Dianne Krause's List: Digital Portfolio Resources

iPiccy gives you all the power to edit photos right in your browser without any installation for free. Just upload any image to photo editor and make it awesome in one click!

"US Copyright laws may be years behind the fast-paced world of social media and blogs, but they still control how a copyrighted work can be used. And while there are aspects of Copyright law that have “gone digital,” the Digital Millennium Copyright Act doesn’t provide anything new when it comes to explaining how to properly use another person’s photos or images online. And because most people won’t read the
law and even those who do may not understand exactly what it means, I offer you these to help you"

"If you want to create a newspaper for your class, you can do it through one of
these templates. The procedure is very easy. Just download the template you are
going to use, and once downloaded open the file and start customizing it
the way you want. You can insert your text , images, change text colour
and fonts, change headings and titles."

Finding free quality images is a tedious task - mainly due to copyright issues, attribution requirements, or simply lack of quality. This inspired us to create Pixabay - a repository for outstanding public domain images. You can freely use any image from this website in digital and printed format, for personal and commercial use, without attribution requirement to the original author.

GREAT List and summary of storybook creation tools

Take photos without webcam software!

Create a compelling digital brochure, flyer, or product guide for your business you can promote across all your customer touch points.

"Slideshows for Facebook, Twitter and blogs"

"With projects, you can put your wiki members into groups so they can work independently.

Each project on your wiki is made up of a unique set of teams of members, pages, files, and settings. There’s no limit to the number of teams within a project, or to the number of pages within a tea"

Learn how to create projects in wikispaces.

Information is very powerful but for the most bit it is bland and unimaginative. Infographics channel information in a visually pleasing, instantly understandable manner, making it not only powerful, but extremely beautiful. Once used predominantly to make maps more approachable, scientific charts less daunting and as key learning tools for children, inforgraphics have now permeated all aspects of the modern world.

Transform your doc, pdf, word, movie in an interactive flipbook. It's very easy: upload your file and you will receive an email with the url to your creation. You can share this with your friend, family... by email, on your blog, on facebook or twitter

"First and Always Ahead.
There was a time once when creating web forms was a big pain for webmasters. Then came JotForm, first web based WYSIWYG form builder, and turned into a joy. Today JotForm has over 500,000 users.
Free.
JotForm is a free web form builder. For basic usage, upto 100 submissions/month, you can use JotForm fully. No crippleware. No ads. Just what you need.
Fast.
When you need to create forms quickly, JotForm is your best friend. We don't waste your time with things like registration. Just point your browser to jotform.com, create your form and post it on your web site. Literally in minutes!"

**CAN USE AS A DROPBOX FOR STUDENTS TO UPLOAD FILES TO YOU**

Scrapbooks, pictures, and home videos may be the traditional way to preserve and share summer memories, but if you've got a smartphone or iPad, you can use it -- along with some cool websites -- to document adventures or lazy days. With a little creativity, you can turn your summer memories into a comic book, a movie, a digital scrapbook, and more.

Welcome to piZap.com, a free online photo editor featuring fun free photo effects, photo stickers and one click effects for your digital photos. Grab your digital cameras and start taking photos. Easily create wacky images with your digital pictures.

Add your photo to a wide variety of templates and backgrounds.  Great for projects!

3x3Links enhances the speed-dial experience known from Opera, Chrome and the Firefox extension by allowing you to take your start page with you, organize it your way and to use high-speed keyboard shortcuts.
As a bonus, it can store up to 729 links by using folders, display website logos instead of thumbnails,
and performs really fast by using the new HTML5 LocalCache feature.

If you’re not an avid follower of #edchat on Twitter, you may be missing out on a great opportunity to learn about some new Web 2.0 tools that are currently being used in classrooms around the world. That’s because @chickensaltash posed a simple question to the PLN and there has been a huge swell of support as hundreds of people have jumped in to answer the question about which 5 Web 2.0 tools teachers are using in classrooms.

Creaza offers you an integrated, web-based toolbox for creative work, both at school and in your free time.  You use the toolbox along with various fully developed thematic universes:  historical periods, fairy-tales, fantasy worlds, and current challenges, such as climate/environment.
Creaza integrates professional and user-generated content, creative tools and a social network in a new and innovative way.
Users on Creaza have the opportunity to share their work with other Internet users and can give each other comments and suggestions on the products they choose to share.
To use this service, all you need is Internet access, a web browser, and the Flash plug-in.  Creaza is available for PC, MAC, and Linux users alike. 
Creaza is fully integrated with Fronter, who provides a platform for learning and collaboration. Fronter offers Creaza as a PlusPack integrated in their platform.