NETS-S Standards for Students (pdf)
Technology standards for students from ISTE
Imported from Diigo
Education World® : State Standards: Table of Contents
State-by-state standards for K-12 education in most subjects
Technology Integration in the Classroom -- Unit 5: Multimedia Project Activities
List of some of the types of multimedia projects possible
How Can We Eliminate Roadblocks to the Information Highway?
Education World article from 2000 with numerous quotes from teachers on barriers to technology integration in the classroom
Bloom's Taxonomy
Comparison of the old and new versions of Bloom's taxonomy
Essential Questions
Sample chapter from a book by Jamie McKenzie on essential questions, explaining how they differ from traditional "school" questions. Examples for different age levels are provided.
Bloom's Taxonomy Blooms Digitally, Andrew Churches
Connects levels on Bloom's taxonomy different types of actions with technology. For example, this categorizes tagging as an analysis skill, reflective blogging as an evaluation skill, and podcasting or animating as a creation skill.
Creating a Storyboard
Brief introduction to storyboarding for multimedia projects with examples of a paper storyboard and a flowchart/mindmap in PowerPoint.
Using Storyboards: Thinking Through Visual Storytelling
Step-by-step guide for creating linear storyboards for multimedia projects
plugincinema - Interactive Storyboard exercise
An interactive exercise where you create a story to go with the pictures in the storyboard, which change every time you load the page. It's a good way to show how the images alone aren't enough to explain the action in a storyboard; you have to have text and directions.
Are your visuals saying what you want? Part 1 Visual Elements » VisualsSpeak blog
Part 1 of a 3-part series on visual communication, focusing on dominant lines and shapes. Even though this is specifically about images on blogs, the principles can be applied to any visual communication.
Seven Elements of Visual Art
Seven elements of visuals: line, shape, form, space, value, texture, color
Composition and Design Principles
Principles of visual design with tips for teaching them to children
Picnik - edit photos the easy way, online in your browser
Online application for editing photos and other images. Basic tools available with a free account.
Flickr: The Commons
Copyright-free images from the Library of Congress and a number of museums and other organizations. Primarily historical photos, with lots of great primary source material.
CogDogRoo - FindingPhotos
Tips for finding Creative Commons licensed images
Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
Lots of different ways to visualize content and create graphics. Good place to go if stuck on how to represent something visually and create relevant graphics.
Visual literacy K-8
Free resources for teachers with information on visual literacy, focusing on visual sources of information like maps, diagrams, timelines, and storyboards
Flickr: Will Lion's Photostream
Inspiration for effective use of text with visuals to create powerful messages
Presentation Zen How to Design & Deliver Presentations Like a Pro (pdf)
Basic concepts for using PowerPoint effectively for delivering presentations, using multimedia learning principles from Richard Mayer. Includes a list of selected readings and example slides.
Writing For Multimedia: Script Guidelines
Tips for writing for multimedia, including specifics for writing audio scripts and software tutorials
Tutorials - Audacity Wiki
Collection of tutorials for Audacity
Langwitches » Digital Storytelling Part VIII- Audacity
Tips for using Audacity for digital storytelling, personalizing a story with the author's voice and sparking the audience's imagination
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Evaluation of Podcasts - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Checklist of qualities for good podcasts
Kirkville » Blog Archive » Kirk’s Eight Rules of Effective Podcasting
Guidelines for effective podcasting
Average Pricing for Learning Management Systems in 2009
LMS pricing for low-cost systems for different sizes of implementations. I've seen complaints on the eLearning Guild discussion board that $50K for 100K users for Moodle was too high. Considering that the average price for that size is over a million dollars, $50K seems quite reasonable to me.
Free Photoshop Shapes Downloads
Free vector shapes for Photoshop
Adobe - Photoshop Custom Shapes
Download custom shapes from the Photoshop Exchange
Web-based animation, video and storytelling options grow » Moving at the Speed of Creativity
Overview of numerous tools for digital storytelling, including VoiceThread, Animoto, Fuzzwhich, Shapeshifter, and UStream.
CogDogRoo - StoryTools
Over 50 tools for digital storytelling, categorized by tool type