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Easy to use tool for creating flipped classroom lessons. Use the built-in search tool to find videos, images, or social media posts, put them into a timeline, add text and/or polls, and share. Free account has very limited media storage, but not an issue if you only use embedded media. Paid service has educator discount and is only $2.50/month.

Over the past few years, I have been collecting interesting Internet videos that would be appropriate for lessons and presentations, or personal research, related to technological and media literacy. Here are 70+ videos organized into various sub-categories. These videos are of varying quality, cross several genres, and are of varied suitability for classroom use.

Media player with built-in codecs to play almost any format. Versions for Mac, Windows, Linux.

Really easy, very fast free, online media converter.

Geographical Media is a news monitoring tool designed to make it easy to follow news and find statistics about the people, places and other things you are most interested in. We read thousands of news articles a day from news sources from all around the world and identify who, what and where they are about.

Easy to use site that lets users put together virtual "stories" using images, video, Tweets, text, etc. from social media sites.

This site lets users create informative, web-based graphics using images and "tags", which function much like people tags in Facebook. Thinglink has the advantage, however, of allowing tags to contain links, media, etc.

Creates nice-looking timelines of social media streams, including Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and more.

Spezify is a search tool presenting results from a large number of websites in different visual ways. We take web search further, away from endless lists of blue text links and towards a more intuitive experience. We want you to get a good overview of a subject, find useful information and be inspired with Spezify. We mix all media types and make no difference between blogs, videos, microblogs and images. Everything communicates and helps building the bigger picture.

Spezify is a search tool presenting results from a large number of websites in different visual ways. We take web search further, away from endless lists of blue text links and towards a more intuitive experience. We want you to get a good overview of a subject, find useful information and be inspired with Spezify. We mix all media types and make no difference between blogs, videos, microblogs and images. Everything communicates and helps building the bigger picture.

Really simple blogging platform. Sorts posts both chronologically and by media type (video, photos, links, text). Not many designs just yet, but looks great for the beginning blogger.

Upload photos, and they are instantly added to every site you want them on (Flickr, Photobucket, blogs, Facebook, Vox, etc.)

Remobo creates an Instant Private Network ™ (IPN) between users. It's like a computer network for your social network... Just login, add users to your buddy list, and Remobo will create a secure network for you to: Remote control your home computer and access files while at work or traveling. Privately share large files like photos & docs between computers or with friends & family. Replace your existing, costly and difficult to use VPN software. Run games, video conferencing, streaming media, secure instant messaging & more!

10 Ways to Change the World Through Social Media

"Surphace connects your current articles to contextually relevant content from your archives as well as from Blog Posts, Media Articles, Video, Photos, and Ads from across the Web."

Pearltree I am putting together with resources covering variety of BYOD-related topics, including issues, implementation, classroom strategies, more.

Click on the Classroom Videos tab below the featured video to see hundreds of playlists arranged by subject and objective.

5 principles for social networking success.

Live streaming Video from the phone

Cool stream video app for the Phones with video.

Create collaborative, online stories, including text, pictures, and video.