DodgePodge - Version 4.0

June and Bernie Dodge

This session is about low-threshhold applications: tools for productivity, creativity, learning and inquiry that you can pick up and use in no time. Here are links to help you find the sites we demonstrated today.

Tools 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/

Tools for Collaboration

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

Etherpad - Write together in real time
http://etherpad.com

Spatial 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 - Sketchup made simple. 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/

Visualizing the News

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

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

Subject Specific Treasure Troves

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/

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