GVC #11: Resources shared on the Global Virtual Classroom Teacher’s Lounge

I love the thought of exploring all these resources. These are displayed on a page of the Global Virtual Classroom Teacher’s Lounge wiki.  I am copying them here to have a quick, available copy at hand.

Where to Find...

• Edmodo - help, webinars, blog
  
• Copyright Friendly Clip Art, Photos, Music, and Loops
  
• A Web Design Rubric (GVC Contest guide)
  
• Free Open Source downloadable programs
  
• TeachersFirst - free site with many resources, policies, methods for Tech Integration.
  
• Creative Commons comes to YouTube
  
• Times in different parts of the world.
  
• File conversion - Online free file conversion of most types of document, image, music, and video formats so they can be shared by all partners.
  
• Tools Recommended by our Participants

Web 2.0 / 21st Century Fluency

Cools Tools - GVC Blog of Web 2.0 tools. This site is continually updated with new tools free, or free to education. A few will be featured below.
Literacy is not enough
LNE_perspective.pdf

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21st century fluency project. The fluencies needed by today's learners.

Collaboration Tools

• Visual Organizer - Collaborative
• Stixy to share files, pictures, due dates.
• Padlet a bit of a cross between a bulletin board and a guest book.
• iEtherPad - real time collaborative word processing

Photo Slide Shows

• Find your creative self!
  Slide show made into a movie with Animotio.
  Even better, teachers get Animoto for Education!
  
• Kizoa - upload pictures to create, can burn DVD of slideshow or post.
• Smilebox - upload pictures to create.

Art Tools

• Create banners.
• Add effects to photos with PhotoFunia!
• Photo Flexer - simple photo editing.
  PicMonkey Online photo editing. No login required.
• Pencil - traditional 2-D animation
• Sketch faces from multiple 'pieces'
• Picture Resizer Upload - resize / crop / rotate - as desired. Choose quality and download.

Video Uploads

• Teacher Tube - first to specify it was specifically for schools.
• School Tube - a place for teachers and student to share video.
• Vimeo - open to everyone; some serious independent film work; HD video.