TimeToast is an outstanding site for creating neat timelines with pictures and descriptions. This is a must see, and one of the easiest sites I have ever seen. To get started, create an account (all you need is an email address) and follow the prompts for creating your interactive timeline. You will be asked to give your timeline a title and add as many events as you wish. Each event has a place you you to enter the name, date, and description. If you wish, you can upload an image (up to 3mb in size) to go along with each event. TimeToast even provides you with the ability to share and embed your timeline. Due to the format of this site, below is a condensed version of a timeline. Timelines are typically twice as long. Be sure to click on the “+” signs to see the descriptions. Check out TimeToast for more examples.
Blabberize is a neat, user-friendly site that allows you to upload images and make them talk using audio that you record. You will need an email address to create a login and password. Once you have created an account simply click on “make a blabber.” You will be prompted to (1)upload a picture from your computer, (2)select the mouth or part of the image that you wish to move, (3)record your audio, and (4) preview/save. To upload just browse your computer and select the picture you want to use. Once the picture is uploaded, you must select the mouth region using your mouse to move eight reference points to create a highlighted area that will move. There is also a 9th point that allows you too determine how far you would like the mouth to open. The final creation stage is inserting the audio. For this step you are simply prompted to hit the record button and speak into your microphone for up to two minutes. If you don’t have a microphone, you can call in the audio using your phone! Once you have recorded your voice, you can re-record until you are happy with it. Be sure to save your work and set it as public for the world to see or private for your personal viewing. You can now share your image using a hyperlink or embedding it into your own website or blog. Check out the example I created to introduce the Cartesian Coordinate System!