Resources

Educational Digital Media
SDCOE Picture This Multimedia program for teaching and reinforcing the process and technical foundations of producing video in the classroom. toc

Apple iLife

 * [|Apple Learning Interchange - iLife in the Classroom]
 * [|Apple iLife Video Tutorials]
 * [|iMovie 06 Video Tutorials]
 * [|Mac Basics Video Tutorials]

Digital Storytelling

 * 1) [|AFI Screen Education Series] Log in to Discovery Streaming and search the keyword "AFI".
 * 2) [|AFI Screen Education Teachers Guide](PDF)
 * 3) [|DigiTales The Art of Telling Digital Stories]
 * 4) [|Animoto]
 * 5) [|You Be The Producer]
 * 6) [|Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling]

**Copyright Friendly Digital Images**
All of these sites have images and media that can be used in the classroom and for student projects. Please refer to the usage policy on each site to determine the extent in which the media can be used. Often there is permission to be used in the confines of the classroom, but not to be published and available on the Internet. **When locating images it is very important to find pictures that are larger than 640 x 480, smaller images will get stretched and pixelated.**

[|Public Domain Images]

[|Pics4Learning]

[|Flickr Commons]

Once you are comfortable with the Creative Commons designations, try [|FlickrStorm] for better searching experience. Click on "Advanced" under the search field and you can search by different Creative Commons designations. Click on play button of video below to learn more.

[|WikiMedia Commons]

[|World Images]

[|Morgue File] Royalty free photos from professional photographers. Can search by keyword.

Sounds
Create your own songs and sounds using Garageband.

[|ccMixter] Creative Commons search engine for media, including songs and audio samples. Some of the tracks can be used freely, while others have certain restrictions based on its Creative Commons license.

[|Free Play Music] Downloadable sound clips - copyright friendly (can be used for iVIE; check for other contests).

[|Find Sounds] A free site where you can search the Web for sound effects and musical instrument samples.

[|Soundsnap] Thousands of free sound effects and musical loops for using in multimedia projects. Sounds are produced by members of the user community and shared freely on the web site,

[|Incompetech Royalty Free Music] Site maintained by a musician who lets's his music be used freely for film projects.

[|Moby Gratis] Web site maintained by the musician Moby that provides royalty free music samples for use in student films. Must register for the site and make a request for use, but should be able to use without paying for royalties once approved.

[|Soungle] Free sound effects and music loops. Must search by keyword or sound type to find a sound.

Digital Cameras
[|Project Live Resources]

[|iVie Awards Web Site]