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Teachers (and Students) Creating Original Video Content

 

Digital Video
General Digital Video Resources

KnightCite
KnightCite is an online citation generator service provided by the Hekman Library of Calvin College. This service simplifies the often tedious task of compiling an accurate bibliography in the appropriate style by formatting the given data on a source into a reliable citation, eliminating the need to memorize minute details of style for multiple kinds of sources. The service is provided free of charge by the college, and is available to members both within and outside of the Calvin community.

Knight Digital Media Center
Video, Audio, and Reporting Tutorials

Video Tool Kit

You Be The Producer

http://www.mediacollege.com/

Video for the Classroom

About.com Desktop Video

School TV

Project Ideas

Digital Story-Telling

The Director in the Classroom
An excellent site for digital video

VideoHelp: Forum, Guides, & Tools

Video Sources

FREE Motion Backgrounds

Artbeats (stock footage--might have some freebies, but I have a cd with some of their clips)

Creating an animated background in ImageReady

Download YouTube Videos with iDesktop
You must register, but it's free.

Kim Komando's How to Save You-Tube Videos Tool

Green Screen (Chromakey)

How Green Screen Works

"Green Screen Magic" tutorial and ideas for using a green screen

Whose Line is it, Anyway? "News Flash" Skits

How to make a Green Screen

Uploading & Sharing Video

You Tube

Teacher Tube
online community for sharing instructional videos

Jumpcut
Upload, Edit, & Share Video & Photos--FREE!

Eyespot (PixelFish)
We make producing high-impact, broadcast-quality video easy and affordable. Choose the option that fits your need and budget.

FoxJox - FoxJox.com (Fox Chicago network) is teaming up with Illinois high school students to put together the hottest High School Video site in the country.

Adobe Premiere Elements Lessons:

1. Editing a Movie

2. Adding Transitions and Effects

3. Adding Titles

Movie Maker

Getting Started With Windows Movie Maker

Video: How to Trim Clips

How to use Windows Movie Maker

Movie Maker 2 Video Tutorials
Free from Atomic Learning

Rehan's Movie Maker Corner

Digital Audio
Software

Audacity free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder

Audacity (free software) Quick Start Tutorial

Digital Audio Basics with Audacity or Sound Companion

Free Music

freeplaymusic.com
Yes, FREE background music in a wide variety of genres.

Flashkit.com/loops/
thousands of open source movies, sound effects and loops

Sounddogs.com (I have a cd with some generic music clips.)

 

Free Sound Effects

www.findsounds.com

Free Sound Effects

Flashkit.com/soundfx/
thousands of open source movies, sound effects and loops

http://www.soundsnap.com/
The free account allows 5 downloads per month.

musicwww.a1freesoundeffects.com

 

Stonewashed.net
directory of (free) sound effects sites, .wav & .mpg

 

Video Lesson Ideas:  Remember, students learn the most when they are the creators of their learning.  Examples include:

News Reports
Poetry Interpretations
Biographies (local original source)
Local History
Local Tours
Demonstrations (PE/Science/Math/Music/Art)
How to... (Vocational Studies)