Create Books, Magazines, Posters, or Newsletters

Tool

Description

Usefulness Rating

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Ease-of-Use Rating

Canva

Take your reportsm newsletters, and posters from boring to brilliant with customizable templates from Canva. Browse our collection of professionally designed layouts you can personalize and print in minutes.

5

Bookr

Create and share your own photobook using images from Flickr. Easily create a cover, add pages, insert images & text. This is a great option for creating online books with a shorter amount of text with image backgrounds.

3

Glogster

Create multimedia posters and reports infused with animations, audio, and video. (No more 2D posterboard and coloring pens!) Impressive product with strong educational outreach program. Free Basic and Premium account options. Can set up a class account. There is also a good Glogster Overview on their site to help you get started.

5

Letterpop

Free web based tool to create, publish and share newsletters. Choose from multiple templates, import pictures, edit text & click share to publish your newsletter.

4

Mixbook

Create free photobooks online. Create a photobook, upload pictures & invite friends to collaborate online on the project.

Unique Feature: Upload pictures from multiple online image sharing services, add text and zoom & rotate images.

3

Bookrix

Bookrix is a free combination of social media and web based publishing that allows students to publish and share their work socially. Within Bookrix, authors can create a profile & blog that can be shared with social media websites.

4

Penzu

Free web based journal tool. Journals are private by default, pictures can be included in entries, and journal entries can be shared via email.

Unique Feature: Penzu has the closest “feel” of paper available & mobile (iPhone & Droid) phones can access, edit and write to your Penzu journal.

5

Tikatok

Publish a children’s book with Tikatok. Great option for primary grade teachers. Free teacher account allows teachers to create student accounts, create writing prompts & publish student work in traditional paper books.

Unique Feature: Student created storybooks can be saved as a pdf file that can be used on many e-readers.

4

Simplebooklet

No signup required (free account also available to save booklets). Click CREATE and begin to insert text, image, url, upload files, embed codes & music. Add multiple pages to the booklet & click PUBLISH when complete.

Booklets can be shared via URL, twitter or email or be made public or private.

3