Слайд 120 Cool Tools for You and Your Library
NCompass Live
June 4, 2014
Christa
Burns,
Nebraska Library Commission
Слайд 2Online video creation
Web-based, Android and iPhone apps
Free or pay accounts –
Free for Educators
Upload your video clips/photos, choose a template, select music – licensed library of songs, add captions
Download video to embed, share on Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter, etc.
Слайд 4Online social bookmarking
Tags
Saved into your online account, so available to
you anywhere you go
Choose if bookmarks are Public or Private
Слайд 5http://delicious.com/cjburns42/ neblib2013
SCRENSHOT OF MY DELICIOUS, AFTER I”VE SAVED ALL THE LINKS
Слайд 6Online RSS feed aggregator
Collects and organizes new posts from blogs, news
sites and webpages
Web-based, Android and iOS apps
Share items to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, etc.
Слайд 8Online animated video creation
Customizable characters, backgrounds, props, and actions
Import your library
logo, pictures, screen captures
Audio – text-to-speech or record your own narration
Download video to embed, or share on YouTube and other social networks.
Слайд 10Book-based social network
User-populated database of books, annotations and reviews
Generate library
catalogs and reading lists
Book discussion groups
Слайд 12Online infographic creator
Pre-made templates
Add text, your own pictures, data from a
spreadsheet
Publish to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or embed on your website
Coming soon – Video infographic creator!
Слайд 14Save web content to read later
Bookmarklet for browsers
Android, iPhone, iPad, computer
or Kindle
Слайд 16User-created do-it-yourself projects
Step-by-step instructions, photos, videos
Commented and rated for quality
Free Pro
Membership for teachers
Android and iOS apps
Слайд 18Online collection of video tutorials
Math, science, economics and finance, and humanities
Step-by-step
exercises
Personal Learning Dashboard
Performance data to track your progress
Слайд 20Infographics creation tool
Choose a theme, upload statistical data, use DIY editor
to display
Drag and drop functionality for colors, fonts, repositioning blocks of data
Upload your own photos and logos
Export as an image that you can use anywhere
Слайд 22Online photo editing tools
Fix, adjust, filter
Express and Advanced Editor versions
Pixlr-o-matic –
vintage/retro look
Download, Facebook app, Chrome app, Android and iOS
Слайд 24Online reading service
Turns webpages into clean, uncluttered view for easy reading
Browser
add-on, Android or iOS app
Store articles on the web to read later on your computer, tablet, phone or Kindle
Слайд 26Social news site
Users post news stories, then vote on them, making
stories appear higher or lower on the list - community decides what is interesting or relevant
AMA: Ask Me Anything – Public Library Edition
Subreddit for Libraries
Слайд 28Online screen recorder
Create a video of exactly what is happening on
your screen
Audio
Embed into a webpage, upload to YouTube or other sites
Export - Quicktime (MP4), Windows Media Player (AVI), or Flash (FLV)
Слайд 30Word cloud generator
Visualization of word frequency in a text or webpage
Pick
a shape to enclose the words
Save as an image, JPEG or PNG
Print out or share online
Слайд 32Educationally focused instructional videos
Designed for teachers, schools and home learners
Free and
open for all to use
Rating system
Слайд 34Web-based survey creation tool
Online web form
Single question or many
Share via Twitter,
Facebook, email or embed on your website
You must have a Twitter account to create a poll, but responders don’t need one
Слайд 36Infographic creator, same basic features as Infogr.am and Piktochart
Gather info and
stats from Facebook and Twitter to create personalized infographics
Facebook Social Life, Twitter hashtag
Download as an image or PDF, get a URL, or embed code to put on your website.
Слайд 38Online animated GIF creator
Use snapshots from your webcam or digital camera
Combines
into animation on the website
Email, share, download, embed
Слайд 40Online word processing program
No software to download, install or maintain
Documents can
be shared, opened, edited online, multiple users
Save into ZoHo – access anywhere
Export - Word(.doc and .docx), Plain Text(.txt), Web Page(.html), or PDF(.pdf)
Слайд 42BONUS TOOL!
http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/nelearns/
Слайд 43Questions???
Christa Burns
Special Projects Librarian
Nebraska Library
Commission
christa.burns@nebraska.gov
800-307-2665
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