Resources for student projects

Please email Ms. Kay if you have additional resources we should add. 

• Animoto.com - Animoto for Education site. Create a Video Advertisement from your photos. New way to present short videos for projects or presentations.
  • Learn in 60 Seconds - GREAT quick video about what Animoto can do.
  • Once you create your video online - you can share the link or embed in webpages, wiki etc.
  • Sample project - We the People  (free resource)

• Blabberize.com - Make a Talking picture Example:
  • Talking Animal
  • Adolphe Quetelet (MBHS student project)
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (MBHS student project)

• Glogster for Education - Make a Moving Poster (photos, video, audio) Example: Oliver Twist, Revolutionary War
  • Ms. Kay has access to 200 student accounts. Let her know if you would like one of the accounts and she will e-mail you the login/password.
  • Quick Tutorial on How to Use Glogster (Good tutorial but may want to start on slide 8, NO NEED TO register - teacher already has your account.)
  • Quick How to Get Started guide..... for MBHS students
  • Tips on How to Use Glogster

• Google Sites - webpages (recent)
  • All students have been given a Google school account. This account includes Google Sites - website creation tool.
  • To access you log in to the MBS Portal, Click the Google button then Google Sites.
  • Link to Introduction Tutorial (youtube) or Link to Introduction Tutorial (on teachertube) and more.....
  • Let Ms. Kay know if you have any problems.

• Jiggsawplanet.com - Upload a photo and create a jiggsaw puzzle

• Photostory - Loaded on all MBHS computers and laptops. Easy way to create a video from picutres. Add photos, slides, music, and narration.  Free download at home.
  • PhotoStory Tutorial
  • TIP: 20-25 photos is usually plenty. Resize photos since the larger the photo size, the longer it takes to process the video. Use Fireworks, Photoshop or other resource to resize images.
  • Checkout school headsets with microphones to add your own narration.
  • Add music behind the scenes with built in choices or import another music files.

• Prezie - The Zooming presentation tool.

• Scrapblog.com - Upload photos to create a scrapbook project. Example: America USA

• Timeglider -  Load photos and create a digital timeline.  Example: State of the Union, History of Idaho

• Windows Movie Maker - loaded on all PC computers on campus. You can create a movie by importing video, pictures, audio and music.
  • Suggest you make a storyboard of your project first. This is simply creating an outline of what you want inluced. It will help you safe time on your project.
  • Watch a quick How To clip
  • Additional quick tutorials Windows Movie Maker
  • REMEMBER: Movies/Videos can be very large files. Things to think about and plan ahead...
    • Files may be too large for your school G: drive while building your project. Watch your file size. Consider saving in Student project drive BUT make a backup just in case.
    • Remove unwanted video clips/sounds etc in order to save space.
    • When you finish - make sure you save the movie in a file type that plays on ALL computers. Test it on more than one machine so you know it is working before you turn in your project or present.
    • Have fun and let me know if you run into problems.

• Wordle.net - Create a WORD Cloud.

• PowerPoint 2007 templates - use new tools like SmartArt, Record your voice, add music,video etc. Post as a webpage for more options.
• Publisher 2007 templates
• Word 2007 templates

• YouTubeVideo - How to Download a YouTubeVideo