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I won’t be posting my usual two or three posts this week because of Thanksgiving.  Check back next week for some more cool tools!

Try online scrapbooking.  Smilebox is an online version of scrapbooking.  It makes for a really cool presentation tool!  Mix it up and try something other than powerpoint.  Impress the teacher and classmates.

Check out Glogster

It is like an online collage.  Think about how you could use this as a really cool way to present information!  Give it a try as your way to present your ideas.

Want something better than Paint? Try Sumo Paint! You can create images from scratch.

Here is a great site that offers free clip art and looks pretty nice as well.

http://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage.htm

Have you tried Google’s Picasa 3 download? Picasa is Google’s online photo sharing host site (see yesterday’s post), but they also have a software download that not only allows you to quickly and easily upload all the photos that you want to share with others for free (up to 1 GB), but it also has cool features that let you edit pictures, uses face recognition, geo tagging, creates collages, and of course movies.

Picasa Features

WARNING: Only post pictures on the Internet that you have permission from an adult (your parent or teacher) to post and do not post pictures of others unless you have permission from them and their parents. If you are not willing to ask an adult for permission then those pictures should not go on the web.

Using Picasa, which is a Google tool, you can upload and share pictures with others.   You can also create slide shows to embed into your blog.

Since it is a Google tool you can login to Picasa with your Google login.

Have some pictures you would like to edit but don’t have the software you need?  Try out Picnic

Bored with watching 30 PowerPoints for class presentations?  Try something other than PowerPoint to present your ideas and knowledge.  Give your audience something fresh to hold their attention better!

Intro to Prezi

See it in action from start to finish