WebTools

** __//** Interactive Applications: **//__ [|Glogster] - Create interactive online posters. [|Voki] - Avatars and Characters that speak! [|Animoto] - Create Movie Trailers from your pictures! [|LookyBook.com] - Picture books, online! Search by author, subject, or title. [|Analyze Primary Docs w/ Image Detective] [|VisuWords] - Online Graphical Dictionary [|Visual Literacy] [|Rubistar]- Rubric Making Website Social Bookmarking
 * Web Applications and Resources:

__//**Video Converters:**//__ [|Zamzar.com] [|Converttube.com] Kick YouTube - Type the word "kick" in front of the word "YOU" in the youtube address of the video you'd like to download to get the download options.

[|Mindomo] - Online Mind Mapping [|Lovely Charts] - With Lovely Charts' extremely simple and intuitive drag'n drop drawing mechanism, you'll be able to focus on what really matters. You won't have to draw boxes and arrows, you won't have to worry about what symbol to use. [|Text2MindMap] - Text2Mindmap is a web application that converts texts to mind maps. Text 2 Mind Map takes a structured list of words or sentences, interprets it,and draws a mind map of them. [|Exploratree] - Exploratree is a free web resource where you can download, use and make your own interactive thinking guides. Thinking guides can support independent and group research projects with frameworks for thinking, planning and enquiry. Exploratree provided a set of ready-made guides which you can print out or use online. All of the guides are completely customizable or you can start from scratch and make your own.
 * //__ Graphic Organizers / Mind Mapping: __//**


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Bubbleshare http://www.bubbleshare.com/
Create from uploaded images, clip art library, records 30 second audio/video captions for each image. Overlay comic bubbles with text. Code to embed in blogs, web site. Options to have prints made as books, posters.

Joggle http://www.joggle.com/
Upload images or search/upload flickr or Google for images by tag. Create Slideshows with transitions and attach background audio. Share via email, embed code.

ImageLoop http://www.imageloop.com/
Upload images from computer or flickr or upload PowerPoint files. Select from animated templates. Publish to blog or MySpace. RSS, comments.

One True Media http://www.onetruemedia.com/
"...effortlessly combine photos and video clips with words and music to personalize your story. Quickly share with our Online Slideshow or get as creative as you want with our Video Montage." Upload images and audio for story track. Embed in blogs or directly post to YouTube/Google video, mySpace, Google Groups. Great template choices.

Tabblo http://www.tabblo.com/
an application to put together photos and words with styled templates into a visual collage, also creates slideshows, permissions for views, import form flickr, print services (posters etc)

Scrapblog http://www.scrapblog.com/
Create multipage collections of photos (import from 5 photo sites), decoration "stickies", videos from Youtube, and publish to several blog sites.

Empressr http://www.empressr.com/
Interface allows import of images, video, text overlays, etc.

Spresent http://www.spresent.com/
Offers a PowerPoint like editor all in a web site. Import images (desktop, flickr), upload a PPT, movies from YouTube, audio via URL, use templates, etc. Audio can be synced to slides.

Thumbstacks http://www.thumbstacks.com/
Create simple, PowerPoint-like presentations with simple templates, imports photos from flickr. Very buggy.

Slideshare / Slidecasts [|http://www.slideshare.net]
It's YouTube for PowerPoint. Upload Powerpoint/Keynote/PDF content and converts to Flash easily embedded in other web sites. Provide a URL for an audio track, and you can sync it to create an audio narrated "slidecast"


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Dandelife [|http://dandelife.com]
Generate a timeline of any kind of event in your life, write as blog-like entry, apply tags, attach images, videos, bookmarks form other web service sites. Not the easiest tool to use!

OurStory http://www.ourstory.com/
Write a 'story' which is what happened on a date in time, add pictures, video, and OurSotry creates a timeline. Imports flickr photos.

xtimeline http://xtimeline.com/
Powerful and well designed timeline. Attach images or embed media to any entry, provide source info (for historical timelines?), tags. Can import data from Excel/CSV files. [|Interactive Timeline from ReadWriteThink] [|Timeline Tool from LEARNING TOOLS]**
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