Saturday, April 5, 2008

Useful Websites

I have been keeping track of everything in my del.icio.us, and I thought it would be nice to list some really great websites. All of the links below can reflect learning in some way or another and most of all they can let the power of student voice shine through.

Glogster
A poster that you can make online, then embed into your website. It can display audio, pictures and text.

Animoto
This is one of the newest picture sharing tools out there. I like the fact that it moves the pictures in time with the music. They have a lot of excellent music that you are allowed to use with your images or you can choose your own music.

Voicethread
A fantastic site where you can collaboratively display audio, and it lets student voice shine through.
You can also embed this onto your blog, wiki, or website etc.

Toon Doo
This is a site where you create a comic strip, or book. I recommend this website for reflecting learning, and showing what students know or have learnt about a study.

Bubble Share
Bubble share has a great variety of options that you can use each photo. You can add sound to each photo and you can also add speech bubbles and about 20 other objects. You can put a piece of video onto the photos as well.

Clustr maps
From their website:
See at a glance where your site's visitors are located: instantaneously, even whenthe numbers are enormous! Visitors don't need to click on anything: just viewing your page is sufficient.

Vuvox
Vuvox is a great way to display photos. Accounts are free and you can search your photos on Flickr, PhotoBucket or upload them from your computer. You can also do general web searches for images to use. You drag the photos you want to display into your storyboard area and then apply a style to use.

Flickr
Flickr is the most famous picture sharing site. You can upload pictures and surf through the pictures of others. You can create basically anything with your pictures varing from slide shows to calendars to a magazine cover.

Photobucket
Photobucket is a way for people to create, manage, and share their personal media online. They can include personal photos, graphics, slideshows, and videos.

Rock You
This website provides you with customisable photo slideshare options as well as other tools for your blog or wiki. You can add special effects such as glitter writing, to yout photos.

Slide.com
This looks very similar to RockYou when making a SlideShow. You can upload files from your computer or from a variety of other sites such as Facebook and PhotoBucket.

PB wiki

PB Wiki is a wiki solution suitable for businesses and education. It is very similar to wikispaces but it does have some differences.

8 comments:

Lenva said...

A very handy list of tools. Keep adding to this and you will have an excellent resource.

Anonymous said...

Hey Jess,
Thanks for this list. I found out about a website I didn't know about before. I'll be sharing your list with the teachers I work with and asking them if they're giving their students a 'voice in their learning'!

Sean Carmody said...

Nice start in the blogging world. Keep it up!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the Glogster link .. looks like a lot of creative fun for our right brains.

Anonymous said...

I eventually found you.It didn't take too long. I am very proud of your work here Jess. This is an amazing resource and there would not be many people out there, your age, who are so engaged and up with the play.It is good to see that your focus is on your learning and you give clear examples of how these tools can be used to support that learning.
I will keep my eye on this blog
Mrs. M

Nicola Harvie said...

Hi Jess,
THIS IS GREAT!
Half of these sites I didn't know before! How do you find out about them?
Nicola
PS Visit Glittermaker.com if you haven't already.
: )

Cheyenne said...

Awesome! This is great! Keep up the good work!

Dane Howard said...

great mention with VUVOX. I've had great success with their latest tool, collage (vuvox.com/collage)

keep it up. have fun.