TESOL CALL-IS's List: Programming and Tools

You can capture photos from a Webcam, upload images from your computer, use Flickr images, or borrow images from a Website to create an animated gif image.

Very nice little tool, and it also can be uploaded on Twitter.

gifup.com - Preview

media tool video project-based adult_learners VSL on 2009-11-29 and saved by 7 people

"This is a tutorial on how to create a presentation with voice-over on MS PowerPoint, and then converting it into a Flash file using AuthorPoint Lite add-on. Next, you can upload the presentation to WiZiQ. You can share and embed it on any website. You can also use it for your WizIQ virtual classes. "

This is a nice little tutorial for a free app -- thanks for the tip from Hanaa Khamis, Webhead.

www.wiziq.com/...41033-PPT_voiceover_final0910 - Preview

tutorials teacher-training online_lessons video media how-tos VSL on 2009-11-21 and saved by 2 people

"Stunning Flash Websites for free. 1,823,517 sites built with Wix."

Might be an interesting way for high schools to get into Web design. Easy to follow help with a drag and drop editor, no technical skills required. You can add Flash-y photos and moving buttons, art and music, etc.

www.wix.com - Preview

tools project-based content-based adult_learners VSL on 2009-11-20 and saved by 670 people

Download a small app and record videos of your screen for training others. (See Jing.)

I haven't tried this one, but it seems to have a helpful series of Help videos.

www.utipu.com/app - Preview

video screencast tools VSL on 2009-11-17 and saved by 209 people

"Turn your photos & videos into pure amazing.

Animoto automatically produces beautifully orchestrated, completely unique video pieces from your photos, video clips and music. Fast, free and shockingly easy.

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animoto.com - Preview

tools video VSL on 2009-11-17 and saved by 2278 people

Study online with friends, or teacher sets up study or project groups. Looks like a neat application in the social networking area.

openstudy.com - Preview

online_learning social_networking collaboration collaborative_learning VSL on 2009-11-16 and saved by 5 people

"This is a guide with step-by-step instructions for recording and publishing internet video.

Make Internet TV is suitable for many levels of experience; just jump right in at the chapter that seems right for you."

makeinternettv.org - Preview

tools online_lessons adult_learners video how-to VSL tutorials project-based on 2009-11-06 and saved by 187 people

"This guide includes step-by-step instructions for the basic editing programs that come with Windows and Apple computers. We have also included an introduction to editing video on a Linux machine."

Links to video-based tutorials on the free video editing software available for each of the major platforms. Very useful for students.

makeinternettv.org/...edit-intro.php - Preview

tools online_lessons software images video adult_learners VSL on 2009-11-06 and saved by 2 people

A free version of Photoshop--loads of options and things it can do!

"The volunteer developers of The GIMP have been working hard to develop a polished, user-friendly, and freely distributed image editor. Although the separated palette windows may disturb those users who are used to more traditional layouts, your comfort level should grow exponentially as you discover how pain-free the program is."

download.cnet.com/...3000-2192_4-10073935.html - Preview

tools software images VSL on 2009-11-06 and saved by 2 people

"Easy Thumbnails is a popular free Windows utility for creating accurate thumbnail images and scaled-down/up copies from a wide range of popular picture formats. An elegant interface makes it a snap to find your images and select them for processing individually, in groups, or in whole folders, using a simple file selector and built-in image viewer. You can use slider controls to rotate images and adjust their contrast, brightness, sharpness and quality, and check out the results with the built-in viewer."

www.fookes.com/ezthumbs - Preview

tools images software VSL on 2009-11-06 and saved by 44 people

" * Fix your photos in just one click
* Use advanced controls to fine-tune your results
* Crop, resize, and rotate in real-time
* Tons of special effects, from artsy to fun
* Astoundingly fast, right in your browser
* Awesome fonts and top-quality type tool
* Basketfuls of shapes from hand-picked designers
* Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux
* No download required, nothing to install
* All this for free! "

www.picnik.com/ - Preview

tools images teachers adult_learners VSL on 2009-11-06 and saved by 1920 people

"Adobe Photoshop is any serious photographer or graphic designer’s application of choice but you’ll have to cough up quite a lot of bills to get it. Another solution is to use Photofiltre, a lesser known and more basic yet free and solid image editing application."

User reviews are excellent on this FREE product.

photofiltre.en.softonic.com - Preview

tools images adult-ed young_learners teachers VSL on 2009-11-06 and saved by 9 people

"Resize 2 mail is an online resize website utility developed for digital camera owners, webmasters, people travelling or anybody who quickly wants to resize a digital image for email or publishing on a web site."

This would be very useful if you don't have Graphic Converter or Photoshop.

www.resize2mail.com/ - Preview

tools images content-based adult-ed teachers VSL on 2009-11-06 and saved by 89 people

Learning Made Mobile issue focuses on iPod and apps 4 learning.

issuu.com/ilearn_2 - Preview

mobile listening speaking pronunciation content-based tools VSL on 2009-10-30 and saved by 47 people

Free, downloadable video editor for Win PCs. Purportedly more simple than Windows Movie Maker, and has the capacity to work with Flash and mobile phone clips.

www.videospin.com/Redesign - Preview

tools video VSL on 2009-10-29 and saved by 15 people

Allows the user to download videos from a variety of sites, such as YouTube, and save them on the desktop. Would be very useful for projects with students.
Note: please be aware of copyrights when using Internet videos.

keepvid.com - Preview

tools video project-based listening speaking pronunciation VSL on 2009-10-27 and saved by 1739 people

"# Create a free website & blog
# Easy drag and drop interface
# No technical skills required
# Dozens of professional designs
# Free domain hosting"
This free Website maker could be used for media-rich student projects.

www.weebly.com/ - Preview

tools project-based VSL on 2009-10-27 and saved by 1149 people

"Harness the power of video in conveying emotion, tone, and energy while leveraging the flexibility of an email-like system, where each party can send and view messages at their convenience.

Sending video messages with Eyejot is as easy as sending email. There is no software to download or install. Just login to your account, record or upload your video, and send! The recipient gets a friendly email message telling them they have a new video message, and they can watch it with a single click. No registration required. "

www.eyejot.com - Preview

audio video tools listening speaking pronunciation on 2009-10-21 and saved by 266 people

"Chirbit is a free online tool for audio sharing.
Chirbit enables users to record, upload, listen to and share sound bites easily.
Chirbit is simple, useful and fun.
You can now use iPhone Voice Memos to post to chirbit."

www.chirbit.com - Preview

audio tools VSL on 2009-10-27 and saved by 46 people

This newsreader creates a newspaper-like collection of news from your favorite sources. You select a layout (one or two columns) and insert links to the newspapers or blogs that you want to have fed in. Good step-by-step directions. Might be very useful for more advanced students as a daily reading activity, or with writing students to capture each other's blogs and a reader-friendly format.

crayon.net/how.html - Preview

reading wiritng adult adult_learners tools VSL on 2009-09-20 and saved by 2 people