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Links to 3 Issuu documents published by Aiden Yeh's students at Wenzao University. Fascinating way to make student writing really "pop"!

Another photo editing tool with a focus on cutesy effects, e.g., add a speech bubble or text, frames, change to an oil painting, etc.

Free online Photoshop replacement. You need to enable local storage if you are doing more than one upload. Facebook, Flickr Group, and Twitter associated for easy upload. Very simple to use.

A blog post describing how to use Blogsy to post via iPad. With mobile learning on the rise, this seems a good app for anyone to have, although it costs $4.99 currently. You can blog to any of the major services, such as Blogger or Wordpress, and also photo and video share to Picasa, Flickr, YouTube, and Vimeo. Now your mobile students have no excuse not to post to their blogs.

Still in what I would call Beta, Mbedr is a handy tool to ensure that Flickr embedded notes will show up when you embed the photo on your own site/blog. Some reported glitches, so follow the blog links. For advanced/confident users only. Embedded notes can be used for instructional purposes, especially when students create their own labels.

A very visual way to archive and share what you find on the Web. Introductory video. Combines digital archiving with a visual mind-mapping interface. Connects to Facebook and Twitter and Google.

"So , as educators and teachers, you would be asking yourself how to ethically use images without having to worry about the copyright issues.Well the answer is very simple you will have to use images licensed under GFLD or Creative Commons especially this latter as it has images that can be used in teaching materials, blogs, wikis, ..ect. How to find such kind of images is what the guide below is all about. It walks you through the different steps on how to locate images licensed under Creative Commons . It contains illustravie snapshots and is ideal for use with your students. The guide is just two pages long but has everything you will need to teach your students about how to get free images in Google Image."

This is an incredibly good tool to shape your video instruction. EmbedPlus lets you annotate any YouTube video with your own comments and then embed it on your own webpage or wiki (also supports WordPress). You could take your own video, upload it to YouTube and insert directions for note-taking, suggestions for other activities, and so on. With the Pro version (currentl $14.99/lifetime!) you can add external links to your annotations, and the interface will inform you if a video you are using has been taken down or moved. A Slow button lets you watch the action in slow-motion. Again, the Pro service lets you crop and splice interesting parts of the video. I hope this tool stay around for a while and remains free.

Jing can be used to make a screencast of what's on your monitor--including a Powerpoint persentation--pretty cool! Jing Pro is $15/year.

"Create photo mosaics with ease. Upload multiple images from your desktop or facebook. Overlay with a large picture to generate effect. Adjust transparency settings, tile sizing and color blending. Save to your desktop, publish to facebook wall or make a cool gift on a mug, greeting card, notebook and more." Could be a fun tool for students to use in digital media projects.

Great if you can't spring for Graphic Converter or PhotoShop. Should be very useful for student projects, although many of the tools listed are subscription-based, not free.

A place to create stories associated with geographical places. Should be a nice way for students to explore the world, write, create, and share stories.

"Engage your audience with the world's premier online video editor seamlessly integrated on your website, or edit your own videos on JayCut's community. " - you can do it all online, which might be easier than using iMovie or Movie Maker on your desktop.

"This page provides links to some of the better copyright-free and public domain resources....The ideas are intended for educators and librarians who wish to locate quality, copyright-friendly materials for educational, noncommercial, and nonprofit projects. "

List for special instances and deals with copyright issues as well.: "I'd lay odds that most people, including myself, just use Google Image Search when they need to find an image. However, there might be instances when you want to use another tool - perhaps you're a language teacher searching for just the right clip art or photography to illustrate a verb, maybe you have very young students and are concerned about what they might find on Google, possibly you're particularly teaching about copyright issues, or you want your students to easily connect an image to a writing exercise and have them send an E-Card."

"Editing an image is very popular these days due to the innovation of graphic software programs that will allow us to create computer arts from scratch. However, we could also enhance, add some cool effects and customize the look of our images easily without having the need of these soft wares through the online photo editors. An online photo editor tool allows us to edit and manipulate a photo in the Web Browser. This is more advantageous compared to the softwares for editing an image as this could not consume much of the memory of your desktop and the processing is done faster by the server. With just a few clicks, we could now be able to customize our own photos, create funny photos from our pictures or even feature ourselves in a magazine cover like that of a celebrity."

This is a great digital images project using photos of graffiti on Flickr, and a spreadsheet of questions on Google Forms. Students sign in to select images that will support the ideas they write about. Thanks to Webhead Sasa! Also included are links to posts that Sasa's students made and responses from Rita Z's student sin Argentina. Nice example of collaborative Web 2.0. (Caution, some graffiti have adult language and themes!)

These will be fun to explore.

A nice online way to creat a book or photo story with your students. The booklet can then be published on FaceBook, tweeted, or emailed, or embedded on a website. Might be an inspiration to write more, and it can handle pictures.

Storybirds are short, visual stories that you make with family and friends to share and (soon) print. Also good for young learners to make collaborative stories.