Multimedia Tools

Blogging

• Blog Searches
  • Technorati http://technorati.com/
  • Google Blog Search http://blogsearch.google.com/
  • Blogdigger http://www.blogdigger.com/
  • Blog Census http://www.blogcensus.net/
• Teacher Blog Examples
  • Blogs for Teachers http://blogs4teachers.com/
  • Teacher Lingo http://teacherlingo.com/
  • Phyllis's Favorites http://phyllisfavorites.blogspot.com/
  • 2çWorth http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/
  • EduBlog Insights http://anne.teachesme.com
  • A Difference http://adifference.blogspot.com/
  • Web-blogged in the Classroom http://www.weblogg-ed.com
  • Blog as a Teacher Tool http://akbani.blogspot.com/
• Student Blog Examples
  • Grade 4 Classroom Blog http://jhh.blogs.com/
  • Grade 3 Weblogs and others http://itc.blogs.com/thewriteweblog
  • 2nd Grade Blog http://lms.saisd.net/
  • Elementary Examples http://anvil.gsu.edu/
  • Kids and Community http://kidscom.wordpress.com/
  • A Duck with a Blog http://duckdiaries.edublogs.org/
  • 6th Grade Blogs http://hetherington0607.learnerblogs.org/
  • GaggleNet http://gaggle.net/
  • Blog Write http://jhh.blogs.com/
  • Xanga http://www.xanga.com/
• Blog Accounts
  • KidBlog http://kidblog.org/home/
  • Blogmeister by David Warlick: http://classblogmeister.com/
  • Blogger https://www2.blogger.com/start
  • SchoolBlogs http://www.schoolblogs.com
  • eduBlogs http://edublogs.org/
  • WordPress http://wordpress.com/
  • TypePad http://www.sixapart.com/
  • Live Journal http://www.livejournal.com/
  • Google Video Blog http://googlevideo.blogspot.com/
  • uTube http://www.youtube.com/
• Blog Resources
  • Bud the Teacher http://www.budtheteacher.com/
  • Sample Blogging Letter http://www.budtheteacher.com/
  • Support Blogging http://supportblogging.com/
  • How to Blog Blog http://www.emilyrobbins.com/
  • EduBlog Insights http://anne.teachesme.com/
  • Teachers Teaching Teachers http://teachersteachingteachers.org/
  • Writing with Weblogs http://www.educationworld.com/
  • Blog/Wiki Uses http://wsuit5110.pbwiki.com/
  • Flock http://www.flock.com/
  • Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/
  • WebBlogged (incudes video) http://weblogged.wikispaces.com/
• Wikis
  • Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com
  • pbWiki http://pbwiki.com

Digital Image

• Buying a Camera
  • CNET Editors' Top Camera Picks http://reviews.cnet.com/
  • ZDNet: Reviews http://reviews-search.zdnet.com/
  • Deciding MegaPixels http://cameras.about.com/
  • Flickr's Camera Finder http://www.flickr.com/cameras/
  • Costco Cameras http://www.costco.com/
• Printing and Sharing
  • Flickr http://www.flickr.com/
  • ShutterFly http://www.shutterfly.com/
  • Picasa http://picasa.google.com/
  • Kodak Gallery http://www.kodak.com/
  • SnapFish http://www.snapfish.com/
  • My Family http://www.myfamily.com/
  • ScrapBlog http://www.scrapblog.com/default.aspx
  • Microsoft Templates http://office.microsoft.com/
• Taking Pictures,etc.
  • Kodak http://www.kodak.com/
  • Photo Tips http://www.kodakgallery.com/
  • Shooting Digital Picture Basics http://www.basic-digital-photography.com/
  • Adobe's Digital Kid's Club http://www.adobe.com/>
  • Wiley Digital Camera Techniques http://www.photoworkshop.com/
  • Digital Photography Tips http://digitalphotography.tipcentral.net/
  • Pop Photo http://www.popphoto.com/howto/

Digital Story Telling

• Story Samples
  • Foundations for a Better Life http://www.forbetterlife.org
  • Island Movie http://islandmovie.k12.hi.us/
  • Digital Stories http://www.digitalstories.org
  • Digitales http://www.digitales.us/
  • Wales Capture http://www.bbc.co.uk
  • 1st Grade Dog Story http://teach.fcps.net/
  • 1st Grade Good Readers http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/
  • Digital Stories in Portfolios http://electronicportfolios.org/
  • Tell Me A Story http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/
  • E-Tales http://tennessee.ena.com
  • Digital Story Telling Archive http://story.e2bn.net/browse/
  • Telling Lives http://www.bbc.co.uk/
  • Kideos: Kid Videos http://www.kideos.com/
• Digital Storytelling
  • Digital Story Telling Resources
    http://www.microsoft.com/
  • Uses of Digital Storytelling
    http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
  • Center for Digital Stories 
    http://www.storycenter.org/
  • Digital Storytelling Resources
    http://its.ksbe.edu/dst/
  • Digital Storytelling Links from Hilary McLellan http://tech-head.com/dstory.htm
  • Student's Voice Resources for Digital Storytelling http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us
  • Techszewski.Blog on Digital Storytelling http://techszewski.blogs.com/
  • Capture Wales http://www.bbc.co.uk
  • Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling http://www.coe.uh.edu/
  • Digital Story Telling in the Classroom http://www.infotoday.com/
  • Jason Ohler Story Telling http://www.jasonohler.com/storytelling/
  • PodCasting Stories http://long.dearbornschools.org/
  • The Call of Story http://www.callofstory.org/
  • Educational Uses of Digital Stories http://www.coe.uh.edu/
  • Digital Storytelling http://www.greenwichschools.org/
  • Digital Storytelling http://story.e2bn.net/index.php
  • Center for Life Stories http://www.storypreservation.com/
  • Animoto http://animoto.com/
• Tutorials
  • Apple's Students with iLife
    http://edcommunity.apple.com/
  • iMovie @ Atomic Learning
    http://www.atomiclearning.com/
  • Video for Educators
    http://edcommunity.apple.com/
  • iLife in the Classroom
    http://edcommunity.apple.com/
  • NeedleWork: Video in the Classroom
    http://www.needleworkspictures.com/
  • Video Basics
    http://www.current.tv/
  • Kid Vid StoryBoard Scripting http://kidsvid.altec.org/scripting.html
  • Kid Vid http://kidsvid.altec.org/index.html
  • iMovie Software Training http://www.softwaretrainingtutorials.com/
  • The Unofficial iMovie FAQ http://www.danslagle.com/

Podcasting

• Podcast Student Examples
  • Coulee Kids
    http://wiki.lacrosseschools.org/
  • ColeyCast
    http://www.mrcoley.com/
  • Science Center Podcasts
    http://sciencecenter.greenbush.us/
  • MapleGrove
    http://magradio.blogspot.com/
  • Kid-Cast
    http://www.kid-cast.com/
  • WillowWeb
    http://millard.esu3.org/
  • Kid's Community Call
    http://itunes.apple.com/
  • CDC Kidtastic
    http://www2c.cdc.gov/
• Podcast Resources
  • Storynory http://storynory.com/
  • Grammar Girls http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/
  • Learning in Hand http://learninginhand.com/
  • Podcasting in Education http://chatt.hdsb.ca
  • Apple and Podcasting http://www.apple.com/
  • Apple Mobile Learning http://www.apple.com/
  • Poducate Me Guide http://poducateme.com/
  • Podomatic http://www.podomatic.com/
  • Podcasting in Education Resources http://www.stager.org/
  • Langwitches: Podcasting http://langwitches.org/
  • 10 Podcasts for Teachers and Kids http://www2.scholastic.com/