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Entries from August 28th, 2009

Before there was mapquest

August 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Content - Social Studies

A visual representation of military strategies and battles is the goal of History Animated.  Currently many of the Revolutionary, Civil, and Pacific war are available.  (You can sign up for their mailing list  to get updates of new animations.)  While the site does allow you to download, I had some trouble, yet the links did [...]

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A new photo effect daily

August 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Content Area, Working with photographs

FunPhotoBox  “claims a new photo effect every day”.  It has numerous options for photos, covers, and posters.  Once you’ve created the photos, it will save them online, download, or embed them to a blog. Caution: While many of the effects are rated G- there are a few,  that in my late Grandmother’s words, would be [...]

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Animoto goes to the movies!!!

August 28th, 2009 · No Comments · animoto, Classroom, Content- Cross Discipline

Now you can add video clips to animoto! Here is one from my trip to DC earlier in the summer.  Since I did not have any video clips- I selected some from the animoto collection.  Share your own Oscar winning creation!

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