Web Sightings
Web Sites Worth Visiting
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Viddler is a fresh, creative web application that lets you upload, enhance, and share digital video quickly and easilyinside your web browser.(Submitted by Leigh Graves Wolf, Program Coordinator for the Master’s in Educational Technology Program at MSU) |
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If creating a video and publishing it to the web seems like a challenge, we think you’ll find that Jumpcut makes it easy and fun. If you’ve been wondering what to do with the video you shoot with your snazzy new camera (or your phone), Jumpcut is the perfect place for you to be creative. If video isn’t your thing just yet and you just want to make cool slideshows with your pictures, Jumpcut is still the best place.Finally, it is also a free online location where you can use all your media, create great looking movies and publish to anyone you choose.(Submitted by Leigh Graves Wolf, Program Coordinator for the Master’s in Educational Technology Program at MSU) |
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This award-winning educational search engine brings the best of the web to K-12 students, teachers, librarians, and parents. netTrekker d.i. connects you and your students to more than 180,000 hand-selected, educator-approved sites – organized by readability level and aligned with your state standards, providing resources ideal for every student’s learning needs with safe, reliable results.(Submitted by several Educational Technology Certificate Students) |
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Common Craft has created several videos that help explain some of the new Web 2.0 technologies in a humorous and less technical format. They make complex ideas easier to understand. They focus on simplicity, creativity and clear explanations to create videos that stick. Learn more about RSS feeds, blogging, wikis, and social bookmarking through these short 3-5 minute videos. |
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Connexions is an environment for collaboratively developing, freely sharing, and rapidly publishing scholarly content on the Web. Our Content Commons contains educational materials for everyone — from children to college students to professionals — organized in small modules that are easily connected into larger collections or courses. All content is free to use and reuse under the Creative Commons “attribution” license. |