5.+Links+and+References

|| ** Description ** || **﻿** ||
 * Links to Digital Technologies Used and/or Portrayed**
 * ** Technology References/Tools Utilized **
 * ** D2L - Desire 2 Learn - https://community.desire2learn.com/ ** || Web-based LMS (Learning Management System) ||
 * ** Elluminate - http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Products/Blackboard-Collaborate/Web-Conferencing.aspx ** || Now called "Blackboard Collaborate" - online learning environment/virtual classroom/meeting space ||
 * ** FlixTime - http://flixtime.com/ ** || Web-based video slideshows using images, video clips, and music ||
 * ** Galileo Educational Network- http://www.galileo.org/ ** || Educational Network - Dedicated to improving student, teacher, and leaders' learning through creating and researching 21st century learning environments ||
 * ** Garage Band - http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/ ** || Music creation/editing software for Mac ||
 * ** Glogster - http://www.glogster.com/ ** || Online site in which to mix graphics, photos, videos, music, and text -- all on a single 'poster' ||
 * ** Google - http://www.google.ca/ ** || Search Engine ||
 * ** Google Docs - https://docs.google.com ** || Free Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, slide show, form, and data storage service offered by Google ||
 * ** iDvd - http://www.apple.com/ilife/idvd/ ** || Mac DVD creation software ||
 * ** imovie - http://www.apple.com/ca/ilife/imovie/ ** || Mac Movie making software ||
 * ** Incompetech - http://www.incompetech.com ** || Online site for royalty free music downloads ||
 * ** Inspiration - http://www.inspiration.com/ ** || Visual mapping, outlining, writing, and making presentations. ||
 * ** iPhoto - http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/ ** || Mac photo management program ||
 * ** Jing/Jing Pro - http://www.techsmith.com/Jing/?gclid=CP3iwoyhhKoCFcTBKgodn1790A ** || Instant screenshots and screencasts ||
 * ** Mind Meister - http://www.mindmeister.com/ ** || Online mind mapping ||
 * ** PhotoBooth - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_Booth#Mac_version ** || Mac application for taking photos and videos with the built in iSight camera ||
 * ** PowerPoint - http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/powerpoint/ ** || Microsoft Office presentation creation software ||
 * ** Prezi - http://prezi.com/your/ ** || Web-based presentation application and storytelling tool that uses a single canvas rather than traditional slides. Also known as a "zooming presentation editor" ||
 * ** Proshow Gold - http://www.photodex.com/proshow/gold ** || Windows based movie making application ||
 * ** Queens University: Centre for Teaching and Learning - http://www.queensu.ca/ctl/goodpractice/inquiry/index.html ** || University website explaining inquiry-based learning ||
 * ** Skype - http://www.skype.com/ ** || Video calling, group video calling, and more ||
 * ** Tagxedo - http://www.tagxedo.com ** || Turns words into "visually stunning word clouds" in which words "tightly hug shapes" ||
 * ** Twitter - http://twitter.com/ ** || Instant updates from friends, industry experts, celebrities, and what's happening around the world ||
 * ** VoiceThread - http:/voicethread.com ** || Online application for transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting ||
 * ** WallWisher - http://www.wallwisher.com/ ** || Online notice board maker - ideal for making announcements, wishing people, keeping notes, and things you can do with Post-its … collaborative ||
 * ** Wordle - http://www.wordle.net ** || Online application for transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting. ||
 * ** YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/ ** || On online place to discover, watch, upload, and share videos ||

=Additional Web links that may be of interest: =


 * Dr. Bill Hunter's Delicious bookmarks** on technology, learning, education, and a number of other topics for educators: http://www.delicious.com/ilprofessori

-a listing of "80 "must see" trial, free, and paid websites recommended by Edutopia community members" ... some are included above and some are new. Check it out!
 * Edutopia - "80 Online Tools, References, and Resources" by Hubert Yee -** http://www.edutopia.org/groups/technology-integration-high-school/57108

-This blog has some great suggestions and demonstrations of tools to help students "synthesize information and create new things." The YouTube video included on the page shows how students in grade 6 used Camtasia to create tutorials on various math concepts -- what a great way to get students engaged!
 * Edutopia - "Summer PD: Web Tools Collective Part 4 -- Tools to Help Students Create" by Eric Brunsell -** http://www.edutopia.org/blog/webtools-creating-student-work-summer-professional-development

- a potpourri of resources on Animation, Graphics, Sound, Video, Colour & Graphics, and Text and Typography
 * Media Wiki - for EDER 679** with Michele Jacobsen - http://mediawiki6792011.wikispaces.com/


 * Nancy Stuewe's Delicious bookmarks** - http://www.delicious.com/nmstuewe

- Some of the "best free Internet resources for education."
 * Technology and Education Box of Tricks:** A-Z internet Resources for Education - http://www.boxoftricks.net/internet-resouces-for-education/


 * Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011** - A work in progress at http://c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/2011.html