Tools

Some Tools to Consider

(Ease Scale: 1=Super Simple; 2=Easy; 3=Easy, but requires a bit of time; 4=Take on a great project; 5=A bit of a challenge

Slideroll is an online slideshow creator. Upload your photos and create moving slideshows that you can publish to the net wide range of text effects- note that each one is relatively large sized (may not fit in blog page). Be sure to see [|Glogster/edu] for education related resources and services ||
 * ** Tool ** || ** McGregor **
 * Ease of Use ** || ** Highlights **
 * of Tool ** ||
 * PhotoPeach || 1 || A very easy to use slide show maker tool. Import photos from flickr, picasa, Facebook (or upload), arrange, select music from library (or find from YouTube videos). Creates Ken Burns like pan and zoom effects. Add captions. ||
 * Animoto || 4 || This tool analyzes an uploaded set of images and creates a "professional" music video based on a secret artificial intelligence logic. Very easy to create elegant picture shows. ||
 * Vocaroo || 1 || Simple recording tool. ||
 * SimpleBooklet || 2 || Create page flip Brochures, Flyers, and Product Guides you can email, post, and share across the web and mobile devices. ||
 * MyBrainShark || 2 || Free presentation creation, hosting. Add audio to PPT slides, docs, photos to create online videos. ||
 * Slideroll || 1 || Slideroll is an online slideshow creator. Upload your photos and create moving slideshows that you can publish to the net ||
 * Mixbook || 2 || Easily create Photo Books, Scrapbooks, Photo Cards, Yearbooks and Calendars in minutes with our simple online scrapbooking software. ||
 * VoiceThread || 2 || Weave uploaded or flickr imported images into a media presentation with multiple voices. Record audio, video, or add text or drawn annotations. Others can add video, audio, and text comments as well. ||
 * Glogster || 2 || Create posters with images, video, audio (uploaded or recorded) and apply a
 * MapWing || 3 || A tool really designed for created linked tours or annotated drawings/maps- generate a base map by importing or drawing, add nodes, each with a view looking in 4 directions, captions, link together. ||
 * Blabbberize || 1 || Upload a picture of a frontal view of a face, mark the key points of the mouth, and record the audio. It creates a simple animation of the mount moving to the sound of the voice. ||
 * Yodio || 2 || Use Yodio to add your stories to your photos or presentations, and share these narrated photos ||
 * Empressr || 2 || Full featured tool with uploads for images, audio, slide controls for transitions, timing. Has built in tools to record audio or video to add to slides. ||
 * Vcasmo || 3 || Sychronize your presentation with photos ||
 * ZooBurst || 2 || Creates a pop-up book ||
 * TimeToast || 2 || Write a 'story' which is what happened on a date in time, add pictures, video, and OurSotry creates a timeline. Imports flickr photos. ||
 * FotoBabble || 1 || Add your voice to any photo. ||
 * StoryBird || 2 || Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print. Read them like books ||