TopTenTools

= Need To Differentiate? = Here are the Top Ten Digital Storytelling Tools!

01. Voice Thread [|http://voicethread.com/#home]
A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds [|images, documents, and videos] and allows people to leave [|comments in 5 ways] - using voice (with a mic or phone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). [|Share] a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.

02. Dandelife [|http://dandelife.com]
Generate a timeline of any kind of event in your life, write as blog-like entry, apply tags, attach images, videos, bookmarks form other web service sites. Not the easiest tool to use!

03. Toondoo [|http://www.toondo.com]
Create your own 1, 2, or 3 panel cartoons using a library of cartoons, text bubbles. Images can be uploaded and manipulated with simple tools. Created "doos" can be combined into "ToonBooks", embedded in blogs, etc. A lot of versatility.

04. Animoto http://animoto.com/
This tool analyzes an uploaded set of images and creates a "professional" music video based on a secret artificial intelligence logic. Very easy to create elegant picture shows.

05. MyPlick http://myplick.com/
Upload a presentation file (PPT or PDF) and an audio file, use the sync tools, and create an audio narrated slideshow / presentation. One of the best interfaces for syncing audio to slides.

06. Slideshare / Slidecasts [|http://www.slideshare.net]
It's YouTube for PowerPoint. Upload Powerpoint/Keynote/PDF content and converts to Flash easily embedded in other web sites. Provide a URL for an audio track, and you can sync it to create an audio narrated "slidecast"

07. Scrapblog http://www.scrapblog.com/
If you love sharing photos, you'll love Scrapblog. With Scrapblog, you can easily create stunning multimedia scrapbooks featuring your photos, videos, audio and a bunch of creative elements. We made Scrapblog drag-and-drop-easy so that everyone can tell their stories and share them online or turn them into high-quality photo books and DVDs. Best of all, it's free and there's nothing to download.

08. XtraNORMAL [|http://www.xtranormal.com/]
If you can type, then you can make a movie!

09. Glogster [|http://www.glogster.com/]
Create interactive online posters.

===10. Issuu.com and FlipSnacks - **both of these services allow you to upload PowerPoint or Keynote slide presentations and then present them as an online book.**=== .