http://www.picturetrail.com
Picture Trail allows you to add transition effects and "bling" to your collection of images. You have to register to use it. Easy to use. Students of all ages will like this. Thanks to @kjarrett at Twitter
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tips and Tools
Picture Trail
http://www.picturetrail.com
Picture Trail allows you to add transition effects and "bling" to your collection of images. You have to register to use it. Easy to use. Students of all ages will like this. Thanks to @kjarrett at Twitter
http://www.picturetrail.com
Picture Trail allows you to add transition effects and "bling" to your collection of images. You have to register to use it. Easy to use. Students of all ages will like this. Thanks to @kjarrett at Twitter
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Crazy Talk Booktalks
Look at Bookvideo.ning.com. Doug Valentine has posted animated booktalks made by his 8 and 9 year old students who worked with Crazy Talk and Glogster. Using Crazy Talk, you select a picture of a face and add the animation.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Tips and Tools - December 13, 2008
Totlol
http://www.totlol.com
Video website specifically for children, although all ages of users will enjoy the selection. The site is moderated, powered by YouTube.
Book Video Ning
http://bookvideo.ning.com/
Join the ning to find or share videos about books. The ning was initiated by Joyce Valenza on December 12, 2008. It is possible to embed suitable videos in your wikis, blogs and web sites.
http://www.totlol.com
Video website specifically for children, although all ages of users will enjoy the selection. The site is moderated, powered by YouTube.
Book Video Ning
http://bookvideo.ning.com/
Join the ning to find or share videos about books. The ning was initiated by Joyce Valenza on December 12, 2008. It is possible to embed suitable videos in your wikis, blogs and web sites.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Tips and Tools - December 12, 2008
Speakaboos
http://speakaboos.com/
If you like Storylines, you'll love this. You'll find books online, celebrity readers, teacher resources, and technology that enables kids to make their own recordings.
CogDogRoo Story Tool
http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools
Alan Levine offers 50+ web tools you can use to create your own web-based story. He provides several samples that have been made with each tool. In fact, one story, that of Dominoe is told repeatedly using all of the tools.
Adam
http://adamsapp.com
E-Learning Pick of the Day from Jane Knight. Insert content (video, text, music, html) into pdf or image files. Imagine how this could be used in the classroom or library.
Podcasts for Kids
http://kids.podcast.com/
Kids and parents will appreciate some of the podcasts at this spot
http://speakaboos.com/
If you like Storylines, you'll love this. You'll find books online, celebrity readers, teacher resources, and technology that enables kids to make their own recordings.
CogDogRoo Story Tool
http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools
Alan Levine offers 50+ web tools you can use to create your own web-based story. He provides several samples that have been made with each tool. In fact, one story, that of Dominoe is told repeatedly using all of the tools.
Adam
http://adamsapp.com
E-Learning Pick of the Day from Jane Knight. Insert content (video, text, music, html) into pdf or image files. Imagine how this could be used in the classroom or library.
Podcasts for Kids
http://kids.podcast.com/
Kids and parents will appreciate some of the podcasts at this spot
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Tips and Tools - December 9th, 2008
Web Tools 4U2Use
http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/About+This+Wiki
Repeat posting, in case you missed it!! The WebTools wiki is intended to support school library staff but is a great place for teachers, techs and administrators to keep abreast of new technologies that have value in schools. Conveniently, handouts are available at the bottom of the WebTools wiki if you wish to inform colleagues.
JogLab
http://joglab.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5A_4-OJocA [Video]
Create your own mnemonic devices. Source: Jane Knight 03 December 2008
Adobe Photoshop Express
http://www.photoshop.com/express
Adobe Photoshop Express [beta] is an online version of the popular digital image-editing software. Obtain a free account to upload, alter, save and share up to 2GB of digital images for free.
Capzles
http://www.capzles.com
Tell your story with Capzles, an interactive multimedia presentation tool that utilizes a timeline format to contain images, video, audio and text. Visit iLearn to find practical tips for using Cazples with students. Take the guided tour.
All Top
http://alltop.com
AllTop is a handy “online magazine rack” of popular topics. Alltop is a set of RSS feeds organized by subject making it easy to skim for items of interest. Guy Kawasaki was involved in the development and appears to be promoting it heavily on http://twitter.com/guykawasaki
Great Summary
http://www.greatsummary.com/highlight.html
Takes the text or url of a web page and provides a summary. Autosummarizer, another somewhat similar tool, works with text only http://search.iiit.net/~jags/summarizer/index.cgi
Source: http://www.technospot.net/blogs/read-summary-of-online-document-or-web-page-without-opening-it/
http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/About+This+Wiki
Repeat posting, in case you missed it!! The WebTools wiki is intended to support school library staff but is a great place for teachers, techs and administrators to keep abreast of new technologies that have value in schools. Conveniently, handouts are available at the bottom of the WebTools wiki if you wish to inform colleagues.
JogLab
http://joglab.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5A_4-OJocA [Video]
Create your own mnemonic devices. Source: Jane Knight
Adobe Photoshop Express
http://www.photoshop.com/express
Adobe Photoshop Express [beta] is an online version of the popular digital image-editing software. Obtain a free account to upload, alter, save and share up to 2GB of digital images for free.
Capzles
http://www.capzles.com
Tell your story with Capzles, an interactive multimedia presentation tool that utilizes a timeline format to contain images, video, audio and text. Visit iLearn to find practical tips for using Cazples with students. Take the guided tour.
All Top
http://alltop.com
AllTop is a handy “online magazine rack” of popular topics. Alltop is a set of RSS feeds organized by subject making it easy to skim for items of interest. Guy Kawasaki was involved in the development and appears to be promoting it heavily on http://twitter.com/guykawasaki
Great Summary
http://www.greatsummary.com/highlight.html
Takes the text or url of a web page and provides a summary. Autosummarizer, another somewhat similar tool, works with text only http://search.iiit.net/~jags/summarizer/index.cgi
Source: http://www.technospot.net/blogs/read-summary-of-online-document-or-web-page-without-opening-it/
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