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It was not long ago that producing multimedia digital content required expensive equipment and technical expertise; we are at the point now where we can do some very compelling content creation with nothing more complex than a web browser. In this workshop you will: * Design a basic story concept that can be created in a web 2.0 tool using images, audio, and/or video. * And then create it quickly using one of 50+ different web tools that are free to use. * Plus, you will share in this wiki site your example and observations on the value of the tool

We are using the word "story" in a general sense; it may be a deeply personal one of the digital storytelling variety, or it may be a tale of a travel trip, or a simple multimedia presentation.

These days, just as blogs are, wikis are on their way to winning a reputation as serious publishing platforms.

Collaborative writing is useful for projects, for peer-editing, and for many other writing tasks limited only by teacher/student imagination.

Metadata makes the difference between a shoebox full of unsorted photos and a nicely-organized album that lets you browse photos of your Paris vacation.

Examples of wiki etiquette in Higher Ed

Lester Ray, a development executive with Apple, hosted the afternoon session of UD's Summer Faculty Institute, during which he addressed the frequent divide between technologically savvy college students and traditional lecture hall teaching practices.

Video Annotations are a new way for you to add interactive commentary to your videos!

2008 University of Delaware's Summer Faculty Institute keynote recordings.

Tips, terminology and points to consider are provided so you can make an informed choice on how to meet your data and voice communication needs.

An RSS file is basically a list of headlines encoded so that it can be easily read or displayed by another program or website.

Live video broadcasting service Ustream.tv will announce tomorrow that live feeds on the company's website and distributed video players got a combined 10 million unique viewers last month.

Mac OS X only: Freeware app InstantShot is a menubar app that takes screenshots of your Mac desktop, windows, or selection, and saves them in one of three formats.

The educational possibilities through Second Life allow teachers and employers to reach out to students beyond their traditional classrooms and school districts, expose young children to global issues and new friends around the world, design their own avatars and environments for highly customized training sessions and interactive discussions, practice real-world skills and manage real-life situations in a safe environment, and most of all keep students engaged in a technologically-driven society.

Welcome to the live BETA of RezEd, your community for everything related to learning and virtual worlds! Each month we will feature inter-related podcasts, brief best practices, digital resources in the library, and featured blog posts and discussions.

UD SMDC site offers lots of tutorials on the equipment and software to enhance learning.

Sir Ken Robinson's remarks were recorded on April 10, 2008, at the Apple Education Leadership Summit, a gathering in San Francisco of more than one hundred school superintendents from around the world. Robinson is the author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative.

What's new about new media? A visual essay that tracks how the discussion of the New Humanities spread following the posting of "The Future is Now" to youTube. As a way of starting a conversation, the video has helped bring insights from across the country to Rutgers, enriching our efforts to put together a vision that builds on the wisdom of others