MCPS Digital Storytelling

Blog post on JumpCut, a free online digital storytelling software. Post full of many other resources to cut out.

Blog to keep track of stories and the silence in between, to record my memories about all the young people who end up in my digital storytelling workshop and don't forget what I learn in my job (as producer, journalist and educator) and in my life

Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students.

This is a tutorial from Microsoft on using Photo Stoy 3

Web-based tool that students can use to create historical digital stories using primary source documents from the web.

Great for the media festival.

These teaching guides focus on the art of the many craft areas involved in creating a motion picture. Students will learn about different aspects of film making as they complete the activities in these kits. The activities are designed to capitalize on students' natural interest in current films and the excitement generated by the Academy Awards to teach valuable lessons in critical thinking and creative writing, and to develop visual literacy skills. Each teaching guide is available in its entirety to download and print.

American Film Institute Screen Education resources. Great site for project sharing.

Use to convert Window media files to other digital file formats.

Student project

A database of lessons, best practices and media to share.

Numerous links to great resources.