Cool Tools for You and Your Library: NLA/NSLA 2014
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2. • Collection of image generators
• Upload photos from your computer,
Flickr, Instagram, Facebook, Dropbox
• Add your own text to make magazine
covers, movie posters, motivational
posters, trading cards, etc.
• Download your final image or share via
Flickr or Facebook
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4. • Design comics of yourself and others
• Android, iOS, and Facebook apps
• Status Update, Friend Comic (you
and a friend), Greeting Card
(centered around an event)
• Share to Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr
5. • SCRENSHOT OF MY DELICIOUS,
AFTER I”VE SAVED ALL THE
LINKS
6. • Free online polls
• Web-based, Android and iOS support
• Free – Premium features
• Customize color, text, buttons
• Log into account to view results and
close poll
• Share via URL, on social media, or add
poll to a web page with HTML code
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8. • Use Google Earth to create tours of
locations mentioned in books
• Must download Google Earth to your
computer first - http://google.com/earth
• Add pop-ups with photos, notes,
videos
• Free pre-made Google Lit Trips
• YouTube Tutorials
11. • Electronic advance reader copies
(eARCs) of forthcoming books
• Fill in your profile, request titles to
review - publishers use the info in your
profile to approve your requests
• Read the books, provide Feedback to
publishers
• Useful for book selection
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13. • Takes a series of photos and
merges them into a 3D model of the
space
• Good for making a ‘video’ when you
don’t have a video camera
• Use any camera to take pictures,
upload them to Photosynth service
• Saved into your Library
• Share with URL, Embed code, on
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15. • Online tool to remix video, audio and
images to create new video mash-ups
• Drag and drop browser interface
• Import video from YouTube or Vimeo
• Audio from Clyp or Soundcloud
• Add from Google Maps, Flickr,
Wikipedia
• Text pop-ups, annotations and live
URLs
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17. • Online animated video creation
• Free account, Premium and Education
plans
• Characters, backgrounds, props, and text
• Import your library logo and pictures,
Creative Commons Flickr search
• Audio – record your own narration or add
music track from list
• Publish to YouTube for sharing
• Free online ebook, The Power of Cartoon
Marketing
21. • Create free online games
• Account needed to create a game,
but not to play a game
• Quiz and Multiple Choice
• Share a unique URL to send people
to the website for your game