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23 Apr, 2009

World Digital Library putting human history a click away

Posted by: Michael George - Instructional Technologist In: Fine Arts| News| Online Database| Web 2.0| World Languages

PARIS — A globe-spanning UN digital library seeking to display and explain the wealth of all human cultures has gone into operation on the Internet, serving up mankind’s accumulated knowledge in seven languages for students around the world.
James Billington, the librarian of Congress who launched the project four years ago, said the ambition was to [...]

05 Mar, 2009

uStream.tv – Live, interactive broadcasting

Posted by: Michael George - Instructional Technologist In: Fine Arts| Math| Podcast/ Vodcasting| Video| Web 2.0| World Languages

http://www.ustream.tv/
LIVE, INTERACTIVE BROADCASTING
Experience live video. In just minutes, you can broadcast and chat online with a global audience. Completely free, all it takes is a camera and Internet connection.

01 Mar, 2009

Poll Everywhere – Text your response

Posted by: Michael George - Instructional Technologist In: Cell Phone| Emerging Technology| Fine Arts| Math| Response System| Web 2.0| World Languages

http://www.polleverywhere.com/
Poll Everywhere replaces expensive proprietary audience response hardware with standard web technology. It’s the easiest way to gather live responses in any venue: conferences, presentations, classrooms, radio, tv, print — anywhere. It can help you to raise money by letting people pledge via text messaging. Its simplicity and flexibility are earning rave reviews.
Poll Everywhere [...]

20 Nov, 2008

Wordle – Artistic Word Clouds

Posted by: Michael George - Instructional Technologist In: Fine Arts| Fun| Math| Top Pick| Web 2.0| Word Cloud| World Languages

http://www.wordle.net/
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can [...]

24 Oct, 2008

Sim Carnival – game creator

Posted by: Michael George - Instructional Technologist In: Fine Arts| Games

http://www.simscarnival.com

No Programming Skills Required! Creating games is a snap with easy-to-use tools from The Sims Carnival. Join the fun now!

17 Sep, 2008

Zamzar – Online file converter

Posted by: Michael George - Instructional Technologist In: Fine Arts| Math| Video Conversion| World Languages

http://www.zamzar.com/
It allows you to convert documents, images, videos and music files and share them with friends.
 


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