DodgePodge 4.0 - Fall 2009

June and Bernie Dodge

This session is about tools for productivity, creativity, learning and inquiry that you can pick up and use in no time. Fifteen sites in 45 minutes: just enough to get your creative juices going. Fasten your seat belt!

still lifeTools for Creativity

Myna - GarageBand for everyone
http://aviary.com/tools/myna

Eight Great Sites that let you paint like a famous artist
http://tinyurl.com/painting8

The Game Crafter - Produce and sell your own board games
http://thegamecrafter.com/

createlyTools for Collaboration

Creately - Make beautiful diagrams together.
http://creately.com

Etherpad - Write together in real time while waiting for your Wave to come in
http://etherpad.com

 

quikseeSpatial Ed

QuickSee - Make your own Google Street Views (Windows only)
http://www.quiksee.com/ugcportal/

Gordon Rumsey Historical Maps - 120 maps overlaid on Google Maps
http://www.davidrumsey.com/gmaps.html

Google Building Maker - Join up and help model the entire world.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwh/buildingmaker.html

360 Cities - Panoramic views around the world. E.g., Yemen, Havana
http://www.360cities.net/

doodlebuzzVisualizing the News

NewsDots - Daily interactive map of how every story in the news is related.
http://slatest.slate.com/features/news_dots/

DoodleBuzz - Explore current events by squiggling for the truth
http://doodlebuzz.com/

web elementsContent up the Wazoo

The English Companion Ning - Compare notes with your fellow Bard lovers
http://englishcompanion.ning.com/

LearningScience.org - Learning objects for all the sciences
http://learningscience.org/

neoK12 - Educational videos organized by topic
http://www.neok12.com/

International Children's Digital Library - Free children's books from many cultures
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

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