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Block Posters - Create large wall posters from any image for free!
Although not designed specifically for "educational use," one look at this free service and it's clear that anyone with a classroom is going to get _tons_ of use out of this one.
The free Block Posters service lets you convert pretty much any digital image (any resolution, up to 1MB in size) to a large-scale wall-sized "poster" of sorts.
How it works: After uploading your digital image, you specify how many sheets wide you'd like your final image to be. Block Posters then enlarges and converts the image to a PDF document. Download the PDF and print out your enlarged image onto multiple sheets, which you then tile and reassemble for display on your wall.
Note that although Block Posters states that it can handle any image of any resolution, know going in that the smaller your image/resolution, the more pixellated or "blocky"-looking your enlarged image will be. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing — the final image may still be perfectly acceptable, especially when you consideer that images that large are meant to be viewed from a distance anyway, making any kind of pixellation pretty much just academic and of no practical concern.
eyePlorer.com
So, my favorite tool this week is eyePlorer. According to their website, eyePlorer is “the graphical knowledge engine.” This tool is a great place for research. Once you enter your topic of interest, eyePlorer scans the web to find anything related to your topic. It combines all the information into one diagram, separated by category.
In each category, you’ll see little dots, or as they call to call them, “eyespots.” The eyespots represent concepts about your topic, or information -- the bigger ones represent “common” facts, and little ones might be lesser known. How is it related to your topic? Just click it! It will show you the fact source. And guess what? You don’t even have to write this information down! There is a notebook feature with eyePlorer and all you have to do is drag the fact to the notebook and it’s stored! Take a look at my video using eyePlorer to search Greece.
Twine
A new way to collect content and connect with people who share your interests. Use Twine to track, find, and share what interests you. Twine ties it all together by topic, so you can have it in one place. To get started, find a twine of your interest through search or explore, then join!
Scribd
Scribd is the largest social publishing company in the world, the Website where tens of millions of people each month publish and discover original writings and documents. On Scribd, you can quickly and easily turn nearly any file—including PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel—into a Web document and share it with the world.
Scribd is breaking down barriers to the publishing process, making written works available to people on the Web and mobile devices, and most importantly, fueling the conversations happening around them.
Documents published on Scribd are accessible to Scribd's community of readers, indexed by search engines, and easily embedded and shared on thousands of other Websites, including Twitter and Facebook. Many leading media companies and businesses distribute content through Scribd, including The New York Times, Ford Motor Company, Simon & Schuster, O'Reilly, World Bank, Chicago Tribune, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and more.
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Since 2005, we've developed several tools using Flickr API. We don't create them with commercial purposes and we offer free to you all. So, go, play, and enjoy! :)
You can play with:
* Memry: A memory game that uses Flickr pictures as cards.
* Bubblr: Create comic strips using Flickr images.
* Phrasr: Illustrate phrases with Flicr images, creating an slideshow.
* Bookr: Create photobooks using Flickr images.
* Real Time: A real time broadcast to visualize flow of information that constantly is receiving Flickr.
And a draft:
* Tripr: A tool to travel through a map made of geolocated images.
Bubblr!
Create comic strips using Flickr images.
Information Fluency
What is Information Fluency?
Quick Answer: "Using wikis and blogs to make the research process more transparent and interactive." (Valenza).
Longer Answer: "Information fluency is the ability to apply the skills associated with information literacy, computer literacy and critical thinking to address and solve information problems across disciplines, across academic levels, and across information format structures (Callison).
Interesting Ways | edte.ch
Tom Barrett has created some cool presentations for teachers on how to use various tools and resources in the classroom.
Teacher Training Videos Free on-line training in using technology in teaching
Library of Training Videos for Teachers
Check out these free technology training videos from Russell Stannard. The videos show how to use a wide range of tools in the classroom, including: Dreamweaver, Audacity, Wordpress, Photoshop, downloading from Youtube, Moodle, podcasting, Director, online surveys, iTunes, RSS feeds, online surveys, Jing, Blogger, Twitter, Wolfram Alpha, Flash, and more.
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