7. Animoto

This is for the truly adventurous with lots of time to spare for creating the most wonderful lessons.

http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2007/08/animoto---chang.html

Animoto is great and sleek looking site which allows you to create slideshows! After a free sign-up process you can choose which video you would like to create. There is the option of a short video and a full length video. Once you select which one, you can upload the various pictures you want on your slide show. You then choose some music that you would like to go on your slide show. This can be relevant to you pictures

This only took about 10 mins to make a short 30 second video.

8. The KnowledgeWorks Foundation and the Institute of the Future have come up with a fascinating interactive map of the future forces affecting education. (Clever – worth a look)

It shows the significant overlap between technology and physical community spaces, and their interplay with schools. Clicking on each element reveals more detail and an invitation to a discussion board. A relatively simply but rich visualisation for a complex set of issues and, while it's designed for a US education system, there are valid points for us all. (via Information Aesthetics)

http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2007/08/map-of-future-f.html