Online Resources

The purpose of this page is to show the diversity of web based applications that can be used in physical education. These sites are always changing but as long as you know the terminology you should be able to find websites that work better for you. Also check out 123apps and/or AlternativeTo for additional resources (photos, videos, PDFs, and converters).

For those interested in Artificial Intelligence, check out our webpage for information and resources on its uses for physical educators. 

Audio

Audio Editors and Podcasting: ​Audacity  -  AudioMass  -   ​Soundation
​Separate Music from Vocals: VocalRemover
Sound Effects: SoundBible
Teleprompters for Podcasting: CuePrompter  -  EasyPrompterPro

Class (Team) Management

Broadcasting Sporting Events: High School Sports Network
Class Badges (example)​: Class Dojo
Noise Management: Bouncy Balls  -  Calmness Counter
​Project Management: Freedcamp  -  Todoist  -  ​Trello
Randomizers:  ConvertCase  -  Random Cards  -  SpinnerWheel  -  Using Spreadsheets  -  WheelOfNames
Randomizers (from Google): Flip a Coin  -  Roll a Die  -  Spinner
Safe Texting: ​Bloomz  -  ClassTag  -  Remind
Scheduling Meetings: Calendly  -  Doodle
​Team/Club Management: Team Cowboy  -  TeamSnap
Timers: Class Tools  - Tabata Timer  -  VClock
Tournament Creator: Challonge!  -  ​Print Your Brackets
​Volunteer and Group Management: SignUp  -  ​SignUpGenious

Custom Search Engines

As online search result performance continues to decline, one way to ensure you are only searching relevant content is to create your own Programmable Search Engines (Google). This service allows you to select which websites are searched.

​Below are examples we created based on our Activities and Lessons page and Information and Resources for Professional Development page.

Graphics and Photos

Animations: Pivot Animator  -  The Wick Editor
​​Avatars/Emojis: ​Avatar Maker  -  Emojipedia
​Blurring/Pixelizing Photos: FacePixelizer
Coloring Book Maker (example): ​LunaPic
Combining Photos: ​​​PhotoJoiner
Comic Makers: ComicLife  -  Fotojet  -  MakeBeliefsComix
Fake Text Messages (great for role playing): iFake Text Message  -  SMS Generator
Flow Chart: Loopy
Graphics and Newletters: ​Canva  -  Easelly  -  Infogr.am  -  ​Smore
Photo Editors: Fotor  -  Image Candy  -  Photopea  -  PicsArt  -  Pixlr E
Photo to Cartoon Converter: PhotoCartoon
Popular Meme Creator: AddText  -  ImageFlip
Printing Posters: BlockPosters
Remove Backgrounds: ​Clipping Magic  -  Magic Eraser  -  RemoveBG  -  StripBackground  -  UnScreen
School Map: Google Earth
Stock Graphics: Creative Commons  -  EveryStockPhoto  -  FlatIcon
​Upscale Photos: Bigjpg
Word Clouds: ABCya!  -  EdWordle  -   ​HTML5 Word Cloud  -  Tagxedo  -  WordArt  -  WordClouds

Presentations

​Discussion Rooms: PALMS Backchannel  -  Watch2Gether
Online White Boards: Brush Ninja  -  Draw.Chat  -  Explain Everything  -  Miro  -  ​WhiteBoard.fi
Polls and Surveys: Brainstormer  -  KwikSurveys  -  SurveyMonkey
​PowerPoint Templates: SlidesMania
Slideshows: Adobe Express  -   Genially  -  PowToon  -  Prezi  -  Visme
Video Conferencing: Google Meet  -  Zoom

Study Tools and Games

Choose Your Own Adventure​: Fablement  -  Google Slides
Escape Rooms (examples): ​Genially  -  Google Forms  -  Room Escape Maker
​Flash Cards (example uses for PE teachers): ​BrainScape  -  Flippity  -  Quizlet
Graphic Organizers: Education Place  -  ReadWriteThink
Study ​​Games: BingoBaker  -  Board Game Maker  -  Discovery Education  -  EducPlay  -  EduCandy  -  ​Factile  -  Flippity (examples)  -   Genially  -  Jeopardy Labs (example)  -   ProProfs  -  SuperTeacherTools

Videos

Creating Interactive Videos: ​ClassHook  - ​ EDpuzzle
Recording a Play or Strategy: Playspedia  -  ​Share the Play
Stop Motion: Cloud Stop Motion
​Video Editors: FlexClip  -  Headliner  -  Video Candy  -  WeVideo

Utilities

Adjust Text to Match Student Reading Level: Rewordify
Blog to Podcast Converter: NoteGPT   -   Speechify  -   Wondercraft
Bookmark Manager: Booky.io  -  Raindrop.io
Case Converter (ie. "ALL CAPS" to "all caps"): Convert Case
Edit PDFs: Canva  -  ​Online OCR  -  PDF Candy  -  PDF Escape
​File Converters: Convertio  -  OnlineConvert  -  ​Zamzar
​IFTTT: IFTTT is a website that allows you to automate a variety of technological tasks.
Image to Text: Online OCR
Merge PDFs: PDFMerge!  -  PDFMergy
​Screen Casting/Sharing: Screenpal  -  ScreenLeap
Webpage to PDF/Picture: CloudConvert  - PrintFriendly  -  Web2PDF

Website Creators

Example Class Websites: Mr. Graham  -  Rene Gordon
Tutorials for Google Sites: Free Tech for Teachers

​Website Creators: Articulation  -  ​Google Sites  -  Portfoliogen​  -  Wix

Website Template for Google Sites: Create Your Own PhysEd Class Website
Google Analytics: Free service that provides lots of information about your website performance.
Google Custom Search: Create a search engine that only searches websites that you define.
​HTML Color Codes:  HTML codes for any color.​
Image Color Picker: Click on an image to get the html color code.
Toolsaday: Various tools for checking website functionality.
w3schools.com: Preview HTML and CSS changes.

Youtube Apps

SynchTube and Watch2Gether: Share, watch, and talk about videos with people who are at another physical location.
SafeShare.tv and Watchkin: Remove the comment and suggested videos sections from a Youtube video. 
​Timelinely and ​​VideoAnt: Add annotations, comments, and more to web-hosted videos. 
​Mr. Timer: Various timers.
​​ViewSync and Youtube Multiplier: Allows you to watch multiple Youtube videos simultaneously.
YouTube Tips: Tech guides for Youtube.
​​YT Cropper: Easily chop a section from any YouTube video or create chapters for easy viewing.