http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Thu, 23 May 2013 13:51:54 PDT Thu, 23 May 2013 13:51:54 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=674946 Book Creator for the iPad is a mobile app that allows you to create ebooks with text, images, music, audio, and even video clips for iBooks on the iPad or iPhone. Share your books as epub files. If you add music or audio hotspot, you can make it invisible, such as over one your photos. Many websites can create online flip books from pdf files. Using the pdf export in Book Creator allows you to send your books to people without iPads, iPhones or an iTouch. You can also print your book. The Book Creator app runs on iOS 4.0 or higher on the iPad. It is made by Red Jumper Studio and is available at the iTunes Store for $4.99. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=409910 Prezi is a free, flash-based online presentation maker without slides. It is visualization of the entire presentation and being able to zoom in to any area in any sequence as needed. It is storytelling. It is a tool that allows "self-expression to take shape.״ Prezi has an easy-to-use editor. You are able to download the final results, and present without Internet access. You can create groups, so you can share and collaborate with others. Prezi allows you to zoom in, slide over, import images, play videos, display pdfs, and animate with Flash files. You can embed Prezis into blogs and websites. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=739185 Vocaroo is a fully online recording device that allows you to create audio files and share them. You can give people the link to your recording, or share the playable file on your website as an embed code. Vocaroo also features QR code generation for the audio files as well. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=607433 ״Leafsnap is the first in a series of electronic field guides being developed by researchers from Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution. This free mobile app uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves.Leafsnap contains beautiful high-resolution images of leaves, flowers, fruit, petiole, seeds, and bark. Leafsnap currently includes the trees of the Northeast and will soon grow to include the trees of the entire continental United States.This website shows the tree species included in Leafsnap, the collections of its users, and the team of research volunteers working to produce it.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=405144 In this hands-on approach to teaching, students create schoolwork that demonstrates core subject knowledge. Read a short introductory article or watch an in-depth video. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=469639 This website can be used for mind mapping; it's a graphical tool for developing and organizing ideas. It's a Web application; no download is needed. This tool can also be used for collaboration. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=646799 ״Use shapes, arrows, sketches and text annotation to get your point across fast. Mark up photos, screenshots, maps, and webpages then share them with anyone you like.Skitch lets you:- Annotate: Add arrows, shapes and text to existing images- Create: Draw something new- Edit: Reposition, recolor and remove your annotations at will- Share: Send your sketches and annotations over Twitter and email- Present: Show your work in real time via AirPlay on Apple TV- Remember: Save everything to Evernote for laterUse Skitch to:- Sketch and share- Point out objects and locations in a photo- Brainstorm design ideas with your team- Identify a point of interest on a map- Annotate a screenshot of your awesome high score- Have fun!״This is a free app http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=472757 Waveboard is a free client software that allows Macintosh users to run Google Wave as a separate application outside of a browser. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=747159 Splashtop allows you to access your Mac or Windows PC from your iPad. Use Splashtop to access your computer on the local network. View and edit Microsoft Office and PDF files. Browse the web using IE, Chrome, and Firefox with full Flash and Java support. Play 3D PC and Mac games. Access your entire media library and documents. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=739222 Camstudio allows users to record anything on their desktop as a movie file, along with voice narration, annotations and a video embed of themselves from a web cam. This software is powerful and is a fabulous resource for anyone who wants a free alternative to the expensive screen capture software currently on the market.