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Avatars Copyright Friendly Avatar Makers - from Joyce Valenza Books Copy-right Friendly Music and Sound Portal- Joyce Valenza Curriculum Handbook & 9th grade Curriculum Handbook Digital Storytelling PhotoStory3 download Tutorial for PhotoStory3 - includes a Collections library of resources Pima County Regional Support Center - Digital Storytelling Copy-right Friendly Music and Sound Portal- Joyce Valenza
Encyclopedia Google docs, spreadsheets and presentation - start with a google account. Allows a group to work on a single project at the same time from different machines and locations. The originator of the project invites everyone else. Google Gears - an opensource software app that allows you to work Google apps offline and synchronize later when you connect. Graphic Organizers Concept Mapping - explanation English Companion -lots of note taking organizers - have his book Tools For Thought 371.3 BU Essay Map - an interactive tool with introduction, three main ideas, each with 3 supporting details and a conclusion. Limited space. Michael Drake's Take on Graphic Organizers Parkwise Schools - 22 pages of graphic organizers, in Adobe. Speech Graphic Organizer Storyboard graphic organizer for PowerPoint (more detailed)
Images Associated Press Multimedia Archives - must have a Pima County Public Library Card Flickr's Free Use page Flickr's Library of Congress Photostream Flickrstorm - a way to search and gather pictures from flickr. Saves them online. Using Flickrstorm - by David Jakes, lots of other great stuff at his web site.
News Sources on the Web - search using intitle:tsunami to get more specific articles AlltheWeb News - Newspaper sources world wide, usually free for the last week of news. Daypop.com - Searches 59,000 news sites and weblogs. Add /archive/news to get news from 2002 - current. Google News - Includes regional national and world. InfoTrac Databases - Newspapers and Magazines on Sabino's database Rocket News - includes newspapers, media and quality weblogs. Search 22 - A meta search that searches the other news search tools like Google and Rocket. Topix.net - Allows you to locate regional news and then by clicking on a story see how it was revised by another paper. Photos see Images Pima County Public Library - Databases -Newspapers Posters Online Glogster - incorporates music, video and images PowerPoint Directions for PowerPoint in #322 lab Primary Sources Pathfinder - portal to everything primary source on the web - by Joyce Valenza Social Bookmarking Del.icio.us - export all your current bookmarks to the web for access from home or school. Annotate them, tag them, share them, search your bookmarks or anyone on Del.icio.us Furl Technology Free FLV Converter - converts Flash so it can be put on portable devices CubedLabs - converts Youtube URL so you can post it on web sites or in PowerPoints. Zamzar - takes youtube out of Flash and converts it a friendlier format Templates Brochure Directions - Publisher 2003 (All labs except 322) Newspaper Template in Word Resume Templates in Microsoft Word Office 2003 Timeline Widget - see the example at MIT VoiceThread - there is an educational version. Web Based Software Google Docs and Spreadsheets - free web based word processing and spreadsheet functions SketchUp - modeling software developed for architects to design buildings.
Wikis
Wordle - generates word clouds, based on the text you copy and paste in, or direct to it, from a blog.
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