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Social Bookmarking
del.icio.us [|del.iciou.us-how-to] [|Del.icio.us]- Access your favorite bookmarks from anywhere. Share bookmarks.

Virtual Field Trips
[|Google Lit Trips]- Literature Field Trips using Google Earth. How-to included.

[|Geocaching] - geocachers seek out hidden treasure utilizing GPS coordinates posted on the Internet by those hiding the cache. Using a GPS unit, you then trek out into the backwoods or urban jungles to find the hiding spot of the cache. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. If the visitor takes something out of the cache, they are asked to leave something in return. [|NC Geocaching]

RSS/Aggregator
[|Google Reader] - instead of searching for information or updates, they find you.

Webquests
[|Webquest.org]

Slide Shows
for Creating Slide Shows by David Kapuler Permanent link

Slideshows are one of the most popular ways to integrate technology into education. Now that there are several free sites that let users create amazing slide shows, it’s no longer necessary to have a program such as iPhoto or Power Point for the job.

Top 10 Sites for Creating Slide Shows 1. [|Kizoa] - Creates beautiful slide shows, with a variety of music, effects, transitions to choose from. 2. [|Shwup] - Great site for creating private collaborative slide shows with features such as the ability to allow comments. 3. [|Photo Peach] - Unique site that allows users to create quizzes in their slide show through multiple choice questions. 4. [|Animoto] - One of the most popular sites around with an educational instance. 5. [|Slideroll] - A very nice site site that allows the user to make private or allow comments. 6. [|Flixtime] - Easy to use site where a user uploads photos and selects audio and transitions and then gets a code to embed into their site. 7. [|One True Media] - Great site to create animated slide shows with video. 8. [|PhotoSnack] - Very user friendly site with a drag & drop interface. 9. [|Pho.to] - Create flash based slide shows and get an embed code to put it on a site. 10. [|Vuvox] - An excellent site for creating beautiful multimedia slide shows.

Posted by Tech Learning Blog Staff at 07/04/2010 12:42:43 PM |