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 * How can we present our ideas beyond the black and white of the printed page?
 * How can we develop speaking and listening skills using digital media?

Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
 * Anchor Standard: **


 * SL.9-10.2. ** Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g.visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.


 * SL.9-10.5. ** Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.

Mapping Media to the Common Core --by Wesley Fryer

** Images **
Edit images and use generators to create graphics for visual expression and digital projects.
 * Edit photos with these tools:
 * Shrink Pictures Tool
 * Pixenate
 * Pixer
 * Be Funky
 * Create images with these generators:
 * Big Huge Labs
 * Fun Photo Box
 * Funny Pho.to
 * Dumpr
 * Photofunia
 * Create word clouds to communicate ideas visually. Paste words from an essay, speech, or web page to see the main ideas.
 * Best 10 Free Word Cloud Tools for Teachers
 * Instructions for Wordle
 * The Ultimate Guide to Moodle
 * You Are Your Words
 * Rosemary's Online Bookmarks for Word Clouds
 * Create **flow charts** and **drawings**online individually or collaboratively.
 * Google Drawing Tutorial Videos

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** Media Collage **
Include backgrounds, images, audio, and video in a media collage.
 * BeeClip
 * Accounts have been purchased and will be set up August 1st.
 * Glogster EDUGrades 8-12
 * Accounts have been purchased and will be set up August 1st.

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** Audio **
Record audio online and download, email, share, or use in projects and presentations. Record podcasts and download to include in a podcast web page or RSS feed.
 * ===** Online Audio Recording Tools **===
 * Vocaroo
 * RecordMP3
 * Examples of podcasts created with Vocaroo: http://bhstechsperts.wikispaces.com/

Record and edit audio with these tools on our school computers.
 * ===** Garage Band and Audacity **===
 * Audacity** is on all computers, both Macs and PCs, at BHS and PHMS.
 * Audacity Tutorial Videos


 * Garage Band** is on all Mac desktops and laptops.
 * Garage Band Tutorial Videos

Create songs to share learning and ideas. Create new lyrics for current songs using Karaoke versions. Create hip-hop and rap songs using background beats
 * ===** Original and Remixed Songs **===
 * Examples:
 * The Outsiders Songs and Lyrics
 * Hip-Hop Versions of the Funeral Speeches of Brutus and Marc Antony

Create original songs in Garage Band or Audacity to use in projects. Use copyright-free audio clips in projects.
 * === Background Sounds and Music ===
 * Rosemary's Online Bookmarks for Free Audio Resources Online
 * Garage Band Music Tutorials

Create podcasts using Garage Band (Mac) or Audacity (Windows).
 * === Podcasts ===

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** Slide Shows **
Design is an essential skill for our students' future. Good design not only communicates ideas better, but it also makes the writer/presenter stand out from competitors. Record what is on your screen and narrate while recording. Share the screencast video or use it in projects and presentations. share learning and ideas. >> Narrate essays and other writing products using these tools.
 * === Design Concepts ===
 * Design Poster created by Sheryl Smith
 * Design Principles Slide Show
 * === Presentation Zen ===
 * David Jakes' Video
 * Presentation Zen Video
 * Standing Room Only - How to Create Unforgettable Presentations
 * === Narrated Presentations ===
 * **Slide Rocket in Buhler Docs**
 * **Log in to Buhler Docs** and go to **More**.
 * Pull down to select **Slide Rocket**.
 * This will **automatically create an account** for each student.
 * Do not go to Slide Rocket directly. Always go through Buhler Docs
 * **Voice Thread - BHS only**
 * Log in to Buhler's EDU Voicethread at []
 * Students already have accounts created.
 * Upload images, PDFs, videos, etc.
 * Narrate each slide.
 * Look at examples from BHS and PHMS.

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** Videos **
Record what is on your screen and narrate while recording. Share the screencast video or use it in projects and presentations. iMovie '09 is available on all teacher and student laptops as well as Mac desktop computers. Picture-in-picture and greenscreen videos are easy with iMovie '09. The Windows PC computers at BHS and PHMS have Windows Movie Maker installed and can be used for video production by students.
 * === Screencasts ===
 * Screenbird
 * Screencast-o-matic
 * Screenr
 * Screenleap
 * === iMovie '09 (Mac only) ===
 * Green screen example video
 * === Movie Maker (Windows PCs only) ===
 * Movie Maker Tutorial Videos
 * Examples of videos created with Movie Maker: http://comptechvideos.wikispaces.com/

Create original videos based on literature studied in class or read independently. Collaborate on video projects. Share books with others to encourage reading.
 * === Book/Movie Trailers ===
 * "The Black Cat" Movie Trailer
 * Book Trailer Wiki
 * Bookleads Videos and Trailers
 * PHMS Book Trailers Wiki
 * How to Make a Book Trailer

Create video adaptations, responses, and interpretations of fiction and non-fiction.
 * === Adaptations, Responses, and Interpretations ===
 * "The Fall of Troy" Adaptation
 * Hip-Hop Version of the Speeches of Brutus and Marc Antony (with Crowd Reactions!)
 * "Our Greatest Fear" Poem Interpretations
 * //The Scarlet Letter// from Flocabulary

Use online videos as a source for research and presentations.
 * === Online Video Resources ===
 * MIT Videos Online
 * WingClips Online
 * Khan Academy
 * Ted Talks
 * Ted Talks for Education

Upload teacher and student videos to SchoolTube for viewing, sharing, and rating.
 * === School Tube for Student Uploads ===
 * BHS School Tube Channel
 * PHMS School Tube Channel

Upload teacher and student videos to Buhler Docs for viewing and sharing.
 * === Buhler Docs for Student Uploads ===
 * Buhler Docs

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