Cynthia Dudenhoffer on Twitter —
Cynthia’s Handout
Cynthia’s Slides
Web 2.0 tools: multi-platform; free; actually useful; app v cloud; phone v phone; download v cloud.
Great advice for the tools: don’t wedge tools into your life — only use what works for you and your workflow and interests.
Classic Presentation
- Sliderocket
- Prezi
- Empressr
- Creaza (lots of tools actually here — built for teachers; web comics maker; web-based movie editor; audio edit; mindomo)
- LovelyCharts — infographics
New media/presentation
- VoiceThread
- Voki
- Glogster
- Pinterest [Her Pinterest page]
- CoSketch
- Qik — FaceTime for Android phones
- Visual.ly
Work Stuff
- MarkUp
- AwesomeHighlighter
- Toodledo [great for people who want really detailed lists]
- Workflowy
- Pocket (formerly ReadItLater)
- RemembertheMilk — can send lists to people.
- Zamzar — can convert almost anything
- Scribd (ex. Hunger Games trivia — found other people’s lists and used those)
Customer Service
- Feedbackify
- Textthemob (web-based version of clickers)
- Polleverywhere (web-based version of clickers)
- iTrulyCare (PayPal alternative)
You Know, For Kids!Â
- Handipoints — paper dolls; chores; arts; worksheets, etc
- Storybird — storytelling tool
- LittleBirdTales — Kids recording their stories
- Smories — Kids recorded reading stories; Started in Britain, so many of the kids have British accents!
- RedKid — webmail for kids; and more!
Audio & Music
- Vocaroo
- AudioPal
- Voki
- Voicethread
- Chirbit
- Hark — can get lots of Fair Use multimedia clips here
- DragonTape
Libraryish Things
- Booklamp (Open source version of Novelist; cross between Digital Humanities & Novelist)
- Booktrack – suggests soundtrack to listen to along with your ebook
- Movellas — publish short stories
- Ficly — publish short stories
- Geni — make family trees
- Storify — integrating social media — tell stories
- Small Demons — storehouse of info about fictional characters — pop culture, etc. Cross-referenced. Geographics; products. Finds references everywhere. Site that depends on user community to improve the database of information.
- ShareSomeSugar — why buy when you can borrow (borrowing sugar cups from neighbors); why buy when you can borrow?
Searching/Instruction
- Quizlet
- VisualThesaurus — visual displayed search engine
- Eyeplorer — visual displayed search engine
- Boolify
- Wolfram Alpha
Oldies but goodies
- lucidchart
- whatdoyousuggest
- YTTM.tv — YouTube Time Machine — organizes, limits YouTube content by year and other searching.
- Cramberry — premade Flash Cards
- GovTrack
- OpenCongress
- DownforEveryone
- Dropbox
Twitter/Social Media Tools
Just for fun and/or totally weird
- ivoodoo app
- BagCheck
- Run and pee — best time to get up and use the restroom during a movie
- Places I’ve Pooped
- Knowyourmeme — encyclopedia for memes
- Mindbloom — reminds you to be nice to people
- Memegenerator
- Bacolicious — puts Bacon on any web page