Webcasts and Educational Video Resources

·Decisions, Decisions Online (Tom Snyder) - teaching material for grades 5-10 that includes video of 4 "advisors" espousing 4 different points of view on different issues, covering four main categories: Constitution, Ethics, Civics and Science/Technology. Students print out advisor memos and vote in an online web poll. (http://ddonline.tomsnyder.com/)

·Peace Corps, World Wise Schools (WWS) - WWS Destination series videos are an excellent way to bring another country to life for your students. (http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/video/index.html)

·Cyber Library of Congress - The Library has made available on its Web site a series of video segments from "American Presidents: Life Portraits," produced by the C-SPAN public service cable network. (http://lcweb.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9911/cspan.html)

Online video activities & resources - language

·Handspeak - American Sign Language dictionary utilizing online video (http://www.handspeak.com/sign.html)

Online video activities & resources - math

·Nebraska Mathematics and Science Coalition (NMSC) - non-profit math and science education organization. Site includes video clips from the middle school math series, info about opportunities, and links to resources. (http://www.unl.edu/scimath/)

Online video activities & resources - science

·UC Berkeley - Physics Lecture Demonstration videos (http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/physics/interest.html#movies)

·NASA Television (NTV) - provides real-time coverage of Agency activities and missions, resource video to the news media, and educational programming to teachers, students, and the general public. (http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/)

·Expedition Florida - multimedia educational outreach project from the Florida Museum of Natural History, featuring video and audio adventures about local wildlife and wilderness areas. (http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/expfl/index.html)

·Exploratorium, Solar Max 2000 -offers a look at the solar maximum of the current solar cycle. With video clips, educational resources, and more. From the Exploratorium. (http://www.solarmax2000.com/)

·UC Riverside VidKids Program - VidKids is an outreach program that was initiated by the UCR/California Museum of Photography in 1992. The project gives elementary-age students an opportunity to learn the technical and creative aspects of video and related media. (http://cmp1.ucr.edu/exhibitions/cmp_ed_prog.html)

Video documentaries made by students

·Building a Submarine - details from a University of Akron 1999 Honors Physics group project to build a submarine with a budget of $400.00. View sketches, plans, pictures, and test videos (http://www.submarine.freehosting.net/video.html)

·Apple Computer, student work - During the two-day Apple Computer digital desktop video workshop, participating kids ÷ working with AppleMaster Dana Atchley ÷ outpaced adults and showed off their creative abilities in shooting, editing, titling and scoring original videos. (http://www.apple.com/applemasters/imovie/vidkids.html)

·University of Missouri-Columbia, College of Education - research project regarding desktop video conferencing and its applications in education. (http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~cjw/video/app.htm)

·Vineyard Video Productions - non-profit educational film & video production company offers video tape series to teachers and parents to help understand and improve the teaching of students who have learning disabilities. (http://www.vineyardvideo.org/)

MEDIA LITERACY LINKS:

·Oregon University Literacy Online Project:

http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/HomePage

·Center for Media Literacy:

http://www.medialit.org/

·Eight Key Concepts for Media Education:

http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/med/bigpict/8keycon.htm

·Media Literacy: Why it matters, Teacher Gudes, Resources:

http://www.mediachannel.org/classroom/front.shtml

·Directory of Media Literacy Sites Worldwide:

http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/CommunitySupport/AMLNS/internet.html

San Francisco state university webcast and video Links: