Web Address: https://patches.vizor.io/

About: Patches is a visual programming editor for building WebVR and WebGL experiences. With over 350 patches, ranging from low-level programming, loops, variables and arrays to colour pickers and interaction triggers, Patches is a powerful and flexible modular system for building complex webVR projects.

Web Address: https://vr.google.com/tourcreator/

About: This allows anyone to create their own VR tour using imagery from Google's Street View or their own 360-degree photos. The new app is designed to work with Google Cardboard and Google's existing VR “field trips” app Expeditions

Web Address: https://timeline.knightlab.com

In their own words: "TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines. Beginners can create a timeline using nothing more than a Google spreadsheet."

Web Address: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/

In thier own words: "EXPLORE COLLECTIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WITH GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE, CREATED BY GOOGLE CULTURAL INSTITUTE."

Web Address: https://gometa.io/

In thier own words: "It seems that everyone is excited about Augmented Reality and other technologies that are changing the world around us, but creating Interactive Experiences is difficult and extremely time consuming.

We want to make it easy for anyone, including non-techies, to Create Amazing Things.

Some of our early users are creating mobile games, silly novelties, interactive stories that let you choose your own adventures, educational experiences, and all kinds of business applications. As these early use cases evolve, they will inspire new ones, and there is no way to predict the amazing things that will emerge."

Web Address: https://start.me/en/education

In their own words: "OpenShot™ was created in 2008, in an effort to build a free, simple, open-source video editor for Linux. It is now available on Linux, Mac, and Windows, has been downloaded millions of times, and continues to grow as a project!"

Web Address: https://obsproject.com/

About: "Using OBS Studio you can not only record directly from your webcam and microphone, you can also... add in existing videos and still images, capture a window or portion of your screen, and much more."

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/obs-studio

Web Address: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nimbus-screenshot-screen/bpconcjcammlapcogcnnelfmaeghhagj?hl=en

In thier own words: "Screen Capture FULL Web page or any part. Edit screenshots. Record screencasts - record video from your screen.Capture the web page, either part of it or the whole browser window, edit your screenshots in a very user-friendly interface. Record screencasts - record video from your screen."

Web Address: http://connected-mind.appspot.com/

In their own words: "Draw unique and memorable mind maps, store them in the cloud for free and access them anywhere
At last it is possible to create a mind map as individual and easy to imprint on your mind as one drawn by hand on paper. The mind maps you create with Connected Mind are even better as you can easily include images and shapes and you have a whole rainbow of colors and a selection of fonts at your disposal.

There is no limit to the number of maps you can create and you can store them in the free cloud storage provided. There is no need to create an account. Simply sign in with your Google or GMail credentials and your maps can be stored in the cloud on a google database.

Once stored in the cloud, you can access your mind maps from any computer that has Google Chrome installed.

You can also take you mind maps with you wherever you go with the Connected Mind Android app available from the Android Play (http://goo.gl/7oBhK) and the iPad app available from the App Store (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/connected-mind/id659803223). You can open and edit any of your maps created in Chrome on Android or iOS, and vice versa.

Features
✓ Complete control over map layout
✓ Unlimited undo/redo
✓ Shortcut keys for common operations
✓ Speech recognition - speak the text of your branches
✓ Free cloud storage for every user (no need to create an account)
✓ Choice of over 60 fonts that don't need to be installed
✓ Add rich format notes, including images and links, to any map item
✓ Notes displayed as you move your mouse over items
✓ Choice of 27 shapes, with beautiful color gradient fills
✓ Images added to your maps can be sized and clipped to any supported shape
✓ Autosaves after every change
✓ Have multiple maps open, with thumbnail images of each for selection
✓ Copy & paste between maps
✓ Import maps created in Freemind"

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/connected-mind/pmkffmgahaepmhkhkblhopnpleeikokc?hl=en

Web Address: https://www.quizalize.com/

About: This is a free service which lets you create online self marking tests which your learners can then take.

Web Address: https://tagul.com/

In their own words: "Tagul is an online word cloud generator that enables you to create amazing and unique word cloud art with ease. Professional quality results can be achieved in no time at all, even for users with no prior knowledge of graphic design. Best of all the service is completely free for personal use!"

Web Address: http://sqworl.com/

In their own words: "Tens of thousands of educators... use Sqworl to organize their bookmarks visually.

Whether you're looking to share a collection of links with some colleagues, or you're making a list of pre-approved links for your 2nd grade students to browse during free time, Sqworl makes it easy."

Web Address: http://useotter.com/index.php

In their own words: "Otter makes it easy to keep parents and students in the loop. Free."

Web Address: https://opentoonz.github.io/e/

About: This is free downloadable 2D animation software.

Web Address: http://smarthistory.org/

In their own words: "Smarthistory is a leading resource for the study of art and cultural heritage. Our growing collection of videos and essays are designed to be engaging and conversational and cover art that ranges from the paleolithic to the present. Everything on Smarthistory is completely free and our content is offered with no advertising. We are a tiny non-profit organization based in New York, but we reach millions of learners around the world."

Web Address: http://www.wordle.net/create

About: "... a toy for generating 'word clouds' from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to your own desktop to use as you wish."

Web Address: https://inkscape.org/en/

About: "Inkscape is a professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It's free and open source"

Web Address: http://qrvoice.net/

About: A free tool that allows you to create QR codes that when scanned will play a short audio message.

To create your message and QR code you can record a voice message by clicking the microphone icon or by typing in a text message which is then converted into a spoken one.

Web Address: https://www.gimp.org/

About: Whether you are a graphic designer, photographer, illustrator, or scientist, GIMP provides you with sophisticated tools to get your job done. You can further enhance your productivity with GIMP thanks to many customization options and 3rd party plugins.

Web Address: https://www.google.com/keep/

About: Another one of Google's excellent free services, this is very handy for educators and learners as it allows everyone to make all sorts of different types of notes and keep them all synchronized across a wide variety of internet enabled devices.