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55 Web2 Tools – Filtered or Not?

These Tools come from Alan Levine
http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools

Alan will be visiting Australia in October 2007 – more on this later :)

The Fifty Tools

Below you will find (at least) 50 web tools you can use to create your story. They are organized into categories according to the kind of story thet can produce or the kind of media they are built around (Slideshow, Timeline, Mixer, Flickr, Comic, Scrapbook, Map, Audio, Video, Presentation). Again, your mission here is not to review every single one, but pick one that sounds interesting, give it a try, and then leave some tracks from your experience over at the CogDogHouse wiki (see instructions for how to leave notes). Each tool has been at least attempted to create a version of my Dominoe story.

Are these tools accessible to the learning of our students? Yes or No?

Slideshow Tools

Generates media players that allow linear playback of a series of images, some with ability to add audio.

1. Bubbleshare http://www.bubbleshare.com/ NO

Create from uploaded images, clip art library, records 30 second audio/video captions for each image. Overlay comic bubbles with text. Code to embed in blogs, web site. Options to have prints made as books, posters, etc. Examples:

2. Fabrik (beta) http://filmloop.myfabrik.com/ YES

Upload images or search/upload flickr for images by tag. Slideshows with transitions. No text/captions. Share via email, embed code. Examples:

3. ImageLoop http://www.imageloop.com/NOT BLOCKED but not loading

Upload images from computer or flickr or upload PowerPoint files. Select from animated templates. Publish to blog or MySpace. RSS, comments. Examples:

4. One True Media http://www.onetruemedia.com/ NO

“With One True Media, effortlessly combine photos and video clips with words and music to personalize your story. Quickly share with our Online Slideshow or get as creative as you want with our Video Montage.” Upload images and audio for story track. Embed in blogs or directly post to YouTube/Google video, mySpace, Google Groups. Examples:

5. RockYou http://www.rockyou.com/ NO

“RockYou! creates and distributes the most popular self-expression widgets on the web” where widgets are slideshows, image effects, and more. Publishes to MySpace, Facebook, blogs. Examples:

6. Slide http://www.slide.com/ NO

“Slide lets you use photos and other digital content to publish and discover the people and things that matter to you.” Import from many sources, has a good library of templates, backgrounds, effects. Can add music but not your own audio track. Examples:

7. SlideFlickr http://slideflickr.com/ NO

“SlideFlickr will help you create and embed Flickr slideshows in less than 10 seconds” for putting slicjr slideshows in your own site. Generate from flickr users, sets, groups, tags. Embed in blogs, web sites, facebook. Examples:

8. Slideroll http://www.slideroll.com/ NO

“a photo slideshow maker that you can use to create slide shows with your photos. Publish your slideshows on the internet, put them on MySpace or YouTube”. Direct import from flickr. Examples:

Timeline Tools

The main organizing metaphor is a timeline that can explored in any order.

9. Dandelife http://dandelife.com YES

Generate a timeline of any kind of event in your life, write as blog-like entry, apply tags, attach images, videos, bookmarks form other web service sites. Not the easiest tool to use! Examples

10. OurStory http://www.ourstory.com/ NO

Write a ’story’ which is what happened on a date in time, add pictures, video, and OurSotry creates a timeline. Imports flickr photos. Examples:

11. xtimeline http://xtimeline.com/ YES

12. Timeline http://www.mturner.org/Timeline/ YES

Mixer Tools

These may overlap with the Slideshow tools, but generally offer a larger variety of forms of media that can be “mixed” and end products that are not necessarily linear.

13. Voice Threads http://voicethread.com YES

Weave uploaded or flickr imported images into a media presentation. Record audio/add text annotations. Others can add voice and comments as well. Examples:

14. Slidestory http://www.slidestory.com/ YES

15. VUVOX http://www.vuvox.com/ YES

“turn your photos, video and music into professional quality presentations that can be easily shared with friends and family. ” search images in flickr, google, upluad youtube video, embed code (see MasterNewmedia review). Examples

16. FLEKTOR http://www.flektor.com/ YES

“allows you to quickly and easily create, remix, and share your photos, videos, with others via email, on mySpace, or in your blog.” import from flickr, myspace, photobucket, or URL (see MasterNewMedia review). Examples:

17. Mixercast http://www.mixercast.com/ YES

“Create professional multimedia experiences by mixing your images, video, and sound easily with our unique templates and share across the web in one click.” Examples:

18. Zude http://www.zude.com/ YES

Comic Tools

Create your own comic strips or cartoons using imported media or available images

19. gnomz http://www.gnomz.com/
YES in French but filtered in English!

20. ComicsSketch http://www.mainada.net/comics/ YES

21. QuickToons http://www.quicktoons.com/ NO

22. Toondoo http://www.toondo.com YES

23. stripcreator http://www.stripcreator.com/ YES

24. Witty Comics http://www.wittycomics.com/ YES

Scrapbook Tools

25. Tabblo http://www.tabblo.com/ NO

an application to put together photos and words with styled templates into a visual collage, also creates slideshows, permissions for views, import form flickr, print services (posters etc)

26. Snapjot http://www.snapjot.com/ NO – blank page

“Digital Scrapbooking for Groups”

27. Scrapblog http://www.scrapblog.com/ NO

28. Funtigo http://funtigo.com/ NO

29. Smilebox http://www.smilebox.com YES

Create original e-greetings, slideshows, scrapbooks, photobooks, or postcards using hundreds of design templates, add photos and video, publish to blog, share by email

Map Tools

Web map tools that allow you to associate places with text and media. See http://www.storymapping.org/

30. Mapwing http://www.mapwing.com/ YES

31. Google My Maps http://maps.google.com/ YES

  • America’s Highway: Orak Histories of Route 66
  • “Life Map” of the Hawaiian Musician Israel Kamakawiwoolehttp://www.googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/ NO

    • 32. MapBuilder http://www.mapbuilder.net/ YES

    33. Wayfaring http://www.wayfaring.com/ YES

    34. My Maps+ http://www.mymapsplus.com/ YES

    Provides tool to embed a map created in Google’s My Maps into any other web site

    Flickr Tools / Ideas

    Not strictly a tool per se, but there are many different ways to use flickr itself as a platform for creating/sharing stories

    35. Flickr Tell a Story in 5 Frames http://flickr.com/groups/visualstory/ NO

    37. Flickr Six Word Story http://www.flickr.com/groups/sixwordstory/ NO

    38. Flicktion http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/flicktion/ NO

    Audio Tools

    39. Podcast People http://podcastpeople.com/ YES

    40. Gcast http://www.gcast.com/ YES

    41. Blabberize http://www.blabberize.com/ YES

    Video Tools

    42. Jumpcut http://www.jumpcut.com/ NO

    4 3. Splashcast http://web.splashcast.net/ NO

    44. eyespot http://eyespot.com/ NO

    45. TouFee http://www.toufee.com/ NO

    46. BubblePLY http://www.bubbleply.com/ NO

    47. YouTube Remixer http://www.youtube.com/ytremixer_about NO

    48. Motionbox http://www.motionbox.com/ NO

    Presentation Tools

    49. Zoho Show http://show.zoho.com/ YES

    50. Empressr http://www.empressr.com/ YES

    51. Spresent http://www.spresent.com/ YES

    add from flickr

    52. Thumbstacks http://www.thumbstacks.com/ YES

    53. Slideshare / Slidecasts http://www.slideshare.net YES

    Examples:

    54. Zentation http://zentation.com/ YES

    combine slideshare presentations with Google Video

    55. Viewbook http://www.viewbook.com/ YES

    “an online service to create and share albums, portfolios and presentations on your viewbook domain”. Upload up to 500 images, create albums of images with text captions, share via a link or copy/paste embed code. No audio.

    See also – go here and test these web2.0 tools at school
    http://www.webware.com/html/ww/100.html?tag=nl.e776

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    Comments»

       1. Alan Levine - August 7, 2007

    Thanks again Al, for checking all these sites! Its amazing to see what is allowed and not as I am baffled by any pattern.

       2. My New Friend Al in South Australia « CogDogRoo - August 7, 2007

    [...] interest is his own nifty project, Telling Our Stories — and he was kind enough to actually check all 50+ tools I am listing to see which ones are blocked at his [...]

       3. Markus - July 29, 2009

    Wow .. nice work! Thanks for checking out all these tools!


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