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Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2012 Newsletter -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------It is possible to embed multimedia content including video and audio, which will make your book that little bit more special. Movies a Few Clicks Away with TripWow By Raluca Filip, Romania With myebook users can create their own e-book from scratch or from a .pdf file, incorporate a myriad of file types into their book, browse and effortlessly flip through other e-books, and connect with other members. TripWow - a super cute tool by TripAdvisor – is my #1 travel guide and rating place, and an absolute must feature to make use of when you have returned from your vacation and wish to share your photos in a fun way with friends and family, or when you want to virtually present your town or country to a foreigner. From the very beginning I was impressed with the quantity of options, and loved the way the layout and the content of a page can be customized to my liking. Page content can be edited with standard word processing features, but there are also a great variety of photo frames, clip art, special effects that can enliven and/or enforce the content. Once done building the myebook, the author can publish it publicly or privately, and specify whether viewers can add comments or not, or share the work or not. Once published, the e-book will be added to the site’s library, and consequently can be shared across social networks or embedded elsewhere. Myebook is a good, professional tool for selfpublishing written content. It is an impressive service with a variety of use cases – try it too! TripWow is a user-friendly slideshow program that is very simple to use but also lets you play creative director, adding elements like music, animated maps, and captions to your latest ouvre. And just as importantly, you can do the sharing and viewing from the comfort of your own desktop. The TripWow interface is attractive and easy to navigate through. You start by uploading your photos – you can choose between several photo storage providers such as Facebook, flickr and Picasa as well as uploading pics from your PC or Mac. Next, you custom ^