Curiousities & Roadside Attractions

24 02 2010

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Yet another word cloud maker appears on the scene. Wordsift allows slightly more flexibility than the others but I’ll be honest, it’s not that attractive looking. Wordle is still king in my opinion.

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Another new slideshow creator is Flixtime. It is similar to Animoto in creating free 60 second video creations of your photos (and video). Unlike Animoto, the transitions are not synced but it does allow a bit more flexibility. No news yet on a free educator’s pass. I have compared slideshow sites before here (make sure to also check the following post on the link to view my verdict).

TuneGlue° | Relationship Explorer

Something completely unrelated to education is TuneGlue. Simply type in a music artist, and a flow chart is made linking similar artists. It may be useful if you are searching for some new music ideas. It is somewhat like the “similar artists” area on Amazon. What would be neat is if they could create something like this for music history.