Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Animoto - tools for creating videos

http://animoto.com/education/

"Animoto provides an array of tools for creating videos in your classroom. Browse some of the features of our all-access pass below then check out individual case studies to see how others are already using us. Animoto automatically analyzes the music, photos and video clips that you choose, and orchestrates a custom video.  Leaving you and your students free to focus on the content and narrative of their videos. No two Animoto videos are ever the same, and our Remix button lets you quickly remix your videos to create a completely new video. Use our one-click remix to instantly create a new video, or do a complete remix with new photos and music. Mix relevant messaging, statistics and quotes among the pictures your videos to educate your audience and inspire them to action. Animoto makes it easy to share your videos via e-mail, on a blog/website, exported to YouTube, or downloaded to a computer for use in presentations."

Monday, February 8, 2010

Slideflickr - create and embed a Flickr slideshow

An 'extra' for today to ward off the snow-day restlessness... Visit Slideflickr, enter a Flickr username or URL to a Flickr set and you're done! Here's a sample from my 'Winter' set:









Source page...
http://www.slideflickr.com/

Preezo - presentations for the web

http://www.preezo.com/

"Create professional quality presentations using an ultra-fast Ajax user interface. Access your presentations from any computer with an Internet connection and a modern browser. And there's no need for dedicated hosting to use Preezo. Reuse images or the content of entire slides from easy to use galleries. Save time and reduce headache by collaborating on a centralized web document. Distribute presentations to clients and colleages without having to email huge PowerPoint files."

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Squareleaf - a sticky note board on the web

http://www.squareleaf.net/

"Squareleaf is a simple and intuitive virtual whiteboard, complete with all the sticky notes you'll ever need. Unlike the real thing, our notes don't fall off all of the time. Work how you want. Squareleaf doesn't force you to keep boring old tabular lists. Arrange your notes how you see fit, quickly and easily."

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Spazze - a virtual corkboard

http://www.spaaze.com/

"We wanted to solve one of our problems: organize pieces of information in a visual way. We were not happy with having all our things scattered around the web, some to-do lists here, some bookmarks there, favorite videos somewhere else and so on. Spaaze is an information management web application which tries to do things a little bit different. While most other application try to bring structure to your data, Spaaze is more like real life. Everybody likes to sort things differently, has different aesthetic demands. Spaaze doesn't force your thoughts into a specific structure, but let you decide how to arrange and group them."


Friday, February 5, 2010

PBS Teachers

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/

"In your work as educators, you provide knowledge and guidance to our nation's young people and support the well-being of our culture and our democracy. All of us in public broadcasting have tremendous respect for your commitment. Public television's primary mission is to inform and inspire the American public with multi-platform content of unparalleled educational quality. PBS is dedicated to providing you, your students and their families with resources that transform teaching and learning. Through our local stations' outreach, our program producers, and our online efforts like PBS Teachers, we will sustain and enhance the role that teachers play in our children's lives. Thank you."

Thursday, February 4, 2010

ChipIn - social network fundraising

http://www.chipin.com/

"Create Tell us what you're collecting money for, how much you want to raise, and when you need it by. * Promote Embed the ChipIn Widget on your favorite Web site or create your own ChipIn page at yourname.chipin.com. * Collect Let your social network contribute via ChipIn's secure service and collect your funds via PayPal."

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Faxaway - fax from email

http://www.faxaway.com/

"Faxaway® is the world's finest Internet fax & unified messaging service. Since 1995, Faxaway has been giving customers faxing tools at their desktop."

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Easy Messenger - all your im services on one page

http://www.mijnmessenger.nl/

"We bring you the best free instant messenger service that runs entirely from your web browser. Combine your MSN, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo! and Jabber contacts into one solution. Now you can use your instant messenger at school, work or just at home without having to install software. With the build-in RSS reader you are always up-to-date with your favorite RSS feeds."

Monday, February 1, 2010

Lockbin - encrypted webmail

https://lockbin.com/

"Lockbin's cryptographic algorithm uses a Secret Word to encrypt messages. You invent the Secret Word and deliver it to the recipient using a phone, text message, instant message, smoke signals, homing pigeon, or as a last resort... another email. When the encrypted message is received, it is destroyed from Lockbin's database, and decrypted in the recipient's browser, provided that they entered the Secret Word correctly. Uncollected messages are destroyed after six months."