| FETC 2009 Resources *many resources found on this page were originally referenced by Rushton Hurley. Please visit his web site at www.nextvista.org |
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| Cool Tools | Vigital Video Education and Communities | Free Software |
| Creative Commons' Search This is probably the easiest way to filter a Flickr search to make sure the ones that come up are ones you and your students can use in projects to place on the web. Do make sure the Flickr tab is clicked, and, as always, include in your piece the name of the artist and the link to what you use. |
Adobe Video Production Curriculum This "project-based curriculum develops career and communication skills in video production, using Adobe tools. You can use the Digital Video curriculum in career and technical education courses as well as courses involving video use in academic courses." |
QlipBoard This free download allows you to do screen capture, highlighting, and voice recording VERY easily. |
| Morguefile Sounds macabre, but is actually a journalism term for the where the pictures go after the newspaper runs the story. The quality of the images is very high, and they are all under Creative Commons licensing. |
Nortel LearnIT Many videos on multiple topics in several subjects, including video production, digital ethics, and online safety. |
Microsoft Photo Story This program is a free download from Microsoft which makes arranging photos (with titles, voice-over, and more) into a slideshow very, very easy. You'll need to be running (a legal copy of) XP as your OS. |
| PodSafe Audio This site contains a wide variety of audio files arranged by genre, popularity, etc. The pieces are under the same non-commercial, attribution license that protects the videos on Next Vista's site. By attributing the artist and PodSafe Audio in the video, you will be able to use their material in video pieces you submit to Next Vista. |
Curriki Curriculum-focused wiki to allow teachers to share ideas and resources. The scope is impressive, but it's still quite new, so keep checking back in. |
Windows Movie Maker Microsoft's answer to iMovie. As with any video editing program, the more RAM you have, the easier this will be to use. You'll need XP for this one, too. This is probably already on your PC - check All Programs, and if it isn't in there, it may be in Accessories. |
| Jamendo On jamendo, artists allow everyone to download and share their music. It's free, legal and unlimited. |
AFI Screen Education Center A site built to give educators resources and guidance for a "world dominated by screens." |
VLC Media Player This media player has versions for both Mac and PC, as well as many of the Linux distributions. According to the site, "supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs." |
| Audacity This is a free audio recording and editing program. Combine audio files, record your voice over songs, and export to a single audio file in order to upload to Movie Maker or other programs with only a single audio track. |
KQED San Francisco - Media Literacy The San Francisco PBS station's website includes material and lesson plans on teaching media literacy. |
Tutorials |
| Irfan View A free graphics program for viewing and conversion program for all kinds of media files. |
21st Century Learning - Digital Video This is part of Gordon Worley's (Florida) excellent resources for those incorporating multi-media in their teaching. This includes storyboard advice, rubrics, and powerpoint material. |
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| PicLens This turns a Flickr search into an iPhone-like desktop experience. Very, very cool. This download is a plug-in for the Firefox browser. |
VidSnacks Tim Holt's video group for educators, with groups focused on great websites, video podcasting, Garage Band, Photo Story 3, Final Cut, iPhoto, and more. |
Photo Story |
| Media-Convert From this site, you identify a file on your computer, tell it what format you want it in, and it does the rest. |
Windows Movie Makers Community with forums and resources related to using Windows Movie Maker |
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| Zamzar Another online converter like Media-Convert, but with this one, it is possible to give it a URL from YouTube, tell it what format you want, and it will e-mail you a half-hour or so later to let you know it's ready for download. |
Videography for Educators Apple Discussions: iMovie Apple's Learning Interchange and Discussions run these sites. |
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| TinyURL As it sounds, the site is for taking a long address and making it into a small one. Very useful. |
iMovie mailing list This Yahoo Group has over 1400 members and has been around since July of 2000. |
Educational Videos |
| Copyright | Storyboards Two PDF documents you can download and copy. With good video, it's all about the planning. |
George Lucas Educational Foundation GLEF contains interesting and very high quality pieces about innovative schools, programs, and efforts. This is a particularly good site for educational professionals seeking to develop their knowledge of innovative practices. |
| Creative Commons This is the organization that creates resources for those wanting their work to be available to the larger community with specific restrictions on such things as attribution and noncommercial use. A good site to help students better understand the differences among "all rights reserved," "some rights reserved," and "public domain". |
Google for Educators Loads of great programs (Google Earth, SketchUp, Picasa, etc.) one can download for free, as well as links to groups discussing how to make the world and our classrooms better places. |
Digital Clubhouse This nonprofit based in San José, California, gets students to explore cultural identity and cross-generational projects. There is an especially strong (and remarkably politically balanced) program called "Stories of Service" through which teens help war veterans tell their stories. |
| Hall Davidson Hall Davidson is a guru on issues of copyright and educational media, and his site contains a wealth of resources for those seeking to understand how such things as fair use play out for educators and students. |
Next Vista for Learning
The free, online and content-screened library being built by and for teachers and students around the globe. Current collections are Light Bulbs (explanations of academic topics), Seeing Service (profiles of those who help others), and Global Views (videos of communities around the world). |
TeacherTube This site is an educational version of YouTube, with similar tools and ratings. The quality spans the spectrum, and the site relies on users to flag anything inappropriate. Beware the onslaught of advertising. Definitely some gems to be found by those who search. |
| Other Resources | More Other Resources | Library of Congress This U.S. government site includes historical and cultural footage in a variety of collections. |
| Google Lit Trips Great use of Google Earth to engage literature students. Download Earth (http://earth.google.com) first. |
Build a Better Browser Mark Wagner of EdTechLife.com created this wiki so you can move your Firefox experience into high gear. |
Still More Other Resources |
| JakesOnline! Resources and ideas from one of educational technology's entertaining thinkers. |
Speed of Creativity Resources, interviews, and insights from ed-tech guru Wes Fryer. |
Media Snackers Run by the phenomenally hip and cool DK from the UK, this site includes loads of podcasts and media created by youth here, there, and everywhere. |
| Infinite Thinking Machine Great blog for ideas and videos about educational technology. |
EdTechLive Workshops, audio interviews, and information about conference get-togethers. |
Tapped In Wonderful group of folks that hold meetings on all sorts of topics. Go in as a guest and check out the calendar for opportunities to learn great things. Their summer festival is especially fun! |
| Kitzu This collection of free, educational, copyright-friendly media resources includes music, images, and video that students can use to build and/or enhance their projects. |
Flip Video Relatively new mini-camera/camcorder that is easy and inexpensive. I don't have one, but those I know who do have been impressed. (I think that last part was in iambic pentameter.) |
B&H Photo Video This is the best site I know for getting good equipment and good prices, though not free! |
| K12 Computers Very well-priced, refurbished computers, with information on how schools can do Linux thin-client networks. |
Spanish and Hyperactive html-1 html-2 A good example of careful editing (the 'beatbox' genre), and passionate and easy Spanish for the lovelorn. |
Ask A Ninja For funky answers to funky questions related to ninjas. Often very funny - has to be seen to be believed. |
| Webs Used to be called Freewebs; create your own website easily from a variety of templates--very easy for beginners |
Mentors and Social Bookmarking | |
| Google Sites Create your own web site from Google templates | Furl Furl is a social bookmarking site that makes it easy to save, share, and explore favorite web pages. | |
| Delicious Bookmarking tool for professional or personal use. Students can use it, too. | ||
| 43Things List your goals, Share your progress and cheer each other on | ||
| LinkedIn Over 30 million professionals use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas and opportunities | ||