Collaborative web tools for visual media
(Bold titles indicate accessible to NSW public secondary school students)Image Tools (Editors and Sharing)
- Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/
- Bubblr - add text to Flickr images to create and share digital stories - http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/
- Aviary – an ever-expanding suite of image manipulation tools - http://aviary.com/home
- Sumopaint – like Aviary but different- http://www.sumopaint.com/
- Picasa - the Google app for editing and uploading photos (links to Picasa web) - http://picasa.google.com
Publishing tools
The Google suite- Blogger - http://www.blogger.com
- Google docs - http://docs.google.com
- Google sites - http://sites.google.com
- Picasa web - http://picasaweb.google.com.au
- Google groups - http://groups.google.com.au
- Google for educators - http://www.google.com/educators
Other blogging tools
- Edublogs - http://edublogs.org
- Yola - http://www.yola.com
- Wordpress - http://wordpress.com/
Video/Animation Tools (Editors and Hosting)
- Animation - http://goanimate.com/
- Xtra –normal http://www.xtranormal.com
- Scratch – http://scratch.mit.edu/
- Vuvox - http://www.vuvox.com
- Stupeflix http://www.stupeflix.com/
- Kaltura - http://www.kaltura.org/ Open source video!
- Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/unsw
- BlipTV - http://blip.tv/
Creative commons and public domain
- http://creativecommons.org/about/
- http://search.creativecommons.org/
- http://creativecommons.org/videos/
- http://ccmixter.org/
- http://creativecommons.org/videos/a-shared-culture
- http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/
- Public domain info and resources> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.php?curid=63057
Multimedia Authoring Environments
- Sophie rich media open source authoring environment
Presentation Tools
- Screentoaster - http://www.screentoaster.com/ free screencapture and upload software
- Flash templates with an educational focus - http://classtools.net/
Conceptual Tools
- Bubbl.us - http://bubbl.us/ - free mindmapping
Search Tools
- Search for stuff – http://search.creativecommons.org/
- Clipblast - search the video web http://clipblast.com/
Collaborative Spaces
- ABC Pool http://www.pool.org.au/
- Voicethread - http://voicethread.com/#home
Story Telling
- Digital storytelling - http://telt.unsw.wikispaces.net/Digital_storytelling
- Stories for Change - http://storiesforchange.net/
APIs
- A whole bunch of useful things - http://www.programmableweb.com/api/flickr/mashups >
Various
- Top 100 educational applications - http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/index.html
- Dropbox - Sync files between computers via the net
- Comiclife - turn art or images into comics - http://plasq.com/comiclife/
- Jam2Jam musical activity over the net (sorry Mac OSX only)
- Blog for above: http://www.jamnation.ning.com/
- Portable Apps - http://portableapps.com/apps
- Commoncraft - Simple explanations of social software - http://www.commoncraft.com/
Workshop links
- The workshop blog - please comment! - http://the-creative-web.blogspot.com
The Creative Web Presentation.pptx- Ken Robinson interview transcripts and video links
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2009/s2600125.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2009/s2601217.htm - web 2.0 tools http://www.go2web20.net/
- DET portal http://portal.det.nsw.edu.au/
- Teachers attack NSW DET filter (4.3.09)
Examples of school blogs:
- http://bonotto.globalteacher.org.au/
- http://mrsmcsclass.blogspot.com/
- http://belmoresouthpublicschool.edublogs.org/
- http://www.boysbloggingbooks.blogspot.com/
- http://nmaes.globalteacher.org.au/
More on blogging in schools:
- Benefits of blogging for students and teachers - http://doncastersc.globalteacher.org.au/why-blog/
- A Vision for Classroom Blogging - http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/EducatorResources/YourLearningJourney/EnvisioningtheFutureofEducationandTechnology/A_Vision_for_Classroom_Blogging.pdf
- Useful blogging tools - http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/07/21/50-useful-blogging-tools-for-teachers/
- Parents technology newsletter: blogging - http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/news/technology/usingtechnology/yr2009/blogs.php
