Finding images for blog posts is sometimes a challenge, especially if we want to make sure they are legal and okay for digital dissemination. Just recently I came across another Firefox add-on that really helps my students and myself with this task. It's called Zemanta. Watch the screencast below to see how it works. Very slick, indeed. My second great find is called Screentoaster.com and you guessed it, I made the Zemanta screencast using Screentoaster.com. I predict, like Jane Hart, that this will be one of the premiere Web 2.0 tools for 2009. While many sang the praises of Jingin 2008, this web app will rival its predecessor because no download/install is required, and because resulting videos can be embedded in blogs and wikis in a snap. Is it faultless? No; when bandwidth is being sucked up in the building, audio hiccups are bound to result. Additionally, audio quality might not be as silky as Jing, but it's not terrible either. Both Zemanta and Screentoaster, are, in my opinion, keepers, so try them out. Non progredi est regredi!
Thank you for sharing two great finds... I was looking for an online tool just like ScreenToaster and was not able to find it, so I am very grateful you did.
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in 2008, this web app will rival its predecessor because no download/install is required, and because resulting videos can be embedded in blogs and wikis in a snap. Is it faultless? No; when bandwidth is being sucked up in the building, audio hiccups are bound to result. Additionally, audio quality might not be as silky as Jing, but it's not terrible either. Both Zemanta and Screentoaster, are, in my opinion, keepers, so try them out. Non progredi est regredi!![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=72b4baff-0af0-4fa9-be96-a9a9c49f1f08)
Thank you for sharing two great finds... I was looking for an online tool just like ScreenToaster and was not able to find it, so I am very grateful you did.
ReplyDeleteThe other one called Zemanta I know of because it has been created by excellent guys ( http://www.zemanta.com/about/#management-team ) from my own country (see my picture - http://samo.samoime.googlepages.com/map_where_Zemanta_comes_from_.jpg )which is soo little its name is not visible on your Feedjit map http://feedjit.com/stats/web20intheclassroom.blogspot.com/map ;) )