Tech+Tools

Here you will find links and information about Web 2.0 tools

Avatars (your virtual self)
You can build a talking version of yourself (even using your own voice) here at [|www.voki.com]

[|Build your Wild Self] is a New York Zoo sponsored site where you can make a wacky half human and half animal version of yourself. Lots of fun!

Helpful Computer Tools
This is a great tool for resizing pictures to make them smaller (or larger) for uploading or sending as emails. Find imageresizer.exe on the left side panel on this page: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Educational Games/Activities
This is an amazing site which I could see supporting a literacy programme: [|http://www.kerpoof.com] It is difficult to define. I had a play with one section where you can create movies but it seems has lots of other things too!

Random Name Generator
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