Mashups

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=Definitions & Considerations=

[|Web 2.0: Introduction to Mash-ups - Articles - iQ Content] - A quick intro. to what mash-ups are that includes links to a variety of demos user:chericem1

[|Assembling Great Software - Mashups] user:chericem1

[|Dr. Mashup, or Why Educators Should Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Remix!] -Thoughtful article re: the issues inherent in educators' objections to mashups (copyright, plagiarism, etc.)

[|No Course Material Allowed on Student Site, Harvard Says - Chronicle.com] - Harvard students, frustrated by irrelevant content, clunky apps, inaccessibility, and poor layouts, created their own course portal (Crimson Connect) using Netvibes, but the university balked. Interesting to see how different the design and content of student-created sites is from "official sites"

[|UBCWiki: Are universities ready to mash it up?] - Collection of mashed up images and resources (with accompanying annotations)

=Educational Examples=


 * Demonstrate conceptual understanding (movie trailers)
 * [|Shaking Up Shakespeare] - Very well-thought out blog post that describes the pedagogical decisions behind this teacher's plans for using web 2.0 technologies in an AP English class]]
 * Develop critical thinking skills
 * [|Mibazaar] - Blog devoted to mashups of data related to education (and many other fields)
 * [|No Child Left Behind: Seeking American Education's Missing Data] - Mashup showing most well-funded states and best performing states
 * Encourage cognitive flexibility through creativity
 * [|Karen's Mashups]
 * [|One Semester of Spanish Love Song Mashup] - Mashup created from student videos that were imitations or video responses to [|this original video].
 * Engage students in social activism and critical commentary
 * [|A Fair(y) Use Tale] - Disney movies mashed up to comment on copyright and fair use guidelines
 * [|StoryMapping: Projects] - A variety of projects that seek to involve students in social activism via map mashups that tell digital stories
 * [|Waiting on the World to Change] - Mashup of audio, video, newspapers, and images that comments on deafness
 * Expand students' experience with the world (virtual field trips)
 * [|Google Lit Trips (The Yellow Balloon)] - Use mashups made with Google Earth and famous lit. to create virtual field trips (students "fly" to the various locations) and student podcasts. Site organized by grade levels (Kindergarten through Higher Ed) with lots of different kinds of literature represented.
 * [|Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!] - Allows users to annotate Google Earth maps in a variety of languages
 * Foster the development of transliteracy skills
 * [|Fine Art Mashup]
 * Increase the relevance of your lessons
 * [|Invisible Cities] - Google Map project designed to help teachers locate useful resources related to "invisible" aspects of their city (Hartford, CT)
 * [|Map Your Ancestors]
 * Represent information in more powerful ways
 * [|Oral Histories of Route 66 - Google Maps] - Click on a "pushpin" in the map to see photos and a brief caption of the history of that location
 * [|Presidential History]

Other Examples:

[|Inside Google Book Search: Books: Mapped] - Search books for geographical locations and then map and annotate them using Google Maps. Great for English classes

[|Mashup Gallery] - Sample animations and videos made by kids at the Canadian project "The Outlet"

[|Techlearning > > Use Google Maps Mashups in K-12 Education > May 15, 2006] - Quick overview of multiple resources re: GoogleMaps user:chericem1

=Fun Stuff=

[|Flickrvision (beta)] - Running, real-time feed of photos posted to Flickr that appear on a Google Map based on where the user is posting from user:chericem1

=General Examples=

[|Cool Google Maps - Who knew maps could be fun?] - Multiple examples of what people are doing with Google Map mashups user:chericem1

[|Earthquakes In The Last Week] user:chericem1

[|Geodistance - Running, Walking, Cycling Distance: How far is it? Find out...] - Click between 2 points on the map and it calculates the distance user:chericem1

[|Google Maps Mania: 50 Things to do with Google Maps Mashups] - Click on maps and tools index for screenshots of lots of mashups user:chericem1

[|Mashup Dashboard - ProgrammableWeb] - A list of currently popular mashups user:chericem1

[|Moviemappr: Find Movies Filmed Near You] - Could be useful in creating curricular units in geography or social studies user:chericem1

[|Over the Confluence of Giants] - Very smooth mashup made from 5-6 different songs

[|Popurls | popular urls to the latest web buzz] - Mashup created from a wide variety of social bookmarking services

[|Pour que tu m'aimes encore (Frenglish version)] - Mashup alternates between the English and French versions of this song

[|ProgrammableWeb: Web 2.0 Mashup Matrix] - Very cool little matrix of mashups. Mouse over the dots to see the links user:chericem1

[|16 Awesome Data Visualization Tools] - Very cool, free web 2.0 tools (mashups) for data visualization--esp. data from social networks user:chericem1

[|The Trailer Mash] - A collection of mashups made from video trailers, categorized by genre. Beware that there is an adult content genre, so you cannot let students browse this site. Some contributors have even created entirely new "films" from existing trailers, such as this [|Titanic Sequel] mashup created from over 10 different videos.

[|United States of Pop] - Mashup made from 25 of the most popular songs from 2007 by DJ Earworm

[|WiFi Cafes and Hotspots] - View a map of wifi hotspots in the US user:chericem1

=Generators (Based on mashups)=

[|Amaztype] - Type in your word or phrase and it will return the word created from book covers available on Amazon

[|Fastr - a flickr game] - Guess the tags of the photos that appear before the time runs out. Available in English, French, German, & Spanish. Great for practicing vocabulary in advanced classes.

[|Magazine: Create a customized magazine from your digital photographs] - Upload a photo, fill out the form, select your colors, and this site generates a beautiful magazine cover that you can then save to your computer, upload to Flickr, or order online prints from. You can also do motivational posters, photo walls, etc. user:chericem1

[|Spell with Flickr] - Fun little spelling program that grabs photos of letters from Flickr and uses them to spell the word you selected. Click a letter to change it. Commentary re: what the person learned from a conference is also interesting.

[|StainedGlass Collage] - Allows you to upload photos from Flickr into stained glass templates and share them with friends user:chericem1

=Genre-based Examples: Variations on a Theme=

It's all about perspective! Consider how adopting a particular focus or point of view changes what it is possible for you to see, then think about similar projects you could ask students to do re: art, cultural practices, history, novels, scientific discoveries, etc.

[|COLD POTTER] - Harry Potter mashup from the perspective of Snape and his relationship with Harry user:chericem1

[|Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - The Musical] - Harry Potter mashup set to music from Broadway musicals user:chericem1

[|Harry Potter - So Cold] - Mashup with the overall theme of Harry's ability to be cold hearted when faced with danger, etc. user:chericem1

[|Hari Puttar (Harry Potter) Aur Jadoo Ki Chadi] - Punya's Harry Potter mash-up user:chericem1

[|Harry Potter: Memories] - A mashup from the point of view of Harry Potter reflecting on moments with Hermione user:chericem1

=Innovations=

[|ccMixter Welcome to ccMixter] - Music mashup site. . . all works on it licensed under Creative Commons user:chericem1

[|Mojiti] - Similar to Bubbleply, but appears to be much more sophisticated. . . allowing you to add images and animations in conjunction with pop-up bubbles to video content user:chericem1

[|Pipes: Rewire the web] - "Interactive data aggregator" - Similar to a Protopage for supertechs - drag & drop elements into relation w/ one another to create mashed up RSS feeds user:chericem1

[|SearchCrystal] - PHENOMENAL tool (still in beta) that taps the power of chunking, comparisons, concept maps, search, AND visual thinking to let you "compare searches, remix, and share!" Can be customized and embedded in your own blog, Facebook, or website user:chericem1

=Research=

[|Mapping for Advocacy] - Case studies of map mashing projects in North America for advocacy-related purposes

=Resources=

[|Assembling great software: A round-up of eight mashup tools | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com] - Nicely annotated list of intriguing mashup tools user:chericem1

[|Google Maps] - How to customize your Google Maps user:chericem1

[|Making Maps: A Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS] - Excerpts from each chapter of the book are available in PDF. Each one is a well-designed, one-page handout/overview of key topics in map design.

[|Mashable.com] - Blog that contains exceptionally useful information and resources re: mashups user:chericem1

[|Mashup] - A great Canadian site with pre-loaded "raw material" that you could use to teach kids how to layer video, music, and sound effects using tracks

[|Mashups/Participatory Media Literacy] - Links to useful definitions, articles, and tools for educators

[|Project Runway] - Preloaded fashion clips, off-screen clips, music, and special effects that you can lay in tracks to create and share your own video mashups from the show

[|7 Things You Should Know About Mapping Mashups] - Nice bulletin by Educause that outlines key issues re: map mashups in education.

[|The Power of the Mashup]

=Reading & Research=

[|Art & Marketing All Mashed Up] - Article from the Washington Post re: how companies are actively encouraging fan mashups to generate buzz for their products, as well as the downsides to this

[|Mapping for Advocacy] - Case studies of map mashing projects in North America for advocacy-related purposes

=Search=

[|Fundoo Web - Search once for all] - Searches Yahoo (snippets), Amazon.com, Flickr, maps, news, etc., then gives you a "strip" of results from each one so you can get a bird's eye view of them all at once. Nice way to get an overview of an unfamiliar topic.

[|Google Maps Directory] - Searchable, online directory of Google Map mashups user:chericem1

=Tools=

[|Attendr - Mashing up your (un)conference/gathering/meetup/party] - Mashup map created from guest list shows geographical locations of attendees, pop-up photos linked to profile pages within Attendr, and color-coded lines that show who knows whom, who wants to meet whom, etc. user:chericem1

[|Click2Map™, a new way to build your Google Maps(tm)] - Build customized Google Maps w/o code user:chericem1

[|CommunityWalk] - Select a particular area of your community and annotate it with commentary and photos user:chericem1

[|Dapper] - Determine a data source, select segments to input, select output format, and it creates mashups for you that are instantly "translatable" into different output formats. Demo video is helpful.

[|Fd's Flickr Toys: Producers of fine toys and amusements for your digital photographs] - Some FUN things you can do to Flickr photos (such as create CD covers, magazine covers, mosaics, trading cards, etc.) that would make super assignments.

[|Map Builder: Rapid mashup development tool for Google and Yahoo maps!] - EASY way to build your own map - just fill out the form and click the visuals you want (Not as easy as GMap) user:chericem1

[|Tagzania] - Lets you add locations and key words to maps

[|YourGMap] - Make customized Google Maps for yourself and share them. Very easy to use user:chericem1

[|Mappr! Where It's At] - An application that allows people to upload photos related to various geographical regions of the US user:chericem1

[|Quikmaps.com: Maps for the masses] - Allows you to pinpoint locations on a map, title and annotate the map, draw on the map, save all your annotations, and use the code to embed your annotated map into your blog or website user:chericem1

[|Wayfaring] - Another map creation/sharing service

[|xFruits - Compose your information system] - Powerful options for converting various filetypes to RSS and RSS to various filetypes. . . includes the option to pull a variety of RSS feeds into a single feed. Searchable so you can take advantage of other people's work.

[|Yahoo! MapMixer] - Map mashups - can upload your own maps too - based on Yahoo maps user:chericem1

[|Yahoo Pipes: Rewire the web] - "Interactive data aggregator" - Similar to a Protopage for supertechs - drag & drop elements into relation w/ one another to create mashed up RSS feeds user:chericem1

=Videos=

[|A Fair(y) Use Tale] - Disney movies mashed up to comment on copyright and fair use guidelines

[|Hands and Writing: A Digital Sample] - Discusses authority, authorship, hands, narcissism, and the ways in which our tools change our thinking and how we use them to "write ourselves."

[|Waiting on the World to Change] - Mashup of audio, video, newspapers, and images that comments on deafness

See also: Comics & Graphic Novels (this link will take you to another wiki), Movies, Podcasts, Representing the Data, Writing up the Research

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