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Neat Sites, November 09

bvwlibrary — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:12:30 +0000

Archive of over 10,000 images. “It includes photos that have become icons, by some of the leading names in the profession.”

Creating Characters

Slideshow providing how-to and links to create online characters (avatars)

Screenjelly – What’s on your screen?

Record your computer screen along with audio to upload to your website, email, or twitter.

100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School

TIME Magazine Archives

ONLINE GRAPHS AND CHARTS

Neat Sites

bvwlibrary — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:17:22 +0000

Block Posters – http://www.blockposters.com/ create any size wall poster from any image

Flashcards http://www.cobocards.com/ Create online flashcards that you can share and print.

May 2009 Newsletter on Glogster

bvwlibrary — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:03:35 +0000

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Neat Sites

bvwlibrary — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:36:30 +0000

http://splashurl.net/ – Want your students to be able to view the web page address from the projector? Type in the web page address & it will show up in bigger font.

http://www.tinychat.com/ or http://todaysmeet.com/ Create a chat room for your students to communicate.

http://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic/ Word Mosaic

http://www.mediacloud.org/ Analyze and visualize data from a variety of news sources.

Neat Sites

bvwlibrary — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:04:53 +0000

Let Me Google That For You http://lmgtfy.com/ Ever get a question that could easily be answered? Go to the URL, type in the question. It records your question along with the links to a tiny url you can then send out. (Funny! Humor category.)

Pixton http://pixton.com/ Make your own comics.

Jeopardy Template http://jeopardylabs.com/build Build a Jeopardy template online.

Viddler http://www.viddler.com/ Another place to find and post videos.

Mashups, Remixes, and Web 2.0: Playing Fast and Loose with Shakespeare

Neat Sites

bvwlibrary — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:31:42 +0000

http://www.xtranormal.com

Xtra “You type something; we turn it into a movie.” A neat way for students to create movies. (This is untested right now with a class. Let us know if you would like to try it or if we can help.)

http://images.google.com/hosted/life

Life magazine photos hosted on Google and organized by decade.

http://www.blinkx.com/

Blinx – search for videos through the blinx search engine. We found stuff on here that a typical Google search never revealed.

http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/

Many eyes – visualization tool to view any variety of data sets. Create your own or view others.

http://www.lovelycharts.com/

Lovely Charts – online tool to create flow charts and other graphic organizers. Think of Inspiration software online.

Neat Sites

bvwlibrary — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:54:57 +0000

Graphjam.com: Create a graph in seconds. (Some published graphs are somewhat “edgy” – so double-check before using with students.)

Piclits.com: “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.”

Searchme: A visual search engine. Actually see the pages in the results list.

See the full PicLit at PicLits.com

Neat Sites, Nov. 08

bvwlibrary — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:08:09 +0000

http://eatsshootsandleaves.com/ESLquiz.html

Eats, Shoots, and Leaves Punctuation game

http://budurl.com/

Shrink your hyperlink.

http://www.screentoaster.com/

Free online screen recorder.

http://www.sliderocket.com/

Make great presentations.

http://www.timerime.com/

Make or browse timelines.