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Media Literacy

Understand Media: Here you will find a wide array of resources to help you understand the way media works, and how you can become an active consumer of media.

understandmedia.com

CTAP4's Media Literacy Resources www.ctap4.org/infolit/

Images

The Stock Exchange – http://sxc.hu

Library of Congress – http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/listguid.html

Getty Images (some free) – http://www.gettyimages.com/Home.aspx

Sound Effects

FindSounds – http://www.findsounds.com/

PacDV – http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/index.html

Partners in Rhyme – http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.shtml

Sound Effects/Samples - http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/

Sound Effects - http://sounddogs.com/

Music Beds

Freeplay Music – http://www.freeplaymusic.com/

Incompetech Royalty Free Music – http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Royalty Free Music Beds by Moby – http://www.mobygratis.com/film-music.html

SoundzAbound Royalty Free Music– http://www.soundzabound.com/

Jamendo.com, 7330 albums by 4284 artists under Creative Commons - Jamendo.com

Video

Getty Images (watermarked) – http://www.gettyimages.com/footage/footagehome.aspx?rotator=usa_home

109,000 Open Source Videos - www.archive.org

Public Moving Image Archives and Research Centers - http://www.loc.gov/film/arch.html

Podcasting Specs from Apple - http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcaststechspecs.html

Lessons and Planning Tools

Adobe Digital Video in Education http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/teach/dvcurriculum.html?trackingid=BLDKU

American Film Institute's "Lights, Camera, Education!" division http://blog.afi.com/screened/

Media Conversion

Mpeg Streamclip Mac or PC, the official converter of the Slick Rock Festival - www.squared5.com

Convert almost anything, web based http://www.media-convert.com

IM TOO Mov converter (free if the video is under five minutes) http://www.imtoo.com/mov-converter.html

Super transcoder (free, can go to and from multiple file formats) - http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html#Dnload

Hardware Supplies

Teleprompters---http://www.prompterpeople.com/products

Training Videos-CDs and DVDs

Izzy Video--http://www.izzyvideo.com

Izzy Membership--http://www.izzyvideo.com/membership/

Quick Review--Israel Hyman is great. Over the past 2 years he has created over 100 tips and tricks videos.  The premium membership is a good value. $45 for six months and you get ALL of his videos either from a protected website or using ITUNES and a RSS feed.  Members can also get the last 60 or so episodes in HD if they wish.  They are not DRM'd and can be used in class with students.  They are very good.

Ripple Training--http://www.rippletraining.com/  Steve Martin and Brian Gary's company. The DVDs are excellent and the new ones include IPHONE/IPOD ready versions.