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Online rich media storytelling

There are some useful tools for online rich media storytelling you don't know

• Animoto - create free 30 second videos with your photos tell a story with pictures text and audio
• Nota - wow talk about an AWESOME Educational tool, you have to see this site, create a web page by adding just about anything!! Embeddable
• Ourstory - a time line based photo story option .
• OneTrueMedia and Tel.A.Vision - create great looking videos with this simple online tool, A+++++ Add images, video, audio and more
• PhotoPeach - easy photo sharing and captions. Allow for comments, keep private or public. Embeddable
• Photoshow - simple easy to add photos, captions and templates
• Slide - create fun and embeddable stories with this fun free tool
• Voicethread - upload images and presentations to share and get feedback in the form of test or audio
• Vuvox - great for creating eye catching photo stories

The Best online tools for converting word to pdf

Convert Word to PDF

• Convert PDF to Word simple online free converter
• PDF Forge - create pdf files with this free download
• PDF to Excel
• Cometdocs - Convert files to pdf
• PDFMeNot- PDF to Flash - create an online interactive embedable pdf file.
• HTML to PDF- absolutely amazing ...no registration create a pdf of a webpage with active links
• PDF Hammer- not really a converter but an online PDF editor
• Free PDF convert - convert any doc to pdf
• Various Converters
• Scribd iPaper- view any document online with Scribd's iPaper
• PrimoOnline - convert any file to pdf for free

The Best Online Audio Convertion Tools

Now I introduce some exciting tools for you, they can convert text or video files to Audio files and the sound quality is really good. I have tried them. It's a good experience for me. I believe it will be useful for you too.

Convert Text to Audio

• iSpeech - convert your blog, docs, rtf, rss and more to audio. Sound quality is pretty good.
• Online Conversion - convert anything
• Koyote - freeware for converting audio files and more

Convert Video and Audio Files

• ZamZar - convert it all here!
• Farkie - download and convert Youtube vids
• Media Converter
• AVS Video Converter
• Movavi - Convert Videos to any format
• Kick Youtube - download any youtube video with this site - change www to kick in the url

Free Open Source Software

A lot of free open source software you shouldn't miss:

• Thinkfinity - online resources from k-12 all content areas A+++
• Curriculumbits - cool interactives for all subject areas
• Education Oasis - Resources by subject or content
• Tons of Online Tutorials
• Teacher Network
• Tiny Rock- resources for busy teachers
• Librarian Chick a ton of Web 2.0 resources
• Web 2.0 Directory My personal favorite
• Open Office- completely free download of an open source office solution!!
• Open CourseWare - online free open source courses and content
• Professional Development for Teachers - MIT Open Courseware
• Career For Learning Performance Technology
• BigHuge Labs
• OER - Open Educational Resources this site offers new ways to engage with free-to-use learning content.
• MyT4L - Create educational resources in a snap. Rubrics, Graphic Organizers and more.
• PC World Freebies
• File Hippo - Download some great open source software.
• 4Teachers.org - some of the simplest and best tools.
• Center For Learning and Performing
• College 2.0- college courses at home
• Alison - free online learning resource for people interested in learning computer skills. Learn and get a certificate of completion
• Whois find out who makes the sites you visit.

Web 2.0--Top 10

Top 10 Web 2.0 you must know:

1. Blogs - Wordpress or Blogger
2. Wiki - Wikispaces, Wetpaint, Webnode, Wix, Glogster WikiMatrix - compare and contrast
3. Virtual or a Cloud Office - Docs, Google Docs, Zoho, Thinkfree
4. Online Classroom Environments/Networks/Forums - Ning, Neetz, Lefora Backchannels - tinychat, backnoise,coveritlive
5. Audio Channel - Podcasts or recordings - evoca,podbean, gabcast, gcast, odeo
6. Teacher Tube create a free account for uploading demonstrations
7. Private Videocast or TV Channel - Ustream Mogulus., Youcastr
8. Online Assessment tools - Thatquiz. , rubrics - Tech4Learning
9. Online Grade book -Engrade
10. Online storage - file storage - Box.net Adrive , 4shared, Flickr for pics

Online Spreadsheets and Charts Service

There are some online spreadsheets and charts service. It's good choice if you can't reach Excel on desktop. Hope it's useful for you:

• Editgrid - free online spreadsheet creator
• Google Docs share and collaborate
• irows - create and upload excel sheets online, share and collaborate
• Swivel - Data sets, graphs, charts, etc. All can be embedded and manipulated.
• Zoho - share and collaborate
• ChartGizmo- create charts to share and embed on your sites
• Tableizer- create free html charts or spreadsheets
• LovelyCharts - great online diagramming
• Chartle - create interactive charts and tables
• Many Eyes - upload data sets and create amazing looking data represenations

Change in 2010: Social Media Innovation Will No Longer Be Limited By Technology

With Web technology maturing and the near-elimination of previous barriers such as closed platforms and discrete logins, companies will now look to innovate the way they use existing technology, rather than focus on technology enhancements themselves. We will see a move to leverage existing assets -- content and capabilities -- in new ways, turning information to wisdom and insight to action. Whereas once user research required focus groups and usability tests, companies will utilize the Web's capabilities to achieve the same. Naturally occurring conversations will be utilized in product innovation and design, and companies will create incentives for people's attention and engagement while repurposing and analyzing content and engagement in new ways that will deliver valuable input.

Change in 2010:Social Media Will Become a Single, Cohesive Experience Embedded In Our Activities and Technologies

Today, it is impossible to separate social media from the online world. Facebook reached 350 million users last month -- 70% of whom are outside the US -- and it accounts for 25% of the Web's traffic, according to Pew nearly one in five people on the web use Twitter or some other service to check status messages, and 94% of enterprises plan to maintain or increase their investment in enterprise social media tools. The social media conversation is no longer considered a Web 2.0 fad -- it is taking place in homes, small businesses and corporate boardrooms, and extending its reach into the nonprofit, education and health sectors. From feeling excitement, novelty, bewilderment, and overwhelmed, a growing number of people now speak of social media as simply another channel or tactic.

So what will social Web bring next? What will "being connected" mean? What will the next experience be for the 2 two billion people who are connected to the Internet? Here are 10 ways what we've called social media will evolve in 2010.

By this time next year, social media will no longer be "social media" -- it will be an integrated, unquestionable component of your online and offline experience. Last year we spoke of cross-platform integration across media sites. Open APIs and OpenID made that possible, and even LinkedIn announced last month that it too will finally open its APIs. 2010 will be about integration and a single, cohesive experience across platforms as well as across products and devices -- Web, mobile, TV, and video -- will become near-inseparable experiences.

Users will access content from any device or platform, co-create and mashup their photos, videos and text with traditional content while interacting with each other. Publishers will create new kinds of content for the connected world, and the last years' lull in good entertainment will finally be lifted. This trend will cut across all of our activities -- from playing games to shopping to emailing and texting -- nothing will be lost; everything we do will be gathered and streamed together, allowing people to view their world of activities as if it were projected in front of them, open to change, review and input at any point in time from any device or online tool.

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