Alan Levine • cogdogblog.com • cogdogblog@gmail.com
Schwartz Communication Institute at Baruch College May 1, 2009
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- 50+ Ways
Everything (and more) is at this web site http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/50+ways - What's in a Blog Name?
It describes three things I am passionate about http://cogdogblog.com - CDB
Favorite book by William Steig http://www.amazon.com/Cdb-William-Steig/dp/B001734LAY - R U O-K?
Simple Multimedia Story (pictures + text) http://www.amazon.com/Cdb-William-Steig/dp/B001734LAY - Web 2.0 Storytelling
EDUCAUSE Review (Nov-Dec 2008) http://www.educause.edu/library/erm0865 - Story Prompt (audience participation part!)
http://cogdogblog.com/stuff/50ways/baruch-prompt.html - July 2007.. Easy Peasy Rich Media - VoiceThread (and more)
Wondering how many web based media tools were out there... http://cogdogblog.com/2007/07/05/voicethreads/ - July 2007... Paul Simon Awarded Gershwin Prize
One of his songs got me thinking http://www.pbs.org/previews/paulsimon/ - 60 Second Dominoe Story entered as video for online contest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMp-Fl-sXrU
- Storyboard
Images plus text for each one as an outline http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/Dominoe+Storyboard - Photo Set on Flickr
A number of tools can import directly from flickr http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/sets/72157600975093412/ - 50+ Dominoe Stories
Summary of same story in all tools http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/Dominoe+50+Ways - Step 1 of 3: Develop a Story Idea
http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryIdeas - Start with How Not To do It?
Sometimes is helps to see a non example http://www.slideshare.net/RowanManahan/power-point-20th-anniversary-cinderella - Develop a Story Ideahttp://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryIdeas
- Fill Out Our Story
http://cogdogblog.com/stuff/50ways/baruch-story-ideas.html - Use Images to Start?
Some people do better with a visual start http://flickr.com/search/?ct=6&w=all&q=penn+state+university+people&m=text - Step 2 of 3: Find Mediahttp://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryMedia
- Suggested Media Sources
stress use of creative commons or copyright cleared content http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryMedia - Step 3 of 3: Toolshttp://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools
- Browse the Tool Shelfhttp://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools
- Slide Show Tools
linear playback of images, some with ability to add audio; primarily organized around photos or graphics http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools#toc2- Bubbleshare http://www.bubbleshare.com/
Add "bubbles" e.g. cations to slides; record audio for each http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/204193/overview#7312327 - Joggle http://www.joggle.com/
Images from google search, flickr, has transitions, background audio http://beta.joggle.com/app/showVirtual.php?slideid=5DE0A294507C4A81B9E431BB5D7C3DC7&sitename=fl20070720074552&apihost=beta-api.joggle.com&widgetFile=slideshow.swf&type=slideshow_content&s=SS_LARGE&c=1&a=1&t=3&config=1 - ImageLoop http://www.imageloop.com/
Upload from PPT, flickr; animated templates http://dominoe.cogdog.imageloop.com/ - One True Media http://www.onetruemedia.com/
Great template selection; upload single audio track http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=33e938883faf36b27c329f&skin_id=402&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url - RockYou http://www.rockyou.com/
Creates "widgets" of slide shows http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?source=ppsl&instanceid=78214836 - Slide http://www.slide.com/
Great templates and video effects; select audio from music ibrary http://www.slide.com/r/TS1PQkzy5T9tXz5Q9ICevsK7qSnw_Nvi?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original - SlideFlickr http://slideflickr.com/
Embed flickr slideshows in other web pages, can add audio URL http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/Dominoe+SlideFlickr.html - flickrslidr http://flickrslidr.com/
Embed flickr slide shows; flickr now does this directly - Slideoo http://www.slideoo.com/
horizontal slide shows from flickr sets http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/Dominoe+Slideoo.html - pictobrowser http://pictobrowser.com/
turns flickr sets, tags, or group photos into embedded slide shows http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/Dominoe+pictobrowser.html - PhotoShow http://www.photoshow.com/
Music vide like slide shows- great templates, add captions, apply video effects http://www.photoshow.com/watch/cV8fv7Js - Slideroll http://www.slideroll.com
Build on timeline, add effects, captions, music, video effects http://slideroll.com/?s=aup8kk81 - Picasa http://picasaweb.google.com/
Slideshows form uploads, add captions, geo-location for map view http://picasaweb.google.com/cogdogblog/Dominoe02?feat=directlink#slideshow - PhotoPeach http://photopeach.com/
Import from flickr, picasa, facebook; music from library; add captions, Ken Burns effects http://photopeach.com/album/173u28q - Tikatok http://tikatok.com
Upload images for online book; add captions, guided prompts for story making, order printed version ($) http://tikatok.com/view/book/dominoe - Tar Heel Reader http://tarheelreader.org/
Import/search from flickr, basic slide show; add captions, text to speech and other accessibility features http://tarheelreader.org/2009/04/27/domioe/
- Bubbleshare http://www.bubbleshare.com/
- Timeline Tools
Main organizing metaphor is time/date that can explored in any order. Events include text, hyperlinks, images, video. http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools#toc19- Dandelife http://www.dandelife.com
blog-like entry, apply tags, attach images, videos, social bookmarks http://dandelife.com/cogdog/timeline - Our Story http://www.ourstory.com
'Story' = one event per time, add pictures, video, import from flickr http://www.ourstory.com/dominoe - xtimeline http://xtimeline.com
Attach images / embed media to any date, add source info (for historical timelines), tags. Can import data from Excel/CSV
http://www.xtimeline.com/other/Dominoe
- Dandelife http://www.dandelife.com
- Mixer Tools
Beyond slideshows, these offer larger variety of media types that can be "mixed" into end products that are not necessarily linear http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools#toc23- Voicethread http://voicethread.com/
Weave uploaded or flickr imported images, video into presentation with multiple voices. Commenters can add audio, video, or add text or drawn annotations. http://voicethread.com/#q.b3747.i30465 - VUVOX http://www.vuvox.com
turn photos, video, music into slick presentations; search images in flickr, google, import YouTube video http://www.vuvox.com/presentations/10835 - VUVOX Collage http://www.vuvox.com/collage
rich interface for creating visual presentations 0n scrolling horizontal strip; import pictures, audio, and video plus tools for creating hotspot links to web sites; photo mask editor http://www.vuvox.com/collage/detail/31609 - Mixercast http://www.mixercast.com
Mix uploaded/imported images, video, sound with unique templates; text overlays with hyperlinks. Record video from web cam. http://www.mixercast.com/_mixercastView.jsp?blogifiedId=MTIwODMw - Flowgram http://www.flowgram.com/
Audio narrated shows where media can include web pages (that can be annotated and scrolled to designated spots); uploaded audio, powerpoint, video. Per slide audio recording. http://www.flowgram.com/p/vbswan2xww9pid/
- Voicethread http://voicethread.com/
- Comic/Sketch Tools
Create your own comic strips or cartoons using imported media or available images. May need ability to sketch. http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools#toc29 - gnomz http://en.gnomz.com/
Create flat icon-like 2.5D characters. Create cartoon avatar, select a library of other characters, backgrounds, and enter speech or thought bubbles. http://en.gnomz.com/166878-dominoe.html - ComicsSketch http://www.mainada.net/comics/
A tool for people who can actually draw with a mouse! Create via pen and color drawing tools. http://www.mainada.net/comics/show_strip/2953 - Toondoo http://www.toondoo.com/
Create 1,2, or 3 panel cartoons using library of cartoons, objects, text bubbles. Upload and edit images; Create "doos" can be combined into "ToonBooks" http://toondoo.com/View.toon?param=38056 - Kerppof http://www.kerpoof.com/
Fun cartoon tools with stock characters, scenes, character bubbles. Animation tools as well. http://flickr.com/photos/cogdogroo/sets/72157602240186644/show/ - Bubblr http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/
Select flickr photos by tag or user name; put on a strip, overlay bubbles with text. http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/?id=11126 - Comiqs http://comiqs.com/
Create multipane comic strip in comic book style (like desktop ComicLife). Import photos from flickr, upload. Add bubbles, text. http://comiqs.com/comics/B7Ce38Fhbve/ - PikiStrips http://www.comeeko.com/
Make comic strips from uploaded photos using standard sets of frames. Apply PhotoShop like effects to images. Add speech bubbles; other "goodies" http://www.pikistrips.com/clicked/27674873 - Pixton http://www.pixton.com/
Create simple to complex comics using characters, scenes, objects. All objects highly editable; characters can be moved into almost any pose. Future feature of tweened animation. http://pixton.com/comic/50hq2pjk - Collage Tools
Less a story from point A-B, provides ways to artistically organize media around theme; closer to a media rich scrapbook http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools#toc38- Tabblo http://www.tabblo.com
assemble photos and words with styled templates into visual collage, also creates slideshows, permissions for views, imports from flickr, print services (posters etc) http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/view/281512/ - Scrapblog http://www.scrapblog.com/
Online scrapbooks of photos (imported from 5 photo sites), videos from YouTube; embed audio add decoration "stickies", http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/viewer.aspx?sbId=61563 - glogster http://www.glogster.com/
Create media posters with images, video, audio (uploaded or recorded) and apply a wide range of text effects, visual- each is relatively large sized http://cogdog.glogster.com/dominoe/
- Tabblo http://www.tabblo.com
- Map Tools
Useful for stories/presentations tied to geolocations, such as travel trip or a history reports. See also http://www.storymapping.org/ http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools#toc42 - Mapwing http://www.mapwing.com/
A tool really designed for linked tours or annotated drawings/maps- Import/upload base map, add nodes, each with a view looking in 4 directions, captions, link together. http://www.mapwing.com/explore/view_tour.php?t=xxAAbDPqyqyHqy - Google My Maps http://maps.google.com
Associate steps of stories with locations on a map. Editing each one allows annotation of locations with mages (e.g. using links from flickr), and other rich text features. http://tinyurl.com/2yul97 - Wayfaring http://www.wayfaring.com/
Annotate map with three tools- a waypoint, a note, or a path/route (calculates distance of path). http://www.wayfaring.com/maps/show/43149 - Flickr Tools
Not strictly a tool per se, but there are many different ways to use flickr itself as a platform for creating/sharing stories in interesting ways. http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools#toc46- Tell a Story in 5 Frames http://flickr.com/groups/visualstory/
A group to tell a story with only a title and 5 pictures. http://flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/72157601269271802/ - Six Word Story http://www.flickr.com/groups/sixwordstory/
a Pool of Six Word Story in the title section of a Flickr photo. Hemingway inspired? http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/1035683869/ - Flicktion http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/flicktion/
Flickr+Fiction = Flicktion. Take any single image and write a short story built around that image. Tag in flickr "flicktion". http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/1035780973 - Linking Flickr Notes http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/269039506/
Using any of your own flickr photos, link them together via hypertext links embedded into flickr notes (mouseover popups). Weave a story together linked linearly or branching, choose your adventure story? http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/882974622/ - Pictures with Stories Flickr Group http://www.flickr.com/groups/stories/
Share photograph accompanied by story. at least five sentences long and MUST be true - no poems or fiction. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/1035780973
- Tell a Story in 5 Frames http://flickr.com/groups/visualstory/
- Audio Tools
Tools built around audio as primary content; plus images http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools#toc52- Podcast People http://podcastpeople.com/
tool to create "enhanced"like podcasts including audio, video content plus "blog" posts. Serialize a story into segments? http://cogdog.podcastpeople.com/posts/8134 - Blabberize http://www.blabberize.com/
simple / crude, but effective! Upload photo of frontal view of a face, mark key points of mouth, and link to audio. Creates a simple animation of mouth moving to rhythm of voice. http://blabberize.com/view?id=6943 - Blabberize http://www.blabberize.com/
The alpaca says it all! http://blabberize.com/creation/view/1049 - yodio http://www.yodio.com/
Combine uploaded pictures with audio from uploaded mp3 or phoned-in sound recording http://www.yodio.com/yo.aspx?CardId=l8nbeDnAp66OV2U5UDASk1
- Podcast People http://podcastpeople.com/
- VideoTools
Tools that allow upload, editing, and remixing of video and/or images to create new video content. http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools#toc56- Splashcast http://www.splashcast.net
Create media ‘channels’ that mix video, music, photos, narration, text, as well as RSS feeds, PowerPoint presentations and PDF documents. http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/Dominoe%20Splashcast+Slideshow.html - BubblePLY http://www.bubbleply.com/
Import video from any URL (e.g. YouTube, Blip.tv); annotate with text "bubbles" (feature now built into YouTube as annotations) http://www.bubbleply.com/player.aspx?pid=36f619cb-b9f7-4061-86e1-3a0cf5631214 - Motionbox http://www.motionbox.com/
Create playlists and remixes of yploaded videos http://www.motionbox.com/video/player/ec94d4bb1b12e461 - Animoto http://animoto.com/
Analyzes an uploaded set of 5 images; creates a "professional" music video based on secret AI logic. Free iPhone app version. Paid accounts can make longer videos, export as QuickTime. http://www.motionbox.com/video/player/ec94d4bb1b12e461 - Jaycut http://jaycut.com/
Powerful features for web-based video editing! Import photos, audio, video; make movie on multi-track timeline plus transitions, effects http://jaycut.com/mix/14178/preview - xtranormal http://www.xtranormal.com/
Select set, actor, sound effects; create movie from only dialogue text you type in. Generates a movie to embed / export directly to YouTube. http://www.xtranormal.com/watch?e=20081112091612651 - shwup http://www.shwup.com/
Upload images, movies or load from flickr, picassa, Facebook, web page, email message into an "album". Create a "muviee" using themes and music (or you can upload music). Media can be downloaded. http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/Dominoe+Shwup.html
- Splashcast http://www.splashcast.net
- Presentation Tools
Built around familiar desktop tools for creating slide decks, these tools offer similar features, and more, in a web interface. http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools#toc64- Empressr http://www.empressr.com/
Full featured tool; upload images, audio; slide controls for transitions, timing. Built in tools to record audio or video. Many ways to share final presentation. http://www.empressr.com/View.aspx?token=7bPasQXZDYI%3d - Spresent http://www.spresent.com/
PowerPoint-like editor; Import images (desktop, flickr), upload PPT, movies from YouTube, audio via URL, use templates, etc. Audio can be synced to slides. http://www.spresent.com/view/?p=/cogdogblog@gmail.com/dominoe - Slideshare/Slidecasts http://www.slideshare.net/
YouTube for PowerPoint! Upload Powerpoint/Keynote/PDF content and converts to Flash. Provide URL for mp3 audio track and sync it to create an audio narrated "slidecast" http://www.slideshare.net/cogdog/dominoe - Zentation http://zentation.com/
Mashup tool- allows upload of Powerpoint files to Slideshare and synchronization to video uploaded to Google. http://www.zentation.com/viewer/index.php?passcode=r6BVBWE6rG - Viewbook http://www.viewbook.com/
Upload up to 500 images, create albums of images with text captions. No audio. http://cogdog.viewbook.com/id/3141/edb13397dcec17 - Zoho Show http://show.zoho.com/
Part of Zoho suite; clean PowerPoint-like interface for creating pr you can directly import a PPT file and publish without any extra work. http://show.zoho.com/public/cogdog/dominoe.ppt - Vcasmo http://www.vcasmo.com/
Synchronize series of image slides to video soundtrack. Import video from YouTube or upload. Tools to enable other language captioning and Creative Commons licenses. http://www.vcasmo.com/video/cogdog/646 - MyPlick http://myplick.com/
Upload presentation file (PPT/PDF) and audio file, use sync tools, to create audio narrated slideshow / presentation. http://www.myplick.com/view/6AzhLQZNVlD/Dominoe - Google Presenter http://docs.google.com/
import PPT files, use clean editing interface. Presentations can be live shared with invited others or published. http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=af85vfdkxd2_3c322cb&fs=true - WebSlides http://slides.diigo.com/
Turn list of live web sites (bookmarked in diigo) into slide show. Add notes, tag content, add audio track. http://slides.diigo.com/list/cogdog/dominoe?v=p - Slideboom http://www.slideboom.com/
Upload powerpoint files, add animations, effects, timing! Brings in audio from original powerpoints. http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/17855/Dominoe - SlideRocket http://sliderocket.com/
Powerful slide show creator; imports PowerPoint, uses themes, add builds, transitions, timer slide advances, include video, attach audio for entire presentation or per slide, flash in slides, publish as public or with password access. http://app.sliderocket.com/app/FullPlayer.aspx?id=64b4a323-32f6-48a2-bc19-e38a0a03d4c9 - 280 Slides http://280slides.com/
Features similar to Keynote; can import Powerpoint, use themes themes, publish to web or directly to Slideshare. Can add video, but not audio. http://280slides.com/Viewer/?user=9343&name=Dominoe%27s%20Story&fullscreen - Prezi http://prezi.com
A most unique presentation tool that provides dramatic levels of pan, rotation, and zoom. Downloads as flash app. http://prezi.com/34775/
- Empressr http://www.empressr.com/
- Your Turn
Time to create your own! Share your results, links to examples on discussion tab http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/message/list/StoryTools
