"Earlier this month my favorite web-based tool for creating screencast videos, ScreenToaster, announced that they are shutting down on July 31. The news that ScreenToaster is shutting down has me taking a look at some other web-based tools for creating screencast videos. Here are three other web-based screencast recording tools that you should consider as a replacement for ScreenToaster. If you're wondering why screencasting is important please read Using Screen Captures to Enhance Instructions."
"The premise is simple - five random images are shown on a screen. The idea is that the reader then becomes the writer. Taking the images shown, students then write, trying to link and weave a story through the five images."
An amazing site from BBC Earth. The beautifully interactive site is full of images, video, and stories from BBC Earth's most captivating documentaries. Each month features a different theme. The astonishing images and video capture life's most colorful displays in nature. The search page is equally stunning, offering an on-screen widget that lets students adjust the pictures in the grid by filtering by hot/cold, slow/fast, sea/sky, or colour.
My Pop Studio is a creative play experience that strengthens critical thinking skills about television, music, magazines and online media directed at girls. Users select from four behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn more about mass media:
In the Magazine Studio, users compose a magazine layout featuring themselves as celebrities. They write an advice column, explore the power of digital retouching, and reflect on the role of body image in today's culture.
In the TV Studio, users edit a TV show where the story keeps changing but the images remain the same. They examine their TV viewing choices, comment on teen celebrities, and compare their daily screen time with others.
In the Music Studio, users create a pop star and compose her image and song. They explore the power of music in selling a product and search for truth in media gossip. The comment on the values messages in popular music.
In the Digital Studio, users test their multi-tasking abilities. They share their experiences with the challenges of digital life online. They consider the "what if's" of social networking sites and reflect on the power of media and technology in their social relationships.
"Now you can create screencasts for your followers as easily as you tweet. Just click the record button and you'll have your ready-to-tweet screencast in seconds."
huge resource library of things to use with your projector (made originally for IWB classrooms)
From cool apps like random grouper (puts your kids in new groups for discussion/work randomly and on the screen)
Word magnets (create poetry/writing as group/class using fridge magnets,
have a look!
Now with places for notation!
Using the Rhythm Band
* To draw music on the screen, click on the pencil, choose an instrument and draw on any of the 6 lines of the percussion score.
* To edit your music, click on the "selection" tool (the dashed square) to activate the "edit" mode. On the score, drag a rectangle around the area you want to edit. You may use the tools below the "selection" tool to duplicate, erase and reverse the selected area.
* To adjust the tempo of your music, select the turtle or rabbit to make it play slow or fast.
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Using the Musical Sketch Pad
* To draw music on the screen, click on the pencil to activate the "sketch" mode. Choose an instrument below and draw on the sketch pad.
* To edit your sketch, click on the "selection" tool (the dashed square) to activate the "edit" mode. In the sketch pad, drag a rectangle around the area you want to edit. You may use the tools below the "selection" tool to duplicate, erase, reverse, and invert the selected area.
* To adjust the tempo of your musical sketch, select the turtle or rabbit to make it play slow or fast.
ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that is designed to let anyone easily create their own customized 3D pop-up books. Click on some of the pictures below to check out books created by members of the ZooBurst community. If you have a username and password you can log in and create your own books using the 'Login' link at the top right side of the screen.
Make 2D screen based cartoon stories to illustrate conversations and dialogues. Stories can include an unlimited number of frames and are view frame by frame. Each frame can include:
* Images: Drag and drop library items onto the frame, or import your own digital photos or images saved from the web.
* Text bubbles: Select from a range text bubbles and information boxes. Drag and drop onto the frame and start typing! Text can be in any language and any script.
* Voice recordings: Add new voice recordings using the simple built in recording panel. You can also add recordings already saved on your computer.
Stories are saved on your computer as HTML page (webpages), and can easily viewed by others on any computer using a web browser such as Internet Explorer. Stories can also be printed. Completed stories can also be loaded back into the Cartoon Story Maker and edited or added to.
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Very cool screen capture tool, lets you embed it, download it or just send the link.
Remember to copy and paste these somewhere as they are lost once you close the window!
With iOS 5 you can now use AirPlay to "mirror" your entire iPad screen and display or project it. All that is required is an iPad 2, the new iOS operating system and an Apple TV (which sells for around $100) that connects to any TV, monitor or projector with an HDMI interface. You can project your iPad with a couple of simple steps ... and it works wirelessly! Here's how: