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Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel, Moodle etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users.

Look at some examples at the Wink website.

Do you want to email some photos and wondering how to reduce the size of images befor posting it? No wants wants to receive photos that are a few MB’s each and takes ‘ages’ to download. Shrink Pictures is your savior.
You don’t need to have almost no grapics skills or knowledge to use this program.

To resize your images it is as simple as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!

1. Browse your computer and select your image/photo to resize
2. Select the new size for your picture – use a preset or choose a custom size
3. Optionally, add an effect to your image
4. Select output image/picture quality Lower quality means a smaller file
5. Click “Resize” and wait for the processed images to be displayed

Are you tired of typing long URL’s to send via email or use in Twitter, Facebook or blogs, the you should look at Tiny URL, which instantly converts it into an ‘tiny url’. You also have an option of creating links based on your desired keywords! This also allows you to hide the actual URLs.

AirSet is an online group solution to organize, collaborate and communicate with your family or any other group that you are a member of. It has a shared calendar, contacts, lists, files, messaging, albums, playlists, blogs and links. Start using it today to organise your life. You can find use for it your school, private groups, church groups etc. It can send email reminders to all members of your group(s) to remind them of appointments etc.

Sign up today HERE.

Kartoo

Kartoo is a search engine with visual display interfaces. Kartoo gathers the results, compiles them and represents them in a series of attractive, interactive and visual maps. Your kids will love using it. Quickly gather and present information related to a theme or topic. the visual results interface makes it good for searching the web as a group.

Survey Monkey

Survey Monkey is an online tool to quickly create and publish custom surveys and then view results graphically and in real time. Let your students create a
questionnaire and then get other students in the school to take the survey. The students can view the results as they are collected in real-time and watch live graphs and charts, and then dig down to get individual responses.

Skrbl

Skrbl is an online web resource which allows users to type notes, sketch drawings, upload pictures and share files. You can use it as an online white board or notice board, wher you could put all sorts of information. Or simply use it as a shared common space where everyone in your team can write, read, draw, edit, share files and show pictures… all on the same page. You don’t even have to sign up to start using it.

Digital Tools is list of numerous web 2.0 tools that you can include in your classroom. There are too many to name.

Below are a small sample of these programs. Click on the icon to go to the site.

A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites, blogs, wikis etc. that are accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing Internet connectivity.

I have been using Bluehost as a webhost for about US$7.00 per month, which is very cheap considering all the space and other features they provide. Today I joined another web hosting service called Host Monster costing US$5.00 per month, paid in advance for two years. They have all the features provided by Bluehost, including Fantastico, which automates the installation of many softwares, including Moodle. They also provide a free Domain as part of the deal. My new domain name is itwinning.com.

Click on the banner below if you want to sign up to Host Monster.

BubbleShare is another free photo sharing program, which makes sharing of photos via blogs, netvibes, websites etc a breeze and it does an attractive job too. You can see some photos in the sidebar of this blog.

Vodpod to help you collect videos from 1000s of sites around the ‘Net. You can use Vodpod search to find videos on YouTube, Google, Myspace, Comedy Central and Daily Motion. Or, use our browser button to add videos from 1000s of sites around the web. When you see a video you like while surfing the web, just click the “Save to Vodpod” button and we’ll add it to your Pod (that’s what we call video collections).

Once you’ve collected a few videos, you can put them on your blog, Facebook, Myspace, Netvibes or your personal website with our widgets. It is sSimply the best way to collect, share and watch videos. Adnd it is FREE and easy to use it. Sign up today.

Miketemple123 Edublogs Tutorials site has many useful tutorials on using edublogs. If you know how to embed photos, videos, audios etc, then this is a site that you must visit. You have links to many useful educational videos. There is a link to Maths Video lessons, BBC Education news and of course, tutorials on how to use Edublogs (and I am sure that you are using one, and it is free to all teachers).

Below is a tutorial on using vodpod in your blog. Please visit his site for many more useful videos.

Setting up a vodpod – for video

March 2nd, 2007 by miketemple123

Vodpod is a great way to show videos directly in your blog. No downloading needed for the viewer

1. go to www.vodpod.com and register – it’s free
2. give your vodpod site a name – like a username
3. you probably have one already – remember, it will show on your home page
4. when the site opens up, click on start a new pod
5. give the pod a name – you can change this later
6. it automatically adds this to the url – just leave it as it is
7. you can upload your own videos to this pod, or add other pods as needed
8. Now the clever bit
9. click on widgets
10. go to the bit with bookmarklets
11. simply drag the button onto your browser toolbar
12. then when you see an online video like youtube
13. simply click this button
14. choose the pod
15. this will then automatically add the video to your pod – and update the pod on your blog
16. to get the pod on your blog
17. stay in widgets
18. on lhs, simply select the pod from the menu
19. go down the page
20. copy the code
21. go to your post on the blog
22. click on html
23. paste the code in save and publish as normal
24. you should have a player on the page