A great idea and a good resource which uses a projector and a webcam to make an interactive wall or floor display. The webcam 'watches' what the children are doing to the display and the animations react. There are a limited number of activities in the free version.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Children (and most adults) love looking at themselves on a webcam and this flash based site lets you add over 70 filters and effects. Use the snapshot button to grab an image. There are lots of ways to use this tool in class. Use the mirror functions in maths for symmetry and compile a music video by adding a screencast tool.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+%26+Images
A wonderfully simple to use drawing tool that blobs paint over a virtual canvas in a Jackson Pollock like way, making quick and easy pieces of art. You can use your microphone and webcam to paint too.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Art,+Craft+&+Design
"A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too." From VoiceThread
"A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too." From VoiceThread
An internet classic web 2.0 tool. So versatile and so fun. If you can't use this in the classroom, you shouldn't be a teacher.
"With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install.
A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.
Users can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities, and pick which comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded to show and receive comments on other websites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs to play as archival movies."
(taken from the VoiceThread site - http://voicethread.com/about/features/)
A really seek looking photo editing site. Upload or take a photo with your webcam. A large collection of effects that you can add with just one click and save to your computer.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+&+Images
An amazing 'must try' animated storyboard creator downloadable program. Make superb storyboards, complete with sound, by simply clicking and dragging backgrounds and characters into place from the library. You can even upload your own images. It's so simple to edit that any age of student can use it.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video,+animation,+film+&+Webcams
JellyCam is a bit of software for Windows and Mac computers.
It creates stop-motion movies from snap shots from a webcam or loaded in pictures. You can add a mp3 soundtrack.
Export as a .flv video for upload to YouTube.
TED is a superb, inspirational organisation that hosts some of the best speakers of our time on a range of fascinating topics. Now TED has a set of amazing videos to use in your classroom to astound your students.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams