Multimedia+Resources

Multimedia Resources

Video/Presentation Resources

 * || **PLEASE PREVIEW ALL VIDEOS PRIOR TO USE. SOME OF THESE SITES CONTAIN MATERIAL THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR STUDENTS. PLEASE FOLLOW ALL FAIR USE AND COPYRIGHT LAWS.**IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT bothmi@whsd.net ||
 * [|Safari Montage] || Use your WHSD username and password to log in. Contains streaming videos provided by such organizations as History Channel, ABC News Classroom, PBS, Scholastic, National Geographic, and many more!! Read this for more instruction: [[file:safarimontage.pdf]] ||
 * [|SNAP!] || The AIU has provided us with a plethora of audio-visual resources from Discovery Education and Learn 360º. Use your WHSD email as your username. The password is "aiu3teacher". ||
 * [|YouTube] || You know what this is!! ||
 * [|TeacherTube] || Videos for Educators ||
 * [|Documentary Heaven] || Watch free documentaries online. Dozens of categories!! ||
 * [|Academic Earth] || Access to video courses and academic lectures from leading colleges and universities. ||
 * [|Do Lectures] || Ideas + Energy = Change.... Inspiring Talks from people who are changing the world. ||
 * [|Cassiopeia Project] || HD science education videos from a variety of course topics. Available for download to Mac or PC ||
 * [|Newsy] || A multisource video news site. News topics/areas come from a plethora of sources (local to national to international) ||
 * [|CosmoLearning] || Designed to work as a **free homeschool** but great for Flipped classrooms. CosmoLearning is organized according to traditional curriculum standards, and provides video lectures, courses, documentaries, books, quizzes, lecture notes and much more. ||
 * [|WatchKnowLearn] || Thousands of FREE well-organized videos for every grade level and subject (including History Channel specials) ||
 * [|Zamzar] || Convert online videos (i.e. YouTube) into video or sound files you can save to your computer ||
 * [|ConvertFiles] || Convert many types of files (including YouTube) into other file types (.mp3, .mov. etc) ||
 * [|TubeChop] || **TubeChop** allows you to easily chop a //funny// or //interesting section// from any YouTube video and share it. ||
 * [|ViewPure] || Removes ads/suggested videos/comments from YouTube videos and provides you w/ a clean link ||
 * [|GraphMaker] || The name says it all ||
 * [|Chart Gizmo] || Makes all types of cool charts ||
 * [|Wordle] || Creates "Word Clouds" for student analysis ||
 * [|Animoto] || Slideshow maker ||
 * [|Go!Animate] || Lets you create animation video. Select characters and write a brief script. Then the online service converts that dialog from text to speech and shows the characters moving and talking with each other. ||
 * [|Text 2 Mind] || Create simple web organizers based on typed outlines ||
 * [|Lino It] || A free online bulletin board complete w/ sticky notes!! Great for group commentary/collaboration. ||
 * [|MorgueFile] || A public image archive. Free to use as long as you don't sell or claim ownership over the images ||
 * [|Pics4Learning] || Copyright-friendly images for teachers and students ||
 * [|Fotopedia] || Find photos uploaded by photographers and artists. Articles include information about the topics, not just photographs ||
 * [|Tiki Toki] || Create web-based timelines ||
 * [|Prezi] || Create interactive online presentations. Gives you the ability to include media in your presentation. ||
 * 50Ways Story Media || tons of media links for digital storytelling (some may be repeats of items above and below on this page) ||
 * [|WallWisher] || Wallwisher is an Internet application that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. Great for online collaboration with students on a topic. Think of it like a series of sticky notes for the classroom discussion! ||

Sound Resources

 * |||||| **PLEASE PREVIEW ALL SOUND CLIPS BEFORE YOU USE THEM. SOME OF THESE SITES MAY CONTAIN CLIPS INAPPROPRIATE FOR STUDENTS. PLEASE FOLLOW ALL FAIR USE AND COPYRIGHT LAWS**. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT bothmi@whsd.net ||
 * Brainy Betty |||||| Free sounds and music downloads for PowerPoint presentations. ||
 * Event Sounds |||||| Wav files that are good to use as sound effects for the computer, i.e. Startup Sounds, Shutdown Sounds, etc. ||
 * Ifni Free Midi Music |||||| Free Classic Rock or POP Hits Midis ||
 * Laura's Midi Heaven |||||| Midi files that would be great to use as background music in PowerPoint slideshows. Please check **Instructions for Use** for each sound file before downloading. ||
 * Partners in Rhyme |||||| Anthems (World, National, US), Classical and Miscellaneous Midi Files ||
 * Partners in Rhyme |||||| Miscellaneous Sound Effects ||
 * Patriotic Music |||||| The Library of Congress is providing access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. Song files are in an MP3 or Real Audio format. ||
 * Reel Classics |||||| This site contains clips of audio and video from many classic movies. Music clips appear by arrangement with BMI Media Licensing which states that material can only be used for personal, non-commercial and informational use and cannot be copied or posted on the Internet, on any other network computer. Most audio files are listed in an MP3 format and would be great to use in PowerPoint slideshows or movies. ||
 * Simply the Best Sounds |||||| Wav, midi, and mp3 sounds. Wav and midi files are good to use in PowerPoint slideshows. Wav files are also good to use to customize the sounds on your computer. ||
 * Wav Central |||||| Wav files that are good to use as sound effects in PowerPoint slideshows. ||
 * [|Vocaroo] |||||||| Online voice recorder. Let's you save the recording and save as a link, embedded code, or will email the link. ||
 * [|Vocaroo] |||||||| Online voice recorder. Let's you save the recording and save as a link, embedded code, or will email the link. ||