imageloop - finally!

I have finally had success with a slideshow tool, imageloop. This particular slideshow (you can see it embedded below or in the sidebar on the left) is one that I could use or have a student create to show results from a lab investigation, such as the one we conducted in my biology class. The kids conducted their own fossil dig, and these were the most common fossils. I could use the slideshow as built in flashcards for the kids or a cool way for parents to see what their kids are up to in class.

imageloop lets you import pictures in a way I haven't seen before - you can give it the address to your myspace page, flickr account, website, etc, and it will pull the pictures from it and put them in a slideshow. You can't import audio yet, but the special effects, cool slide transitions and ability to add captions makes this slideshow tool better than a lot I've seen, and different from powerpoint. You can export your product into just about any kind of website, social networking site or blog that you can think of, either as a link or as an embedded widget, like this one (or even as an email).

Something else I noticed on the website, although I didn't have success using it myself, is that you can also make an "officeloop," which let's you upload a powerpoint presentation or pdf file and make a widget out of that. I'm interested in that and will keep trying to make it work. I'm struggling with that particular part of the website and very slow download times and then nothing to show for it.