Digital Video In The Classroom/Digital Storytelling Resources

from the current issue of Tech & Learning magazine (November 2010)
Lights Camera Action: Digital Video In The Classroom
http://www.techlearning.com/article/34296

See also Digital Storytelling and Literacy Resources for Kids
http://www.techlearning.com/article/34096

Top 10 Sites for Creating Digital Comics

An educational consultant shares his favorite top 10 sites for creating digital comics in Tech&Learning Online.

Classroom Video: Tools and Strategies to Engage Students in Learning (now available as a free ebook)

This eBook is a guide to understanding student engagement, strategies that work, and how to use and integrate a particularly effective tool in this digital age: video in the classroom. Video is shaping the world around us. Students watch videos and should understand what they see and learn how to create effective videos. Addressing student engagement means turning tools for personal enjoyment into tools for engaged learning. Register here (free) to get access to the document.

School Program Helps Students Think Critically about Media and Persuasion

Today’s youth are exposed to greater volumes of media input than any other generation, from television to radio, iPods, billboards, store advertisements, video games, magazines and the internet, and more.

The goal of the Media Literacy Program is to inform them about how they are being influenced by the media without realizing it, and to get them thinking independently and critically about the messages being conveyed by commercials, television shows, advertisements, etc.

Project VoiceScape Invites Young Filmmakers to Submit Films

In collaboration with PBS and Adobe Youth Voices, POV has launched Project VoiceScape as part of its efforts to mentor and encourage aspiring filmmakers. The project welcomes filmmakers in grades 7-12 to submit their film ideas, films-in-progress, or completed short films for its 2011 competition. Project VoiceScape will select 15 young filmmakers for the program and will showcase their work in PBS and POV media. Winners will be honored at a ceremony in Washington, DC. Learn how to enter at http://www.pbs.org/pov/filmmakers/voicescape.php.

Deconstructing an Historical Image

Photographer/author William Meyers has written an excellent analysis/deconstruction of a popular Walker Evans Depression-era image in his column from a recent issue of The Wall Street Journal.

No-Cost Social Media For Teachers

This article at the Mashable website has been heavily "tweeted" since it appeared a few weeks ago. The geekiest teachers among us probably won't be surprised to see EduBlogs and Edmodo among the seven tools that teachers can use to engage students in virtual activities and develop and store their own work. But for the rest of you, peruse the info about EDU 2.0, Kidblog, and the various Tube sites (even some schools using YouTube) to see what might be useful in your classroom. PS: the comments are full of other suggestions.