Yahoo acquires multimedia storytelling app Qwiki Yahoo announced Tuesday that it has acquired Qwiki, a storytelling app that integrates photos and videos. The company wrote in a blog post that Qwiki would be joining Yahoo’s New York offices and that it would continue to support the Qwiki app. AllThingsD reported that the purchase price was about $50 million. Yahoo has been on an acquisition tear recently under CEO Marissa Mayer’s leadership, from the $1 billion Tumblr acquisition to smaller purchases like the social recommendation startup Jybe, to the news summarization app Summly. While it’s not totally clear what Yahoo will do with Qwiki, it’s clearly interested in acquiring companies in the mobile media space. In a blog post, Yahoo explained the acquisition: “We’re excited to announce that Yahoo!
Beautiful web-based timeline software Explain Everything™ Collaborative Interactive Whiteboard App Web of Stories 9 apps for creating multimedia content Until a few years ago designing an attractive presentation, or any other form of multimedia content, required expert designers. You first had to explain your idea to the designer who would then spend hours in isolation, using complex tools and software, to turn them into reality. Most of the times, however, you would still go away dissatisfied with the final product. However, this is no more the case thanks to different online tools available freely on the internet. Using these tools,you can create multimedia content in a matter of minutes. You no longer need to explain your brains out to a designer who would still prefer following his own ideas. All you need is an internet connection and a creative mind. Here’s a list of 9 such tools that you can turn your ideas into reality instantly. 1. Without a shadow of doubt, EWC Presenter is one of the best tools out there for creating rich multimedia content. There’s no need for any coding or designing knowledge either. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9.
Quiz Maker - Easily Create & Publish Online Quizzes App per prof – Risorse per l'animatore digitale App per prof è una vetrina che introduce sinteticamente strumenti TIC per i docenti, a cura del prof. Luca Raina. Ci si può iscrivere al canale YouTube dell’autore liberamente. In tutti i casi anche qui vengono riproposte alcune sue preziose “video pillole”, chiare ed esaustive per un uso immediato delle applicazioni on line selezionate. COGGLE (Mappe mentali) Thinglink (Immagini interattive) Kahoot! SCREENCAST-O-MATIC (Videolezioni e tutorial) EDPUZZLE (Video interattivi) TELLAGAMI (Animazioni e Storytelling) PREZI (Presentazioni dinamiche) INFOGR.AM (Infografiche) KEEPVID (Audio e Videodownload) POWTOON (Video Animazioni) HSTRY (Cronologie interattive) PEARLTREES (Archivi condivisi) EDMODO (LMS e Classi virtuali) POPPLET (Scenari didattici) CANVA (Creazione di immagini) HUZZAZ (Archivi Video) ANIMOTO (Video storytelling) SOCLOO (Piattaforma didattica) PADLET (Bacheca virtuale e Scenari didattici) SURVIO (Sondaggi online) STUDYBLUE (Flash cards e Scenari didattici) NOTEBOOKCAST (LIM virtuale condivisa)
Twine / An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories 8 Steps To Great Digital Storytelling Stories bring us together, encourage us to understand and empathize, and help us to communicate. Long before paper and books were common and affordable, information passed from generation to generation through this oral tradition of storytelling. Consider Digital Storytelling as the 21st Century version of the age-old art of storytelling with a twist: digital tools now make it possible for anyone to create a story and share it with the world. WHY Digital Storytelling? Digital stories push students to become creators of content, rather than just consumers. Weaving together images, music, text, and voice, digital stories can be created in all content areas and at all grade levels while incorporating the 21st century skills of creating, communicating, and collaborating. Movies, created over a century ago, represent the beginning of digital storytelling. 8 Steps to Great Digital Stories Great digital stories: 1. All stories begin with an idea, and digital stories are no different. Resources 2.
LearningApps - interactive and multimedia learning blocks 60 New TOEFL Speaking Topics for Speaking Tasks 1 & 2 The TOEFL iBT adds new TOEFL speaking topics every year. To keep up with them, we have found 60 new speaking topics from 2018 & 2019 TOEFL exams and created questions out of them. You can even find sample answers for all 60 speaking topics, in our TOEFL speaking practice area. Before we get into the new speaking topics, if you're looking for free TOEFL speaking practice then click the button below to start a free TOEFL speaking sample test. The test was designed to look and feel the same as the official TOEFL exam. play_circle_outline Start TOEFL speaking Sample Test If you prefer to practice at your own pace, then you can start a free speaking question by clicking the Mock Test 1 link in the table below. Table Of Contents Let's Get Started with the 60 Speaking Topics! For the rest of this article, you'll review 30 new TOEFL speaking topics from independent speaking task 1 and 30 new topics from independent speaking task 2. 30 New TOEFL Speaking Topics for Independent Speaking Task 1 OK!