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Yodio offers an integrated, one-stop digital publishing service where anyone can go to self-record, produce, and share audio recordings (podcasts) and personal broadcasts (audio synchronized with digital photos). Using Yodio's free production system, most anyone can combine digital photos with their recorded audio to create rich media presentations. What is a rich-media presentation? Think voice narrated power point presentations or photo albums. Now think of them being shared in a player similar to YouTube, so they can be streamed throughout the internet or the player can be embedded in other websites, blogs, etc. This is personal broadcast with the sharing part operating on steroids! You can link, e-mail, embed, and in many cases download as an MP3 file. It's made to share memories and photos that are made more interesting and informative by adding your own voice.

Safe share.tv This site provides a way to safely share Youtube videos.

"A brilliant little gem for teachers collecting photos from multiple student digital cameras. Simply grab the URL directly above the logo and share it with the whole class. Students simply upload the images from their cameras to that URL (no login required) and within seconds everyone has an online album to share. No more having to bring the digital cameras up to the teacher's desk one at a time" (as shared by Mrs Smoke's blog: Making Teachers Nerdy."

Upload your work, add comments, share files, and more. Invite your co-workers and start collaborating. Copy and paste from, and link to, any web site. Share with your friends to get their input.Upload photos from your last vacation. Design, and add a few comments if you like. Allow "guest view" so the whole wide web can see, but not add, edit, or delete.

Stixy lets you create online bulletin boards for collaborating with family, friends, and colleagues. You can share pictures, files, reminders, and notes by using different widgets whose size and color you can change. It's fun, free, easy, and colorful.

"Purpose: The units and related materials linked below are available for any elementary teacher or library media specialist to use, share, or adapt in order to integrate information literacy skills with the instruction of classroom content. As part of the flexibly-scheduled information literacy curriculum at Ephrata Area, integrated units should exhibit the following characteristics. 1. Development of the unit is collaboratively planned by a classroom teacher and a librarian. 2. Instruction is shared by the teacher and librarian. 3. Assessment both of the products and the process of research is shared by the teacher and librarian. 4. Students learn both classroom subject content along with imbedded information literacy skills. 5. Grades become part of the student's grade for the subject area being studied and are recorded by the teacher. The following units have been submitted by the elementary school library media specialists of the Ephrata Area School District. "

The "Top 25" Websites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover. Media Sharing Digital Storytelling Manage and Organize Social Networking and Communication Curriculum Sharing Content Resources: Lesson Plans and More Content Collaboration

YouTube is the most popular online video sharing network but it does not offer the privacy many of us would prefer. In order to better control who gets to see your videos, log on to VidMe. The difference between YouTube and VidMe is that videos shared using VidMe work only for the intended recipient and cannot be forwarded, downloaded, or made viral without the video owner's approval. *Maybe a good place to put student vids - Don't forget Schooltube

scribblemaps lets users create custome maps and share them. Users don't need a login to create a map. Students can add text and pictures to the information boxes, and they can see their project in map view, satellite view, hybrid view, and night sky. They can zoom in and out and find a particular area using the search box. The maps can be saved with a code and shared.

Free scribble maps tool. Allows for sharing. No account needed.

Shwup is a great site for teachers and students to use in order to post and share pictures and videos on the web. You do need to sign up, but anyone who gets a log-in can be invited to share in creating a "muvee" with the images that their "friends" (classmates/colleagues) are sharing. This is a great way to do collaborative multimedia projects or keep pictures and videos in one place from an event that had more than one person taking footage/images. The videos can all be shareed on shwup and posted to blogs, Facebook and other social media sites. Fun, easy to operate, and very useful.

Shwup is a site that can be used for making collaborative slide shows.

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Share Your Sounds. Capture a voice, moment or music in seconds or upload audio you've already created.

VodBurner Features * Create complete video productions directly from Skype calls. * Record both sides of any Skype video conversation, directly to your hard disk. * Captures at full frame rate and maximum resolution for the best quality possible. * Once the call is complete, generate a single complete video, incorporating both sides of the call, with just a couple of clicks. * Edit the video prior to publishing, using the built in Post-Production Console. * Alter which camera is used at any point (this side, other side or both sides). * Trim portions of the call so they do not appear in the final production. * Add text captions to the final production, with the ability to alter font, color and background. * Add pictures to the final production. * Add background audio to the final production, with professional fading options and volume control. * Generate ASF/WMV files suitable for uploading directly to YouTube and other services. * Upload directly to YouTube for public or private sharing. * Generate video with your choice of aspect ratio and resolution. * Anti-drift technology keeps both sides of the call in sync. * Ideal for podcast interview recording. * Ideal for recording shared desktop sessions.

"Know your current events? Prove it at wikipredict, the wikipedia prediction market, a free online game where players compete for fame and glory by buying and selling virtual shares of wikipedia articles. The price of a share is a function of it's activity on wikipedia."

Twitter has become a powerful tool for community organizers, marketers, and others who want to share and receive information in a fast, friendly environment. It's no wonder, then, that teachers have also found success on Twitter, using the tool to connect with students, share information with parents, and find useful resources. Here, we'll take a look at 100 tools that can help twittering teachers make the most out of this helpful microblogging tool.

Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.

TinyGrab is a simple yet extremely powerful utility for Mac OS X and Windows. Harnessing the power of pre-existing and new OS screenshot taking capabilities, TinyGrab instantly uploads and allows you to share with a small URL- all in under thirty-seconds.

SchoolTube provides students and educators a safe, world class, and FREE media sharing website that is nationally endorsed by premier education associations. SchoolTube is the recognized leader for moderated, internet media sharing for teachers and students. All student created materials on SchoolTube must be approved by registered teachers, follow local school guidelines, and adhere to our high standards.

Video for students, by students

Our mission is to honor and celebrate one another's lives through listening. Since 2003, over 50,000 people have shared life stories with family and friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to share, and is preserved at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, and millions listen to our broadcasts on public radio and the web.

This site allows you to generate a help URL so friends and family can send you instant screen recordings to help troubleshoot computer issues. Share the e-mail with those who share computer issues with you. No software or download required....Simply click, record, and submit. An e-mail is sent to you with a link to a page where you can go and view the flash recording of the screencast. URL expires in 7 days from time or recording, but screencasts can be downloaded in mp4 format. 5 minute time limit. Easy enough to use with students....save screencasts for posting on your website. Very quick and easy to learn and use!

"findingEducation is a FREE educator tool that helps you find the best online resources and share them with your students. Find online education resources for all grades and subjects. Manage, organize and share your link resources. Create Web-based assignments for your students."

Free download to share your screen with others. Maybe an alternative to Net-Op for wireless stations.