(From the Today's Digital Tools for Enhancing Future Learning, ODCE 2008 presentation. Click here to download a Word document of all these tools and more! For more information, contact Carrie Rathsack - carrier@bgsu.edu)

Visual Tools (organization, images, video, & more)

BELOW each site, list an integration idea (task, assignment, project, activity, etc.) -- click on the EasyEdit button above.
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Animoto – upload several pictures, pick music, and it automatically makes a video montage (30 sec. or less is free)
http://www.animoto.com

• Students create an ad to "sell" a concept/idea
• Teacher use - introductory piece or discussion-starter

Jing – record what’s on your screen and turn it into a video from TechSmith who also makes Camtasia
http://www.jingproject.com

• Sample (while it lasts on this hosting site - ScreenCast)
  

VoiceThread – online presentation or sharing space for pictures, docs, or video where people can make comments (voice or typed) or doodle on them
http://www.voicethread.com

Vyew – free, always-on collaboration & live web conferencing
http://vyew.com/site/

Cmap Tools - Concept Mapping - on your own computer or via vast shared Cmap network
http://cmap.ihmc.us/

Bubbl.us – brainstorming online – webbing, graphic organizer, etc
http://www.bubbl.us

Picasa - (Win2000,XP, Vista only) - Similar to Apple's iPhoto to organize, touch-up, and manage digital images
http://picasa.google.com

Flickr - Create an image storage site or digital story on a given topic
http://flickr.com

Picnik – similar to Picasa or iPhoto, but online
http://www.picnik.com

Google Earth - "GoogleMap on steroids" Wonderful images from satellite pictures; often used on news
http://earth.google.com

Video uploading/hosting/viewing sites – (for teacher and students) – create videos using your favorite video editing program (iMovie, Movie Maker, etc.) and then post it on one of these for others to access
http://www.youtube.com
http://www.teachertube.com
http://www.vimeo.com
http://www.viddler.com (up to 500MB)

United Streaming – (some schools have a subscription) – video clips for download or streaming; teaching resources
http://www.unitedstreaming.com

ScrapBlog – easily manipulated, online digital scrapbook; (student projects, teacher lessons/review)
http://www.scrapblog.com

DropShots – upload pictures (500), video (20, 2-minute) for free; commenting feature; pay-for upgrades $5/mo.
http://www.dropshots.com

Pics4Learning – copyright-free categorized images for education (get or post your own)
http://pics4learning.com

Worth1000 –manipulated images (via Photoshop) – good for discrepant events or observation/inference
http://worth1000.com

stock.xchng – leading free stock photo site
http://www.sxc.hu

Spell With Flickr - Type in words to be displayed with separate letters from Flickr images
http://metaatem.net/words

Visually-Based Search Engines:

NewsMap – www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm

News Is Free - www.newsisfree.com/newsmap

Ten By Ten (visual news) – http://tenbyten.org/10x10.html

PicSearch – http://www.picsearch.com

Grokker - http://www.grokker.com (click on Map View to see graphical results)

Kart00 - http://www.kartoo.com

Music Plasma (“seeing” music or videos) – http://www.liveplasma.com

Yahoo & Google Picture Search – www.yahoo.com www.google.com (click on “Images”)