What's All the Fuss About Using Multimedia in the Classroom?



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Clipart:
1. Clip Art Gallery - http://school.discovery.com/clipart/ – Discovery School
2. Internet4Classrooms Clip Art Links - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/graphics.htm#clip

Graphics/Pictures:
1. Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/map - Excellent resource from Yahoo
2. Everystockphoto - http://www.everystockphoto.com/
3. Pics4Learning – http://pics.tech4learning.com/ - Real Photographs
4. DK Clip Art - http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/static/cs/uk/11/clipart/home.html - Great Free Clipart
5. dke-encyclopedia –http://www.dke-encyc.com/ - Incredible Pictures
6. dke-encyclopedia.science – http://www.science.dke-encyc.com/ - Incredible Pictures
7. dke-guides – http://cn.dk.com/static/cs/cn/11/nf/features/eguides/ - Incredible Pictures

Animated Graphics:
1. Cool Text - http://cooltext.com/ - Create your own text graphics (easier)
2. Flaming Text - http://www.flamingtext.com/start.html - Create your own text graphics
3. Animation Factory - http://www.animationfactory.com/en/ - animated gifs

Fair Use and Copyright:

1. Creative Commons - http://creativecommons.org/
2. The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use - http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr280.shtml
3. The Educators Guide to Copyright and Fair Use – http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.php
4. The Educators Guide to Copyright and Fair Use Handy Chart - http://www.techlearning.com/techlearning/pdf/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright_chart.pdf

Various Search Engines:
1. Searchme - http://www.searchme.com

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Blogs:
Website for Blog hosting:
1. Class Blogmeister - http://classblogmeister.com/index.php
2. Blogger - https://www.blogger.com/start
3. Edublogs - http://www.edublogs.org/
4. 21 Classes - http://www.21classes.com/

Subscribing to Blogs/Aggregators
1. Bloglines – http://www.bloglines.com
2. Google Reader - http://www.google.com/reader

Website to Post Multimedia Files for Blogs
1. Box - http://box.net/

About Blogging:
1. How to setup a Blogmeister blog - http://classblogmeister.com/blogmeister_instructions.pdf
2. Setting up Blogs with EduBlogs - http://www.landmark-project.com/workshops/handouts/edublogs_setup.pdf
3. Creating Your Blogger Blog - http://www.lps.k12.co.us/schools/arapahoe/21c/bloggerinstructions.htm
4. Blogging in the Classroom - http://classroomtech.pbwiki.com/blogging
5. More Blog Ideas for the Classroom - http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/blog/blogideas2.cfm

Examples of Multimedia in Blogs:
1. Kindergarten Tales - http://kdgroom102.blogspot.com/
2. The KinderKids’ Classroom - http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=51141
3. Mrs. Cassidy’s Classroom Blog – 1st Grade - http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337
4. Sargent Park Math Zone – 8th Grade - http://sargentparkmathzone.blogspot.com/
5. High School Biology - http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=7662

Wikis:
Website for Wiki hosting:
1. PBWiki - http://pbwiki.com/
2. Wikispaces for Educators - http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
3. Wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/

About Wikis:
1. Using Wikis in Education - http://scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?title=Using_wiki_in_education
2. What is a Wiki? - http://www.sitepoint.com/article/what-is-a-wiki/4

Examples of Multimedia in Wikis:
1. The 100th Day Project - http://100thday.wetpaint.com/?t=anon
2. Curriki - http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome
3. Wikibooks - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page

Podcasting:
How to Podcast:
1. Podcasting - http://www.learninginhand.com/podcasting/index.html
2. Recording a Podcast with Audacity - http://www.jakeludington.com/podcasting/20050222_recording_a_podcast.html

Examples of Podcasts with multimedia:
1. "Shakespeare" by Another Name - http://shakespearebyanothername.com/audio.html
2. The Mystery of Mr. Nice -http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=f89723258332b069889b&page=1&viewtype=&category=



Multimedia Production:
Software:
1. ArtRage Download - http://www.ambientdesign.com/artragedown.html
2. iLife Suite (Mac only) - http://www.apple.com/ilife/
3. Movie Maker (Win Only) - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx
4. Microsoft Photo Story 3 (WIN only) http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
5. Scratch - http://scratch.mit.edu/
6. Alice - http://www.alice.org/
7. Storytelling Alice - http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/index.html
8. Multimedia Fusion - http://www.clickteam.com/eng/mmf2.php
9. Google SketchUp - http://sketchup.google.com/
10. Skitch - http://skitch.com/ (similar to the Snipping Tool on a Tablet PC)
11. Picasa - http://picasa.google.com
12. Google Earth - http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html (See resources below)

Online:
1. Podomatic - http://www.podomatic.com/
2. VoiceThread – http://voicethread.com/
3. Jumpcut - http://www.jumpcut.com/
4. animoto - http://animoto.com/
5. classtools - http://www.classtools.net/

Online Hosting of Multimedia:
1. YouTube - http://www.youtube.com
2. TeacherTube - http://www.teachertube.com/
3. SchoolTube - http://www.schooltube.com/
4. DNATube - http://www.dnatube.com/
5. photobucket - http://photobucket.com/
6. GodTube - http://www.godtube.com/

Multimedia Conversion:
1. Zamzar - http://zamzar.com/

Royalty Free Music:
1. Freeplay Music - http://www.freeplaymusic.com/
2. Sounddogs - http://www.sounddogs.com/
3. RoyaltyFreeMusic.com - http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free-music-resources.html

Google Earth:
1. Google Earth for Educators - http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html
2. Google Earth – Explore, Search and Discover - http://earth.google.com/intl/en/
3. Explore the Sky with Google Earth - http://earth.google.com/intl/en/sky/skyedu.html
4. Using Google Earth Blog - http://googleearthuser.blogspot.com/
5. Google Earth Lessons – http://www.gelessons.com/lessons/#HowTo - An Educational Resource for Teachers
6. Google Earth Gallery - http://earth.google.com/ig/directory?pid=earth&synd=earth&cat=featured&hl=en&gl=us
7. KML Gallery - http://earth.google.com/gallery/index.html
8. Getting Started with Google Earth in the Classroom - http://64.233.179.110/educators/learning_materials/Earth_Getting_Started_Guide.pdf
1. Explore the Arctic with Google Earth - http://www.sierraclubplus.org/arctic/maps/
2. Six-Meter Sea Level Rise in Vancouver - http://www.sierraclub.ca/bc/media/item.shtml?x=798
3. Google Earth and Geoscience Education - http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualize04/tool_examples/google_earth.html
4. Seven Wonders in Google Earth - http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2005/11/seven_wonders_i_1.html
5. Google Lit Trips - http://www.googlelittrips.org/

Microsoft Office:
1. PowerPoint Ideas – TechTrekers - http://www.techtrekers.com/PP/
2. Ideas for Using PowerPoint in the Classroom - Tuscaloosa School District - http://www.online.tusc.k12.al.us/tutorials/pptclass/pptclass.htm#ideas
3. Who Wants to be a Winner! – Game Show PowerPoints http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/misc/winnergame022500.html

Microsoft Excel:
1. Creating a Pictograph in Excel – Microsoft.com - http://www.microsoft.com/education/CreatePictograph.mspx
2. Excel Activities for the Classroom - Pre-made Activities - http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~technology/excel/
3. Lee’s Summit Excel Resources - http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/excel.htm
4. Creating Tessellations - http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial079.shtml

Online Document Collaboration:
1. Google Docs - http://docs.google.com
2. ZOHO - http://zoho.com/
3. Scribd - http://www.scribd.com/
4. EditGrid - http://www.editgrid.com/ - Spreadsheets only
5. Num Sum - http://www.numsum.com/ - Spreadsheets only