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2005 Student Video Discovery Awards (SVDA) finalists
Award winning student-created videos hosted on the Video Resource Center from eSchool News Online. View: "School Violence" and "Single Parenting" from Rockford HS.

Adobe Digital Kids Club
A wonderful site for teachers, students, and parents, that provides beginner information, lessons and activities, and training and tutorials. The Digital Kids Club also features a gallery for students to share their work.

Apple Education
Apple's Web site provides a great overview of all of their products, with special emphasis on classroom uses, for students of all ages.

Benefits of Digital Cameras in the Classroom
Good ideas to integrate cameras into the classroom; includes more than a dozen activities to try with your students.

Center for Digital Storytelling
The Center for Digital Storytelling is a California-based non-profit 501(c)3 arts organization rooted in the art of personal storytelling. We assist young people and adults in using the tools of digital media to craft, record, share, and value the stories of individuals and communities, in ways that improve all our lives.

The Complete Photography Guid
A compendium of more than 200 photography and camera-related Web sites.

The Director in The Classroom
This site explores the process of filmmaking and investigates how every step, from idea to distribution, fosters the development of personal, social and higher order thinking skills.

Digital Storytelling in the Scott County Schools
See how one school district is successfully combining students' writing with digital video. For student-created videos, click on "Our students created their stories" in the left column.

Getting Started with Digital Video
A list of resources for planning, editing, filming, and other information for both students and teachers.

How do I organize a video project for my class?
Helpful web page from Duke University. DV production process outlined in five steps: define goals, shoot video and gather materials, edit, distribute, evaluate.

iMovie in the Classroom - iMovie revolutionized digital video production in the classroom. This Apple website introduces how the software is assisting learning. Click the links on the right hand side of the web page which show more examples of how iMovie is being used by students and educators.

Kidz Online Digital Video Education
Quick and easy video explanations of ways to get started with digital video, along with brainstorming, storyboarding, and shot selection information.

Media Smarts
An article from Edutopia, providing an introduction to the many groups and organizations dedicated to improving the media literacy of students in the United States.

Microsoft's Club Tech Initiative
Club Tech aims to give kids a basic set of technology skills that can make a significant impact on their lives. In addition to providing computer skills and activities software for the Clubs, Microsoft also helps the Clubs engage children with rich educational and life skills tools.

Say Cheese! Digital Collections in the Classroom
This feature article from The National Science Teachers Association explains how to successfully incorporate digital cameras into the classroom, and covers choosing a camera, taking photographs, and even printing photographs.

A Short Course in Digital Video
Information on the functions and features of DV hardware and software from shortcourses.com.

Tangible Movie Editing for Kids
An overview of "Movie Cards," a quick and easy way for children to understand the concepts of movie editing.

Using Film in the Classroom
A PDF document from the Government of Alberta, Canada, describing the use of feature films in the classroom and a recommendation of the tools to use in their analysis.

Using Storyboards: Thinking Through Visual Storytelling
An easy way to introduce the concepts of storyboarding to students. A lesson plan that that helps students explore aspects of a story they may not have noticed immediately, such as how it develops, what's missing, the use of language, how words and pictures work together, and what the story means to them.

The Video Guide! Project-Based Learning with Multimedia
The Video Guide is a resource for both students and teachers to use as they explore the world of video. A detailed list of links, advice sheets, and glossaries.

What is Media Literacy?
A definition from the Center for Media Literacy, as well as a list of related resources.

Why Use Digital Video in Education?
An inspiration map (each graphic is a link) to show how teachers can accomplish a variety of goals with the videos of their students.

Video for the Classroom
Tips, plan, process, roles and projects by teacher Keith Mack.

Videography for Educators from Apple Learning Interchange
This exhibit features tips and techniques to assist in the creation of quality video products. The exhibit provides example planning documents and video examples to illustrate concepts and skills. The content assumes you are already learning the mechanics of iMovie 2. Features many video examples.