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Five Steps to Multimedia Reporting
This outstanding site has information on everything about digital storytelling from storyboarding, to selecting equipment to tutorials on using it. A must visit!
http://journalism.berkeley.edu/multimedia/

Using Tools

Scanners and Cameras

Scanning
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/morefun/scanit.mspx
Useful tips
Although this is a Microsoft site, the information could be used cross platform

13 Lessons to Teach Your Child About Digital Photograph
This blog entry has some excellent tips for using the camera and taking photographs. A must visit
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/13-lessons-to-teach-your-child-about-digital-photography/

Digital Camera
http://static.tigerdirect.com/html/DigiCam_BetterPictures.html

How to Take Better Digital Pictures
Some excellent tips on where and how to shoot, including lighting, camera angle, composition…h � h � h < /p>

The Power of the camera
http://www.angelfire.com/ms/MediaLiteracy/Camera.html

In addition to learning about the history of the camera, learn about how the way you take the picture changes the way it will be read by the audience

10 Tips for Capturing Great Photos
http://education.apple.com/education/ilife/howto/digitalphoto_tips/

Find tips on lighting, background and purpose for your pictures. Learn techniques for creating interesting photographs, working with candid shots as well as high speed shots.

Is it Fake or is it Foto?
http://www.alias.com/eng/etc/fakeorfoto/

Try the activity on this site. Can you and your students tell the difference between reality and computer created images? How does what we bring to the image influence what we see?

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Print Materials

Teaching with Digital Images
Glen L. Bull and Lynn Bell
ISTE Publications, Eugene OR
2005
ISBN 1-56484-219-3

This is an outstanding book full of ideas on using digital images in all areas of the curriculum. Learn to work with digital images and use them across the curriculum

National Geographic Photography Guide for Kids
Neil Johnson
National Geographic Society, Washington D.C.
2001
ISBN 0-7922-6370-7

Learn about cameras, photo composition and get tips from some of the National Geographic photographers.

Picture This Fun Photography and Crafts
Debra Friedman
Kids Can Press, Toronto ON
2003
ISBN 1-55337-047-3

This book looks at projects to do with photographs. It is aimed at primary and lower secondary students. Learn more about framing images and ideas for using pictures to tell stories.

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Software Tutorials

PowerPoint

http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/edpy202/tutorial/PowerPoint/PowerPoint.htm
Sites recommended by the University of Alberta

   Download a Powerpoint tutorial for PC

   Download a Powerpoint tutorial for Macintosh

iMovie

http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/tutorial/
Apple site

Moviemaker

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx
Microsoft site

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Online Software

Voice Thread
http://voicethread.com/
This site provides the opportunity to create your digital stories online. This site also makes collaboration possible.

Bubbleshare
http://www.bubbleshare.com
Not quite as sophisticated as VoiceThread but still an interesting option. You can embed the bubbleshare slideshows in any web page.

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Sources of Free Content

Check the policy of each site regarding copyright.

More sources can be found here

Images

McCord Museum
http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/
The searchable database includes photographs, prints, drawings, artifacts from Canada's history. They are free to be used for non-commercial educational purposes provided the source and image number are identified.

Le Québec en images
http://www.ccdmd.qc.ca/quebec/
This site offers Internet users thousands of images of the regions of Quebec. Its primary aim is to provide much-needed access to royalty-free pictures for educational uses. The user must always mention the photographer's name and the picture's source (Quebec en images, CCDMD).e.g. Olivier Lamarre, © Le Québec en images, CCDMD.

Library and Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.ca

You can find many public domain images here.

NASA images
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/

NASA generously makes its images available. All except the NASA logos may be used without special permission.

NOAA
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/index.html
NOAA ( National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ) images are mainly in the public domain, but credit must be given.

Pics 4 Learning
http://pics.tech4learning.com/
photographs and clipart.

Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers

Bigfoto
http://www.bigfoto.com/
See their guidelines for use: http://www.bigfoto.com/copyright.htm
This is an excellent source of travel photographs.

Sound Freeplay Music
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/licensing/termsofuse.php

For educational, non-commercial use (limited to school grounds and classroom - non broadcast) Freeplay's musical compositions and recordings may be used (broadcast, synchronized and/or copied) without fee. These reproduction rights, known as master synchronization rights, are absolutely FREE and are granted in perpetuity, provided Freeplay is accorded appropriate screen credit as follows, on a most favored nations basis with all other music providers: "Music Provided By www.freeplaymusic.com".