Creaza

Creaza

http://www.creazaeducation.com/

is a tool that  lets you make cartoons, movies and mindmaps.  I was impressed with the movie editing, and liked the add a note feature to the mindmaps.





Classroom idea: Movie making as a group project is difficult, but this tool might be the solution, as students could work on one account.

Classroom Idea

Explaining Daylight Savings Time

Classroom Idea:
  This video can introduce the interconnectedness of disciplines.

Literature Map

Free Technology for Teachers  reminded me of this source for finding read alikes. 

Literature Map  http://www.literature-map.com/   I have much more success when I put in first and last name, but this is a fun tool

Youtube edits

Don't want to lose this.

Creative Commons Search

http://search.creativecommons.org/

Many sites allow one to search for media that have been somehow labeled as freely available for reuse.  This tool brings those services together.  While this service is not a guarantee that image is available for reuse, it does provide a filtering service.

Classroom Idea:  To model the need for conscious thought when reusing someone else's work, send students here for media searches.  I think Flickr,  especially, with the clickable license link, is a great model and teacher of respecting others creative work.

National Jukebox

 
National Jukebox http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/The Library of Congress has made historical sound recordings available online in a (fairly) easily retrievable way.  The advanced search lets you search by author title genre and by date as well as keyword.   http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/search.
 Here is a quick playlist using keyword "Ireland".  You can share your playlist via a link
http://media.loc.gov/playlist/view/A3545ECB048A00E8E0438C93F11600E8

Classroom Idea:

1. When studying a certain period in American history, listen to recordings from that era.
2. Use recordings from an era to examine cultural norms.

Directory Of Learning Tools 2011

DIRECTORY OF LEARNING TOOLS 2011    

http://c4lpt.co.uk/directory-of-learning-performance-tools//

This is a very useful directory of online tools. I use it often to find a tool for a specific task.