Camtasia is a screen capturing and editing tool, allowing users to create interactive videos, tutorials and presentations. The site includes an overview videos, as well as free online tutorials. They are great for essential and generative learning, as they facilitate a better understanding of how to use the tool and help reduce essential cognitive load. This tool is an exceptional one for creating multimedia materials and presentations.
* Brief Description: Camtasia is a screen recording and video editing software that allows for a high quality of screen recording and the ability to add special effects and edit. You can also add in other media and share high-quality videos with others.
* Brief Explanation: It is user friendly and gives you the ability to add audio recorded through Audacity. I also appreciate the high quality videos it produces.
* Brief Description: A screen capture tool that allows you to edit images and add effects to them. With the Snagit editor you can save it in a variety of different formats and easily add images that have been enhanced by text to create eye catching handouts.
* Brief Explanation: I really enjoy using the wide variety of editing features available in Snagit. I find it very easy to use and use it regularly.
Explanation: This site offers several collections to view but also provides users the ability to login and create their own collection. Once logged in, an extensive tutorial is available with both video and graphic support so users can create their own add-on collection in Firefox.
Reasoning: This site is created by Mozilla Firefox and has the most up-to-date versions as well as a very professional tutorial to support learners at they create their own collection.
Mozilla Firefox Add-Ons extend the functionality of your Firefox browser and provide useful tools for improving integration and organization in the classroom.
Assignment, Module 3 - Mindomo.com is a web-based, graphic organizer tool that allows users to manage, plan, track, and prioritize tasks. Although there is a minimal charge for the premium package and group rates, the basic service is free. The site allows you to embed videos and photos and add links. Some advantages of this site are: users can install Mindomo on your desktop to work offline, and Mindomo recognizes and imports mind map formats from other services.
This website is great for brainstorming alone or with others. You can add videos to your mind maps. Mindomo can be downloaded to your desktop to use offline or your server. The desktop maps you create can be integrated with your online maps.
Mindomo is a mind mapping tool that not only allows users to create a map for a concept, but also allows for collaboration and the addition of multimedia elements. This tool can be used at the end of a workshop to allow participants to share their knowledge with each other or with those who did not attend the workshop through the creation of a mind map. I have not used this particular tool, but it looks to be fairly easy to use. The fact that it allows for the addition of multimedia elements to the mind map makes it even more appealing.
Mindomo (http://www.mindomo.com) is an incredible graphic organization site. This site allows the user to create interactive graphic organizers. They can choose the layout they want, import pictures, and add video or audio clips, hyperlinks and much more to the graphic organizer. This allows the user to create dynamic interactive graphic organizers that demonstrate whatever they are trying to get the learner to learn. The graphic organizers can be saved and shared within the site or embedded into a website for others to view. This site has two levels of service the free component does not allow the user the same privileges as the paid customer such as uploading pictures but with the free component the user is able to still make a interactive dynamic presentation. This site is better than some of its counterparts like Inspiration and even Bubbl.us because it allows the user to embed the graphic organizer into a website or create a slide show presentation of what they are trying to do.
Assignment, Module 3 - Jingproject.com is free software that allows users to take screen shots, record video of onscreen movement (up to 5 minutes), and instantly share over the web, in Flickr, Twitter, and through e-mail. It can be used with both the Windows and Mac OS X platforms. Users can add captions, highlights, or arrows to enhance screenshots. The site also provides a help center to assist in questions or concerns. Jing Pro is available for less than $15 per year.
Audacity is free sound editing software. It is open source and there are versions for all operating systems and platforms. Constant improvements and an enormous and very active community of devote followers that offer support makes this tool a favorite of many.
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:
*Record live audio.
*Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
*Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
*Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
*Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
You can also record images and screen shots. This website offers a list of all of Audacity's features.
Audacity is a free audio editor and recorder that is compatible on many platforms (Mac and PC). This software allows a user to record live audio as well as edit recorded audio. Audacity can aid the generative learning process, as it will allow users to organize and integrate what they have learned into an audio file.
Audacity allows for sounds, songs, and audio files to be recorded and edited. This tool will be useful for workshop participants to add their own voice to pictures and images in a presentation. Its features seemed easier to use than other similar audio editing applications.
* Brief Description: Audacity allows for high quality recording with different editing functions. Allows for simple recording and for more complex mixing and editing.
* Brief Explanation: I like how easy it is to edit and record with Audacity and then be able to add the recordings to the screen captures created through Camtasia.
This service allows you to create video slideshows similar to other video tools but with the added ease of drag and drop capability. Feel free to move your sequence around to your liking, and add text to the images. One sticking point is the offering of only a single soundtrack, no choice unless you upload your own music too. You can incorporate more than one audio import to your creation. Stupeflix is an essential learning tool for sharing information.
This video creation tool allows users to use their own videos and photos combined with Masher's library of video clips from BBC Motion Gallery adding special effects to traditional slide show information sharing. You can add words and music along with rips and curls to keep attention on your content. Unlike many downloaded applications such as iMovie and MovieMaker, this is all free, online, and instantly shareable via Facebook, My Space, email, and more. Build up your essential learning information simply by jazzing it using Masher.
* Brief Description: Through Google Drive, I can create an authentic assessment as a document and then share it with participants. Participants are able to access the document, make a copy of their own to add in their own information and notes.
* Brief Explanation: I like the easy sharing ability of Google Drive and how I can have access to all of the participants'' assessments on my computer and not have to juggle a pile of paper.
This is a free software package is on your Microsoft CD or, you can download it from Microsoft.com. Using Photostory, you can create slideshows using your digital photos. With a single click, you can touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures, remove red-eye, add stunning special effects, soundtracks, and your own voice narration to your photo stories. Then, you can personalize them with titles and captions. Small file sizes make it easy to send your photo stories in an e-mail or watch them on your TV, a computer, or a Windows Mobile-based portable device. Students can take their own digital photos to create a time-line, presentation, or video product.