Technology

=Technology= We'll use this space to post technology resources. This initial list was developed by Lane Dye for her high school English class. Lane's students create a virtual literary museum. She provides them with this list as a menu of choice, options for sharing their work. If you have something you've used in the classroom that isn't listed here, please add it and tell us how you use it.

http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools ** Web 2.0 Cool Tools for Schools: ** A wiki with a plethora of sites with online tools. http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/ [] ** MovieMaker: ** Microsoft’s site for MovieMaker [] ** MovieMaker Resources: ** wiki contains tutorials and other resources for MovieMaker 2. http://ctap3moviemaker.wikispaces.com/ [] [] ** Digitally Speaking: ** A wiki with tips on using Voicethread. []
 * Multimodal Literary Museum Resources **
 * Web 2.0 Resources **
 * CogDogRoo: ** 50 web 2.0 ways to tell the same story online.
 * Go 2 Web 2.0: ** they call themselves “the complete web 2.0 directory.”
 * Teach Web 2.0: ** wiki where teachers have contributed their favorite web 2.0 sites and tools.
 * Image/Video Resources **
 * Photostory: ** a free program you download from Microsoft. It is much easier to use than MovieMaker, and you can do some really cool things with it even though it does not accept video.
 * VoiceThread: **  a site for creating and sharing videos, documents, and images.

** Audio Resources ** [] [|**Audacity**]: Wonderful cross platform program for editing music and voice overs. If you’re planning to export audio files as MP3s, you’ll need to download the [|Lame encoder file] too. [] Partners in Rhyme: site with downloadable free sound effects [] [] [] [] [|http://www.search-cube.com/#]
 * Gabcast: ** Create podcasts from your cell phone.
 * Freeplay Music: ** site where you can download music that is not copyright protected.
 * Brainy Betty: ** another site with freeplay music and sounds.
 * Jamendo: ** free music site.
 * Research Resources **
 * Search-Cube: ** visual search engine that presents web search results in a unique, three-dimensional cube interface. It shows previews of up to ninety-six websites, videos and images.

[] [] [] [] [] [] [] ** Google Docs: ** join Google and you can create Google Docs, documents where you can collaborate much as you would on a wiki only the documents stay as word documents if you choose. (To find Google Docs, go to "more" on Google's page and scroll down to "documents." They have an introduction video for your viewing pleasure.  [|www.google.com]  ** Google Sites: ** go to Google the same as for Google Docs, and when you scroll down under "more," you'll see "Sites" at the bottom. You might consider using this tool to create your home page.  [|www.zoho.com]  Wikispaces:  A wiki site that allows you to create a wiki for free. You might want to consider making this your home page. If so, see me; it would probably work better if I created a new wiki for you under my account and invited you to join. You would have editing privileges, etc. but won't have to worry about the account expiring. (At least I // think // this will work. . . ) www.wikispaces.com
 * ChunkIt!: ** free application that promises to enhance and streamline google and online searches
 * Kennesaw **** Mountain **** Library Resources: ** Here you will find Galileo and the Gale Resources in the Cobb Virtual Library. Your username for the CVL is ** cobbhs **, and your password is ** three **. Currently, Galileo's passoword is ** fork **, but that can change.
 * Delicious: ** download their social bookmarking application and you can access your favorite sites from any computer as well as share them with others. I can't live without it.
 * OWL PerdueWriting Lab: ** excellent source for how to write an annotated bibliography
 * Noodletools: ** citation generator; perfect for your annotated bibliographies. Your username is ** KMHS **, and your password is ** mustang. **
 * Storage and Collaboration Resources **
 * Drop.io: ** a site where you can upload all forms of media for collaboration.
 * DropBox: **  site for online storage that can be accessed from any computer with explorer
 * Zoho: ** a site with many of the same tools as offered by Google. Will Woods contributed this site, so you may want to talk to him about it.
 * Miscellaneous Resources **

Glogster: Site for creating posters that can be embedded in wikis, blogs, etc.   [] [|www.wordle.net] [] [] ** Google Lit. Trips: ** Site for creating lit. trips (a variation of Google Maps) [] [] ** Zamzar: ** my personal favorite media converter for downloading YouTube videos. They email you a link to the file. [|http://www.zamzar.com] Media-Convert:  a media conversion site similar to Zamzar. [] []
 * Wordle: ** Create "word clouds" from any text you provide.
 * Timeline: ** site for creating timelines with photos
 * Scrapblog: ** site for creating online scrapbooks
 * Museum Box: **  create a virtual box for presenting artifacts, etc.
 * Handbrake: ** application for ripping scenes from DVD’s.