Dandelife

Create a "Lifecast."

Dandelife http://dandelife.com/ is a very cool site for telling life stories with your photos, videos and blog mixed with your friends, family and feeds.

Check it out!

Mojito

Yes, it is a delicious, refreshing drink made of lemonade, mint, and rum. However, it's also a cool site you should check out!

Mojiti.com http://mojiti.com/
Lets you annotate online video.

Zentation

Zentation http://www.zentation.com/ is a tool for merging Google video with PowerPoint.

Download a handout with directions for ESL projects from my Google Page: http://kreyes.mcc.googlepages.com/eslbuffet

Here's an example: http://www.zentation.com/viewer/index.php?passcode=692291

Place-Based Storytelling

Google Earth allows for geo-tagging, that is, place-based storytelling.

Here are some online sources for making place-based stories:

Community Walk http://www.communitywalk.com/ Create interactive maps
Murmur http://murmurtoronto.ca/about.php Geographic digital stories
Storymapping http://storymapping.org/Geo-tagged based stories.
Wayfaring http://www.wayfaring.com/ Create personalized maps.

Upload PowerPoints to the Web

There are a few sites where PowerPoint slideshow can be uploaded to the web for sharing.

Here is a list:

authorSTREAM http://www.authorstream.com/
Myplick http://www.myplick.com/
Scribd http://www.scribd.com/
Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/

You can even upload PPTs to YouTube see how at
Slideshare video tutorial and Video tutorial on YouTube

Make Slideshows Online

There are numerous websites that allow users to upload photos, arrange them, narrate or type captions, and save online as "movies."

Here is a list:

Animoto http://animoto.com/
BubbleShare http://www.bubbleshare.com/
DigitalStoryteller http://www.digitalstoryteller.org/
Empressr http://www.empressr.com/
Eyespot http://www.eyespot.com/
Fabrik http://filmloop.myfabrik.com/
Flector http://www.flektor.com/create/slideshow
Fliptrack http://www.fliptrack.com/make-slideshow/
Flypaper http://www.flypaper.net/ (download required)
Imageloop http://www.imageloop.com/en/index.htm
Jumpcut http://www.jumpcut.com/
MixerCast http://www.mixercast.com/_commonGallery.jsp
Mogopop http://www.mogopop.com/ Create and share multimedia for ipods.
MyPlick http://www.myplick.com/ (like Scribd – can upload many types of docs to share)One True Media http://www.onetruemedia.com/
OurStory http://ourstory.com/ make and save online stories with timelines.
Photobook http://www.mixbook.com/
PhotoShow http://www.photoshow.com/home
Picturetrail http://www.picturetrail.com/
PreZentit http://prezentit.com/
Primary Access http://www.primaryaccess.org/
Rock You http://www.rockyou.com/
Showbeyond http://www.showbeyond.com/show/home
Slide http://www.slide.com/ (see a couple of examples I made: My Life in the Future, and Who Am I?)
SlideFlickr.com http://slideflickr.com/
Slideroll http://www.slideroll.com/
Spresent http://www.spresent.com/v2/
Toufee http://www.toufee.com/ make flash movies
Viewbook http://www.viewbook.com/
VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/#home Create and comment. Very cool
Vuvox http://www.vuvox.com/
Xtimeline http://xtimeline.com/
Zoho Show http://show.zoho.com/jsp/zoho_login.jsp?serviceurl=%2FHome.do
Zude http://www.zude.com/index.html

Plus: See 50 Digital Story Web 2.0 tools on the Story Tools wiki (including audio, presentation, video, comics, and mapping tools) at http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools

Teacher Tube Video on Movie Maker