20+Useful+sites


 * USEFUL SITES TO EXPLORE IN SOCIAL NETWORKING WEB 2.0**

[] Odeo fits in side bar of the blog is it easier to use than

[] podomatic to host movies and sound files

[] For sharing videos –

[|www.WHONU.com] Image search whonoo?

In INTERVIEWS - simulate a restaurant sounds, backgrounds etc..

Microphone headsets $16 – with the USB connection

Make a wikibook ie on OH&S [|www.wikispaces.com]

Picnik – photo editing software not for storage

Screencast – camtasia $200 enables you to record anything that happens on the screen and makes a video

Scribd – web 2 service – seems like a word processing program - can listen to as it does a voice translation or read it or download as a word document any document can be uploaded to scribe service and can be embedded in wiki and loaded on - leave spaces in the document/format well so it reads well –use PowerPoint for graphics [|www.scribd.com] - you don’t need to join to use this service – it converts into different formats, word pdf or mp3 – after doc uploaded highlight the code and copy it and – go to edit page – and click on the embed icon and paste the code and save code to page and save page itself.

[|www.Bubbleshare.com] save all slides in PowerPoint as jpeg images – creates a scrolling theme or a series of slides – can add a voice background for the slide by clicking on audio – can record directly onto slides. Power point presentation can be uploaded to bubbleshare and viewed in a wiki.

Podcast player – odeo – when a new pod is uploaded it shows on the window pane that has been inserted into the wiki

Odeo fits in side bar of the blog it is a host service for recordings direct into the PC – not many sites give you a player for the audio file – get the flash player for your site – and you can put in an image and play around with the background colours etc. blend in with the wiki or blog

[|www.archive.org] - to store all your files for free at internet archive - gives you a proper URL for it and you can get the URL and use add audio from the web and then paste player code into the wiki and it brings in the player with the sound. (64Kb per second is the best size to select)

Using odeo is cleaner looking and easier to embed in wiki and blog than podomatic - but it is a two step process (whereas podomatic is one step)

For sound effects [] download – rxc on description save target as - most is royalty free and copyright free

Audacity – to bring files to the same sample rate click on sample rate at bottom left hand of screen then - click on file and export multiple – sample rate is the rate at which the audio is sampled per second if it is not the same the music might have different speeds if using more than one track

Answer tips to put in blog or wiki and you can click on any word and it will give you a definition – add the code to the wiki from the site [|www.Answertips.com] – to set up double clicking on a word and get its definition

Slide share – for Powerpoint presentations and where they can be stored after published click on title and get the code to imbed into the wiki or blog [|www.slideshare.net]

[] – to create a RSS feed the easy way

Always Tag your uploads with thought

Vimeo is a host service

Subscribe to this page to email notification (RSS feed) every time he updates the page []

Take an image onto an online image editing service and put into PowerPoint, annotate the slide – and save as a jpeg file – ALT TAB - then go to online editing service [|www.picnik.com] you will need to edit the image and cut out what is not necessary around it by cropping.. can sharpen it – give a black and white effect or boost it and round the corners in special effects – look at the tints – then save and share save the photo as a jpeg image (never overwrite your original) copy the image – can export it to flickr or import directly into picnik from flickr

[|www.flickr.com] for finding images

[|www.pixlr.com] – to edit images

[|www.eightsoft.com] – for SUPER – transcoding software

[|www.audactity.com] for sound editing

[|www.wikispaces.com] to create a wiki

[|www.youtube.com] – to upload movie

[|www.blip.tv] – to upload movie bigger than 10 minutes