Here are my notes from the third of my favorite four sessions from NECC2008, The Price is Right: Free Online Resources for Educators, presented by Alma Row.
Handout available on del.icio.us/almarow - top link on right is PDF of all of the information she presented (something like 27 pages!)
Applications
Voki – creates audio animation
Dragnifier – allows you to magnifiy a part of the screen – it’s good for magnifying the website when showing it on a presentation
GoogleEarth – make tours
FlashEarth is alternative to Google Earth
Sketchup – CAD type to make 3D – free version for educators
SMART notebook can be used without the SMART board – demo of frog dissection (download education library, but it’s very large and takes some time – but worth it)
Moodle is free, but requires tech support (can create wikis, lessons, etc)
Skype – online video conferencing – IM on steroids
CamStudio (camstudio.org) – like Camtasia
Audacity
PhotoStory
Stellarium – like Google Sky
BlockCAD – electronic Legos
Yahoo Widgets
JourneyEd – company that sells commercial programs cheap for teachers, students, parents (have to prove you are a teacher)
Web-Based Opportunities
clipart of newspaper – Fodey’s Newspaper (www.fodey.com)
UStreamTV (www.ustream.tv)
Thinkature.com (concept mapping – chat and live audio if each has an account)
Gliffy – same thing
Bubbl.us – same thing
mypodcast.com – download software – record and click “publish” and it uploads to your account
Gaggle.net – email for students
SpellingCity.com
Visible body – biology (download one file, but everything else is online after that)
FotoFlexer.com – manipulate picture
PhotoShop Express – same thing (smaller version of PhotoShop)
StoryTop.com – online story telling
ConvertTube.com – download online videos (only one per 15 min time period)
ScribLink – online whiteboard (can share with others who have account)
Voicethread.com – digital story telling (online slide show)
Box.net – file transfer / storage site
MailCatch.com – temporary email (cannot send – only receive)
TappedIn.com – online community
Mosaickr (take photos from flickr and make a mosaic – need > 100 photos)
Weebly - ???
BeFunky.com – make cartoon from photo
Blabberize – take photo, cut mouth and create sound file and it makes the mouth move video (use photo with closed mouth)
Dumpr.net – make Rubrics cube etc from photo
Wordle – creates graphic
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