Other+Tools

**Other Tools - if at any time you find objectionable content on these sites, please let me know.**

 * Audio**
 * [|Jott] - Create an account, create your social groups of friends, family, coworkers, etc., enter their email and/or phone with text numbers, call Jott and say the name of your group, record a voice message for the group, Jott then translates your voice message into text and sends it to the group members.
 * [|Midomi] Find a song by humming or singing it
 * [|Voice Thread] - mix audio with images
 * [|Voz Me] Type in some text, play it back and save it in any language and with a male or female voice.
 * [|Audio Flash] Create streaming audio for the web
 * [|Free Play Music] - search no more for freeplay music to use in your projects
 * [|ScreemR] - MP3 search engine
 * [|Songbird] - an open source desktop media player mashed up with the web; download
 * [|Opsound]
 * [|Jamendo]


 * Graphics Tools**
 * [|Retrievr] - draw a picture and something like it is found on Flickr.
 * [|ImageJ] - ImageJ is a public domain Java image processing program inspired by NIH Image for the Macintosh. It runs, either as an online applet or as a downloadable application, on any computer with a Java 1.1 or later virtual machine. It can display, edit, analyze.
 * [|Inkscape] - a vector graphics editor with the capabilities of Illustrator
 * [|Create a newspaper snippet]

> * [|Bubblr] - Add talk bubbles to photos from Flickr > * [|Comics Sketch] really your own comics. > * [|Create your own comic strips] > * [|ToonDoo] Create and share cartoons and comic strips. > * [|Kerpoof] - make cartoon movies >> - [|How to use Kerpoof] > * [|Historic Tale Construction Kit] > > * [|Free Mind] a mind mapping tool >
 * Comic Strip Creating Tools**
 * Concept Mapping Tools**
 * Conferencing Tools**
 * P[|al Talk] - A windows only download that enables the user to create a free online meeting room with video.
 * [|Yack Pack] - not really conferencing, but a way to connect and talk to others


 * Slide Show Creation Tools**
 * [|Flickr Slidr][| - create slide show from Flickr; no audio.]
 * [|Slide Flickr] - create slide shows from Flickr images.
 * [|BubbleShare] Upload photos, create an album, add fun clipart, audio captions, video captions to your albums, over 20 themes. Print photo books, calendars and more!
 * [|Rock You] - Add photos, movies, avatars, and other bling to your slideshow.
 * [|Slide]
 * [|Slide Roll] - a slide show creator.
 * Timeline Tools**
 * [|circaVie] - create and share timelines
 * [|Learning Tools - Timeline Tool] - a web based learning object template which allows for an interactive timeline with audio and visual effects.
 * [|Our Story] - create a timeline by writing a story; accepts pictures and video.
 * [|Simile Timeline]
 * [|Timeline Creator] = download for Macintosh and Windows
 * [|X Timeline] - add any media including imports from a spreadsheet.


 * Create Tours**
 * [|MapWing] - create and share a virtual tour with maps, images, and comments


 * Maps**
 * [|100 Things To Do with Google Mashups]
 * [|Community Walk] - Create personal or community walks
 * [|DaftDoggy] - Save, play back and share web sites; [|Examples]
 * http://map.talleye.com/bighole.php - Fun! Dig a hole through the earth and where will you end up???
 * [|Google Map Mania] - visit sites that have a mashup with photos, text, and Google Maps and Google Earth
 * [|Wayfaring] = create plamarks on a map


 * Photos**
 * [|Big Huge Labs] Do fun things with your photos: make calendars, mosaics, create a badge, jigsaw and lots of other fun stuff.
 * [|Image Loop] create a slideshow of images; no music.
 * [|Our Media] - a mashup to mix photos and video with music
 * [|Scrap Blog] - create multiple pages of photos
 * [|Piclens] - make cool pages of photos
 * [|Flickr Groups about Storytelling] - lots of interesting ways to use Flickr to tell a story.
 * [|Link Photos in Flickr]
 * [|Photoshop Express] - free Photoshop app on web for editing, storing and sharing pictures; need Flash Player 9.
 * [|Flip - the Online Scrapbook Slideshow]


 * [|BubbleShare] Upload photos, create an album, add fun clipart, audio captions,
 * [|Flickr]
 * [|Library of Congress photos] - video captions to your albums, over 20 themes. Print photo books, calendars and more!
 * [|Rock You] - Add photos, movies, avatars, and other bling to your slideshow.
 * [|Slide]

>>> - [|Telling Our Story Using Web 20 Tools] - example >>> - [|Google Presentation Sample]
 * Presentation Tools**
 * [|Empresar]
 * [|Google Tools] Select Presentation from Google File New menu
 * [|MyPlick] - upload a PowerPoint presentation and music; MyPlick will synchronize the preso with the music; download as a PDF or publish as a video.
 * [|Spresent] - create Flash presentations
 * [|Viewbook]
 * [|Zentation]
 * [|ZOHO Presentaton]

>>> * [|Create a Form with Google Spreadsheet] >>> * [|Google Docs Blog]
 * Productivity Tools**
 * [|The Free Mac Classroom] Productivity Tools, Art, Pictures, Graphics, Utilities, System software, Movies, Ausio, Business, Finance, Games, Recreation, and Programming can all be found at this site.
 * [|Google Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentations]
 * [|Google Earth Pro] - free for educators
 * [|ZOHO: Write, Sheet, Show, and many others]
 * [|Mobile Web Docs] - save your notes, embed URL's, accessible from a desktop printing or editing
 * [|Convert Microsoft Office] docx, etc files to files usable with older Office apps.


 * Thinking Tools**
 * [|Intel K-12 Teaching Tools]
 * [|Ask a Word] - a spellchecker, thesaurus, dictionary, and encyclopedia
 * [|Today in History] - formatted for the iPod
 * [|World Book Today in History for iPhone]
 * [|Animal Watch] - Learn middle school math using statistics on endangered species
 * [|Opensource courses for high school from MIT]

>>> [|Cam Studio Tutorial on You Tube]
 * Video Tools**
 * [|Animoto] - this site uses "artificial intelligence" to create a magic movie of photos.
 * [|BookR] - Crete and share a video book using FlickR images.
 * [|Bubbleply] - add text bubbles to any video with a URL.
 * [|Cam Studio] Record your presos or screen with Cam Studio
 * [|Convert Tube] - touted to be the fastest You Tube converter
 * [|Flektor] - "...host your photos, videos, and music,... make customized slideshows, polls, glitter text, or edit your own movie with hundreds of effects all online, ... or ... record or even broadcast yourself live on a webcam."
 * [|Edit Video Online with Jump Cut]
 * [|MixerCast] - Mashup audio, video, photos and then share.
 * Show Beyond - grab your images, then add your sound and text to create multimedia stories; learn [|about Show Beyond]
 * [|Screencast-O-Matic] -"...free and easy way to create a video recording of your screen (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting all from your browser with no install!"
 * [|Sketchcast] - draw sketchs on a "whiteboard", include voiceover or music, create video.
 * [|Toufee] - make Flash videos from uploaded photos and video.
 * [|Zude] - a powerful mashup tool that allows you to drag and drop everything, move everything around, with unlimited pages can be any combination of public, private, and personal. Embed text, images, music, video, widgets, gadgets, and even whole web sites with drag and drop ease.
 * [|Digital Video Tools for Macintosh] - Deinterlacer, Video Cleaner, CopyLargeFile (for copying large files over a network), Movie RAID - fastest video digitizer for early PCI AV PowerMacs, Set Monitor Color
 * [|Photoshop Express] Free Photoshop and 2 GB free storage of photos
 * [|Caught on Video] - article on ways to use the video camera in the classroom.
 * [|60 Second Science]
 * [|Gawker] Gawker is an application for Mac OS X that creates time-lapse movies using a webcam
 * [|HyperHistory] Teach history using 21st century tools.
 * [|Media Convert] - online file converter
 * [|Perian plugin for QuickTime] - enables .flv video files to play within QuickTime;allows for embedding the video into Keynote or PowerPoint. (Macintosh only)
 * [|Splandoo] Download streaming video
 * [|TeacherTube]
 * [|The Because Movie]- a truly inspiration movie for all of us, especially educators.
 * [|Hulu] Watch your favorite TV shows anytime for free


 * Typing**
 * [|Dance Mat Typing]
 * [|Tux Typing 2] - an educational typing tutor application


 * Other**
 * [|Free Reading Resources]
 * [|Screencast-O-Matic] - "...a free and easy way to create a video recording of your screen (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting all from your browser with no install!"
 * [|e-Office Hours for Students and Teachers]
 * [|Subscribing to RSS Feeds - video]
 * [|Geography IQ Challenge] How much do you know about your world? Increase your knowledge with this timed challenge.
 * [|Random Word Picker] Let me computer make a selection from a pre-defined list.
 * [|25 Tools: A Free Toolset for Learning 2008]
 * [|100 Tools: A Free Toolset for Learning 2008]
 * [|30boxes] **-** Calendar application that includes to-do list, phone reminders, sharing and many other features.
 * [|Gliffy] - Collaborative concept mapping tool (like an online version of Inspiration).
 * [|iOutliner] - Easily organize tasks, projects or research in a drag-and-drop outline format.
 * [|JigZone] - Digital jigsaw puzzles - upload your own photos, graphics or scanned artwork
 * [|LetterPop] - Easily create drag-and-drop newsletters, scrapbooks and flyers using your own photos and ready-made templates.
 * [|MixBook] - Create interactive books using original photos or artwork.
 * [|Picnik] - Edit digital photos in your browser.
 * [|SketchCast]- Capture a drawing and voice recording at the same time. The sketch "plays" as you have drawn it.
 * [|Ta-da List] **-** Easy to use to-do list. Add items, sort them, share them, check them off as you complete them.
 * [|Writeboard] **-** Create a collaborative document that you can share with anyone by sending them the URL and password.
 * [|xTimeline] - Create collaborative web-based timelines by adding events and images.
 * [|Create-a-Graph -] Enter data and create one of five types of graphs to export as a graphic or print.
 * [|Twitter] - Social Networking tool
 * [|Skype] - is a web application that allows users to make free phone calls (audio or video) over the Internet using a microphone or headset and an optional webcam. A great tool for professional or classroom videoconferencing, Skype also allows you to collaborate with up to ten users, chat, and share files and applications. Skype also provides a very low-cost option for calling landlines and cellphones worldwide (from your computer) -- commonly for as little as about 2 cents a minute.
 * [|LibraryThing] - LibraryThing is an easy, library-quality catalog. LibraryThing also connects you with people who read the same things.