Content - Digital Tools for SEN teachers
Canva
Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create presentations, posters, videos, logos, documents, social media graphics and other visual content.
It’s free, however, it aslo provides pro (12eur/month) and Enterprise (27eur/month) versions.
Genially
Tool for creating interesting interactive presentations, materials and games enriching distance learning
To start creating you need to register. It has a large base of ready-made aids created by other users.
It’s free, however, it also provides pro (7.5EU/month), master (21eur/month) and team (80eur/month) versions.
Free Cam
Easily create screencasts, edit recorded videos, and upload to YouTube. No watermark or time limits. Free Cam provides a full set of features for creating professional video lessons and e-Learning presentations. Use the tool’s built-in audio and video editor to turn your draft video into a well-rounded video lesson.
It’s free, however, it also provides a Pro version (19eur/month).
OBS Studio
OBS Studio (Open Broadcaster Software) is a free, open-source, and cross-platform screencasting and streaming app. It is available for Windows, macOS, Linux distributions, and BSD. Using OBS Studio, you can not only record directly from your webcam and microphone, you can also include game scenes, add still images to your videos, capture a window or part of the screen, and more. The application will allow us to work with several sources, to mix them and to create a perfect diffusion.
It’s free.
https://obsproject.com/
Biteable
Application for creating videos tailored to each one.
Free and easy to use.
Book Creator
Digital book creation with unlimited options.
It’s free, however, it also provides unlimited libraries for individual teachers (12eur/month) and for schools (volume pricing) versions.
Book Creator – Love Learning
iMovie
It’s a video editing application developed by Apple Inc.
It’s free, however, it might provide some features with in-app purchases.
VSDC Video Editor
A non-linear editing application developed by Flash-Integro LLC. The program is capable of processing high-resolution footage including 4K UHD, 3D and VR 360-degree videos. VSDC allows for applying postproduction effects, live color correction, and motion tracking.
It’s free, however, it also provides a Pro version (20eur/month).
Edpuzzle
Online tool with the use of videos as a formative assessment resource and more.
It’s free, however, it also provides pro (12.50 eur/month) and schools/districts (volume pricing) versions.
Audacity
It’s a program that allows you to edit, record, import and export several different formats of audio files.
It’s free.
ChatterPix
Is a smartphone application used to make characters talk. You can draw a picture, take a photo of an existing character, or download a picture from the Internet.
It’s free.
https://www.duckduckmoose.com/educational-iphone-itouch-apps-for-kids/chatterpix/
StoryJumper
This application is very useful for writing children’s books with children. There is also an in-app library where students can read other books written in English or other languages of international circulation on various topics: friendship, family, pets, etc.
It’s free to use for both individuals and groups (including schools), however, for downloading and printing the books there is a small fee, check out the pricing here: https://www.storyjumper.com/prices
StoryboardThat
It’s a graphic organizer that consists of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.
14-day free trial, and the normal pricining includes: Individuals (10 eur/month), teachers & schools (10eur/month) and work (25 eur/month).
Pixton
It’s one of the best ways to create comics. With Pixton, you can create characters, create backgrounds where you can write the story of your characters, and create a comic book with different screen designs.
7-days free trial
Picto4.me
Online editor for AAC (Augmentative or Alternative Communication) pictographs boards for special needs education.
It’s free
Picto Selector
Picto-Selector is a windows application for creating visual schedules. It is used by many teachers and parents. But there are also reports of people using it in daycare for elderly people.
It’s free