TETC – Multimedia
Audio in the classroom. Cultivate students’ senses, imagination, empathy, and inspiration using free resources such as CamStudio, NPR.org, Voicethreads, Vocaroo and much more. Teachers can use audio to enhance their students’ communication and listening skills according to TN LARTS Curriculum Standards. You can create your own Voicethreads, Screencasts, Vocaroo messages and participate in lessons built around
NPR’s Story Corp and This I Believe audio series.
Audacity – Would you like an easy tool for audio recording, sound editing, importing and exporting sound files, and changing sound effects? Are you ready to podcast, but not sure where to start? Could your voice overs use some help? Would you like all this FREE? Get tutorials.
iTunes U iTunes U is a part of the iTunes Store featuring free lectures, language lessons, audiobooks, and more, that you can enjoy on your iPod, iPhone, Mac or PC. Explore over 200,000 educational audio and video files from top universities, museums and public media organizations from around the world. With iTunes U, there’s no end to what or where you can learn.
The site, www.watchknow.org launched in October 2009, currently features more than 11,000 videos across 2000 categories on subjects such as math, science and history. The nonprofit site features new software, specially developed for the site by Dr. Larry Sanger, which allows wiki-style collaboration among users.
Learn360 allows teachers and students to stream and download thousands of videos, video clips, audio files (MP3), images, vocabulary resources, speeches, newsreels and other digital media for the K-12 classroom. Access is available from school or home and all content is searchable by keyword, subject area, state standard, media type and more. Video files are available in Windows Media, QuickTime, and Flash, and are encoded at rates that look sharp at full screen. Come discover how you can select the perfect media to support rich, unforgettable lessons across the curriculum to actively engage students. Learn how teachers can use My Learn360 to create quizzes, assignments and blogs using digital content. Choose from thousands of teachers’ favorite resources from the most trusted and awardwinning educational content partners including Weston Woods, Scholastic, Slim Goodbody, PBS, World Wide Entertainment, A&E, The History Channel, Arthur, Standard Deviants and more! Get your username and password from Wyatt Wilson in technology.
“After beta testing for almost two months, TeacherTube officially launched on March 6, 2007. Our goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. We seek to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. It is a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development with teachers teaching teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill.”Read more.
Tennessee Electronic Learning Center – the Tennessee Department of Education’s latest educational advancement for students, parents, and teachers. Resources include content information, scientifically based research, and educational links. The ELC was designed for everyone…anytime…anyplace
