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This short cartoon video shows the general principles for editing video footage, photos, etc., and putting together a good-looking presentation.

Some beautiful websites with video and photos. You'll have to explore for yourself what the copyright issues are. Some of the sites have good search categories for teachers, like "history" and "art." Using emotionally laden and content-rich digital images is a great way to start a writing project or a speaking class.

R. Byrne shows us a neat way to use a set of pictures/digital images arranged with the tool PicMonkey to create a collage which you can then upload to Google Drive, Instagram, Facebook, Dropbox, etc., and use with student projects and activities. A nice look.

Pixabay was recently updated to make it easier than ever to find quality public domain images. Now when you visit the search page on Pixabay you can filter your search according to image type (photo, drawing, vector), image orientation (landscape or portrait), and image category (subject matter). T/H to R.Byrne

"Seesaw empowers students of any age to independently document what they are learning at school. "Students capture learning with photos and videos of physical work, or by adding digital creations. Everything is uploaded and kept organized for teachers. "Teachers can invite families to Seesaw so parents get an immediate, personalized window into their child's learning." A mobile app to help create student portfolios Part of the maker-spaces movement.

Have your class make an e-book, including photos, videos, and of course, text. Set Lulu to "private" and give the password only to families of the students so they can share in the creativity.

This is a great digital images project using photos of graffiti on Flickr, and a spreadsheet of questions on Google Forms. Students sign in to select images that will support the ideas they write about. Thanks to Webhead Sasa! Also included are links to posts that Sasa's students made and responses from Rita Z's student sin Argentina. Nice example of collaborative Web 2.0. (Caution, some graffiti have adult language and themes!)

A nice online way to creat a book or photo story with your students. The booklet can then be published on FaceBook, tweeted, or emailed, or embedded on a website. Might be an inspiration to write more, and it can handle pictures.

Totally cool, downloadable, free. You can make great screencasts of your desktop activities to show students how to open a program, edit a photo, etc.

"The aim of the social network is to build a community of learners and educators for the purpose of connecting and engaging people of all cultures in collaborative lifelong learning. We suggest you edit your profile, add your picture, invite friends and/or start (in any language) your own groups, events, discussions, photos. videos, blog posts, and have fun. In addition, you are cordially invited to present, moderate, and participate in the professional development workshops including Moodle for Teachers (M4T) at Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning (IT4ALL)." Recommended by Nellie Deutsch, this site allows you to create your own groups, blogs, calendar, etc. This might be a good place to get a class of students or a whole school connected.

Tutorials include one for Beginners, tools and layers, blending, patching and healing, action hotkey creation, photo manipulation, etc. Since many schools have copies of Photoshop, this is a good place to help students explore its potential.

A blog for the young and young at heart (middle-highschool). This blog-makr really focuses on the visual, so your students can get very creative. Not for the visually impaired--or the impatient. It can take a while to load as an embedded widget. But it is fun to use their graphics, and you can upload your own photos and videos. Good for project advertisements.

"Make your own poster |For a party, your walls or as a gift" Select a poster tmeplate, add photos, and buy a copy. A limited number of poster templates, but easy to use. Can also be done with a mobile phone.

This is a little complex, but students will catch on fast. One use, pointed out in the QR tutorial, is to create an electronic portfolio where all docs, references, video, photos, etc. can be collected and shared in one place with drag-and-drop. Connects to Twitter and Facebook, of course. Brief video tutorial on the front page, and lots of fun backgrounds and colors to play with.

A "social publishing" website. You can upload media-rich pages which run as a slideshow, and include links, examples, photos, video, etc. Great for presentations and for group projects.

Example of a quiz-maker that lets you use photos or video (with audio) for prompts.

Videos, including how-tos and content-based stuff (e.g., the 30-60-90 triangle), as well as docs, audio, photos, etc., all created by teachers, for teachers to use.

A map of 333 Web domains, resembling the Tokyo Metro Map.

This is an annual report on trends on the Internet, mapped over a Tokyo subway map. So a very popular company, like Google, is located this year (2009) at Shinjuku and Twitter is at Shibuya, "the station with the biggest buzz." Go figure. Might have interest as a brain teaser or mind puzzle, esp. for students with some knowledge of the Tokyo train system.

Used by Micheal Coughlan to make a little instructional video.

"Stunning Flash Websites for free. 1,823,517 sites built with Wix." Might be an interesting way for high schools to get into Web design. Easy to follow help with a drag and drop editor, no technical skills required. You can add Flash-y photos and moving buttons, art and music, etc.