Uses the resources of
the National Archives, and allows you to use those
resources to create your own movies, posters, and
what it calls “Pathway Challenges” to… challenge
others to find connections between a series of
images, documents, and other resources you put
together.
| Cannon | Manuals and support for Cannon digital and video cameras |
| Going Digital in the Classroom | Mavica camera tutorial |
| Sony Mavica Basic Digital Camera Tutorial | Basic camera tutorial |
| Sony Tutorials | Tutorials for a variety of Sony digital cameras |
| Caring for your Camera | Caring for your camera |
| Click! Using a Digital Camera in the Elementary Classroom | Digital camera uses in the classroom |
| Digital Camera Dictionary | Digital camera vocabulary and definitions |
| Digital Cameras in the Classroom | Digital camera resources and ideas |
| Digital Cameras in Education | Digital camera uses in the classroom |
| Digital Camera Web Links | How to choose a digital camera |
| Digital Quilt | In this activity, which correlates with the book The Patchwork Quilt, by Valerie Flourney, students use digital technology to create squares for a class quilt |
| Digital Vault |
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| Flickr | Organize and store photos |
| Fun With Photos | Many graphic tips and resources |
| Kodak Lessons | K-12 digital photo lesson plans |
| LSR7 Technology Integration Graphics Page | Copyright free graphic files from the Internet |
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Lesson ideas, helpful hints; access ready-to-use lessons |
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| Using a Digital Camera in the Classroom | How to use a digital camera, multiple ideas |
| Voice Thread | A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways and share them with anyone they wish. A VoiceThread allows group conversations to be collected and shared in one place, from anywhere in the world (need to register) |
| 1001 Uses for a Digital Camera | From Casio Classroom; categorized ideas; Foreign Language, English, Art, Mathematics. Science, Social Studies |
| Animoto | Web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos |
| Clay Animation | Tutorial on clay animation |
| Digitales | Tips and tricks for creating a digital story |
| Digital Story Telling | Provides a wealth of links for creating digital stories |
| Digital Story Telling Guide | From Atomic Learning; tips and tricks |
| Digital Storytelling Resources | Collection of resources by Meg Ormiston to help educators create powerful digital stories; Curriculum integration |
| Digital Storytelling Scoring Rubric | Sample scoring guide |
| Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling | Instructions, suggestions, resources, ideas |
| Kitzu | Digital story kits for the classroom |
| Classroom Video Basics | Shooting techniques, camera angles and more |
| CNET | Camcorder buying guide |
| Digital Video Tutorial | Digital video terminology |
| Digital Video in Education | Video production in the classroom |
| Flick School | Tips on taking pictures, and creating and sharing movies |
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Video lesson ideas in PDF format; Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view the file |
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| Kids Vid | Instructional website to help teachers and students use video production in the classroom |
| Multimedia Seeds | Everything you need to know about editing a video |
| Project Based Learning | Project based learning with multimedia |
| Show Me a Movie | a digital storytelling contest for Missouri students |
| Scholastic | Teachers guide to making student movies |
| Atomic Learning | Tutorial for Final Cut Pro 2.0 |
| Editing with Final Cut Pro | Tutorial for Final Cut Pro |
| Final Cut Pro 3.0 | Tutorial for Final Cut Pro 3.0 |
| Ken Stone's Final Cut Pro | Information from many different sources on working in Final Cut Pro |
| Page.Elements | Introduction to Final Cut Pro 3.0 |
| Apple i-Movie | Tutorial for i-Movie |
| Editing and i-Movie | Information on editing an i-Movie |
| Information Technology Lab School University of Texas | i-Movie Tutorial |
| Editing Images using Microsoft Photo Editor | Photo Edition tutorial pdf |
| LSE | Picture Manager Tutorial |
| Microsoft Office Assistant | Picture Manager Tutorial |
| Microsoft Photo Editor | How to use Microsoft Photo Editor |
| Georgia Movie Academy for Movie Maker | Tutorials, information and production tools to use with Microsoft Movie Maker |
| Information Technology Lab School | Windows Movie Maker 2 Tutorial |
| Windows MovieMaker 2 | Atomic Learning; learn the basics |
| Movie Maker Materials | Strategies; suggestions for video production |
| Movie Maker Tutorial | Tutorials on specific topics |
| Technology Movie Maker Projects E-themes | How to integrate technology, specifically digital movies, in the classroom. Ideas, lesson plans, and samples of movie projects are included. |
| XP Movie Maker | Learn how to use Movie Maker |
| Atomic Learning | Tutorial for Photo Story 3 |
| Jacksonville | Printable, step by step Photo Story tutorial |
| Microsoft | Wow your teacher with stunning school reports using Photo Story 3 |
| Photo Story and Movie Maker | Online Photo Story and Movie Maker tutorial |
| Photo Story 3 | Sample stories |
| Photo Story Tutorial | Online Photo Story tutorial |
| Student Examples | Examples of Photo Story projects from students in the Greece Central School District |
| Children's Book Radio | An uniquely independent Podcast dedicated to discussing children’s books |
| Cleoflics | A highly original animation project showcasing best practice in claymation, stop frame animation and Flash; includes workshops taking you through the process of animation |
| EPN | A wide range of podcast programs |
| Essential Tips for Podcast Lovers | How to find podcasts |
| GCast | Create a free podcast |
| Jordan School District | Podcasting Tips |
| Learning in Hand | An educators resource for using handheld devices in the classroom |
| Family Friend Podcasts | A family friendly podcast directory |
| Podcast Directory | Podcast of the Instructional Technology Department of the Memphis City Schools Teaching & Learning Academy (TLA) |
| How to Create a Podcast | How to create a podcast in 7 easy steps |
| Podcasting in Education | Explanation of podcasting |
| Podcasting in Education | Using I-Pods in education |
| Podcasts for Educators Schools and Colleges | Educational Podcasting for teaching and learning |
| Storynory | Many children's stories available in podcasts |
| Sugar Monster | The Sugar Monster's podcast (episodes) |
| Sunnyvale Public Library Podcasts | Listen to or view Library programs on your computer |
| What is Podcasting? | Articles and information about podcasts |
| WillowWeb | Podcasts for kids by kids |
| Yahoo Podcasts | Search podcasts series or for individual episodes by description and by tags listeners have assigned the podcasts |
| Acting with a Pencil | Storyboarding your movie |
| Arts Edge | Creating and organizing the story |
| Comic Creator | Interactive Comic Creator from Read Write Think |
| Denalia | Storyboard Lesson Plan |
| Drawing Together | Make a storyboard and animate your drawing |
| Fractured Fairy Tale | Interactive Fractured Fairy Tale Map from Read Write Think |
| Kerpoof | Make a picture story or movie |
| Literary Elements Map | Interactive Literary Elements Map Read Write Think |
| Making Movie Storyboards | Procedure for making a movie storyboard |
| Story Creator | A unique story making tool, a sound and picture gallery, and a timeline to place the stories in their historic context |
| School History | Create, print off and play historical storyboard |
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Tips for using storyboarding effectively |
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| Teaching about Story Structure using Fairy Tales | Help students explore the concepts of beginning, middle, and ending by reading a variety of stories and then applying them using storyboards and in a writing exercise |
| Youth Learn | Teaching kids how to prepare a presentation |
| Webbing Tool | Interactive Graphic Organizer; Read, Write, Think |
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Blank Storyboards |
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| Digital Storytelling Storyboard | PDF Storyboard |
| Storyboard |
Blank storyboard in PDF format; Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view the file |
| Video Storyboard | Blank storyboard |
| The following links are to image searches and resources. Each site and image should be checked for copyright compliance. Teachers are ultimately responsible for copyright compliance. | |
| Internet Movie Archive | Search for video |
| Yahoo | Search for video |
| Search for video | |
| Dogpile | Search for video |
| All the Web | Search for video |
| Alta Vista | Search for video |
| Metacrawler | Search for video |
| Student Gallery | Apple student gallery, search for student made videos, sounds and graphics |