even watching videos, YouTube, and other content on a computer or laptop screen is not optimal. There are plenty of different ways you can mirror these…
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13 free sources for diverse stock photography – Walls.io blog
One way to combat the lack of diversity in the media we create is to use more inclusive stock photography. This collection of free stock photography sites will help you ditch the standard stock photography and locate more diverse visuals for your projects. ”Stock photos don’t just illustrate a subject matter but also shape the…
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Insight Maker | Simulation and Modeling
Insight Maker is a free tool to create simulations and modeling in your browser that lets you express your thoughts using rich pictures and causal loop diagrams. It then lets you turn these diagrams into powerful simulation models. Insight Maker integrates three general modeling approaches – System Dynamics, Agent-Based Modeling, and imperative programming. Insight Maker Keywords:…
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newtFire {DH}
The newtFire site serves as an incubator of learning and research collaboration between scholars and students in the Digital Humanities from multiple institutions, and is the project development site of Elisa Beshero-Bondar, Program Chair of Digital Media, Arts, and Technology (DIGIT) at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. This site contains numerous tutorials and exercises…
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Creating Captioned Lectures on a Shoestring Budget (SUNY CPD Webinar recording)
This recorded workshop is part of the SUNY CPD Remote Teaching Clinic Webinar Series. A variety of options for creating captions using free and inexpensive tools are shared. The session includes links to a few how-to videos about techniques such as live captioning using Google Slides and PPT365 Live-captioning. Slides for the session are also…
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Microsoft Digital Literacy Course
Learn how to effectively use devices, software, and the internet to collaborate with others and discover, use, and create information. The Microsoft Digital Literacy course is for anyone with basic reading skills who want to learn the fundamentals of using digital technologies. The course is at a reading level like that of most newspapers around…
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QuickTime
QuickTime allows you to quickly make common edits to video and audio content including trim, rearrange, and rotate. You can also split a movie into multiple clips and manipulate each one individually. In addition, QuickTime also allows you to create screencasts by recording your Mac screen and capturing your screen from most iOS mobile devices.…
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Perusall
Perusall is a platform that allows someone to annotate readings and engage the reading material in a style akin to social media posting. Full comments can be added, users can “like” comments, use hashtags, link URLs to comments, and even use emoticons. — adapted from Etools: Using Perusall in the Classroom Celeste C Wells, Boston…
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PlantNet – Pl@ntNet
PlantNet is a participatory science project that enables scientists from all over the world to better understand plant biodiversity and to study the best ways to preserve it. Identify, explore, and share your observations of wild plants · Pl@ntNet is a tool to help to identify plants with pictures. Pl@ntNet
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Recast Studio – Online Video Editor
Recast focuses on helping creators to produce professional quality videos in minimum clicks. Making video is time consuming. We broke down the entire process of editing the video and then optimized every part of it to increase the speed of making the video. Helping creators focus on the important aspects like storytelling and less on…
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How to Add ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) Captions into a Video in Panopto
The Panopto video platform features Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) to vastly ease the process of adding closed captions to video lectures and instructional materials. Captions can be generated for newly created and existing video content in Panopto. While the accuracy of the ASR generated captions is not perfect, the Panopto editor allows for streamlined editing…
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Energy 3D
Energy3D is a simulation-based engineering tool for designing green buildings and power stations that harness renewable energy to achieve sustainable development. Users can quickly sketch up a realistic-looking structure or import one from an existing CAD file, superimpose it on a map image (e.g., Google Maps or lot maps), and then evaluate its energy performance…
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7 Things You Should Know About Virtual Labs
Virtual labs are interactive, digital simulations of activities that typically take place in physical laboratory settings. Virtual labs simulate the tools, equipment, tests, and procedures used in chemistry, biochemistry, physics, biology, and other disciplines. Virtual labs allow students to participate in lab-based learning exercises without the costs and limitations of a physical lab. Virtual labs…
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