PPT TO VIDEO FOR THE CLASSROOM-ANIMOTO

Powerpoint presentations are the most commonly used among all web 2.0 tools,and they can be made more interesting and effective by creating a video out of them.Add some music or a voiceover,and your students can be engaged meaningfully.There are several ways of doing this.Windows moviemaker is used extensively,and some educators use authorpointlite to upload on to youtube,ipod or authorstream.But,most give animoto a thumbsup.

Animoto is a tool that allows you to create a professional looking video in minutes.All you have to do is upload your images,and your music and it creates a video,a different one each time.Completely automatic and customized,the unlimited shorts are for free.The casestudies show how educators are using it in the classroom to enhance the learning experience.

Animoto in the classroom

HOW TO CREATE A PODCAST

Podcasts are increasingly being used in the field of education.Several free websites allow you to upload your podcast and host it for free.Learners have a variety of topics to choose from and can download to their PC or Ipod.
Anyone having a PC,a microphone and high speed internet can be a podcaster.Professors and teachers can now create their own podcast channels for free and allow their students or anyone searching for that topic on the internet download it to their laptop or ipod and listen to the lecture when and where they want to.You do not have to know any technical stuff to create a podcast.Any beginner can sound professional, creating audio or video podcast.A digital camera with recording facility is necessary for creating a video podcast.The following websites are easy to use where you can create,manage and share podcasts.They also have a podcast library for you to choose podcasts for download.You can also let people buy your podcasts when they download from itunes.
Podcast.com
mypodcast.com
podomatic.com
Recommended Reading: 100 Ways To Use Your IPod And Study Better

SPECTACULAR SPIDERMAN

Spiderman is back! Marvel's latest animated series for 2008!

LEARN HINDI

Hindi is the national language of India. Hindi is spoken by a vast majority of Indians although there are a number of languages and an even more number of dialects. South India has its own languages that are totally different from hindi, yet most people understand the language since it is taught in schools and colleges. Most are adept at speaking more than one language since they travel outside their home state, have friends and colleagues who are from a different region and hence learn to speak a different language. English is spoken by many in the big cities and tourist spots.
Learning Hindi online is sure easy these days. I have been teaching for many years now and my mother used to teach in a well known Bangalore school for 26 years.
Some links are below that will certainly help in learning.

SELF STUDY LESSONS
Learn Hindi Fluency
Alphabet,script and the pronunciation,some vocabulary
Hindi alphabets and pronunciation
Hindi Conversation
Hindi Flashcards
More online resources1
More online resources2
Learn Hindi through English
Virtual Hindi
Hindi for NRI Kids via Skype
Learn Spoken Hindi via Skype 
If you are interested in a daily podcast teaching you hindi conversations, log into Ispeakhindi

A great way to imbibe the hindi language is to watch a couple of Bollywood films. Entertaining, but certainly effective in learning some vocabulary and its usage.

Bollywood Masala

You may also watch animated videos of short stories like Akbar and Birbal. Children love the video, get some moral and learn the hindi language fast.

Akbar and Birbal


Panchatantra stories
http://k12learningvideos.blogspot.com/

Check out more animated hindi stories at my youtube channel for education

Recommended reading: Learning Languages

COMICS,GAMES,VIDEOS OF SUPERHEROES

Marvel comics has recently gone online! You can view the latest animated trailers, free digital comics, games, videos, storylines, downloads and online, just everything related to Marvel Comics.You will definitely enjoy spending some tie at this website.
Apart from this, do visit marvelkids if you are below 12.