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Kent State University Links
Kent State University Student Organizations
http://dept.kent.edu/csi/StudentOrganizations/StudentOrganizations.html
Kent State University Library
http://www.library.kent.edu
Kent State University Writing Center
http://dept.kent.edu/english/WritingCent/
Kent State University Writing Program
http://www.kent.edu/english/WritingPrograms/
Kent State University Career Center
http://www.career.kent.edu
Kent State University Academic Success Center
http://www.kent.edu/asc/
Kent State University ResNet
http://www.res.kent.edu/newres/
Kent State University Counseling Services
http://www.uhs.kent.edu/psych/psychindex.htm
and
http://chdc.educ.kent.edu
College Writing 1 Links
Purdue's Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Diana Hacker's Website
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc
Capital Community College's Website
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
Other Links
Brainstorming & Getting Started
http://www.mindmeister.com--collaborative mind mapping
http://www.mycoted.com/Category:Creativity_Techniques --Creativity Bank
http://www.wridea.com/--brainstorm alone or with others
Diagramming & Charts
http://www.mxgraph.com/index.html
http://www.gliffy.com/--draw & share diagrams online
http://drawanywhere.com/--draw, share, & export diagrams
http://bubbl.us/--charts
http://www.best4c.com/--very comprehensive chart making site
http://flowchart.com/--charts
Tools for Writing Together (besides Google Docs)
http://www.conceptshare.com/--allows users to respond to design
http://www.scribd.com/--post documents, get public feedback
http://www.writeboard.com/--collaborative writing similar to google docs
http://www.scriblink.com/--online whiteboard (no registration needed)
http://www.plotbot.com/--write screenplays together or solo
http://viewbook.com/--make a portfolio (intended for artwork)
http://mixbook.com/--make collaborative photobooks (order hard copies)
http://www.solodox.com/--web-based word processor w/sharing options
http://yourdraft.com/--web-based word processor w/sharing options
http://writer.zoho.com/--online word processor
http://product.thinkfree.com/desktop/write/--online word processor
http://www.buzzword.com/--Adobe's new online word processor, very pretty interface, but still buggy
http://www.peepel.com/--collaborative online word processor
Digital Genres
http://www.glogster.com/--make digital posters
http://issuu.com/--make digital magazines from pdfs to embed in webpages or blogs
http://www.flip.com/--make digital pages from images, sketches, text, audio, & video
http://letterpop.com/--make digital newsletters
http://animoto.com/ -- Sync music to your images
Citation Generators
http://citationmachine.net/
http://www.easybib.com/
Getting Together
http://www.meetwithapproval.com/--find a common meeting time
http://officezilla.com/--web-based collaboration tools: to do lists, calendars, contacts, chat, discussion board, etc. (similar to Google Groups)
60+ Collaborative Tools for Groups (from Mashable.com)
Paper & Printable Things
http://www.incompetech.com/--Graph paper, calendars, etc.
http://www.thetoymaker.com/--Paper toys
http://www.pocketmod.com/--Personal mini-organizer:
Other
http://www.rememble.com/--keep track of all of your digital bits & pieces
http://notebook.zoho.com/--collect digital bits & pieces and share with others
Blog Sites
Blogger: a Google product at: http://blogger.com
WordPress: http://wordpress.com
TypePad: http://typepad.com
BlogHi: http://bloghi.com
Edublogs: blogs for educators at http://edublogs.org/
Xanga: http://xanga.com
LiveJournal: http://livejournal.com
Website Creation Sites
Google Page Creator
Weebly
Sitekreator
SynthaSite
Jimdo
Doodlekit
freewebs
Website Tools
Making forms: A primer: http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/
A gem: http://www.oswd.org/
Browser safe fonts: http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html
Button maker: http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/button/
Tools: http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/
Web Developer's Handbook: http://www.alvit.de/handbook/
Color Scheme generator: http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html
Color wizard: http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp
75 more good sites: http://www.cameronolthuis.com/2006/01/75-helpful-web-design-resources/
Safe colors & explanation: http://www.lynda.com/hex.asp
web to pdf: http://web2.pdfonline.com/
Web 2.0 badges: http://www.web20badges.com/
Create a mobile website: jagango.com
List of freeware for webdesigners: http://technotarget.com/freeware-software-for-web-designers/
CSS Sites
http://www.csszengarden.com/
http://www.wpdfd.com/issues/70/css_from_the_ground_up/
http://www.stylegala.com/features/css-reference/
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/12lessonsCSSandstandards
http://home.tampabay.rr.com/bmerkey/cheatsheet.htm
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/index.html
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/--making lists in CSS
http://www.intensivstation.ch/en/templates/
http://blog.html.it/layoutgala/
IMAGES
Editing
Splashup: http://www.splashup.com/
Picnik: http://www.picnik.com/
Picture2life: http://www.picture2life.com/
Preloadr: http://www.preloadr.com/
Pixenate: http://pixenate.com/
Snipshot: http://snipshot.com/
Gimp: http://www.gimp.org/--free download, almost exactly like photoshop
Collections: Photos to Use
http://www.pdphoto.org/ --Public domain photos
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page --Wikimedia Commons, shared media
http://www.morguefile.com/ --free stock photos
http://www.sxc.hu/--free stock photos (I use this site often)
Sharing (There are MANY of these. Two of the best are listed.)
Flickr
Photobucket
Making Screenshots
Screenshots: www.jing.com
Screenshots with annotations, skitch: http://plasq.com/skitch
Teaching with Images Sites
http://www.photovoice.com/index.html
http://www.indivisible.org/home.htm
Fun with Photos
Make giant posters: http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/
Make fake concert tickets to pretend you were there: http://www.says-it.com/concertticket/index.php
Make fake newspaper stories: http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
Make fake motivation pics: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/motivator.php
So many fun things your head will spin: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/
VIDEO
Editing/Creating
Already on your computer: PCs=MovieMaker, Macs=iMovie
motionbox.com--video sharing with some editing possible
jumpcut.com--web-based video editor
http://jaycut.com/--web-based video editor
http://gorillaspot.com/--editing of their content only?
http://www.kaltura.com/--make videos together, collaborative editing
http://graffiti.vidavee.com/--annotating, editing already created videos
http://www.muveemix.com/--make quick movies for your blog
Sharing
Youtube.com
Google video
Yahoo video
Photobucket.com
http://www.vimeo.com/--sharing HD videos
http://www.bigthink.com/--a guided video sharing site
http://www.ourmedia.org/--video sharing & more
Other Video Tools
jing.com--screen capture
http://keepvid.com/--save videos from any site
http://www.ustream.tv/--broadcast your own tv channel
AUDIO
Editing
Audacity--Free download, very popular audio editor
wildvoice.com--free download, make a podcast
Sharing
odeo.com
Collections
http://www.incompetech.com/: royalty-free music
Other
Voice to text via your phone: http://www.jott.com/
EVERYTHING
http://www.archive.org/index.php
http://www.ourmedia.org/