Animoto

Try out this tool:

Animoto - http://animoto.com/

(Click the Play arrow to view - no captions in this one. Animoto analyzes your images and creates a 30-second "music video" style presentation. There is free music on the site, or you can upload your own (mindful of copyright, of course). You have to register to use Animoto. Find the embed code under the "thumb tack" icon, select embed and choose "other sites."

Bubbleshare

Here's a new tool I've recently looked at.

Bubbleshare - http://www.bubbleshare.com/(Click the orange Play arrow to view. This is the most basic of Bubbleshare options. They have lots of themes and sliding shows. The text is actually speech balloons. Bubbleshare is extremely easy to use. You have to register to use Bubbleshare. Add to My Blog to access the various slideshow formats. ALSO -- It's a good idea to leave lots of white space in your speech/text boxes (if you use them). Sometimes words get mysteriously cut off.

Slideshare

Check out slideshare at http://www.slideshare.net/

SlideShare is the best way to share your presentations with the world. Let your ideas reach a broad audience. Share publicly or privately. Add audio to create a webinar.

You can search for slideshows on a specific topic. If someone already did one, why recreate the wheel, simply borrow what you need and keep going.

Eclipse Crossword/ Puzzlemaker

Crosswords are easy with Eclipse - http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/

I've used this tool to create crosswords from my vocabulary. The best feature may be that you can save them and post them online. This one is linked from my wiki page - http://wesleyantech.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/Office-Ch1-Vocab.html
My students can do this online. No more printing sheets to hand out.

I've used Puzzlemaker and that one is good too. http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
Puzzlemaker is better if you want to do different kinds of puzzles but you can't link them online in a wiki.

Voice Thread

Voice Thread is a cool new tool that I have begun using. You can upload pictures and make a slide show. You can add audio files. There are tools that you can annotate on the picture while you are talking about it. These files are then on the internet and you can share them with others. Other people can leave comments on specific parts of your show.

Check it out at http://voicethread.com/

Del.icio.us

http://del.icio.us/ has to be the best thing I have implented this year. This is an web page that is built for you to save your bookmarks (Favorites). Then, no matter where you are, you have your bookmarks with you. You can "tag" your favorite pages so that they are organized. I started using this at the beginning of the year. If I were to start over, I would think through my tagging system a little better but I love this idea. You set up an account and then when you go to the web site and log in, there they are. Here's what mine look like: http://del.icio.us/chorner . You can even search for other web sites by seeing who saved the same site you did. Then go to their delicious page and see what else they saved. Try it out!

Did You Know 2.0 Video

Have you seen this video?




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U&feature=related