The Independent School listserv I subscribe to has been a buzz with new products or software. In an effort to keep up, I will blog about them.

VoiceThread allows users to add their voice to images they upload. The resulting movie can be shared privately via an email

Phanfare allows users to try it for free for 30 days before they subscribe. After that it is $6.95 a month or $55.00 a year. Could be a great way to share images and videos in a classroom.

Animoto says it is the end of slideshows as it takes your images and adds music to create a movie. It is presently beta (most Web 2.0 tools are).

The best news today is that Google has released their new Presentations online software. Accessed via the regular Google Docs site. My first attempt proved pretty easy.

Ning.com allows anyone to create a social network. That is the good and bad news. Lucy Gray wrote a good piece on the use of Ning in schools. This is her main site done in Typepad.

More to come as we keep up with the changes.