Thursday, February 11, 2010

New Additions to the Digital Backpack

This update of the Digital Backpack includes a lot of services that have been around for a long time (like Google Sites, Wordpress.com, Scribd, & TED) that I have been meaning to add but keep forgetting. It also includes many new services. Enjoy:



New Additions:
  • - Like YouTube for documents. Can find lots of published academic resources here. Students  under 13 must have parent permission to use this tool.
  • - Place post-it notes on any web page and share them on Twitter
  • - Twitter Analytics
  • - Share documents (up to 15mb), pictures (up to 10mb), and video (up to 25mb) on Twitter.
  • - Share files (up to 20mb) over Twitter
  • - Online application that lets you create your own platform & first-person shooter video games and share them with others.
  • - Text visualization tool.
  • - Simple embeddable whiteboard for collaborative drawing
  • - Upload and narrate your slide presentations.Students under 13 must have parent permission to use this tool.
  • - Broadcast live and recorded video on your website.
  • - Create timelines, share them on the web.
  • - Generates hexadecimal codes from color palettes derived from photos you upload.
  • - Generates thumbnail screenshots of websites.
  • - Free photo effect generator
  • - Converts text you enter to an image composed of letter images found on flickr.
  • - Stock photo search engine.
  • - Image Search Engine
  • - Search Flickr by color.
  • - Explore Google Earth through Panoramic images.
  • - Create and share custom maps with a built-in threaded discussion forum.
  • - Social Network for academic research.Students under 13 must have parent permission to use this tool.
  • - allows simple clip snipping of mp3 files
  • - Generates 30 images from a video flv file
  • - Create your own professionally styled, custom branded, live webcast in less than 5 minutesStudents under 13 must have parent permission to use this tool.
  • - Generate a help URL so friends and family can send you instant screen recordings to help trouble shoot computer issues. (Service by Screencast-o-matic)
  • - Watch and listen to talks by the world's leaders in industry, government, and academia.
  • - Watch and listen to talks by the world's leaders in industry, government, and academia.
  • - Watch and listen to talks by the world's leaders in industry, government, and academia.
  • - Watch and listen to talks by the world's leaders in industry, government, and academia.
  • - Watch and listen to talks by the world's leaders in industry, government, and academia.
  • - Watch over 3000 television channels from around the world streamed online.
  • - Simple method for downloading YouTube videos
  • - Generate PDF versions of websites
  • - Large collection of free audiobooks
  • - Create games, quizzes, & crosswords, share them with students online then analyze the results.
  • - Free wiki host that integrates well with other Google products.Students  under 13 must have parent permission to use this tool.
  • - Free blog hosting service.Students under 13 must have parent permission to use this tool.
  • - track where visitors to your blog or website are from on a map.
  • - track where visitors to your blog or website are from on a globe.Students  under 13 must have parent permission to use this tool.
  • - Social Networking platform that translates into 27 different languages.Students  under 13 must have parent permission to use this tool.
  • - Search the internet for mentions of your website.
  • - Build your own mobile application.
  • - Create your own 3D avatar.Students under 13 must have parent permission to use this tool.(14 years and older)

3 comments:

Mrs. Tenkely said...

I am geeking out about a few of these tools that I haven't seen yet! Just spent the better part of an hour playing, just what the doctor ordered for a Friday afternoon. Thanks!

Techieclassroom said...

Thanks for putting all of these in one place.

Nick Provenzano said...

You find the coolest things to play with. Thanks for sharing and organizing all of these tools. I can't wait to explore all of them.