Other+Cool+Tools

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=Other Cool Tools=

Avatars
[|Create an Avatar with tektek] Copyright Free Avatar Makers from Joyce Valenza's site [|Portrait Avatar Maker] - haven't tried this one yet [|Voki] - an avatar that speaks, not good for Voicethread

Book Sharing Sites
[|GoodReads] - Start a list of what you've read with or without a personal review. Add friends that can be notified when you've added to your list. Create a private or public book discussion blog. [|Shelfari] [|LibraryThing] - Put your own books in a library. Connects you to others with similar tastes in literature for recommendations. Allows you to write reviews, set up private groups... Best Practices: Book reviews, sharing what you've read, book clubs... Examples: The [|CDO librarian] shares what is new at her library (at the bottom of her page)

[|Boolify Project] - boolean searching

[|My Brochure Maker] - faster and easier than publisher

Cartoon Makers [|Make Beliefs Comix] [|ToonDoo]

[|Flickr]- a picture sharing site and so much more. The [|Arizona Memory Project] on Flickr

[|Highlighter] - Firefox add-on

[|igoogle] - set up your own google page to keep track of your RSS feeds, and any other widgets of interest.

[|Jing] - downloadable software that makes it possible to broadcast short movies with sound of what you are doing on the computer.

[|**Library Elf**] - sign up with your PCPL card and code. It will email you 3 days before your books are due.

Mindmapping
[|Bubbl.us] [|Webspiration] - the web version of Inspiration

Notetaking on the Web
[|Evernote] [|Glogster]** - an online poster. Now with educational features and privacy options. [|ScrapBlog] - scrapbook page with pictures or video. [|Sproutbuilder] - similar to glogster
 * Online Posters

Adobe Photoshop Express Flickr and [|Flickr Toys] [|Picnik] Picasa 3
 * Photo Tools**

PowerPoint with [|authorSTREAM] - [|blog post] [|SlideShare] [|Voicethread] - not completely free, a class is $60.00. At the high school level a teachers classes could be 150 kids or more.
 * Presentations**

[|Which RSS Reader is Right for You?]
 * RSS Feed**s - it's like [|Tivo] for computers

[|Twitter] - a mini-blog on your cell phone.

Timeline Maker - [|http://www.xtimeline.com]

[|Jog the Web]- http://www.jogtheweb.com/ - lets you annotate the sites, keeps students on the pages. [|PageFlakes] - http://www.pageflakes.com/ - mount mini-versions of web pages on a single page.
 * Tours of Web Pages**

Kickyoutube.com - from Mr. Marchant-While at the youtube video that you want to save, insert kick into the URL just before the words youtube. It will take you to another page with a choice of formats for saving the video to your computer or ipod. [|YouTube converter]- allows you to convert the URL so you can post it in a blog or PowerPoint -CubedLabs [|Zamzar] - Converts a URL into a link you can embed in a PowerPoint or wiki to view it full screen, [|How To Use]
 * Video**

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 * Word Clouds**
 * [[image:quintura2.JPG caption="Quintura Search Engine"]]

[|Quintura] - a search engine that uses word clouds, helpful for coming up with keywords. [|Wordle] - creates word clouds from text, pasted in or brought over from a blog. Frequently have to download the latest version of Java. To print it out, take a screen shot using CRTL, ALT, PrintScrn or CRTL PrintScrn and locate it in Recent Documents in **Paint**. [|The Top Twenty Uses for Wordle in the Classroom]

[|CASL 2.0 Tools] - [|High Tech Low Tech]- Delicious Link Portal to Web 2.0 [|Re-imagine, Rejuvenate, Renew]: Beyond Library Media Specialist 2.0 [|Training Videos for Web 2.0 tools -] **WebTools4u2use** **-** uses a Glogster front, on a wikispace, to introduce every imaginable Web 2.0 technology of use to school libraries. What do they do everyday anyway? Will Richardson's Web 2.0 Wiki
 * Resources - Articles or Link Portals**

Clay Shirkey at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco media type="custom" key="2087969" [|The Machine is U/ing Us] - an explanation of Web 2.0 [|Pay Attention] on Teacher Tube
 * Video**