Useful sites (weekly)

• DownloadTube Is a One-Click YouTube Conversion and Download Site  Thanks to @Lifehacker “If you’re looking for a simple, one-click, solution for converting and downloading YouTube videos sans software, DownloadTube is a free tool for web-based YouTube file conversion. Copy the URL of the video you want to convert, visit DownloadTube and paste it in, then select which format you want. DownloadTube can convert YouTube videos into MPG, MOV, 3GP, MP4, convert it to an audio-only MP3 file, or grab the native FLV flash file for you. Click “Convert and Download” and the file is converted and saved to your computer.”

• SCIS | Thinking about ebooks  An article that describes and discusses the ebook, looking at what it is, and what it is not. He discusses fiction versus non-fiction, reference material and textbooks, and how the ebook can enhance usability. 

• GONE by Michael Grant – Egmont UK 

• Audiobook Jukebox A site to to post and share audio book reviews

• Senior’s Guide to Computers – A Beginner’s Tutorial for the Microsoft Windows PC, hardware, software, security, accessibility, internet, backup and email  A good website for adult technology. Simple explanations to assist adult learners on a wide range of IT-related topics. 

• ISU – I Show You  ISU enable people to easily Record a sequence of operations in applications. Edit the recorded presentation, draw on it and add nice notes and stylish HTML pages.Send it to friends via Email, Messenger or any other application or Browser Email. Or even create FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) in a Center-Folder.

• FreeScreencast.com – Features  Free software that lets you record your screen, capture audio, control the cursor, and export to FLV format. You can then upload to FreeScreencast.com for free hosting (no file size or resolution limits) and sharing.

• Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project  The Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project attractively displays the text of Shakespearean plays, enhanced with definitions, images, audio and video to support and enhance reading of the play. The Canadian site has many extraordinary curricular features (and a couple of cool games!) including The Learning Commons offers a bounty of guides and courses. 

• 18 Free Screencasting tools to Create Video Tutorials 

• BBC News – The science of optical illusions  ETOptical illusions are more than just a bit of fun. Scientist Beau Lotto is finding out what tricking the brain reveals about how our minds work. 

• How Podcasting is Quick, Easy, and Free! – SimpleK12 

• Lori Gracey’s 60 Websites: Information  Lori Gracey from TCEA kick it through the goal post on Thursday Oct 7th 2010 with her 60 sites in 60 minutes presentation. Despite the lack of a decent internet connection,she lept everyone entertained during her presentation which was focused on internet connections

• Free Textbooks | Free Calculus Textbooks | Math Textbooks | Center of Mathematics  Worldwide Mathematics offers free mathematics textbooks in Calculus and Mutli-Variable Calculus, and includes free lecture series to accompany the content

• 150 Free Textbooks: A Meta Collection | Open Culture  Open Culture has a collection of 150 free textbooks from Art History to Physics and Business. Stay tuned for more additions

• Download free textbooks online Bookboon provides free online textbooks for students in PDF format. A range of subjects are available, and content is presented at a university level.

• Welcome | Flat World Knowledge  Flat World Knowledge has free online textbooks in business, the humanities and the sciences that are available to both teachers and students.

• DoppelMe – Free Dynamic Avatars  DoppelMe is a dynamic avatar maker that lets you create a cool graphical likeness of yourself, your friends, family or any group of people for use as an avatar in forums, instant messenger, blogs and almost anywhere else on the web.

• WatchKnow – Free Educational Videos for K-12 Students  WatchKnow has indexed over 15,000 online educational videos for children. Select from over 3,000 categories or search by subject and age level. Titles, descriptions, age level, and ratings are all added for usefulness. The site invites broad participation in a new kind of wiki system, guided by teachers. 

• The Enchanted Inkpot.  “The Enchanted Inkpot is a community for writers and readers of high, historical, traditional and cross-genre fantasy intended for middle-grade and young adult readers”

• Monster-Blood Tattoo  The official blog of D. M. Cornish, author of “Monster Blood Tattoo”

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.