4 web 2.0 tools with Photos

Below are my 4 favorite web 2.0 tools that use photos. Each of these could be used for projects.
They are listed from easy to more difficult.

* Fotobabble.com - Upload any picture and then record sound with that picture.

• Teaching mood
• Poetry readings

* Blabberize.com - allows you to upload a picture, put a mouth on that picture, then record sound...

• Historical figures
• Historical speeches
• Point of view (students speak as the person/object in the picture)

(click here to view lama, we love him)

*Speaking Image - Upload a picture, place lines/shapes/POIs, add text, links, or video for an interactive picture.

• Guided tour of school/classroom
• Background info behind any image
• Vocabulary lesson

* Voicethread - Upload any picture or video, invite others to make comments via text, phone, mic, or webcam.

• The example below: create a fake newspaper article then have students give feedback about the article.
• Teacher could be the first comment on the left asking questions or prompting responses.