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30 November 2006

29 November 2006

27 November 2006

Google Page Creator

by jlesage & 4 others
google tool for helping a person create their own web page and store it free online; very simple interface

Mojiti-video commentary software

by jlesage & 11 others
useful for teachers making clips to analyze in class; "personalize any video with your story. With visual spotlights, you can narrate your personal videos, add captions or subtitles, or comment on any scene."

pixer.us :: online photo editor

by jlesage & 18 others
I have not tried it yet but am interested in the arrival of word processing, video editing, and photo editing tools to the web. This one has an intuitive interface.

Free Fax • Free Internet Faxing

by jlesage & 8 others
send a free fax within the USA and Canada, PDF or Word files, maximum two per day or $1.99 per fax for more; I have not used it yet but it sounds promising

Google Help : Cheat Sheet

by jlesage & 32 others
one page of tips to remind you of search protocols on Google

26 November 2006

24 November 2006

Specialty Search Engines

by jlesage
* Answers * Computer * Domain * Financial * Government * Invisible Web * Legal * Mailing Lists * Medical * Newsgroups * Science * Shopping * Travel Search Engines • others

Writing Demonstrations

by jlesage
interactive demonstrations of Conducting Electronic Searches; useful both for the information contained and as a demo of web design and writing instructional media in a library context; the larger site is a resource for writers.

22 November 2006

Sharpening 101

by jlesage & 1 other
an explantion of what sharpening in Photoshop does and the theory behind it, plus workarounds

Jo’s Toolkit for grassroots and student journalists

by jlesage
tips and links for lots of aspects of the media, both print and visual

21 November 2006

Adding meaning and value to information

by jlesage
what we do with information that might make it useful and desirable to others

19 November 2006

Poynter Online - Writing Tools

by jlesage
50 writing tools, a quick list; we can all benefit from these

17 November 2006

16 November 2006

Sequence Analysis

by jlesage & 1 other
by a teacher, great handout for students on how to analyze a film sequence

Squidoo

by jlesage & 1 other
social bookmarking portal lets users share expertise on some subject; room for author's comments and explanations; more discursive than delicious; less writing than a blog; see "Visual Thinking," also "Ephemeral Films"

15 November 2006

14 November 2006

13 November 2006

cin-o-matic

by jlesage & 2 others
in an easily scannable, filterable, and sortable format, users are quickly able to see what movies may interest them