The Right Tool For The Right Job!

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The Right Tool ForThe Right Job!
Presented by

• Vicky Selznick and Robin Screen
• Lowery F.C. Ford M.S.
• vicky_selznick_at_allenisd.org
  robin_screen_at_allenisd.org
• 972-396-6975, x1105
  972-727-0590. x1710

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IMAGES

• www.creativecommons.org
• www.flickr.com
• http//photopeach.com
• http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki
• www.google.com/imghp
• www.freedigitalphotos.net
• www.pixelperfectdigital.com

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IMAGE EDIT ENHANCEMENT

• www.imagechef.com
• Customize and create images,
• banners, animated posters,
• and much more!
• www.irfanview.net
• A freeware image viewer for
• Microsoft Windows that can
• view, edit, and convert image files
• and play video/audio formats.

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IMAGE EDIT ENHANCEMENT (cont.)

• www.loonapix.com
• Make funny photos with many photo effects online
  
  or add frames to your photos. Make
  funny and unique
  pictures!
• http//www.photofunia.com
• Online photo editing tool that identifies the
  face in the photo and let's you add cool photo
  effects and create funny face photo montages.
• Similar Sites
• http//www.similarsites.com/sites-like/photof
  unia.com

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IMAGE EDIT ENHANCEMENT (cont.)

• www.picnik.com
• Editing tools for you to tweak your photos,
• then get creative with many effects, fonts,
• shapes, and frames. It's fast, easy, and
  fun.
• www.piclits.com
• A creative writing site that
• matches beautiful images
• with carefully selected
• keywords in order to
• inspire you.

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AUDIO

• www.ccmixter.org
• www.freesound.org
• www.freeplaymusic.com
• www.archive.org/details/opensource_audio
• example ALLen Reads, Hound of the
  Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan
  Doyle www.archive.org/details/hound_baskervilles_
  librivox
• http//filmsound.org/sound-effects/libraries.htm

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AUDIO EDIT ENHANCEMENT (cont.)

• Audacity (PC)
• http//audacity.sourceforge.net
• Audio editor for recording, slicing, and mixing
• audio. Site includes help, downloads, and
• developer information.
• Garage Band (Mac)
• www.garageband.com
• A software application that allows users to
  create music or podcasts. It is developed by
  Apple Inc.

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AUDIO EDIT ENHANCEMENT (cont.)

• www.voicethread.com
• Web-based communications network for K-12
  students and educators that transforms media into
  collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text
  commenting.
• www.vocaroo.com
• Voice recorder and simple service for posting
• on sites and sending voice messages via email.
• www.blabberize.com
• Animate photos and turn them into talking heads.
• www.audiopal.com
• Make a free mp3 audio player and embed audio on
  websites.

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MAKING MOVIES

• Free Applications From Microsoft
• Photo Story 3 (PC) www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/usi
  ng/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx
• Movie Maker (PC) www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downl
  oads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx
• Free Application From Apple
• iMovie (Mac) www.apple.com
• Free Application From Discovery for Educators
• Animoto www.animoto.com

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FILE CONVERSION SHARING

• www.zamzar.com
• Online file conversion, covering a wide range of
  different image, document, music, video and
  compression formats. Free for files up to 100MB.
• www.formatoz.com
• (format factory)
• Multifunctional media converter.

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BLOGS AND WIKIS

• http//edublogs.org
• http//pbworks.com
• http//mediamoguls.pbworks.com
• www.wikispaces.com
• https//allenreads.wikispaces.com
• http//fordlibrary.wikispaces.com

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BLOGS AND WIKIS (cont.)

• Differences between are explained at this link
• http//wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_differences
  _between_a_blog_and_a_wiki
• Basically, a blog is similar to an
  online journal. It is updated
  daily or
  weekly or whenever the
  author desires. A wiki is
  a platform that is meant for
  anyone to update in real time.

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SITE ENHANCEMENT

• www.wallwisher.com or http//wiffiti.com
• Online notice board makers wiffiti can create
  interactive displays that move as an animated
  cloud.
• www.shelfari.com
• Build virtual bookshelves, discover, rate and
  discuss books, and participate in online groups.

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SITE ENHANCEMENT (cont.)

• www.imagechef.com
• Customize and create images, banners, animated
• posters, and more!
• www.scribd.com
• Document-sharing website which allows users to
  post documents of various formats, and embed
  them into a web page using its iPaper format.

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SITE ENHANCEMENT (cont.)

• www.magtoo.com
• Create free image presentations known as
• MagShows, to display on blogs or
• on other social networking sites.
• www.sketchcast.com
• Draw (and record) sketches online and (if
  desired) accompany them with your voice
  instructions.
• http//edu.glogster.com
• Poster yourself - Make your interactive poster
  easily and share it with friends. Mix images,
  text, music and video.

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SITE ENHANCEMENT (cont.)

• www.doink.com
• Easily create flash-style animations!
• www.voki.com
• Voki is a fun tool that allows you to create your
  own personal avatar and give it a voice (record
  your own or use the text-to-speech function!)
• www.coveritlive.com
• CoveritLive.com is a web based Live Blogging tool
  that allows you to broadcast live commentary to
  your readers.

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SITE ENHANCEMENT (cont.)

• www.wix.com
• Create a free website and use Wix free websites
  builder to design stunning Flash website designs
  with drag and drop. Search engine friendly.
• www.edmodo.com
• Free private communication platform for schools,
  connecting students, teachers, parents in an
  interactive community setting.

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OTHER COOL TOOLS SITES

• www.wordsift.com or www.tagxedo.com or
  www.wordle.net
• Turn phrases, famous speeches, news articles,
  slogans and themes into visually spectacular word
  clouds! These sites help teachers manage the
  demands of vocabulary and academic language in
  their text materials.

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COOL TOOLS SITES (cont.)

• http//www.thinkfinity.org
• Verizon Thinkfinity offers comprehensive teaching
  and learning resources created by our content
  partners the most respected organizations in
  each academic subject and literacy. The
  easy-to-navigate K-12 resources are
  grade-specific and are aligned with state
  standards.
• www.discoveryeducation.com
• Free elementary and secondary teacher resources,
  including Puzzlemaker, student games and
  activities, and lesson plans. Streaming video
  available through a subscription plan.

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COOL TOOLS SITES (cont.)

• www.googlelittrips.org
• This site is an experiment in teaching great
  literature in a very different way. Using Google
  Earth, students discover where in the world the
  greatest road trip stories of all time
• took place... and so much more!
• http//earth.google.com/outreach/index.html
• Google Earth Outreach gives non-profits and
  public benefit organizations the knowledge and
  resources they need to visualize their cause and
  tell their story in Google Earth Maps to the
  hundreds of millions of people who use them.

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COOL TOOLS SITES (cont.)

• www.docs.google.com
• Create and edit web-based documents,
  spreadsheets, and presentations. Store documents
  online and access them from any computer.
  Great site to use for group collaboration by
  students and educators!
• A few examples
• 1. Google calendar
• 2. Google forms
• 3. Google translator
• 4. Google e-mail (g-mail)

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COOL TOOLS SITES (cont.)

• www.polleverywhere.com
• Inexpensive Audience Response System that uses
  audience mobile phones or the web. Features live,
  animated charts in PowerPoint and on the web.
• www.surveymonkey.com
• A tool to create and publish custom surveys in
  minutes,
• and then view results graphically and in real
  time.
• www.online-stopwatch.com
• A Free flash online stopwatch, quick easy to use
  stopwatch! also an online countdown!
• www.statcounter.com
• A free yet reliable invisible web tracker, highly
  configurable hit counter and real-time detailed
  web stats.

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COOL TOOLS SITES (cont.)

• www.timetoast.com or www.dipity.com
• Create timelines for free that you can add to
  your blog or website and share with the world.
• www.bubbl.us
• Simple and free web application that lets you
  brainstorm online. Create colorful mind maps
  online share and embed!
• www.bibme.org
• Auto-fill generator creates MLA, APA, and other
  format citations from URLs, ISBNs and a vast
  array of other sources!

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COOL TOOLS SITES (cont.)

• www.storybird.com
• Creative storytelling create, publish, share
• your work!
• http//www.lulu.com
• Publish and sell print-on-demand books and
  e-books, online music and images, custom
  calendars and books. Free self-publishing.
• www.letterpop.com
• Create eye-popping newsletters, actionable
  presentations, irresistible invitations,
  beautiful product features, sizzling event
  summaries, and more!

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COOL TOOLS SITES (cont.)

• http//www.4teachers.org
• Integrate technology into your classroom by
  offering online tools and resources. This site
  helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web
  lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom
  calendars. There are also tools for student use.
• http//rubistar.4teachers.org
• Tool from the 4teachers site to help teachers
  create rubrics or use ready-made templates from
  the site.
• www.teachervision.fen.com
• Find Ready-to-print graphic organizers, forms,
  student handouts, worksheets, and more!

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COOL TOOLS SITES (cont.)

• www.slideboom.com
• Upload and Share PowerPoint presentations, while
  preserving the original quality so there is no
  need to worry about output audio-visual elements
  and animation effects. It is widely used for
  converting PowerPoint presentations to Flash and
  sharing them.
• www.pptheaven.mvps.org
• Presentation entertainment portal for PowerPoint
  animations, games, artworks, showcases, animation
  templates and tutorials.
• www.prezi.com
• A cloud-based presentation editor.

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COOL TOOLS SITES (cont.)

• www.teachertube.com
• Teacher Tube provides an online community for
  sharing instructional teacher videos. Upload your
  lesson plan videos or watch student movies.
• www.schooltube.com
• School Tube provides students and educators a
  safe, world class, and FREE media sharing website
  that is nationally endorsed by premier education
  associations .
• www.artsonia.com
• Student art gallery showcasing art projects from
  schools around the world. Teachers grades K-12
  display their class art projects in the worlds
  largest museum.

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COOL TOOLS SITES (cont.)

• www.spellingcity.com
• Input spelling lists for your students to use for
  free spelling help. Extra service for a cost
  of50.00 per year, can track progress of up to 30
  students.
• www.wordtalks.com
• Free plug-in developed for use with all versions
  of Microsoft Word (from Word 97 upwards), which
  can help people with reading and writing
  difficulties.
• www.grabbabeast.com
• Browse, share, rate or create your own beast
  online.

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COOL TOOLS SITES (cont.)

• Online Bookmarks
• www.laterthis.com or http//delicious.com
• Bookmarking sites to save and manage all the
  links you'd like to have a second look at, but
  don't have time for now.
• QR CodesNot Your Grandmas barcodes any more
• http//zxing.appspot.com/generator
• QR code decoder (Zebra Crossing)
• http//zxing.org/w/decoder.jspx
• QR code decoder (Zebra Crossing)

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