aclJohn's Communication Finds

Fotobabble offers a different way to share photographs/images with learners and/or link aural questions to images.

The basic premise is that of adding an audio track to whatever image users are sharing.

Simply...

• upload a photograph;
• record the (voiced) message/question/instruction etc. that users want to add.

Fotobabble also lends itself to the marketing and the promotion of any course/workshop/event/etc. Granted, it is not as striking as a video but there are some things that do not...

Are you a fan of "Dragons Den"? If so then the Pitch School pages on the FastPitches Website may be of interest to you and or your learners...

These pages have CPD resources on...

• crafting pitches step-by-step

• recording pitches on video

• uploading pitches and

• mark...

If your learners are in the habit of emailing...

• essays;

• slideshows;

• digital evidence (audio, video and/or photographs) and other creations to their assessors/tutors/trainers etc., you will know how quickly inboxes can get crowded.

One way to address that problem is to get all of the learners using Google Docs. But if Google Docs isn't an option for your learners because of organisational policy; (yes, some learning providers discourage the use of Google Docs) or other issues,
Dro...

If managers, administrators, mentors, practitioners, assessors etc., ever need a quick way to chat with someone without registering or giving away any personal information, then NeatChat offers a solution.

Neat Chat is a free browser-based chat website that lets users create chat rooms quickly.

Neat Chat is the easiest and fastest way to have an online conversation with a group of friends or colleagues. No signups or software installs are required. You simply use a web browser to commun...

All people on my mailing lists will have had an invite to this Q & A Website. (Sadly some email set-ups will have sent the invite to spam) I hope that this Q&A website will be used by the wider community to communicate with & support each other - no sectors barred.

A Q&A website for the community...

Don't forget to make it one of your favourites... http://acljohn.qhub.com/.

Need help figuring out what Google Buzz is? Maybe these two video clips can help!

One from Google at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi50KlsCBio&hl=en. 

And one from DemoGirl at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdSky2bkwvc.

With meetog, simple mini blogging, users can share...

• photos,
  
• thoughts,
  
• videos
  

...with people they choose.

Users can stay anonymous or they can create a profile that will allow them to edit or delete their content or to follow others.

Apparently users can also sign in with Twitter and post their articles directly to it. Do let me know if you try it.

This could be an excellent tool for learners to use as ePDP Portfolios (Personal Development & Planning)

Another tool to empower your learners to provide assessment evidence in an appropriate format.

Vidinotes is a web based tool that helps users create a printable summary of a video

Vidinotes does this by allowing users to...

• take several 'snapshots' from the video
• add a title and description to each snapshot
• print out or downloaded the summary as a PDF file.

Downside: Videos must be FLV video format only (That is Oxelon Media Converter where comes in to its own: mentioned in an earlier...

Screencast-O-Matic was one of the original free and easy ways to create a video recording of your screen (screencast) that I included in a 2008 eMagazine; these screencasts could be uploaded for free hosting all from your browser with no install and for FREE!

Well during January I revisited Screencast-o-Matic and was impressed by...

• the improved quality of capture
• the addition of audio (need a microphone of course)
• the ability to add screen subtitles/notes
• the ease of download and/or posting...

Synchtube is a new web-service for watching video clips and chatting about them at the same time.

Just...

• find the url of an appropriate YouTube video,
• copy that url into Synchtube, and
• begin chatting with your colleagues/learners/etc., while the video is playing.

Users can comment on the video and share thoughts inspired by the video while watching. At the moment Synchtube is in beta and currently only four people can chat at once; hopefully that limit will be increased in the future....