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"RGB Experimental Music Laboratory / MacOSX and Windows RGB MusicLab converts RGB (Red, Green and Blue) value of an image to chromatic scale sounds. The program reads RGB value of pixels from the top left to the bottom right of an image. One pixel makes a harmony of three note of RGB value, and the length of note is determined by brightness of the pixel. RGB value 120 or 121 is the middle C, and RGB value 122 or 123 is added a half steps of the scale that is C#. Pure black that is R=0, G=0, B=0 is no sounds. It is not an impression of a painting or a photograph of a musical variation. It is not an arbitrary process. It composes a score from an image directly. It is simple and clear algorithm, and does not have any hidden or mysterious tricks. Anybody can get a same result if he/she takes same processes."

Unfortunately the site was recently pulled down. There's a note on the site explaining that apparently somebody else holds the rights for the software. I didn't get a chance to try it, but it sounded great.

Digital Storytelling takes the ancient art of oral storytelling and engages a palette of technical tools to weave personal tales using images, graphics, music and sound mixed together with the author's own story voice. Digital storytelling is an emerging art form of personal, heartful expression that enables individuals and communities to reclaim their personal cultures while exploring their artistic creativity. While the heart and power of the digital story is shaping a personal digital story about self, family, ideas, or experiences, the technology tools also invite writers and artists to think and invent new types of communication outside the realm of traditional linear narratives.

Images of England is a 'point in time' photographic library of England's listed buildings, recorded at the turn of the 21st century. You can view over 300,000 images of England's built heritage from lamp posts to lavatories, phone boxes to toll booths, mile stones to gravestones, as well as thousands of bridges, historic houses and churches.

"Migrant Stories Multiculturalism is an integral part of the nation�s fabric, with 23% of the population born overseas. The migrants made Australia their home for a variety of reasons. But as they age, they sometimes face a unique set of problems not encountered by the Australia born, including isolation, language difficulties and an inability to access essential health, transport and social services. Age reporters and photographers record the views of the now elderly migrants who left homes and families as young men and women to start a new life in Australia. Click here to download the latest flash player "

Great multimedia stories about immigrants to Oz

This site offers thousands of photographs of Quebec regions to Internet surfers. The database of digital images aims mainly at meeting the growing need for copyright-free images for use in the production of teaching aids. Quebec in images thus contributes to preserving and diffusing a significant part of Quebec's collective memory.

ReadWriteThink offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the K-12 classroom. These interactive tools can be used to supplement a variety of lessons and provide an opportunity for students to use technology while developing their literacy skills. Click on the name of each interactive for a brief description of the tool and a list of the ReadWriteThink lessons that use the tool. From there you'll also be able to directly access the tool and use it in your classroom.

ImageStamper is a free tool for keeping dated, independently verified copies of license conditions associated with creative commons images.

"ImageStamper is a free tool for keeping dated, independently verified copies of license conditions associated with creative commons images. You can use it to safeguard your use of free images from license changes, or to prove you are the original image creator. Simply paste the URL of the page that contains the image you intend to use. ImageStamper will produce a timestamp of the image's license and will store this timestamp permanently in your account. The timestamp proves you obtained the image under that license and you can show it to others using a unique permalink."

Diane Adams suggested that "certain types of infographics are more effective than others depending on the content being presented" (¶3). She provided a flowchart with an overview of related choices, followed by illustrations and explanations of eight different types.

What is "best" depends so much on how you use mind maps. Some people use them for study, some for planning projects, some for organizing information, some for sparking ideas and facilitating brainstorming sessions, some for planning the writing of a report or blog. Some mindmap alone, others mindmap in groups. Most of us probably do all of these from time to time, so we need a quiver full of arrows to choose from, some free, some not so free.

Use Raven to create fully scalable vector art appropriate for logos or tee shirt designs. You won't find a similar tool on the web." "Aviary is on a mission to make creation accessible to artists of all genres, from graphic design to audio editing."" Look at the other Aviary applications: "Aviary is a suite of powerful creative applications that you can use right in your web browser. We're on a mission to make creation accessible to artists of all genres, from graphic design to audio editing. Sign up for an account today to start creating, sharing, and collaborating with our community of artists."http://aviary.com/tools

Welcome to ARKive, a unique collection of thousands of videos, images and fact-files illustrating the world's species. You can explore and search ARKive's continually expanding multi-media collection via the navigation bar at the top of every page.

1000 images on the tip of my tongue is an interactive site focusing on idiomatic expressions that have the same meaning in French, English and Spanish, but cannot be translated word for word. This trilingual directory provides more than 1000 idiomatic phrases classified according to themes. Each of them is inserted into a short text which illustrates its meaning and contains a digital audio file. Listening to the file allows to fully understand all the various shades in the pronunciation. The site also includes exercises and games as well as brief, humorous animations which contribute to the discovery of the fascinating world of colourful expressions.

In an age of mathematical, logical, and scientific thinking, storytelling is often considered appropriate only for language arts projects for young learners. However, in today's information-loaded world, storytelling is being rediscovered as an effective tool for helping us make sense of this data barrage. According to the brain research explored by Roger Shanks, storytelling provides a memory structure and depth of context that engages learners in a sense-making of facts.

At the core of FreshBrain is an open and free web site freshbrain.org that provides teens with the opportunity to explore, engage, and create through activities and projects. FreshBrain takes advantage of the latest technologies, such as web conferencing and social networking, to provide a very progressive environment where teens can complete activities and work together on projects. This experience is enhanced with Advisors, available to support and mentor teens who are working on projects, with the intention of increasing the likelihood of success. In addition, FreshBrain provides teens with tools and training in the latest technologies to complete these projects.

"VoiceThread portal at nypl.voicethread.com where you can find and make copies of VoiceThreads created by the amazing staff of the New York Public Library. These Learning Modules include expert commentary explaining the background of the images and provide a starting point for further exploration and use of these source materials in the classroom."

During World Mathematical Year 2000, a sequence of posters designed at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences was displayed month by month in the trains of the London Underground. The posters were designed to stimulate, fascinate - even infuriate! But most importantly that they bring maths to life, illustrating the wide applications of modern mathematics in all branches of science - physical, biological, technological and financial.

The main objective of the World of Images collection is to provide copyright-free photographs for use in the development of quality educational material.

The International Journal of Learning and Media (IJLM) provides an international forum for scholars, researchers and practitioners to explore the relationship between emerging forms of media and learning, in a variety of forms and settings. The editorial focus is particularly, but by no means exclusively, on young people, and will include a focus on informal and everyday contexts as well as institutions such as schools.

You can design attractive visuals by following simple guidelines. One of these simple guidelines is the Rule of Thirds - a composition technique borrowed from photography and other visual arts that works wonderfully in PowerPoint.