Using+Audio-Visual+in+education

This page provides links and ideas for ways to use, create and watch audio visual presentations in the classroom.
===It includes ideas for audio, video for the classroom and video for professional development and using images. Or you can mash audio, video and images all together by using these tools.=== Another challenge for teachers is to discourage students from using copyrighted music for the creation of soundtracks for videos and digital stories. Here are some links to a range of sites where students can freely use music to add to their creations.

//Audio: //
//What is a Podcast?// //Podcasts are an Audio broadcast available on the Web. You can download podcasts for free to a personal computer or a digital audio player. A podcast can be played through a variety of digital audio software and hardware. They are not limited to the iPod brand products developed by Apple.//

ITunes, a free download for both Apple or Windows computers check out more about what [|ITunes can do here]

[|IPod in Education:] is a useful site for teachers who are using [|IPods in K-12education]. There are a number of links that Create, find and share podcasts to the world.

[|PodBean] is a podcatcher, podcast creator and a podcast searcher.

[|Soundsnap] is a free online sound library and community for sound designers and producers. People can upload sounds and share them with the world. [|How do I publish a podcast on the internet?] Check out this blogpost by [|Dave Fagg] which takes you step by step how to do it.

[|VoiceThread] is basically group conversations around images, docs and videos. You can transform your presentations, projects and media into rich collaborative spaces. It's use in classrooms is very powerful and unlimited. Here is a great example of [|its use in the classroom.]

is a very simple audio recording device that can be used to record a message on line. You can then send it via email, embed it or download it.

[|Yack Pack] is a simple easy to use tool which enables teachers and students to capture their ideas and reflections using their voice rather than text. They can belong to a number of different 'packs'

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**Video Sites**

 * //where you can upload and download videos to be shared on blogs and wikis.//**

[|John Locker(dot) com] was started in April of 2008 to help students, teachers, educators, and the public get educated on a variety of topics. As the first user powered online learning network, you can expect to come away with knowledge that both challenges and empowers you. By harnessing the power of social communities and video sharing, JohnLocker.com is able to provide the best documentaries and educational videos found on the web. It is our goal to make the process of watching, adding, rating, and discussing the videos as simple as possible.

[|Teachertube] **-** an alternative to YouTube. Educators need a safe and secure place where our students can participate in the social aspect of video sharing and engaging students with video responses

[|YouTube] is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips.

[|Google Video] is a free [|video sharing] and video [|search engine] service from [|Google] that allows anyone to upload [|video] [|clips] to Google's web servers as well as make their own media available free of charge. Searches includes other video hosting sites such as Youtube and Teachertube.

[|KeepVid-] downloads videos from most video hosting sites- a very useful site to enable teachers to collect videos from sites such as **YouTube** to play back at school with or without internet connection. If you download an **flv file** you will also need to download [|flv player.]
 * Ways to access videos for classroom use.**

Is another program that lets you **download YouTube videos** and watch them on your computer, iPod, Sony PSP or mobile phone. It downloads video files and automatically converts them to appropriate file format (for example, files to be viewed on a PC have standard AVI format).

[|Zamzar] is an online site where you can convert any video, sound, image or text file that you find on the web or on your computer into another filetype that can be played on your computer or Ipod etc. You simply locate the file, either by browsing to it or by copying the url. Then you select what type of file you want to convert it to. Nominate an email address to recieve the converted files and click convert.



**Videos for Professional Development:**
[|The Machine is Us/ing Us-] YouTube version [|Pay Attention] - Teacher tube version [|Digital Students @ Analogue schools]- discussion by students about what they want in class and use to learn and express themselves.

**Working with Images: **
These sites offer ways to **display**, **manage** and **change** images on the web. Try [|befunky] as a cool way to change your photos in to cartoons, avatars etc. You can even cartoonise videos.

Flickr is a way to store, sort, search and share photos online. It helps you organize photos you have and offers a way for you and others to share, search and use images for a variety of purposes.

Picasa is a free software download from Google that helps you locate and organise all the photos on your computer, edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks, share your photos with others through email, prints and __[|on the web]__: it’s fast, easy and free.

[|Google Picasa Web] allowa you to post photos and videos online, share photos with others. You can set your albums to private or make your albums public and share with the Picasa community. See big photos, scroll through them quickly, rotate and zoom. Have fun with captions and comments. [|fd's Flickr Toys] is a list of different things that you can do with Flickr images that you have already uploaded.

Resizing Images:
Many of the pictures that you take will need to be resized to be uploaded to the internet.


 *  [[image:picresize.jpg align="left" link="http://gui.picresize.com/picresize2/"]]PIXresizer ** is a free image resizer that easily creates web and e-mail friendly versions of your images with reduced file sizes. The reduced files are saved in a different folder, so your original images are not altered at all.

[|VSO's Image resizer] is a lovely little free application, which can run off a USB stick (ie no installation). It does a batch resize in a flash, saves the images as a copy by default (can overwrite if preferred), output all files as (say) jpg even though the originals may be a combination of gif/jpg/bitmap etc... great for those without access to photoshop, PSP etc

Audio & Video & Images
SlideShare: Slide is a site where you can upload images to create new ways to share them.

Use myPlick to upload and share powerpoint shows that you have created. Powered by Google, you can convert your uploads into PDF and also embed them into your wikis and blogs. You can also upload and add your audio to your presentations.

[|Bookr] is is a tool to create and share your own photo book using your Flickr images.

is a social networking software for making free calls over the internet to anyone else who has Skype. Uses voice and [|webcam] Has proven to be a great collaboration tool between teachers, classrooms and students. Essentail form of communication for global projects.

[|Skype in the Classroom] - This an article by Wesley Fryer written about how Skype can be used in the classroom. Wesley also writes a blog at the [|SpeedofCreativity.org] Our kids love[| Vokis]. Voki enables users to express themselves on the web in their own voice using a talking character. You can customize your Voki to look like you or take on the identity of lots of other types of characters… animals, monsters, anime etc. Your Voki can speak with your own voice which is added via microphone, upload, or phone. Voki lives on your blog, social network profile.



Technically not a Web 2.0 application. But a fantastic way to create slideshows using digital photos. You can touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures and add special effects, soundtracks, and voice narration. Personalize them with titles and captions. Small file sizes make it easy to send photo stories in an e-mail. Watch them on your TV, a computer, or a Windows Mobile–based portable device.

This is a site which makes it [|easy to upload, organize and share video, photos, and music.] You can mix and remix video, audio

Jing allows you to capture images, record video of what you are doing and to upload it and share it with your students or colleagues.