Really Cool New Tool Duel
These are my top tools, along with a short description and explanation of their importance.
Download a copy of the handout | New Tool print copy
John Pedersons Cool New Tool list
ADD YOUR OWN Tool | Participant List | login: wemta, password wemta
ZoomIT | used on the PC side to zoom in on the screen, also has drawing and text annotation capacity.
PicLens | tool that installs into your browser for searching imagery from Flickr, Google, SmugBug, Photobucket, and DeviantArt
SearchMe | new visual way of searching, has filtering tools, not there yet, but excited about what it will become.
FlickrStorm | my favorite way of searching Flickr, great application for the K-8 classroom where image searching can be an issue.
Evoca | my favorite cell phone podcasting tool.
Google Streetview | one of the amazing tools from Google, access rotational 3-D imagery of major cities.
Slideshare | upload Powerpoint files
Box.net | my favorite online file storage site, get a Gig for free.
Anywhere.fm | upload your iTunes music and access it anywhere.
Quikmaps | make simple Google Maps
Jott | convert your voice to emails, reminders, text messages and reminders. Post to your blog or twitter account.
Jing | awesome screen capture tool
istockphoto | pay service for upgrading the imagery of your presentations
Youconvertit | download YouTube video
xtimeline | create timelines
instapaper | utility for creating a running list of resources to process
Fleck | annotate Web pages with notes, community resources available as well.