Multimedia

**Using PowerPoint in the Classroom** Lots of tutorials and ideas, Also some presentations to download http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_powerpoint.htm

How NOT to use PowerPoint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORxFwBR4smE

Presentation Zen http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/ A great blog on how to create effective PowerPoint presentations

Flickr - searchable digital pictures [|www.flickr.com]
 * Locating Quality Multimedia resources**
 * Digital Images**

NASA http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/ http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/highlights/index.html

NOAA http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/

US Government Stock photos http://www.unclesamsphotos.com/

The National Archives http://www.archives.gov/

Public Domain Images http://www.public-domain-image.com

Public Domain pictures http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/

Ideas - image detective http://www.edc.org/CCT/PMA/image_detective/

National Geographic http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/  YouTube - a source for video clips [|www.youtube.com]
 * Videos**

TeacherTube - a source for kid-friendly video clips [|www.teachertube.com]

Discovery streaming video - pay site (fantastic!!) http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm

Google video http://video.google.com

Is YouTube Blocked at your school, use [|www.zamzar.com] to convert videos to mp4 files! Here's how: http://tonyvincent.net/?q=node/33
 * You can also use [|idesktop.tv] to search the You Tube database, find a video you want to use, download it to your account (you will need to open a free account first) and then download it in the format you want (.wmv, .avi, .mov. mp4 etc) to your hard drive. It's faster than Zamzar and you wont' get caught up in the queue, which can take hours. **

SoundSnap - free online sound library http://www.soundsnap.com/ Animoto - [|http://education.animoto.com]/
 * Sound Effects**