Multi-Media

toc **Multi-Media**

Animation
A number of sites with lessons and ideas for stop motion animation. [] [] [] [|http://www.aardman.com/html/home.asp] [|Claymation 101] [|Domo Animate] Domo Animate takes story telling using online cartoon strip makers that little bit further by allowing you to spark life into your characters and create short animations. Go to their website, watch the intro video and have a play, it’s ever so easy and intuitive (I did the animation above in under 3 minutes!). This would really appeal to my students and I can’t wait to set them a project using Domo Animate! [|Fuzzwich] This is a free website that makes it easy to create short (20 second) animated movie clips that can be customized with uploaded faces, customized text, music, movement and more. [|Go Animate] On GoAnimate you can make your own animated characters, direct your own cartoons and watch others' creations. It's easy, fun and free! [| Anyone can animate with Go-Animate. Great for bringing writing to life.]

Movie Making
[|Xtranormal] - great movie making site with onscreen animated characters. [|Stupeflx].Your photos and videos have never looked so great ! [|Jaycut] Your Video Editor – Online. Engage your audience with the world's premier online video editor seamlessly integrated on your website, or edit your own videos on JayCut's community. [|Dvolver] Dvolver creates creativity tools. Have you ever wanted to direct your own movie? No problem. Our MovieMaker helps you make a movie in a few simple steps. When your opus is complete send it to a friend. Or, post it to your website or myspace page. [|Pixorial] Liberate your videos. Bring your video memories to life. [|Dragon Tape] Dragontape is a webapp that enables you to create mixtapes of your favorite online videos, so you can watch them as a continuous show. The tapes you create are accessed through a single URL, so you can easily share with friends or embed them in a webpage. The source clips remain in their original locations, Dragontape simply remembers where to find them. [|Using Your Pocket Video Camera In Class] This website provides links and suggestions about making the best use of pocket video cameras (e.g Flip Video) in classrooms. Looks like a good resource! Point & Shoot:Using video to capture learning. This is a new wiki that looks like it could develop into a very useful resource. [|VideoToolbox] Very powerful online video editor. [|A few Tips & Tricks for Student filming in the Classroom] There is an increasing range of simple video cameras eg Flip Video, and the new iPod Touch. this site provides useful guidance for children to ensure quality videos. [|Using A Flip Camera In the Curriculum]. How do we use such a great and simple tool in the classroom? Well here are some ideas for student use. (also applies to iPod Touch)

Animoto
[|Animoto provides an array of tools for creating videos in your classroom]. Browse some of the features of our all-access pass below then check out individual case studies to see how others are already using us. This site looks really good!

Video Hosting Sites.
[|KidTubes] - like YouTube but safe for kids. Recommended for your class videos, rather than YouTube. [|47 Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom] [|Tubechop] is a website that lets you take any YouTube clip and chop it down to size. It is very simple to use and does not take very long. Just select the video you want, select the portion you want to watch and click the chop button. You will be given a link or a code to embed into a website. This site can come in very handy if there is a specific part of a clip you want to show your kids without constantly resetting the video player.

Creaza
[|Creaza offers you an integrated, web-based toolbox] for creative work, both at school and in your free time. You use the toolbox along with various fully developed thematic universes: historical periods, fairy-tales, fantasy worlds, and current challenges, such as climate/environment. Creaza integrates professional and user-generated content, creative tools and a social network in a new and innovative way.Users on Creaza have the opportunity to share their work with other Internet users and can give each other comments and suggestions on the products they choose to share. To use this service, all you need is Internet access, a web browser, and the Flash plug-in. Creaza is available for PC, MAC, and Linux users alike.

Online Comics
Comics are a great introduction to movie making and other multimedia presentations. [|Professor Garfield's Comic Lab] Here you can be a comic mastermind and write, assemble and print your own comic strips. [|Professor Garfield's Comic Lab Extreme] Create your own personalised comic book. Drag and drop any artwork to create your own graphic novel. [|Toondoo] The best part of this site is its simplicity. It's so easy to use, just drag and drop components into the frame: backgrounds, characters, props and text boxes. There is also an option for uplaoding your own pictures or drawing your own from scatch. Once finished you can save your work as a picture file (for basic pictures) or get an embedded code to use (particularly useful for books). [|Stage'd] This is an animated comic creator that allows students to build their own comic strips. Not only can they view these comics, but they can do so in 3-D! By creating a stage with characters, a script and plot, students will act as the director to their own production. There are plenty of characters, costumes and sets to choose from. From zombie faces to suits and pirate outfits, there are so many possibilities! There are even some characters that already have dialog provided. They can use this to re-tell a story or even demonstrate comprehension. [|Pixton] Pixton is the #1 website for making comics online, with unrivalled expressive possibilities and an ever-expanding library of props and character attributes. [|Bitstrips] Comics in the Classroom

The World of Zoo
[|As you play the game] you can unlock items and more animals. You can customise the animals and change their patterns and colours. Students also earn coins as they look after the animals and participate in challenges. They can then buy items with their money. The appropriate environment and food are provided so students don’t need to decide what is suitable for the animal. The game provides information about the animals. Students can also write stories about their animals.

VoiceThread
A [|VoiceThread] is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. [|Using VoiceThread] [|100 Ways to Use VoiceThread in Education]

Yodio
Your voice is unique and personal…just like your stories. [|Use Yodio to add your stories] to your photos or presentations, and share these narrated photos with your friends and colleagues.

Glogster
Simply put, Glog is a kind of poster - fully designed by the user! Glog is a fancy creation from text, images, music and video. [|Glogster] is great for students who... [|Creating a Glog?] media type="youtube" key="qW5SSn9nno0?fs=1" height="525" width="660" media type="custom" key="6842851" [|How to embed Glogs on WikiSpaces]
 * are known to struggle with written words because its format encourages short and sweet distillations of content.
 * are visual learners because it focuses on visual literacy (not just the written word).
 * are musical because it allows students to embed music and play with the music in language.
 * are hands-on learners because it requires the creation of unique content that is not limited to pen and paper or word-processing.
 * are social because it encourages networking and collaboration.
 * Glogster EDU Tutorial**
 * Glogster As An Alternative to Powerpoint**

One True Media
Mix photos and videos with special effects to create something really different! [|This is well worth investigating!]

Capzles
Combine your videos, photos, blogs and mp3s into [|rich multimedia storylines.] Kids Vid [|Kids Vid is an instructional website] to help teachers and students use video production in class.

Online Videos
[|Quietube] Video without the distractions. [|Safeshare] The Safest Way To Share YouTube videos.Not only does SafeShare.TV remove distracting and offensive elements around YouTube videos, but it also allows you to crop videos before sharing them. [|Embedr] Embedr allows users to create custom video playlists from all their favorite video websites and Embed them anywhere else on the web [|TubeChop] allows you to easily chop a funny or interesting section from any YouTube video and share it.

AudioBoo
[|Audioboo. Because sound is social.] We are a mobile & web platform that effortlessly allows you to record and upload audio for your friends, family or the rest of the world to hear.

Making Videos on the Web
This is a Yudu online publication/magazine that provides [|useful information about making videos on the web]. This is especially useful if you don't have sufficient equipment.

Slideshows & Photo Tools.
[|Roxio Photoshow] [|Kizoa] [|OneTrueMedia] [|VuVox] This dynamic media creation suite enables everyone to easily turn their photos, videos, text and audio clips into interactive stories. A COLLAGE can be published, embedded, and syndicated into any website, blog or social networking site. [|Empressr] [|WebSlides] [|Flixtime] [|Animoto] [|AHead] [|PictureTrail] [|Slide] [|PhotoPeach] is a great way of putting a sequence of images together and then uploading them to your online environment. [|PictureTeller] - similar to PhotoStory. This web tool has some really good features and is really easy to use. [|Rock You] Yet another photo sharing website! [|Fotobabble] Create and share talking photos [|Blabberize] Got a picture -Blabberize it [|Photo! Presentation Platform] This lets you share your photos with the world in a variety of creative ways. It makes it easy to create 3 kinds of photo presentations online (3D photo albums, 3D galleries and flash-based slideshows), and embed them easily in any webpage. At the heart of the platform is the ability to put your photos (or pictures from the web) on pages of various objects such as an old book or a glossy magazine, or on the walls of virtual exhibition halls, or turn them easily into flash-based slideshows. [|Yogile] Yogile might just become your new favorite photo sharing site. In the world of photo sharing sites and applications, you have a plethora of choices. So in order for something to stand out it really has to have some interesting features. Fortunately for Yogile, one major feature is enough to set it apart from the crowd. Yogile is a photo sharing site. You upload, you share. That’s pretty much the end of the story. But it’s the sharing function, and what you can do with it, that’s really special. Many times I’ve found myself in situations where my friends and I were all taking photos at an event. While I’m glad to get some great shots myself, it would be amazing to have a gallery where my friends could dump their photos as well. This is exactly what Yogile does. [|Kizoa] Kizoa is another website for creating Digital stories out of photos. The main difference so far is that it also offers the ability to edit those photos as well with more features than I have seen from the other web-based applications. You can add transitions, flash animations, text, effects, and frames to the pictures when adding them to the slide-show making them more appealing to the viewer. You can sort your photos into albums and give photos tags helping you keep them organized. You can share it with others and create private groups that people can join. Kizoa is completely free. [|100 ways to use digital cameras.]

Podcasting.
[|Record audio files] with [|Audacity] [|3 Audacity Tips To Enhance Any Recorded Interview/Podcast.] [|Podcasts in Education Made Simple] This presentation walks viewers through the nuts and bolts of podcasting in education. It covers the who, what, why, and how of podcasting in education. View the slides and the video below that. [|Creating a Podcast in GarageBand] Here you will find three different sections for getting started with creating podcasts in GarageBand.

50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype
Skype is a free and easy way for teachers to open up their classroom and their students to a world way beyond their campus. With Skype, students can learn from other students, connect with other cultures, and expand their knowledge in amazing ways. Teachers and parents can also benefit from Skype in the classroom. [|Learn how you can take advantage of the power of Skype in your classroom.]