Multimedia Literacy | Potals | Tools | Video | Music | Sounds | Clip Art | Photographs | Animation |Tutorials | Templates | Free Online Storage | Intro Programming
Visual Inquiry Resources on the Web for information and resources association with media literacy.
Media Literacy Video Short documentary on the importance of media and visual literacy with classroom examples of lessons and projects.
Media Literacy Clearinghouse A web site designed for K-12 educators who want to integrate it into classroom instruction
and help students become more media aware
What is Media Literacy? Key concepts in understanding and using media
Teaching Resources Lessons and articles on interpreting media and creating effective media communication
Classroom Resources Links to sites on interpreting images, editorial cartoons, advertising, movies, and televison.
Center for Media Literacy Education Good to the point teaching materials to analyze and create effective media communication. Umbrella concepts of understanding media literacy are Who created this message? What creative techniques are used to
attract my attention? How might different people understand this message differently than me? What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted
from, this message? Why is this message being sent?
Media Momments Lesson plans for elementary and secondary levels on multimedia communication
Streaming Videos on Media Literacy Resources range from PBS to YouTube
Multimedia Portals
videos * sounds * presentations * music
MERLOT Multimedia prestentations, animations, and videos. You can also submit presentations for peer review.
Creative Commons Original music, videos, photos, books, curriculum that creators have copyrighted and usually grant free royalty rights. Look at these videos to learn more. video 1 video 2
Kitzu Multimedia kits for education. A free kit includes downloadable images, sounds and video on a topic.
World of Teaching Use and alter these presentations freely It doesnt replace good teaching, but it does help visualise and concentrate the mind of the children watching the powerpoint.
Powerpoint Tutorials, templates, games, and an extensive pre-made Powerpoint presentations in all subject areas.
Brainy Betty Powerpoint Templates including video backgrounds for the title page.
Pete's Power Point Station loads of Power Point presentations for all kinds of different topics
Templateswise Free Powerpoint templates and backgrounds
Multimedia Resources for Teachers and Students Links provide access to Web sites with resources educators can use in multimedia presentations.
Internet Archive Videos, music, speeches and images for download. The Wayback Machine archives Web sites that may now be viewed offline.
Hippocampus A website that provides high-quality multimedia content on general subjects to high school and college students free of charge. Subjects on HippoCampus include algebra, American government, biology, calculus, environmental science, physics, psychology, religions, statistics, and US history.
Internet4classrooms Clip art for subjects areas, photo collections, video clips, sound clips, and music.
Next Vista Next Vista is a non-profit project established with the intent of creating a free, online library of teacher- and student-made short videos for learners.
Snag Learning Snag Films, a provider of high quality documentaries for online viewing. Categorizes documentaries by grade level and content area.
Prezi unique zooming presentation tool. Good tutorials and support See this slideshow for ideas and how to embed video
Cool Text Design logos for newsletters, Web pages, signs. PowerPoints, and more... The site is menu-driven and easy to use.
Magic Studio is a terrific multi-media site for educators. It is a place where users can create, view, upload their data which could include: videos, audio, time lines, quizzes, etc.Another nice feature of MS is that everything is done in a drag/drop user interface which makes it very easy for a person to use. It feels a little bit like Voice Thread in that regard. Add to that a very nice tutorial and you have the recipe for a really nice tool to use in the classroom.The only feature I see missing is an educational instance which would allow teachers to create student accounts and have everything being moderated before it gets posted online.
Logotype Maker is a free tool for creating your logos. It's quite simple to use. To create your logo just type in your name or a phrase and Logotype Maker will generate a random selection of logos based on your entry. You can refresh the screen as many times as you like to generate a new set of logos. If you find logos that you like, bookmark them and download them individually or as a complete set of PNG files. You can customize the size, color, and font style of your logos on Logotype Maker. You can also customize logos by uploading your own PNG image to be used in your logo.
Supalogo Simple to use logo maker
Logo Maker Simple and flexible
Chimply create Web buttons
DVD Flick is an open source DVD authoring program that is free and simple to use. This is a great tool for students and teachers to use in order to back up or burn their in-class projects.
Gadwin PrintScreen Allows much more flexibility with that Print Screen button at the top of your keyboard. Usually when you hit the Print Screen button it loads the current screen into your clipboard. To save the image you have to open up an image-editing application, paste it, then save the file. You can choose to save the screen directly to a specific folder. You can also choose to save just a window, or a specific area of the screen. You can select the type of image you want to save.
Fireshot Firefox extension that takes screenshots and lets you edit them
Gimpshop A free alternative to Photoshop.
Splashup - Looks like Photoshop and is a great way to edit photos and manipulate layers and effects.
PaintNet Windows photo editing with less features than Gimp, but perhaps better for a novice.
Photoshop Express Online basic photo editing tools and online storage.
Pixir A powerful online photo editing program.
Tux Paint Free paint program for all ages.
Sumo Paint A browser-based drawing tool that is vector-based and does not even need a registration to use and save the creation locally
Livebrush Create graphics easily and export as png
Wink Wink is a tutorial and presentation creation Windows software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials. It allows you to capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles, and more so as to create tutorial. Once you have created a tutorial, you can save it in a variety of formats such as Macromedia Flash, Standalone EXE, PDF, PostScript, HTML or any of the following image formats: BMP/JPG/PNG/TIFF/GIF.
Freeserifsoftware A number of photo editing and 3D programs.
Pixinate Online photo editing with direct upload to Flickr.
OpenOffice Alternative to Microsoft Office suite. You can save its preentations as Powerpoints.
SPresent Spresent is free Web-based presentations application built with Flash. Create and edit high-quality Flash presentations online. You can send presentations via email
or publish on your web site or blog.
SlideShare
Host and share presentations. Upload all your slide decks, and find / download interesting presentations.
Vuvox
An excellent tool for students to use to create multimedia presentations. Students could use Vuvox to create a documentary-style slideshow that includes images and video.tive slide shows. Interactive capabilities.
Slide Make photo slide shows and share on a website
MyPlick
Share powerpoints and Google presentations. Also can add audio
iSpring convert powerpoints to flash with animations
Animoto
A web application that automatically generates professionally produced slideshows with a high-end motion design. Each video is a fully customized orchestration of user-selected images and music. The slideshows have the visual energy of a music video and the emotional impact of a movie trailer. Demos at the Web site.
Empressr
Interface allows import of images, video, text overlays, etc.
JamGlue Upload, mix, edit, and store audio files online.
Vcasmo Synchronize a series of image slides to a video soundtrack. Import video from YouTube or upload. Includes tools to enable other language captioning and Creative Commons licenses.
SlideRocket
Powerful slide show creator; imports PowerPoint, uses themes, can add builds, transitions, timer slide advances, include video, attach audio for entire presentation or per slide, flash in slides, publish as public or with password access.
30+ Presentation & Slideshow Services Sites that help you make presentations or just make slideshows of images to share with colleagues or friends.
Free downloadbale Powerpoints Many subject areas including foreign languages, science topics, social studies, and language arts
AuthorShare Host and share Powerpoint presentations including full screen sizing, animations, record narrations, upload to YouTube, TeacherTube, Google Video and more
SlideShare Host and share presentations. Upload all your slide decks, and find / download interesting presentations.
BubbleShare Add text, clipart and frames to your photos and slideshows
PrimaryAccess
Primary Access is a pilot project developed at the University of Virginia. This web-based digital tool designed for history teaching allows students to incorporate primary source documents into a short digital movie. Images and historic artifacts are placed beside the text of the student's script. Students can record an accompanying narration in their own voice. Write the Primary Access director, Bill Ferster (bferster@virginia.edu) for a pilot account if you would like to explore use of this tool. (Note - this is currently a beta site; documentation and support materials are currently limited.
Splice Music Upload, mix, edit, and store audio files online.
PhotoStory3 Free slide show programs from Microsoft
Tutorial
Voice Thread A collaborative multimedia slide show where people can discuss and respond to images. All browser-based. VoiceThreads: Extending the Classroom with Interactive Multimedia Albums article with lesson ideas. Tutorial pdf and here is a starter sheet
edvoicethread.com is a filtered educational site from Voice Thread. There is a one time $10 fee. Ideas for using Voice Thread | 100 ways to use Voice Thread in education
Flowgram Create tours of the web or your content by adding audio, notes, highlights, etc. No downloads required.
Glogster Create an appealing graphic Web page that links to other sites and plays videos you find our create. Best of all it can be embedded in your wiki.
JayCut.com A website that enables people to upload video, audio, and more in order to create “mixes” or movies. People can create their own profile page and groups of friends who can view their mixes or they can make them public. Users can add movies, photos, titles, transitions, and effects. Students make videos, audio files, or slideshows for educational purposes. For example a spanish teacher asked students to write a dialog or song lyrics in Spanish and then record them onto Jaycut. Later they recorded the audio, then made a video to mix together with their Spanish recording. For other teachers, they could have the students video tape or take pictures of something pertaining to the unit material and then to share it as a presentation to the class via Jaycut.
Banner Generator Choices galore! Make, or modify, your own graphics
Gickr is a tool to create animated pictures online.
FlamingText.com - At this site you can create cool, custom images for free, to use on your web site, or in your e-mail.
Banner, Logo, and Button Creator From Creative Connectivity provides a large number of choices.
Glow Text Experiment with the different animations and glow levels to attain different effects.
Sparkalee Sparkling Graphi Banners
Picasion Create animated gifs
Image Chef "Express yourself. Instantly."
Create a variety of images, word art, poetry, and digital photo effects. A nice site to use to create images and logos. You can decorate your image after it is created with a variety of stickers, text, and clipart. Either take a screen shot or use embed code to put on your website.
Cool Animations Everything for your web page except your own text (although they do have fonts). If you are looking for a cool heading for your web page, consider using their Logo Generator.
Iconizer free icon generator
Cool Archive Web tools and resources like textures, bulets, bars, icons
Blue Armadillo Blue Armadillo is a free image batch conversion utility. Use this software to convert an entire folder of images from one format to another, one size to another, add a uniform effect to all of the images, or any combination of these.
Convert Hub Online Image Converter Converts between Image Formats for Free!
BefunkyCartooning and morphing tools.
You may need Quicktime Pro to download some of these videos
This inexpensive program can be downloaded at
Windows - Mac
Downloading Flash Vidoes
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iMovie HD Previously distributed with iLife ’06, is available for download for those who have purchased and installed iLife ’08.
Movie Maker 2 Resources
File formats for MM2 asf, .avi, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, mpe, mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv
Click here for Tutorials
Excellent MM2 resources at:
Microsoft Windows Movie Maker tips, tutorials, unique special effects, forums and more...
Fliggo
lets you create your own customizable video sharing sites
Film School for Video Podcasters Excellent short video on video production. Especially good on simple unique storyboarding technique, framing interesting shots and more.
Student Video Production Guide Step by step guide that covers the components of video production from storyboarding to shot selection.
Video School - If you have a video camera, a knack for filmmaking, and an interest in improving your video skills then the Internet is perhaps your best friend. There are countless online resources that guide beginner filmmakers in developing and improving their techniques. Out of these, perhaps the best one is Vimeo Video School.
The Story of Movies Interdisciplinary curriculum introducing students to classic cinema and the cultural, historical and artistic significance of film.
Film English ideas and lesson plans for using film in the classroom. There are three objectives for his blog: 1. Promote the critical and creative use of film in the language classroom. 2. Promote cineliteracy, the ability to read critically and evaluate moving images, in the language classroom. 3. Promote creativity amongst both teachers and students. English teachers or an ESL/ELL teachers interested in learning more about how to use film or video in your classroom.
Writing About History Using Moving Images
Magic Studio is a terrific multi-media site for educators. It is a place where users can create, view, upload their data which could include: videos, audio, time lines, quizzes, etc.Another nice feature of MS is that everything is done in a drag/drop user interface which makes it very easy for a person to use. It feels a little bit like Voice Thread in that regard. Add to that a very nice tutorial and you have the recipe for a really nice tool to use in the classroom.The only feature I see missing is an educational instance which would allow teachers to create student accounts and have everything being moderated before it gets posted online.
Zhura Screen writing software. Simplifies the process with templates. Good for newscasts, podcasts and plays.
VideoAnt A free video annotation tool, VideoAnt, for providing specific, targeted feedback to students' video productions. Video tutorial on using VideoAnt and then illustrates the use of VideoAnt to make comments on some high school students' video production, followed by a teacher and student discussing the value of receiving this feedback.
Make A Movie.net A wordwide network of students making movies. Resources and samples.
Digital Directors Guild Focuses on K - 16 students."The DDGuild is a place for "people engaged in kindred pursuits" to share stories, resources, tips, ideas, challenges and successes. The DDGuild also provides an opportunity for members to showcase their own and student work."
Video in the Classroom Terrific site with iMovie and Movie Maker tutorials. Good simple tips for video production, audio, lighting and camera buying. Ten tips for creating decent home video Make sure you look at the archive of tips
American Film Institute Eduators' GuideExcellent guide for novice and intemediate level students. Terrific lesson plans, storyboards, rubrics and handouts on shots.
Celtx Celtx is a cross-platform media application that provides support for the entire pre-production process. It does storyboarding, character development, and so much more. And, it's FREE!
Digital Video – Assembling the Pieces Good simple explanations of the components of digital video ranging from compression, frame rate, production guides, uploading, and more...
KOCE TV School House Video Kits
Movie Making for Kids Includes key elements of movie making
xtranormal This tool provides you al of the tools a movie director would have to select a set, actor sound efects, etc and create amovie made from only the dialogue text you type into the tool. Generates a movie you embed and you can then exort diretly to YouTube. However, you are left to work with media xtranormal provides.
NOVA Online: Special Effects: Attack of the 50-foot Chicken Imagine you're a special effects supervisor for a movie and design a 50-foot chicken in this Shockwave game. Non-Shockwave version available.
Multimedia Seeds Covers video, audio and animation.
Interactive Storyboarding Activity
Storyboarding Shots Explained Good concise article with video. enlarge video option
BubblePLY Load a video form any URL (e.g. YouTube, Blip.tv) and then annotate with text "bubbles"
Video Project Rubric Evaulation matrix for student video projects.
Internet Movie Database A large database of movie information, including plot summaries, cast and crew lists, awards, and more.
indieWIRE News and notes about independent filmmaking, with discussion forums on film topics.
Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies Early movie clips—many from before 1900—and historical information about Thomas Edison's early camera and filmmaking experiments. From the Library of Congress.
EditorsNet Resources on film editing, focusing on "the art, technology, and business" of editing for movies.
P.O.V. Interactive The Web site for the PBS independent film series P.O.V. Features forums, articles, news, and other "indie" resources.
Writer's Guild of America Interviews with Hollywood screenwriters, tutorials and advice on writing, resources, and much more.
Teacher DomainA free valuable alternative to United Streaming. Clip from NOVA and other PBS shows. It also includes interactive Flash animations. All downloadable.
Copyright free media - audio, video and images
ChimeTVVideo search directory. In the search field under the initia video, type the word education, or math, or science and hit enter. That will search MANY different sites for videos tagged with that keyword and put the search results in a list underneath the video. You can cycle through the found videos by clicking the right arrow that appears when you hover over the video, or you can scroll through the list at the bottom. Then use one of the video grabbers listed below on this page to download the videos if you want to use them at filtered site.
WITFMany fullull length PBS specials
Open Culture an excellent collection of world films (old classics and contemporary works) and documentaries.
Snag Learning Snag Films, a provider of high quality documentaries for online viewing. Categorizes documentaries by grade level and content area.
BlinkxA search tool that allows users to scan more than 30 million hours of audio clips and video files from across the internet.
Neo K
Educational Videos for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English
Vital is an up and coming educational video shared service run by the Educational Broadcasting Company that houses more than 2,000 videos that are targeted at students from grades K-12 who go to school in New York. While the content is great for all students, many of the resources are aligned specifically for the assessments given to students in New York.
Nature videos This site comes to us courtesy of South Africa- appropriate since the site is a collection of incredible video footage of the natural world including animals and the environment. Moreover, the site allows you to actually download the videos
How Things Work Videos that explain the workings of natural phenomenon and man made machines
ICue
This is an online community for students to view political video clips, comment about them and share their thoughts about politics. This is sponsored by MSNBC. If students create account, you may not want them to use real information.
WatchKnow
"Videos for kids to learn by."
The Open Video Project
Free videos to download. Some are more professional than others. The site provides choices of various formats to download.
TeacherTube
A video site which provides educators with a place to view and upload videos. Similar to YouTube, but the site is monitored. A good site to upload student videos. Video that provides ideas for using YouTube, but applicable for TeacherTube, in the classroom.
SnagFilms
Watch free documentaries Great for secondary social studies. Many films are from National Geographic.
SchoolTube
It takes a pre-approval process for accepting videos. Only registered teachers can approve videos to be posted, and all content adheres to local school policies and SchoolTube's code of ethics. In addition to student- and teacher-generated videos, it also includes lesson plans, links to resources, and activities.
Edutube
Similar to SchoolTube. Good quality topics.
YouTube
Here is a video that explains how to upload videos to YouTube. YouTube for Educators
My Top Ten YouTube Channels for Education- by Daniel Rezac
Library of Congress Youtube site
Free K-8 Educational Videos
This is a collection of educational videos, primarily for the primary and intermediate grades. Most will be viewed but some are available for download Videos inlcude books, spanish, science, and reading concepts
NSF Multimedia Gallery http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2050 provides nearly 100 videos and webcasts on a range of science topics: a fossil that may represent the first vertebrate to emerge from the sea, turning forest-industry waste into fuel...
BlipTV
Like YouTube it will host your videos, however, the site has the capabilities of supporting various video formats, not just Flash.
UthTV
The YouTube for teens. Browse and upload videos.
Totlol
Searches Youtube for younger children appropriate videos
PBS Video
There is an intro before the actual video appears. PBS documentaries like American Experience, FrontLine, Nova, and nature.
The NBC Video: The Global Studies Collection
With NBC’s new Global Studies Collection on HotChalk.com, you’ll find videos that bring alive the cultures and issues of the world for you and your students. Topics cover governments and civilizations, conflict and resolution, world religions, how cartographers work, reports from global war zones and much more. Archives also include Women’s Study, Science and Decision ’08 Collections, as well as hundreds more fascinating videos on additional topics. Register free at www.hotchalk.com to access the NBC site. If you want to download the videos, you will have to use a free screencapture program like Camstudio and Wink.
WatchKnow
Videos are searchable by subject area and grade level.
Break.com
Simlar to YouTube but empowers filters.
Physics Videos
Free motion videos using strobe techniques
Casiopeia Project
Free downloadable science videos for 7-12
Commoncraft Videos
Can it get any clearer with these videos? Found on Youtube also.
Videojug
Downloadable videos on "how to do's"
Getty Archives
These videos will have a watermark on them
Google Historic Videos
More than 100 historic filmsdating back to the beginning of film
United Streaming
Includes lessons to integrate the videos. You will need a login from the instructor
Open Video Project
A shared digital video collection," collects and makes available a repository of digitized video content.
Annenberg Media
Click of Free Video on Demand link on the left. Numerous programs and teacher guides. You may need QuickTime Pro to download, but all are easily viewed online.
Teachers' Domain
The Teachers' Domain collections include classroom-ready multimedia resources for use in lessons or independent study, and the Teachers' Domain Professional Development courses utilize many of the same resources along with videos of exemplary classroom practice.
Internet Archives
The Archive's Moving Images Collection of movies, films, and videos. This collection contains thousands of videos which range from classic full-length movies, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to user-uploaded videos of every genre.
American Memory from the Library of Congress
United States historical videos.
Use the search box for specific topics, then click on the download format that you want to download.
History Channel Video Clip Archive
eSN.tv
Videos compiled from eSchool News range from current issues, resources to conferences
Click T.V.
Lets users click to discover what's inside a video instantly, and even share their thoughts about the action. It does this by enabling video producers and users to add comments to points inside a video.
Internet. Annenberg Media
Resources and teacher professional development programming at no cost for K-12 teachers through video on demand.
Vuze
An online entertainment platform that allows you to watch, publish and share original DVD and HD-quality video.
Photobucket
Free host for photographs and videos.
American Memory Motion Pictures
Online-convert.com Large number of options of video and audio formats
Mediaconverter Multiple download format options, e.g., mp4, avi, mp3 and more. Free version allows 5 downloads a day.
Video Getting Similar to Mediaconverter, but no restrictions on the number of downloads, however, there are ad pop-ups that need to be closed.
Youtube Downloader Can be used for other video sharing sites. You actually download this free program to your computer to use. Good tutorial
Embed Plus If you've ever shown a YouTube video in your classroom and wanted to show just a portion of it for students to discuss, you know the inconvenience of trying to skip to the right starting point. Embed Plus addresses that problem and others. Embed Plus allows you to start a video at any point you specify. You can also use Embed Plus to skip scenes in a video, play it in slow motion, zoom into an area of a video, and annotate a video.
Cellsea - Converts video files of up to 25 MB. Make surre you do the free registration first
Youtube Video Extractor Free downloadable software for PC only. Good reliable program
Keepvid Easy to useFlash video grabber. After pasting the URL the downloan box, click the Download button. then a link will appear below the URL box. Click on it to start the download. The download is in flash format or mpeg4. To convert to an editble vidoe format, you need another program like zamzar.com or iSquint for Macs (see below).
Converts Youtube to mp3
Vixy Converts Flash videos to a variety of formats to play independently on PCs and Macs. All you need is the URL for the video which is usually to the right of the video. *Download the program option. It is more reliable than the online option. Downloads as avi.
Clip Nab - Clip Nabber is a site that allows you to "nab" videos off of popular video sharing sites such as You Tube. Saves as mp4
iSquint Flash converter for macs.
Choose the best quality option.
Video Downloader For Firefox only. It places a button on your Firefox window. See the help link for a screencast.
YouTube to Me
Ook?Video Enables you to download embedded videos from several systems (such as YouTube, Google Video, Pornotube, Metacafe and many more). ...
Unplug UnPlug is an extension which lets you save video and audio which is embedded on a webpage
Screen Capture Online Software
Screencast-o-matic Record your screen and export movies or media casts. Browser-based, so it works on both platforms.
Screentoaster Record your screen. Also allows you to record voiceover after screen capturing.
Jing Good options with this free downloadable tool
ScreenJelly Simplest to use but not many options
Camstudio Capture audio and video playing on your screen. For Windows only Here is a simple Tutorial
Wink
Similar to Camstudio. Windows only
Downloading Flash Videos - After downloading you will need to add .flv extension. Then you will need to download a FREE FLV player (http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/article/flv-player-updated ) to watch these YouTube files on your PC. You can also convert YouTube videos to other formats like .MPEG with a FREE FLV converter. http://www.rivavx.com/index.php?encoder&L=3
Jaycut Clean interface. Novice-friendly controls. Decent number of video effects. Unlimited storage. Ability to record or upload audio. Free.
SnipSnip.it is a new service that allows you to easily clip a section from a YouTube video
CutMaker
Once you upload videos to a site, you can edit and add special effects here.
Jumpcut
Go to the "Explore" section to watch movies or find shared stuff to use in your own movies. You can navigate through Movies, Clips, Images, People and Groups, or you can search for keywords and tags. AND create your own movies with online editing tools.
BubblePLY
Allows you to add speech and thought bubbles to any online video.
Muveemix
With muveemix you can create custom movies out of your photos and videos. It’s free to use and there is nothing to download.
Tel.A.Vision
A Web 2.0 platform that allows students to create videos of their desired futures. There are six online lesson plans and tutorials.
Screencast-o-Matic
Allows you to create video recordings all from your browser. Easy to use. Requires java which it provides a download link if you do not have it.
ScreenToaster
Free online screen recorder: create screencasts, tutorials and reviews in a few clicks. MOre flexible screen size choices than screencast-o-matic
Jing
Video and image capture program. Can store screencasts online.
Wink
Free screencasting software. Not quite as powerful as Camtasia and Captivate, but it still should be valuable for most tutorial applications.
Camstudio
Capture audio and video playing on your screen. For Windows only Here is a simple Tutorial
Copernicus
This tool is for you Mac people out there. It prides itself on being very fast allowing the program to record directly to your RAM for super fast access. Use it to easily create screenshots or simple how-to movies. Does not capture audio.
Online Foreign Language Videos
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Garageband Charts Extensive genres original free music |
Sound America Broad range of songs and quirky things |
Podcast Show Original contermporary music |
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FindSounds
Free sound effects for videos, PowerPoints, podcasts, and plays.
AudioPal
Add voice to websites for free with AudioPal SAVE PEOPLE 358 Creates an embeddable SMALL player! Pretty handy for giving oral directions on your wiki, website, etc!
American Rhetoric
Speeches from history, contemporary politicians, movie characters, entertainers and notiable citizens.
Brainy Betty
Besides Powerpoint templates and backgrounds, this is a good free source for music.
oRipa Screen Recorder
oRipa Screen Recorder is a handy tool to record your Windows desktop activities in real time and save it as a video file. oRipa Screen Recorder also captures anything you can hear on your PC, such as, music and talking through the PC's microphone.oRipa Screen Recorder is great for making all kinds of movies, including:
- Make software, Web site and product introduction demos and tutorials.
- Real time record audio narration to your captured videos.
- Turn PowerPoint presentations into movies.
- Enhance your online help documentation
Tunebite
Tunebite 5 is part of RapidSolution Software’s RS audials product line and is a multi-format audio and video tool. It’s biggest selling point though is the rather large ace up its sleeve – the ability to remove DRM protection in a legal way; otherwise known as the analog loophole. Price about $20
History and Politics Out Loud
HIstoric and contemporaty American political and historical speeches.
Nature Songs
Rich collection of birds, animals, nature songs and sounds.
Partners in Rhyme
Free sound effects organized by categories.
Sound dogs
Online sound effects library
Web 2.0 Audio Resources
Clickcaster - Record, license, publish & promote your radio show.
Difm - Radio community.
Dottunes - Share your iTunes. www.dottunes.net/
Enablr - Transcribe podcasts, Text2Snailmail.
Genie lab - Explore, recommend & rate music. genielab.com/
Jamendo - Review, tag, rate & share music.
Odeo - Record & share audio.
OpenClipArt: Finally! A great source for free, that's right, free clip art! No worrying about violating copyright.
Clip Art Searcher Meta search directory for clip art.
Behold is a search engine that is designed to help you find the best Creative Commons licensed images for your blog, slideshow, or video project. Behold searches the catalog of more than one million Creative Commons licensed images on Flickr. What makes Behold different from just searching by using the license filter on Flickr itself is that Behold searches not just by image tag but also by the quality of the content of the images.
90+ Online Photography Tools and Resources
Tools for editing, finding, and storing photos.
6 Online Photo Editors Compared
There are tools out there to let you edit photos without having to strain your desktop. This list compares six of them.
AFRICAN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHS ASSEMBLED FOR 1900 PARIS EXPOSITION [anedub] -- about 475 photographs (records being added)
ca. 1899. Photos gathered for use in the American Negro Exhibit at the Paris Exposition, consisting of portraits and scenes of education, work, and daily life. Includes more than 360 photos presented by W.E.B. Du Bois.
Smithsonian Images
Hundreds of photographs from the Smithsonian Office of Imaging and Photographic Services which can be used by teachers and students
4 Free Photos
Offers public domain and free stock images that are able to be previewed and downloaded (and used in presentations, handouts, etc.) at no cost. This growing library of images is a great place to look for ways to jazz up your work without the fear (or guilt) that you and/or your students will be in violation of the copyright law
Slide
Make photo slide shows and share on a website
Camera and Photography Resources
How to use a digital camera effectively. Photography lessons ideas.
Carbonmade
E-portfolio for art or photography students to create a FREE online portfolio to share work in your class, share with each other, or submit as an online collection for competitions or college admissions. The home page has a Flash demo so you can see how the site works.
Gimpshop
A free alternative to Photoshop. gimp download
download Portable Gimp application.
manual ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/help/
Introduction tutorial
flauntR
No-cost online photo-editing tools available. This particular application has tons of frames for your photos and special effects you can apply.
Ultimate Paint
A free photo editing program download
Picasa Google Tool
Edit images and create slideshows, collages, timelines, and more.
How to use Piscase for Student Creativity
FDs Flickr Toys
Some FUN things you can do to Flickr photos (such as create CD covers, magazine covers, mosaics, trading cards, etc.).
100+ Tools For Flickr Addicts
The possibilities with Flickr seem endless, and this toolbox shows you just some of what is out there for you Flickr addicts.
Picnik
Simple to use online photo editing.
Dumpr
This free online suite of tools allows you to edit your Flickr photos in order to turn them into coloring book images (VERY COOL), make them look old, turn them into globes, or add reflections. You can then save them to your Flickr account.
FotoFlexer
An easy-to-use photo editing that integrates with the major online photo-sharing sites; includes blemish removal and wrinkle-smoothing as well as a host of other tools
Phixr
Online Photo and picture editor
Fotosearch
A directory for digital photos from a variety of sources
Stock Xchng
A huge database of images that are free to use.
ARCive - Images of Life on Earth
This website is trying to document in photos and in movies every living thing on earth. You can use their pictures for free for non-commercial, educational uses.
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Photographs in the following categories: Arts and literature,
Cities and buildings, Art and culture, History and geography, and Industry and Technology.
Picsearch
It claims to be the most comprehensive image search engine
EveryStockPhoto
This site searches many of the free Stock Photo sites (such as the ones below) and brings back results from all of them.
ANSEL ADAMS'S PHOTOGRAPHS OF JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERNMENT AT MANZANAR Portraits, views of daily life, agricultural scenes, and sports and leisure
CARTOON PRINTS, AMERICAN
1766-1876. Political satires, caricatures, and allegories printed in the U.S.
Gickr is a tool to create animated pictures online.
SPresent
Spresent is free Web-based presentations application built with Flash. Create and edit high-quality Flash presentations online. You can send presentations via email
or publish on your web site or blog
DrawPlus
Free animation program for use with K-8 students. If you want to upgrade to the inexpensive latest version www.serif.com
Draw Island is a free online tool for creating drawings and simple GIF animations. Draw Island offers you your choice of four canvas sizes on which you can draw. Draw Island offers two canvas sizes for creating simple GIF animations.
GOANIMATE.COM
Allows teachers and students to create animations without a drawing background or a technical understanding of advanced software such as Flash. Save online, on your Web page, and social network sites
DoInk
DoInk is a website that will allow you view and create your own animations. It is easy to draw and animate online
Jellycam - A free download for a Mac or PC for making stop motion animation.
Toon Doo
Create your own one to three panel comic strips or --even better- have your students create them using this simple online tool. The libraries include many cartoon figures, voice bubbles, and more. You can also upload your own photos using the Imaginr(or pieces from them) and create your own characters using the Traitr. For a longer story, make a TOONBOOK instead of a single TOONDOO strip.
Kerpoof Create Interactive stories and movies. Simple to learn.
Memoov
Created animated videos
Xtranormal
Create animated movies with nothing but text. Choose from six pre-designed "sets" on the free version. Add the script, select camera angles, dictate actions and facial expressions, and insert needed pauses and gestures.
3D animation video tutorial
Alice
3D animation programming software for beginners
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Tutorials
Photoshop tutorials
Web Page Assistance - an Internet4Classrooms page of help for web authors.
Powerpoint
Tutorials, templates, games, and an extensive pre-made Powerpoint presentations in all subject areas.
Front Page Tutorials
Teaching and Working with Microsoft Front Page
Video tutorials
• http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial2.htm
• http://www.icemocha.com/tutorials.htm
•http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=299DFA4E-8BEC-4A9D-9F8A-
277F43EE8EF6&displaylang=EN
• http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200003/fp_index.html
• http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/frontpage/index.html
• http://www.ezwebdesign.com/frontpage.html
• http://www.edtech.esc11.net/Viewlets/viewlets.html#Anchor-FrontPag-1782
Flash
Thorough videos that are streamed and downloadable. Aimed for student audience.
Video, Photography, Audio, Online Collaboration, Searching and more Videos
Excellent video tutorials
Audacity Tutorial
Free audio editing program
Microsoft Office Templates
For excel, powerpoint, letters, calendars, and more...
Brainy Betty
Powerpoint Templates including video backgrounds for the title page.
Templateswise
Free Powerpoint templates and backgrounds
Lee's Summit
Pre-made powerpoint presentations in numerous subject areas. Also includes tutorials of special effects.
XDrive
5G of free online storage
MediaMax
25 GB of free online storage. You can select who you want to share files.
Intro Programming Environments
Alice
Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience. There is a high school and middle school version.
Scratch
A drag and drop programing program for ages 8 and up. Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.
Squeakland
An online programming environment for fifth to eighth graders. Create virtual toys and program them. Downloadable program for Windows and Macs. A good starting point is Drive a Car described in the What is Squeak? area. Click on the hyperlink labeled HTML.
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General Resources on the Free Web:
ResearchChannel http://www.researchchannel.org
Internet Archive--Prelinger Archive, classic features and shorts, Mosaic Middle East News, more http://www.archive.org/movies/movies.php
E3 Electronic Field Trip Series http://www.bsu.edu/eft/home/00front.htm
Humanities
Kennedy Center Archives http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/archive.html#search
* Ovation Arts Programming http://www.ovationtv.com/artszone/programs/archive.html
* CyberLC (Library of Congress lectures) http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/
* BooksTV http://www.booktv.org/watch/
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Bates College: Language Learning and Technology http://abacus.bates.edu/lrc/
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EuroNews http://www.euronews.net/
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BBC News in 33 Languages http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/languages/
Mostly Social Studies
* American Memory: Motion Pictures
* C-Span's American Presidents Life Portraits http://www.americanpresidents.org/
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* CNN Video Almanac http://www.cnn.com/resources/video.almanac/
* Archaelogy Channel http://www.archaeologychannel.org/
* National Archives Video Sections http://video.google.com/nara.html
* Internet Archive--Prelinger Archive, classic features and shorts, Mosaic Middle East News, more http://www.archive.org/movies/movies.php
* EASE History (Video and photographs from American history-historical events, campaign ads, core values) http://www.easehistory.org/index2.html
* National Geographic WebCasts http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lectures/archives.html
Mostly Science
* NASA TV http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
* Teachers' Domain: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development http://www.teachersdomain.org/tdhome.html
* NASA Multimedia Archive http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html
* National Geographic WebCasts http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lectures/archives.html
* NOVA Online http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
* Science Goes to the Movies http://mic.imtc.gatech.edu/scienceeducators_portal/sci_theater.htm
Mostly News
Yahoo! News Video http://news.yahoo.com/video
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PBS NewsHour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/
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C-SPAN http://www.c-span.org/
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C-SPAN Educators' Resource Page http://www.c-span.org/classroom/resources.asp
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C-SPAN American Writers Video Archive http://www.americanwriters.org/chapters/two.asp#
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Channel One http://www.channelone.com/video/
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MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8004316/
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Voice of America
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Streaming Video News Resources (Gary Price) http://www.freepint.com/gary/audio.htm
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CNN Iraq Sights and Sounds Archive http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/video/index.html
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CNN Special Reports http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/
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AP Yahoo! News http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index2&cid=968
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CNN Video http://www.cnn.com/video/
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CBS News Video http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml
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Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/
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ABC News Video Index http://abcnews.go.com/Video/
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Euronews http://www.euronews.net/
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BBC News in 33 Languages http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/languages/
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Footnote TV http://www.newsaic.com/ftvindex.html