Multimedia

=Art and Multimedia - Finding and Creating=

Finding Art and Multimedia
[|5 Sources for Free and Legal Images] - These five sources provide //Creative Commons// images and videos for use in your blog/wiki/web site LEGALLY. Model your ethical use of media by sharing these with your blogging students or using them on your whole-class blog or wiki. The sources include abstract photos and current events new stories, as well as general photos. Each has its own search/browse features.

[|BeelineTV] - This online TV resource offers instant streaming of TV news, sports, music, and cultural programs from **up to 400 different countries in many languages**. With a Windows Media Player or other player (downloading directions given at the site), teachers can have television on classroom computers instantly. Foreign language teachers can show programs featuring their language group. English language TV comes from the U.S. and the U.K. Some examples of “TV” places include Dubai, France, Jordan, Kuwait, Japan, Korea, China, Poland, Denmark, Russia, and countless others. Note: Be sure to preview stations and programs to be certain the offerings are appropriate for your classrooms and student ages.

[|Discover Primary Science] - Come to this site to view animation videos, practice online science activities, and learn about science at this interesting site. The videos bring many important science topics alive, including the physics of motion, structures, and more. Examples of movies include "Cleaning Dirty Water," "Exploring Lungs," or "Bouncy Custard Balls." Topics vary from pollution to the human body to levers to making homemade bouncy balls!

[|Flickr] - Can search many pictures by using keywords (called tags). These pictures are ROYALTY FREE. You can also upload your own pictures, which can be completely private, available to everyone in the world, or various stages in between.

[|Public Domain Images] Several thousand copyright friendly digital photos nicely organized in folders, free for any personal and commercial use, credit or back link is not required.

[|Free Sounds] - This site offers free sounds, copyright free, for your personal use. Tip: During creative writing, play a ‘soundbyte’ or a sequence of sounds to inspire a story and activate creativity.

[|Geography at the Movies] - This website contains videos about geography, sorted by topic (such as [|Climate Change], [|Enivronment], [|Industry] and [|Weather]). There is also a large section of links to other interesting websites about Geography.

[|Jing] - capturing program; captures audio and video as well as images; can be used it to create professional development videos

[|Besplatne slike] Several thousand copyright friendly public domain images.

[|Metropolitan Museum of Art: Explore and Learn] - This area is organized into themes such as "Just for Fun," "A Closer Look," "Artists," "Themes and Cultures," "What’s New," "Timeline of Art History," "Read All About It," and "Publications for Educators." Built around the world-class collections of the museum, the Met provides interactive learning games, virtual scavenger hunts, activities, worksheets, commentary, and resources for students and teachers.

Movieclips - Looking for short movie clips that you can view at school and use to teach something? Check out Movieclips. Thousands of short clips are available free and without registration at this site (not Disney!). Get a quick idea of the content by clicking on the Movies menu. You can make any clip display full screen using the small icon in the lower right. Note: Mature movie clips are available, but registration is required to see them. Sort through movie clips by subject, theme, genre, character, etc. Registered members can add questions to accompany clips. Unfortunately, registration also allows access to mature content. We don’t recommend this option, since this will allow students access to the entire site. You would be wise to use a teacher-only email account and membership to submit questions. Advanced Users: Use the embed code and URL codes with each clip to provide link or embed a specific clip into a blog, wiki, or other site. Ad links also appear along the bottom of the clips. Students should be advised to ignore these ads.

[|Pics 4 Learning] - copyright-free images that can be used for educational purposes

[|Realia Project] - The goal of the REALIA Project is to develop and implement a searchable digitized media database which will provide instructors of modern languages with teaching resources accessible via the Web. REALIA will publish royalty-free, faculty-reviewed media for scholars and students.

[|Teacher Tube] - teacher version of [|YouTube]; you can search for educational videos on a range of topics and teachers and students can post their own. [|Zamzar]- converts TeacherTube videos for offline viewing, converts pdf to word, lots of other file conversions

[|Yale University Art Gallery] - The “What is Art?” section of the website encourages students and teachers to explore the meaning of art through gallery tour podcasts produced by Yale students. The website includes resources for K12 educators with three language arts/social studies lesson plans and art detective games for students.

[|YouTube] - HUGE online repository of many videos on all topics. Since it is currently blocked at school, use a program such as [| YouConvertIt]- converts youtube to downloadble quicktime as well as tons of other file conversions. Could also use [|http://mediaconverter.org].

Creating Art and Multimedia
[|Artnatomy/Artnatomia: Anatomical Basis of Facial Expression Learning Tool] - facilitates familiarity and experimentation with the underlying anatomical structures of faces using correct biomechanical representation of the different facial expressions

[|Audacity] - This free program is used to record and edit audio. Students can record themselves speaking in any language and it can be saved as an MP3, which can be opened using any standard audio program (such a Real Player, Windows Media Player, or iTunes). Students can also import music to use as a background. This program is most frequently used for Podcasting.

Bomomo- Use a variety of tools and colors to create unique and original digital art. Choose one of 20 patterns, and use the cursor to move across the screen. The buttons are found at the bottom of the drawing box. Save as a .jpg or .png file on your computer with one click.

[|Clevr] - Create a panoramic photo without a special camera! Use a normal camera to take the photos. The CleVR Stitcher is the easiest photo stitcher available. Just drag and drop your pictures, click the button, and the application “stitches” them together for you. By joining your pictures, create a stunning panoramic picture. Clevr enables you to embed the image into your website or blog, share the images on various social networking sites, and more.

[|FlauntR] - Another free online photo editor with many, many special effects that can be added (frames, light effects, textures, etc)

[|Jigzone] - You can upload pictures and it can be turned into a jigsaw puzzle; you can change the size of the puzzle pieces. These puzzles can be emailed or posted online. You can also browse the gallery of already created puzzles with stock photographs.

[|Microsoft Photo Story] - Free, but ONLY FOR WINDOWS. Can create slideshows out of photographs very simply and quickly; it's easy to add audio and text.

[|My Podcast] - This free website provides a recording interface as well as storage space for podcasting.

[|Mr. Picassohead] - create your own Picasso-style portrait!

[|Picasa] - FREE download (from Google) that lets you organize and edit your photographs, including reducing the size/resolution of your pictures. Pictures can be shared online, and can be password protected so only select few can see them. You can also order prints of your pictures online.

[|PicLits] - The title says it all: "Inspired Picture Writing!" Use this free drag and drop literacy tool to create great sentences inspired by beautiful pictures. Or add inspirational or humorous captions to pictures. "Learn It" provides learning opportunities and examples for creating captions, compound sentences, or paragraphs. Advanced lesson plans for teachers are viewed in the "Learn It" tab as well. //Registering for a PicLits account requires the use of an email address. PicLits can be used without an account but users are unable to save or blog about their creation without an account. This site allows outsiders to comment on created PicLits. Many school policies prohibit such interaction, so be sure to check your school policy.//

[|Queeky] - This online drawing tools provides typical digital drawing tools to generate vector-based drawings as sophisticated as you wish to make them. Vector-based drawings use actual curves, not the pixellated little boxes that so many paint simple programs create. The site allows users to draw, collaborate on a shared drawing in what they describe as "near-real time," watch a drawing played back to see how it was done, and even start from one drawing to create a new version("variate").

[|Scratch] - Scratch is a free program created by the geniuses of MIT. It is used to create animations or interactive games. In the classroom setting, students can create engaging animations or games that showcase what they have learned during their unit. The creations can be shared with the world via the Scratch website, hosted by MIT.

[|Storytelling Alice] - This is a programming environment designed to motivate a broad spectrum of students to learn to program computers through creating short 3D animated movies.

[|Typogenerator] - This simple online tool creates an artistic image from any text you enter. The text is artistically manipulated in a random pattern with colorful backgrounds and repeated "echoes" of the words or parts of words. Hint: Use this website to have students create their own "visualizations" of important vocabulary and print them on "flashcards,"writing their definitions on the back. Your visual learners will remember the terms better!

[|Viscosity] - Create a modern art masterpiece with Viscosity, the modern art generator! This web-based graphics program provides brushes and special effects with which to move, smudge, and swirl a series of colors into abstract art.

[|Vocaroo] - A very simple, fast way to record - simply click record and then click the button again when you are done. You then have either the option of sending your recording to someone, or there is a link available to your recording that you can post on any website.

[|VoiceThread]- VoiceThread allows you to record and store your own audio with accompanying pictures; all you need is a computer, an internet connection, and a headset with a microphone. Accounts are free (for now). You also have the option to add text to accompany your audio and image files. You can store the files on the VoiceThread website, or place them on any blog or website.