Cool Websites With Free Web Tools & Widgets
By missolive
There are MANY cool websites out there with great games, tools, photos and features. I've put together a small list for you to play with. These sites are cool websites with free web tools & widgets. Have fun exploring.
Cool Tools for Schools is a must for all online users! This is an unbelievable resource. You will want to be sure and bookmark this one. The site is called Cool Tools for Schools. Don't let the name fool you, it is truly not limited to schools. Once you open the link click one of the sidebar options and begin exploring - you'll want to surf through all of them. EVERY sidebar link features approximately 50 incredible sites...
cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com
- presentation tools
- collaborative tools
- research tools
- video tools
- slideshow tools
- audio tools
- image tools
- drawing tools
- writing tools
- music tools
- organizing tools
- converting tools
- mapping tools
- quiz and poll tools
- graphing tools
- creativity tools
- widgets
- file storage & web pages
- other helpful sites
- creative commons
- teacher resources
Additional sites...
This website deserves a hub of its own. These tools are amazing and are a must see to appreciate. I especially liked the flipsnack.
- flipsnack; convert PDF's into stylish flipbooks
- bannersnack; high quality flash banner maker
- tubesnack; custom video players & playlists
- quizsnack; online surveys & polls
- podsnack; custom web audio players
- photosnack; professional quality photo slideshows
Spell with flickr is a fun tool for creating words out of images from flickr. Simply type in the name and you will be given the image and an html code to cut and paste into your blog or website.
No need to manually link and attribute flickr photos. Just enter in the URL of the picture page and ImageCodr will generate the ready to use HTML code. It will also display a brief and easy license summary, so you don't get in legal trouble because you missed something. Just cut and past the html code into your blog or website and ImageCode takes care of copyright credits.
Photovisi is a free and easy to use online photo collage maker. Select one of the many designs, add your photos and then customize by dragging items around. After the collage is finished, it's available for download
Great for blogs, parents, grandparents and social media
Categories include;
- girly
- popular
- nature
- abstract
- organic
- fun
- congratulations
- weddings
- holidays
- sports
ImageChef.com
Here is a fun site for creating images, shapes, word mosaics and more.
Templates and tools include;
- banners
- soccer jerseys
- basketball jerseys
- football jerseys
- poetry blender
- flower text
- word mosaics
- awareness ribbons
writingprompts.tumblr.com
Fresh out of writing ideas? Need to stimulate your brain and come up with a writing prompt? Try writingprompts. This site features questions, images and graphics that will inspire writing ideas. Shake those thoughts loose and end your writer's block.
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memory - Need a memory boost? A break from writing? Here is neat little site that prompts you to match duplicate flickr pictures. You can select a keyword and a grid of pictures will be generated, or you can let the game find random pictures for you. Simply match the pictures - if you are wrong, they flip until all matched.
bookr - create a picture book with creative commons flickr images
bubblr - create comics out of flickr images. You add the cartoon bubbles and the text.
phrasr - insert any phrase into a text box and search. Related images will emerge for you to tell your story.
real time tags - as people across the world are using flickr images this little tool grabs the tags and quickly displays them. Click the tag that interests you and an image with that tag appears.
real time tv - this silly, but cute little tool has a simple tv with images flashing across it's screen. Sort of like when you channel surf with your remote. Random flickr images appear and go. Click on what interests you.
real time buddy - not my fav, but similar to the real time tv. A stick figure dances around with a tv on it's head. Random images shoot across the tv screen.
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Comments
Lord - thank you for stopping by and thanks for the vote up
No "non ultra quan perfect " button yet - lol
Lots of great information here! Thanks for sharing. Voted up!
Now this is what I call really useful information. A big thumbs up from me.
LABrashear and EndaMac - thank you for stopping by. I especially love the first two links. I'm glad you found the hub informative and useful.
Fun hub! I'm not sure that I needed to know about many of these tools because they sound waaaay too addictive, but lots of fun!
I think I need to visit imageschef.I'm looking for a tool to create image map,but did not find any of such type.Thanks for this useful post :)
You're a genius, missolive! Thanks for this wealth of information. Voted UP and USEFUL and bookmarking the page.
MissOlive! You have a wealth of information to share - and I really appreciate your willingness to do so! Voted up, up and away!
Thanks for the vote Dex!
I LOVE sharing what I find! It is always great to know you stopped by and have benefited in some way.
I'm looking forward to your next publication - luv your hubs - take care, MissOlive (Marisa)
How very kind of you to share all of this amazing information. I would not have even known these tools exist, if not for you. Great hub, written by a great lady. Thank you MissOlive. Voted up and across. vc
You have some great ideas. Thanks for sharing these.
Great links,need to check them out. Missolive you don't cease to amaze me with the amount of info you offer with each hub of yours.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I need to bookmark this and vote it up and up........
Rajan - I'm very glad to see you stopped by and leave me such a great heartwarming comment. That first link is by far my favorite. Glad to hear you have bookmarked it. I hope this brings you many opportunities as you explore the net and your writing. I'm very glad to be sharing HubPages with you.
May you be filled with blessings and peace, MissOlive / Marisa
Well i would like to appreciate the effort made by you and also say thank you for the top most link - cooltool.. it helped me in looking for the stuff i wanted to use for my office presentation. thanks again
That is awesome news Aceblogs! I'm glad to hear I was somehow indirectly able to help. There are MANY awesome sites out there.
Thank you for stopping by and for your comment, MissOlive / Marisa
Ooooh! This is going to be fun to play with! Thanks again for another neat hub on great web doings!
RTalloni "Oooooh!" is right! ...hehe That was my reaction as well when I found that first link! Enjoy and have fun! Lot's to learn and do. Thank you for stopping by :)
MissOlive, there are some very sites on here. I am bookmarking this and check some of these sites.
Mam thanks a lot for this useful hub.voted up!
prairieprincess - glad to hear you are bookmarking. It feels great to know something is resourceful enough to bookmark. Thank you
asmaiftikhar - nice to see you voted this up! Thank you! I'm always thrilled to read that this hub is useful.
Very cool sites here. I'll be back often to try them all out. Thank you for sharing them.
Duchess OBlunt - cool sites indeed! Glad to hear you will be back and sharing - I could spend days on that first link alone! :)
Hello missolive! Taking a moment between sips of tea, commenting instead of be sure to vote on this, I have to ask. Don't you teach too!?! (need to get a refill, be back, , , back)
How is the fam? Well, you offered me a choice, too tired to make a new folder, so I bookmarked this in SEO. Seemed appropriate for now. Then, being the educator you are, giving me fits along with Kitty, are you two in league. being both teachers?
I now wonder of my blog, which has begun, yet I have not contributed thus far. However, with what you have shared freely I'm beginning to think how grand it will be while pondering the compass heading.
I got'sta fetch some more coffee for now. I'll be walking through your garden a bit, then off somewhere else, , , remember to smile (and you do) while having fun, fun, fun, , ,(and say hello to your son for me - did he have a fun Halloween?)
[footnote: my reading teacher is Stan Levy, of Palomar College, know of him?]
There's some really cool stuff here. Can't wait to tinker with em. Thanks for sharing! Lots of fun!!
tsmog - your too much! Where do I begin to respond? Here goes - yes, I teach too. I teach ELA Extension to struggling readers in middle school. Family is great! Glad you bookmarked. If you are referring to KittyTattoo - yes, she is a teacher too. Blogs are fun - more freedom, but takes time. Yes, Halloween was fun for him - lol and no I have not heard of Stan Levy. You piqued my interest though and I googled. You'll be glad to know he has GREAT scores on RateMyProfessor.com ;)
note - you switched from tea to coffee mid-comment ;) caffeine getting to you? I'm incredibly happy you stopped by.
alezafree - There really is lots of cool stuff! I love these links! Glad you stopped by to read and comment.
missolive
This is an excellent hub. Surely any online writer/publisher/entrepreneur can make use of some of the tools that you've listed here. I am sharing this hub with friends and bookmarking it for later use.
Princesswithapen
princesswithapen - Thank YOU!
Glad to know you are sharing this. I thank you for your support. Make sure your followers check the first link - it has an amazing amount of resources.
Thank you for stopping by and bookmarking as well :)
Love this hub! Lots of neat stuff in here, I will be bookmarking as well :) Looking forward to reading more!
PeanutButterWine - there are lots of neat tools out there. Takes time to surf them, but oooohhhh so worth it :) Thanks for the bookmark.
They sound just wonderful! I only hope they work on something besides wordpress. Have to bookmark this one for sure. Voted up,and sharing.
Love all this useful info! Thanks for sharing - going to have to bookmark this one. Voted up - great job missolive!
I book marked almost all of these sites. Very useful hub. Thank you!
Very useful tools, thanks for sharing. I am always looking for ways to improve on my blog posts and websites and who can beat free anyway.
This is great! Going to bookmark this..
Lots of cool sites! Can't wait to check them out.
Voted up and very useful!
I just recently realized how much stuff there is out there! Check out my Free Cool Website hubs! Thanks for more!
Thank you - glad these are useful to so many of you :)
There are plenty apps to see on the first link!
I appreciate the votes and bookmarks
This is a must to check missolive. By the way, can you tell me if you are making money with amazon affiliate program here on hubpages? If so, please give me the link of one of your hubs which is doing very well with amazon. Thanks in advance!
Goonoo Munawwar - thanks for reading and commenting. Lots of great links here. As for Amazon I wish I could say I'm doing well, but I'm not. I make more with my Ebay clicks.
missolive - You are so good! This was such a great hub - I included it in my hub luv #10 Special Edition!
I found this excellent hub by way of Homesteadbound's Hub Luv #10 and very glad I did. Appreciate you sharing these useful tools with others.
homesteadbound - thank you!! You are awesome! I am beyond thrilled that you have included this hub.
LLWoodard - I am very glad to share what I have found. I use several of these sites myself. Thank you for reading.
Great list of cool websites! I love stuff I can get for free, especially tools for making neat and eye-catching graphics!
Great list. Thanks!
What a great list of tools! Thank you!!!! I am bookmarking this one!
Yet another awesome, beautiful, interesting, funny, useful hub!! Another bookmark for me so I can play with these sites. I can't tell you how much your hubs have helped me construct my own. The artist in me can come out! Also, thank you for the fan mail. You are too cool! :)
Another notch in the Hub Belt Miss Olive. Great info.. you rock!
Voted up and VERY useful!
Blessings,
~Lisa
Stephanie Henkel - aren't some of these awesome? Thank you for visiting!
themespotter - you are quite welcome
Audrey Howitt - Thank you for the bookmark - happy you enjoyed the list.
cclitgirlt - wow! What a great comment. Thank you. I'm happy to follow! :)
Rusticliving - Thank you! I appreciate your votes and bookmark.
I hope everyone has checked the very first link - it has an amazing assortment of tools.
interesting alternative to flipsnack is pressmo.com, thanks to it you can keep editions on your own server
Fantastic information, as usual. I'm bookmarking this one.
vinga - pressmo.com does sound like another great option. Thank you for the suggestion.
Cyndi10 - Thank you for reading and bookmarking. I appreciate your lovely comment too! :)
missolive,
Very useful hub.
Thanks for sharing...
Thank you for reading and commenting. I'm glad to share! :)
lord de cross 7 months ago
Excellent compilation Miss Olive,
Will add it to my favorites right away. Thanks for your efforts in putting all together! Have a nice one!
LORD
flagged up! an ultra useful!.. hold on! where is it? Non ultra quan perfect buttom yet?