Free+Web+Tools

Web 2.0 Technologies that are free: Want to send an email that is too big? Try http://www.yousendit.com/ Google Gadgets for Learning: http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gadgetgallery.html

Templates to use for projects: Keynote, Pages, and Numbers templates can be found at http://www.iworkcommunity.com Microsoft Office templates for the Mac can be found at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/default.aspx

Friend Feed: http://www.friendfeed.com Allows you to build a customised feed of made up of content your friends on other collaborative sites have shared, including news articles, photos, **...**

Free Keyboarding site (like pacman game): http://typingtest.com/games then pick Keyman

Online stop watch: http://online-stopwatch.com

Free Live Audience polling tool: http://polleverywhere.com

Web 2.0 apps for students: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_20_backpack_web_apps_for_students.php

Worldle: Wordle http://wordle.net/ Here’s how to do it: Go to: http://wordle.net/ Click the Create button at the top of the page. Free Discussion Boards or Forums:
 * Enter some text. (You can either type it here or paste it in.)
 * Click Go. (This will generate your word cloud.)
 * Use the buttons at the top of the screen to customize the layout and colors:
 * Use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to print your cloud and / or save it to the gallery.
 * http://www.freeboards.net/main.htm
 * http://www.wwwthreads.com/
 * http://www.aceboard.net/
 * http://www.proboards.com/
 * http://www.collegebrain.net/
 * http://www.boardhost.com/

Places to Write Online:
 * http://www.wikipedia.org/ to write your own encyclopedia entries
 * http://www.blogger.com
 * http://www.bloglines.com

Free Wiki Sites: Social Bookmarking Sites: Places to Upload Pictures and Blog to them: Fun Tools to create and then put in other projects:
 * http://www.seedwiki.com/
 * http://www.wikispaces.com
 * http://del.icio.us
 * http://www.flickr.com
 * http://www.squeet.com or http://www.photodrop.com
 * Tech Crunch http://www.techcrunch.com
 * Toondo: http://www.toondo.com to make free comic strips and other comic creations
 * to find copies of old and new cartoon strips go to http://www.comics.com
 * http://makebeliefscomix.com
 * Podcasting software: http://www.realmacsoftware.com (Journal article about this software: http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22265
 * VoiceThread to do group story telling: http://voicethread.com
 * Xtimeline: http://xtimeline.com to make timelines and then put in other multimedia projects.
 * copyright friendly resources (including music) for students to use in their multimedia presentations. This week’s tip features a tool that will allow students to create their own music! Jam Studio http://www.jamstudio.com
 * Free photoshop: http://www.photoshop.com/express
 * Free online course management: http://www.collegebrain.net
 * To make panoramic pictures from several individual pics: http://photosynth.net/Default.aspx

be changing my one for this week (Lights, Camera, Action...video creation and the like...possible changes next year), but I have one coming up next semester that deals with graphics editing. In the past, can anyone guess what was used? Correct! Photoshop. But why should I use Photoshop? Why shouldn't I use Picnik? Why shouldn't I use online Photoshop? I realize I don't pay for Photo Story, but shouldn't I just use Animoto or Slide and get the embed code automatically? Who uploads video anymore (OK, someone has to populate YouTube)? Everyone ends up embedding anyway, right? So, my friends, should I make a change and do more online editing and less with downloaded software? Is it more valuable for my students, few who have Photoshop at home or school, only half of which can download Photo Story due to building computer choices, to learn how to edit photos and create movies online?
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