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 ChatGPT, see this breakdown of its pros and cons for education. There is also a tool available to detect AI written text.
Audio
Audio Editors and Podcasting: ​Audacity  -  AudioMass  -   ​Soundation
​Separate Music from Vocals: VocalRemover
Sound Effects: SoundBible
Teleprompters for Podcasting: AutoCue  -  CuePrompter  -  EasyPrompterPro
Class and team management
Broadcasting Sporting Events: High School Sports Network
Class Badges (example)​: Class Dojo
Noise Management: Bouncy Balls  -  Calmness Counter
​Project Management: Freedcamp  -  Taskade  -  Todoist  -  ​Trello
Randomizers: Random Cards  -  SpinnerWheel  -   WheelOfNames  -  Wheel Spinner​
Randomizers (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
Graphics and Photos
Animations: Pivot Animator  -  The Wick Editor
​​Avatars/Emojis: ​Avatar Maker  -  Emojipedia
​Blurring/Pixelizing Photos: FacePixelizer
Card Makers: Big Huge Labs 1 ​  -  Big Huge Labs 2  -  MTG Cardsmith  -  Trading Card Creator
Coloring Book Maker (example): ​LunaPic
Combining Photos: ​​​PhotoJoiner
Comic Makers (examples): ComicLife  -  Fotojet  -  MakeBeliefsComix
Fake Text Messages (great for role playing): iFake Text Message  -  SMS Generator
Graphics and Newletters: ​Canva  -  Easelly  -  Infogr.am  -  PosterMyWall  -  ​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
​Resize Photos: ​​​Pic Resize
School Map (example): Google Earth
​Upscale Photos: Bigjpg
Word Clouds: ABCya!  -  EdWordle  -   ​HTML5 Word Cloud  -  Tagxedo  -  WordArt  -  WordClouds
presentations
​Discussion Rooms: PALMS Backchannel  -  Unhangout  -  Watch2Gether
Online White Boards: Brush Ninja  -  Draw.Chat  -  Explain Everything  -  Miro  -  ​WhiteBoard.fi
Polls and Surveys: Acquainted  -  Brainstormer  -  KwikSurveys  -  SurveyMonkey
​PowerPoint Templates: SlidesMania
Slideshows: Adobe Express  -  Emaze  -   Genially  -  My Simple Show  -  PowToon  -  Prezi  -  Visme
Video Conferencing: Google Duo  -  Google Meet  -  WebRoom  -  Zoom
Study Tools and Games
Choose Your Own Adventure (for role playing)​: Fablement  -  Google Slides  -  Twine​
​Flash Cards (example uses): ​BrainScape  -  Chegg  -  Flippity  -  Knowt  -  Kupiter  -  Quizlet
Graphic Organizers: Education Place  -  ReadWriteThink
Study ​​Games: BingoBaker  -  Board Game Maker  -  Discovery Education  -  EducPlay  -  EduCandy  -  ​Factile  -  Flippity (examples)  -  GameBuilder  -  Genially  -  Jeopardy Labs (example)  -   ProProfs  -  PurposeGames  -  SuperTeacherTools  -  Wordwall
Videos
Creating Interactive Videos: ​ClassHook  - ​ EDpuzzle
Recording a Play or Strategy: Playspedia  -  ​Share the Play
Stop Motion: Cloud Stop Motion
​Video Editors: FlexClip  -  Headliner  -  Loopster  -  Video Candy  -  WeVideo
youtube apps
SynchTube and Watch2Gether: Share, watch, and talk about videos with people who are at another physical location.
SafeShare.tv, Viewpure, 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.
​VideReader: Easily create transcripts of Youtube videos (Youtube also has this feature).
​​ViewSync and Youtube Multiplier: Allows you to watch multiple Youtube videos simultaneously.
YouTube Tips & Tricks-A Bit Beyond the Typical: Tech guides for Youtube.
​​YT Cropper: Easily chop a section from any YouTube video or create chapters for easy viewing.
utilities
Blog to Podcast Converter: Ad Auris Play  -  Speechify
Case Converter (ie. "ALL CAPS" to "all caps"): Convert Case
Edit PDFs: Canva  -  ​Online OCR  -  PDF Candy  -  PDF Escape  -  Thinkio
​File Converters: Cometdocs  -  Convertio  -  OnlineConvert  -  ​Zamzar
​IFTTT: IFTTT is a website that allows you to automate a variety of technological tasks (click here for more information).
Merge PDFs: PDFMerge!  -  PDFMergy
Plagiarism Checkers: Grammarly  -  Plagerisma.Net
​Screen Casting/Sharing: ScreencastOMatic  -  ScreenLeap  -  Windows  -  Youtube
Webpage to PDF/Picture: CloudConvert  - PrintFriendly  -  Web2PDF  -  ​Webpage to PDF
Website BUILDING
Example Class Websites: Mr. Graham  -  Rene Gordon
​Website Creators: ​Google Sites (tutorials)  -  Portfoliogen​  -  Weebly  -  Wix
Website Template for Google Sites: Create Your Own PhysEd Class Website
Tutorials for Google Sites: Free Tech for Teachers
CC Search: Find photos with creative common licenses.
​​DesignEVO: Create your own logo.
EveryStockPhoto: Find photos with creative common licenses.
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.
​ShareThis: Toolbar includes sharing options for social networks.
w3schools.com: Preview HTML and CSS changes.