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* Yale University has one of the larger collections of art, objects and documents of any organization in the U.S. Now, digital images and audio files of the collection are free to access by anyone in the world online, according to an announcement by the university's communications office. Yale Digital Commons has debuted with just under 260,000 images. The idea is to encompass the whole of the university's collections in time.

* Yale University has one of the larger collections of art, objects and documents of any organization in the U.S. Now, digital images and audio files of the collection are free to access by anyone in the world online, according to an announcement by the university's communications office. Yale Digital Commons has debuted with just under 260,000 images. The idea is to encompass the whole of the university's collections in time.

Some features of Host-d.oddcastHere are the main features that Host-d.oddcast offers to its users :It is freeIt does not require any sign upIt has a user friendly interfaceIt is dead simple and easy to useYou can upload your photos from your hard desk or use your webcam to get oneYou can use the photos they provide if you do not want to use yoursYou can use different smiles to your pictureYou can customize your picture with hair , hats, facial art , and costumesYou can caricature your face ,add fish eye or brow liftYou can add a prerecorded audio and record yours to use with your pictureYou can change race and gender of your photoYou can even change age and weight of your characters in your photoYou can share your image using email or download it . You can also post it facebook , or get the embed code to use in your wiki , blog or website. Flash required so not an option for iPad users just yet

"Little Bird Tales lets you easily make slideshows where you can add text and, more importantly for English Language Learners, provide an audio narration. On nice touch is that you can virtually paint/draw artwork in addition to uploading images (unfortunately, the site doesn't have the ability to grab photos off the web by url addresses). It's free to use, but I'm unclear on if there will be an eventual cost to use the site. It appears to have an upper limit on the number of shows you can produce."

A easy to use website builder. Embed images, audio, video and widgets until its just right.

Search over 10,000 downloadable sound clips to use in your presentations, animations or podcasts.

"Only one simple step and you will be able to receive voice messages from your website! "

Martin Burrett 12 Dec 11 02:14:03A very useful QR code site where you can type a 100 character message which is read out with a voice synthesiser when the code is scanned. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

"10 Great ways to use Audacity with your Students"

Ideas for using Audacity to improve language learning

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create speaking avatars

Several sites offer music published under Creative Commons' flexible copyright licenses. Here are some:

Royalty Free Sound Effects, Nature Sounds can be downloaded

"Terms of Use Welcome to Creaza. Creaza is free to use, but you can purchase an extended subscription, with access to more content and more storage space. The following Terms of Use apply to our website and associated Services. If you are under 15 years old, please be so kind as to ask a parent or guardian for permission before accepting these Terms of Use, and get them to help you if there is something you do not understand."

We could use this with our younger ones as well as long as their parents don't opt them out.

Creaza offers you an integrated, web-based toolbox for creative work, both at school and in your free time. You use the toolbox along with various fully developed thematic universes: historical periods, fairy-tales, fantasy worlds, and current challenges, such as climate/environment. Creaza integrates professional and user-generated content, creative tools and a social network in a new and innovative way. Users on Creaza have the opportunity to share their work with other Internet users and can give each other comments and suggestions on the products they choose to share. To use this service, all you need is Internet access, a web browser, and the Flash plug-in. Creaza is available for PC, MAC, and Linux users alike. Creaza is fully integrated with Fronter, who provides a platform for learning and collaboration. Fronter offers Creaza as a PlusPack integrated in their platform.

Great way to create podcasts with students when they interview someone for their class. They can "meet" experts online and record the conversation so they can revisit the conversation and share with others.

" is a new Animoto-like service that lets you upload several short videos and it then somehow "recognizes" the most important parts and turns it into a magically-produced one minute video. It's still invitation-only, but I got one seconds after I requested one."

Knovio™ is a free tool for turning PowerPoint slides into rich video presentations right from your web browser. No fancy hardware or video software needed - just a webcam and microphone.

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