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Video-Multimedia Resources

Links to Online Resources

Following are some helpful web sites for teachers and students involved in video/multimedia production. If you’d like to suggest a site for this list, contact Jeff Gray at KET, .

Kentucky Department of Education and Other Government Sites—including Kentucky state price contract information for computers, software, TVs, displays, and projectors
Equipment Purchasing Resources
Other Education Technology Resources
Copyright Information
School Video Project Sites
Media Literacy
Video/Multimedia Production
Teaching with Video/Multimedia
Film Criticism and Festivals
Media Sharing Sites
Online Magazines

Kentucky Department of Education and Other Government Sites

Kentucky Department of Education
Combined Curriculum Document from the Program of Studies 2006 and the Core Content for Assessment 4.1 (See “Technology” for information on classroom video use.)
Core Content for Assessment
Directory of Kentucky Schools
Kentucky School and District Web Sites
KETS Help Desk
Program of Studies—Revised 2006
Student Technology Leadership Program
KDE Technology Purchasing and Standards
KDE Technology Resources
Technology Standards for Students, Teachers, and Administrators
Technology Integration Specialists
Kentucky Virtual High School
Kentucky Virtual Schools
No Child Left Behind—national standards

Equipment Purchasing Resources

Kentucky Apple and Dell Education Representatives

Catherine Edelen, Apple K-12 Kentucky
(859) 619-3920
cedelen@apple.com
Inside Sales: Richard Brooke
(800) 800-2775, ext. 42829
Sara Riddles, Dell K-12 Education Kentucky
(888) 977-3355
(512) 724-5802
Fax: (512) 283-5802
sara_riddles@dell.com

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Other Education Technology Resources

Apple Learning Interchange
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology
Cringely Crash Course on Digital TV from PBS
Digital Video Initiative (Internet2)
Electronic Frontier Foundation
International Society for Technology in Education
Journal of Special Education Technology
KATE—The Kentucky Academy of Technology Education at Murray State University
Kentucky Society for Technology in Education
MIT Technology
Technology and Education from the National Education Association
National Education Technology Standards Projects
USDOE Office of Educational Technology
PBS Teachers—searchable by topic
Radio-Television News Directors Association and Foundation
Technology in Education Resource Center

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Multimedia Copyright Information

Articles on Copyright from Stanford University
Copyright Advisory Network from the American Library Association
Copyright and Fair Use from PBS Teachers
A Copyright Guide for Librarians from the American Library Association
Copyright Information from the American Library Association
Copyright Information for Educators from the University of Washington
Copyright Information for Schools—excellent and easy-to-read tutorial slide shows from Keystone Schools in Pennsylvania
Copyright Resources for School Library Media Program Development from the American Library Association
The Copyright Site from the University of Alabama
Creative Commons—easy tools for copyright
The Educator’s Guide to Copyright and Fair Use by Hall Davidson
Educators’ Guide to Copyright and Fair Use from techLEARING.com
Final Report on the Conclusion of the Conference on Fair Use, 1998
Kathy Schrock’s Copyright Resources
U.S. Copyright Law—A Guide for Music Educators from the National Association for Music Education

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School Video Project Web Sites

Appalachian Media Institute at Appalshop, Whitesburg, KY
Center for Digital Storytelling
Fayette County Schools Instructional Technology Page by Jeffrey Jones—with tutorials and projects
High School Broadcast Journalism Project from the RTNDF
HighSchoolJournalism.org from the American Society of Newspaper Editors
Kentucky High School Journalism Association
KET School Video Project—an annual showcase of Kentucky K-12 videos
School Television Network
SchoolTube—a sharing site for school video
VidKids—a media literacy program from the University of California, Riverside
Youth Media—a listing of groups at the Internet Archive
Youth Media Projects from Just Think

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Media Literacy Resources

Arthur’s Guide to Media Literacy from PBS Kids
Bluegrass Film Society Blog—film festival information and resource links for multimedia/culture study
Center for Media Literacy
Citizens for Media Literacy
Introduction to Media Literacy by Dr. David Considine, Appalachian University
Media Literacy for Prevention, Critical Thinking, and Self-Esteem
Media Literacy Review from the University of Oregon
Media Violence and Media Literacy from the American Academy of Pediatrics
Newswatch—reviews of the accuracy and fairness of news coverage
PBS Teachers
PBS Teachers: Media Literacy

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Video-Multimedia Production Resources

General Information/Reviews

Adobe Audio/Video Primers
Adobe Digital Kids Club
Camcorder Buying Guide from CNET
CamcorderInfo.com
Computer-Videomaker
CNET.com Reviews
Desktop Video from About.com
Digital Camcorder News
Digital Video from About.com
Digital Video Cameras from About.com
Digital Video Forums
The Digital Video Information Network
DV.com
DVinfo.net—information on digital video making
How Films Are Made from Annenberg/CPB
TestFreaks: Camcorders
ViDEOHelp.com—for advice on burning to disk

Digital Video Production/Editing Software and Services

Adobe Premiere Elements
Adobe Visual Communicator—chromakey video production
Adobe VlogIt!—videos for blogs
Animoto—an online service that makes a video from your still images
Desktop Video from About.com
DigitalFilms.com includes a utility that lets you make and e-mail a Flash movie and other production demos.
Digital Video Editing
Freevlog is all about video blogging.
iMovie DV Editing Software from Apple
Jumpcut for online editing, hosting, and sharing of video
Pinnacle Studio
Premiere editing software from Adobe
Sony Video and Audio
SpinXpress for online video collaboration and sharing
Windows Movie Makers
WAX video compositing and special effects software

Hardware Innovation and Gadgets

Crave, the gadget blog
Engadget
Gizmodo, the gadget guide
Technobuzz.net

Tutorial Sites

Adobe Video Workshop—free online tutorials for Adobe software
Atomic Learning includes some free tutorials.
Berkeley Multimedia Research Center Tutorials—including Adobe Premiere and others
Blue-Screen Shooting and Chroma-Key Information by Steven Bradford
Commoncraft—simple explanations of complex subjects using video and paper
DVD Creation with Adobe Premiere from Dan Gordon Productions
The DV Show
iLife Tutorials from Apple
Indy Mogul—a how-to site for video production, featuring inexpensive effects creation
Kids’Vid
Learning Center at OurMedia.org
PC Video Editing Tutorial from TechTV
Photoshop Support—resources and tutorials
Photoshop User TV
Russell Brown Show—Photoshop how-to’s and free resources
Video from WikiHow
Video Expert
Video 101 online course
Video Production Articles from ePanorama.net
Video Production Tips
Windows Movie Maker 2 Tutorials from AtomicLearning.com
XTrain offers some free classes.

Multimedia Software

Adobe Education
Adobe Photoshop Elements—most of the useful features of Adobe Photoshop in a less expensive, smaller size
Adobe Photoshop Family—the full program and more
Carrara 3D Express introductory 3D software
DAZ 3D—software tools, some free
DAZ Studio—a free 3D figure posing and animation tool
The DivX Video Format
FreeEncoders.com for enabling playback of various A/V files
FreePlay Music—free music for video production
NERO digital still and audio/video editing and DVD recording software
POSER figure design software
Reallusion special-purpose imaging programs
Roxio digital still and audio/video editing and DVD recording software
StoryBoard Pro—free software from Atomic Learning

Web 2.0 Applications and Beyond

Animoto makes a video from your still images.
Blogger—a free blog creation site from Google
Commoncraft—simple explanations of complex subjects using video and paper
Google online applications, including digital still and video hosting and presentation, document hosting, and sharing.
Google for Educators
Go2Web2.0—a mega list of web applications and gadgets
Library and Media Technology Wiki by Melissa Gardner, University of Kentucky SLIS
NING social network creation tool
SecondLife—a virtual world used by educators, universities, and others for meetings, tutorials, and more
SecondLife in Education
VoiceThread—group conversations around images, documents, and videos
WikiSpaces—free wikis for everyone

Public-Domain Media

Free Use Media from Finding Dulcinea
The Internet Archive—a wide variety of media, much of which is in the public domain and usable for educational projects
Public Domain Media search site

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Teaching with Multimedia

A Complete Training Manual of Videotaping and Editing Techniques by William Ames
Appalachian Media Institute at Appalshop, Whitesburg, KY
Apple iLife in Education—includes examples of student-produced classroom multimedia projects using iMovie, iPhoto, and iTunes software
Articles on Video Production from Video University
DigitalFilms.com—includes a utility that lets you make and e-mail a Flash movie and other production demos
The Director in the Classroom—school video production
Edutopia—ideas for integrating video projects into classrom studies from the George Lucas Educational Foundation
Free Online TV Production Course by Dr. Ron Whittaker
Kathy Schrock—a popular consultant
KET EncycloMedia: American Film Institute Lights, Camera, Education! PD Series (user login required)
LOTI—Levels of Teaching Innovation
PBS Kids Go!
Resources for Youth Media Production from the Freechild Project
Rubistar—an online rubric creation site, including video/multimedia