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Puzzlemaker

Create your own word puzzles for free. From word-search, cris-cross, double puzzles, fallen phrases, maths squares, mazes, letter tiles, cryptograms, number blocks, hidden message,

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

Tags: Games, puzzle, word

30.Sep.09 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

Real-time Web based Word Processing

EtherPad is the only web-based word processor that allows people to work together in really real-time.

When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone’s screen. The result is a new and productive way to collaborate on text documents, useful for meeting notes, drafting sessions, education, team programming, and more

http://etherpad.com/

Tags: collaborate, word processing, writing

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Storybird - Collaborative storytelling

Storybirds are short, visual stories that you make with family and friends. Simply drag and drop images from the media gallery and enter the text of your story,  Storybird also allows you to invite others to collaborate with your story.  There’s a quick “tour” video to walk you through how it works.

http://storybird.com/

Tags: collaborate, storymaker, storytelling

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Convert photos into artwork

Befunky allows you to transform your photos into incredible artwork, for free, no registration required. Simply upload for photo, select an effect and save the artwork .

http://www.befunky.com/

Tags: art, photo effects

28.Sep.09 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

1000 New Zealand classics released as eBooks

More than 1000 New Zealand electronic books (eBooks) are now available for download on the NZETC website at http://www.nzetc.org, giving people easy access to some of the great works in New Zealand literature including Katherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party and Other Stories, Bill Pearson’s Coal Flat, and Robin Hyde’s The Godwits Fly.

Books can be viewed online or downloaded in ePub format for mobile devices.

Tags: books, ebooks, Free, NZ

14.Sep.09 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

Educational Videos

If you’re looking for videos or resources to help with a particular subject, why spend hours searching the web when someone else has done the searching for you.

Watchknow is a website that collects links to educational videos on the web and stores them in  subject directories for easy searching.

http://www.watchknow.org/

Tags: teaching resources, videos, Youtube

04.Sep.09 Sites of Interest Comments (0)