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Remix America gives you the tools and raw materials you need to remix America Then with America Now. Declare your patriotism by adding a little historical flavor to the current political debate. How are you feeling? Use our remixer to create your own commentary on the current political climate. Talk back to the remixers using the button in our player. Leave comments. And check back regularly for fresh remixes.

RiP: A remix manifesto is an open source documentary about copyright and remix culture. Created over a period of six years, the film features the collaborative remix work of hundreds of people who have contributed to this website, helping to create the world's first open source documentary.

Check this out. Surely you've got some students who LOVE to do this stuff. They're encouraged to remix these videos! Not a homework assignment, but you can surely give them an interesting hobby. :-)

Open Source Cinema starts off with some video that they encourage you to remix and send back to them. In the process you'll learn about copyright - at least one organization's feelings about it.

"Popcorn Maker makes it easy to enhance, remix and share web video. Use your web browser to combine video and audio with content from the rest of the web - from text, links and maps to pictures and live feeds"

Chris Shamburg's site for student created audio projects to engage kids in new media from NCTE Great project ideas and examples of remix

"If you've ever wanted to paste "Pop Up Video"-style commentary bubbles over your favorite YouTube clip, Popcorn Maker's drag-and-drop UI couldn't be simpler. But you can also add more sophisticated interactivity like Google Maps, live Twitter feeds, and Wikipedia articles just as easily. "

[d0x3d!] is a board game designed to introduce a divserse body of students to network security terminology, attack & defend mechanics, and basic computer security constructs.  It is available totally open-source and made freely available for order, download, and remixing.

Soundation is a free service that allows anyone to create and remix sound tracks online. If you have used Apple's Garage Band or Aviary's Myna, Soundation will look familiar to you. Soundation provides five tracks on which you can place music clips and sound effects to mix together. To create your original work you can select from Soundation's gallery of 400 free sounds, upload your own sounds, or record new sounds using the instruments and keyboard built into Soundation. When you've created a product you like, you can download it or share it in Soundation's gallery.

Create your own comics without having to draw. Share and remix with your friends.

Create Music Beats - The online music factory - Jam, remix, chords, loops

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Online video content management system, that even allows users to REMIX videos online! Your school can download and install the community edition locally to establish an internal video sharing site.

The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. The Free Music Archive is being directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America. Radio has always offered the public free access to new music. The Free Music Archive is a continuation of that purpose, designed for the age of the internet. Every mp3 you discover on The Free Music Archive is pre-cleared for certain types of uses that would otherwise be prohibited by outdated copyright law. Are you a podcaster looking for pod-safe audio? A radio or video producer searching for instrumental bed music that won't put your audience to sleep? A remix artist looking for pre-cleared samples? Or are you simply looking for some new sounds to add to your next playlist? The Free Music Archive is a resource for all that and more, and unlike other websites, all of the audio has been hand-picked by established audio curators.

Blog post about powerful web resources that have the power to engage students using digital tools and the desire today's youth have to express themselves, all while using the increasing amount of primary source materials available online.

Another free music site for use with projects. Please follow their request to share your creations with them.

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A free online music generator similar to Garageband. There are higher levels of use that require a fee.

YouTube launched a redesigned copyright center and a brand new Copyright School. These new services are designed to educate YouTube users about what is and is not a copyright violation. According to their announcement, users who have a video flagged for copyright violations will be required to attend Copyright School before being able to upload more content. Copyright School is essentially a video explanation of copyright accompanied by a series of questions. You can watch the video below.