Feb 20, 2010

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

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

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

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.

Top 10 Web 2.0 you must know:

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

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: