Technology Resources (open or $)
Alphabetical List - click here
GENERAL
ANIMATION/COMIC STRIPS
ART
Mutapic ​
AVATARS
Create Your Own Super Hero - Marvel.com
AUDIOBOOKS
BLOGS
Blogger- from Google
Blogster- create your own blog in minutes
Classblogmeister - esphttp://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/21/us/your-contribution-to-the-california-drought.html?ref=multimediaecially for classrooms
BRAINSTORMING
worldle - generate word cloud
BOOKMARKING, ORGANIZATION
BOOKS & WRITING
International Children's Digital Library- a collection of children's books in many languages.
Bartleby.com - great books online
Bookbrowse.com- reviews, excerpts, recommendations
Nanowrimo - National Novel Writing Month
Novelist - database of books, what to read next, reviews
The Online Book Page- 800,000 free books online
Project Gutenberg- 33,000 free ebooks
International Children's Digital Library(1,600 children's books in 42 languages)
COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION
iEarn - Learning with the world, not just about it
Stiky- Shared Bulletin Boards
VoiceThread- group conversations around images, documents, and videos
Yammer - the "in-house" social network
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
FLASH CARDS
DIGITAL POSTERS
Glogster - students can create interactive digital posters
EXPERTS/EDUCATORS
Academic Earth- online courses and videos from experts
Christa McAuliffe Outreach Programs
Encyclopedia of Life - find every species
The Futures Channel Educational Videos
iEarn - Learning with the world, not just about it
GOOGLE APPS
Code - Developer tools, APIs and resources
Calendar - Organize your schedule and share events with friends
Docs - Create and share your online documents, presentations and spreadsheets
Google Mail - Fast, searchable email with less spam
Group - Create mailing lists and discussion groups
Reader - Get all your blogs and news feeds fast
Scholar - free academic and research papers
Sites - Create websites and secure group wikis
SketchUp - Build 3D models quickly and easily
Talk - IM and call your friends through your computer
Translate -View web pages in other languages
Voice One number for all your phones, online voicemail and cheap calling
YouTube - Watch, upload and share videos
GRAPHICS
Custom Image and Sign Generator- also "cartoon yourself"
MAPS
INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION
IMAGE MANIPULATION
Big Huge Labs- lots of ways to use flikr images
Blender - 3D graphics suite
Sumo Paint - online image editor
TiltShiftMaker- makes your images look like 3-D models
IMAGES
http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/- this is a great list!
http://search.creativecommons.org
http://www.cepolina.com/freephoto
http://www.debisty.com/Album/photos.html
http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
http://images.google.com (click on advanced search to the right, then choose "labeled for reuse"
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
iPAD APPS
Presentation Software
MULTIMEDIA EXAMPLES
NY Times Multimedia Presentation: Tunnel Creek
I, Too, Sing America: The National Museum of African-American Culture and History
Desperate Crossing: Migrants Crossing by Boat between Libya and Italy
Photographs of Earthquake Devastation in Nepal
Your Contribution to the California Drought
Rosetta Follows a Comet through Perihelion
Images of Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution
The Women of West Point
Outcry and Confrontation in Ferguson
PRESENTATIONS/STORYTELLING/SLIDESHOWS
http://thelearnia.com - create video lessons easily
Animoto-make video from your images automatically
Bitstrips.com - comics in the classroom
Blabberize- upload a picture, type in text, and your picture will blabber!
The Center for Digital Storytelling
Creative Narrations- multimedia for community development
Digital Storytelling Websites - from electronicportfolios.org
Digitales- The Art of Telling Digital Stories
The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling- University of Houston
Explain Everything - iPad App
Key Digital Storytelling Resources (huge list from Tech-Head)
Listen Up - a site dedicated to young filmmakers, with how-tos, lesson plans, etc.
KQED Digital Storytelling Initiative
Seminole County/Central Florida Zoo collaboration-digital story examples
Storybird- very cool graphics available for making short digital stories
Stupeflix - create online video
Xtranormal- If you can type, you can make movies!
SCREEN CAPTURE