Upcoming Computer Conferences

MICCA
Baltimore, Maryland
April 27 and 28
http://www.miccaonline.org/


NECC
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 27-30
http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2005/attendee_default.php

Distance Learning Conference
Madison, Wisconsin
August 3-5
http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/

Expectations and Student Outcomes
http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/4/cu7.html

Research summary from NWREL. May be useful in online modules on teacher expectations.

Annenberg/CPB

Looks like a good site with free, streaming videos for professional development.

Garage Band Tutorial

12 Quicktime movies tutorials on using GarageBand for creating music. The site was developed at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

welcome to cf/x!

Lots of free/inexpensive plugins for iMovie. The site is regularly updated with new plug-ins. Today's free addition (Oct. 18, 2004) is one that wraps video on a 3-D cube.

Apple - iLife - GarageBand

Garageband website.

Engadget - www.engadget.com

Another gadget site.

MidiKeys 1.6b3 - MacUpdate

Use your Mac keyboard as music input device for GarageBand.

Simple Chord is another handy tool for learning chords.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14232

Class Timer

Java-based classroom timer.

SimpleBits | Mini-Tab Shapes

Check on related blog for variations. Use pyramid for Expectations course.

Free course management software:
http://moodle.org/


Free Portal software:
http://www.metadot.com

Assessment, Survey, and Game Applications for eLearning :: Respondus, Inc.

Tools for creating online assessment and activities for students. Check out free beta of Studymate - will export content as Flash files.

PPTtoWeb - Main

Extensive information on various tools and approaches to putting PowerPoint presentations on web with narration.

Bloglines | Free, Web-Based News Aggregator

Web-based rss newsreader. Elaine K. recommended this site.

NCAM/Media Access Generator (MAGpie)


Tools for creating accessible video.

Books for MacOS X

Amazing free book (and other media) catalog system. Gets data and book cover images from Amazon. Exports in various formats including slick HTML formats and iPod format.

JAlbum - free web photo album software

note: Check out Flash template later.

dMarie Time Capsule

Lots of fun!

Kidz Online - Tech Training

Excellent site with streaming video lessons on a veriety of tech topics.

Export the notes text of a presentation -- The PowerPoint FAQ

Good trick.

Index: Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration

Research related to distance learning.

Morguefile.com :: free stock photos archive

Free photo archive - over 20,000 royalty free photos.

Macromedia - Flash Support Center : Tutorial and Article Index

Other Flash Resources:

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/
http://www.cbtcafe.com/flash/index.html
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/multimedia/shockwave_flash/tutorials/tutorial8.html

T H E T O Y M A K E R

Make paper toys - nicely done.

Wired Magazine's Gadget Lab

Love those geek toys.

free mailing lists from Notify List . com

Looks like an easy, free way to create listserv-like mailing lists. Mailings are one way - you send messages to everyone that signs up for the mailing list.

welcome to dvspot - digital camcorder reviews & news

Resource for evaluating digital video cameras. Favorite feature: Quicktime movies taken with the cameras they evaluate so you can see the quality for yourself.

The Case Creator: a Video-based Case Creation Tool

Looks like an interesting tool for creating CD-ROMs with video and synchronized transcripts. Mac OS X and WIN versions. Free.

NPR: All Songs Considered

Great music show. I always stumble across and artist I wouldn't have heard otherwise. Be sure to check out the archives - there is a fascinating show on the Lost Beatles Tapes.

Morphases

Fun, web-based face manipulation tool. Real time. Very fast.

Adobe Acrobat - Online conversion tools for Adobe PDF Documents

Interesting tools for converting PDFs to text or HTML. Designed to make PDFs accessible, but might have some other uses.