Media+Tools

Audio

 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/vocaroo.png link="@http://vocaroo.com/"]] - Free online audio recorder and audio publishing.


 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/draftdoggy.png link="@http://www.daftdoggy.com/recorder/record.php"]] - Free online audio recorder and audio publishing.


 * [[image:http://recordr.tv/images/logo.png width="99" height="30" link="@http://recordr.tv/"]] - Recordr is a way you record yourself live just with a microphone and a web camera, and share it with others.


 * [[image:http://www.audiopal.com/images/audioPal_logo.jpg width="70" height="30" link="@http://www.audiopal.com/editor.html"]] - Create embeddable audio recordings using a mic, telephone call, audio file upload, or text to speech.


 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11107/carryout%20text.png width="144" height="30" link="http://www.carryouttext.com/"]] - Convert any text, document, email, or rss feed to a text-to-speech mp3 file


 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/gabcast.gif link="@http://www.gabcast.com/"]] - Record audio files with your cell phone

Text to Speech

 * [[image:http://www.ispeech.org/images/ispeech-logo.png width="108" height="30" link="@http://www.ispeech.org/"]] - convert text to speech


 * [[image:http://www.yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11107/readthewords.png width="163" height="30" link="@http://www.readthewords.com/"]]- convert text to speech (spoken by a cartoon avatar)


 * [[image:http://vozme.com/img/megaphone.png width="30" height="30" link="@http://vozme.com/index.php?lang=en"]]vozMe - convert text to speech


 * [[image:http://www.yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11107/text2speech.png width="207" height="30" link="@http://www.text2speech.org/"]] - convert text to speech


 * [[image:http://www.audiopal.com/images/audioPal_logo.jpg width="70" height="30" link="@http://www.audiopal.com/editor.html"]] - Create embeddable audio recordings using a mic, telephone call, audio file upload, or text to speech.


 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11107/carryout%20text.png width="144" height="30" link="http://www.carryouttext.com/"]] - Convert any text, document, email, or rss feed to a text-to-speech mp3 file

Video & Multimedia

 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/xtranormal.png link="@http://www.xtranormal.com/"]] - If you can type, you can make movies. Text-to-Movie


 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11106/memoov.png width="142" height="30" link="@http://memoov.com/"]] - Simple web-based animation creation tool.


 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11134/Muvizu.png width="88" height="30" link="@http://www.muvizu.com/Landing.aspx"]] - Simple web-based animation creation tool.


 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/animasher.png link="@http://www.animasher.com/"]] - Make your own animated movies.


 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/blabberize.png link="@http://blabberize.com/"]] - Make still portraits talk with comical moving mouths.


 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11134/pqdvd.png width="184" height="30" link="@http://www.pqdvd.com/flashediter/edit.php"]] - make still pictures talk with comical moving mouths.


 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/chinesemoviecreator.png link="@http://www.fykz.com/subtitles/index.php"]] - Add your own subtitles to clips from Chinese movies.


 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/clipcaption.png link="@http://www.clipcaption.com/make_a_movie.php"]] Add subtitles to foreign language films (like Chinese Movie Creator)


 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/voicethread.gif link="@http://www.voicethread.com/"]] - Allows you to mix pictures, audio, and video in a collaborative environment where rich threaded discussions can take place.


 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/slidestory.png link="@http://www.slidestory.com/"]] - Upload your photos and add your voice to create slide shows with narration.


 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11102/fotobabble.png width="75" height="30" link="@http://www.fotobabble.com/"]]- upload your photo, record your voice, share with friends


 * [[image:http://static.yodio.com/images/logo/yodio_logo_d1.gif height="30" link="@http://yodio.com/"]] - Add voice to your photos using your cell phone


 * Videos:**

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Other Resources:

 * Strategies for Reading Comprehension: Think Pair Share
 * Susan Ledlow. (2001). Using Think-Pair-Share in the College Classroom. Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence.
 * Instructional Strategies Online - Think Pair Share
 * [|Think-Pair-Share-Write: Make It a Think-Pair-Share-Blog]