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.
PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture.
A google earth inspired map that shows the locations of over 100,000 historical sites in North America, including pictures and information about those places. Great tool to use for history teachers to pull their students into the world around them.
Search engine that allows you to search for public domain photos to use for projects. Some results you may have to pay for but this is usually the pictures displayed on the first row, much like an ad.
Images and pictures are great visual aides in teachning. We all include them in our lesson planning for illustration and more elucidation purposes especially when it comes to explaining hard concepts. It's awesome to add your personal touch to images you use like adding a text, a caption, chaging colour, ect. It makes you control what you want share and this is why I compiled a list of some great photo editing tools that teachers can use very easily and in most of the times without any registration
Book Drum is the perfect companion to the books we love, bringing them to life with immersive pictures, videos, maps and music. Good to use with an AP English class.
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.
a free web service that provides various data and statistics related to different interesting topics and global issues. Gapminder was built to present a picture of the world using a unique approach to reading data. This website also aims to promote global development with the purpose of accomplishing the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture.
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.
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